When Ma Kui regains his freedom after ten years of wrongdoing, he returns home to find that everything around him has changed dramatically. His wife is terminally ill, and his daughter is emotionally estranged from him, and the son of his former friend Wang Yongge has become his apprentice, and is deeply trusted and respected by his daughter.
Although the years have passed, a grudge against Wang Yongge in Ma Kui's heart has not dissipated with time. He firmly believes that in the accident ten years ago, Wang Yongge witnessed the whole incident, but did not come forward to testify for him. Now that time has passed, he finally mustered up the courage to question Wang Yongge in person: "Wang Yongge, you were obviously on the scene back then, why didn't you stand up and prove your innocence for me?" ”
In the face of Ma Kui's questioning, Wang Yongge's response was a little flickering: "What do you want me to say to make you believe it?" I wasn't really there at the time, you read it wrong. Although the truth is not clear, Wang Yongge's reaction revealed a sense of emptiness.
After Ma Kui left, Wang Xin pretended to be drunk and started a conversation with his father, mentioning the daily friction between himself and ** Ma Kui, saying that their master and apprentice were used to fighting with each other. In this regard, Wang Yongge seriously reprimanded his son, asking him to put his mind on the right thing and stop dwelling on these inconsequential small contradictions, and emphasized that it was the organization that arranged Ma Kui to become his **, and Wang Xin had no right to pick and choose.
In the end, Wang Yongge added in an accentuated tone: "If ** makes you angry, you have to endure it." This sentence caused Wang Xin to instinctively retort: "Why should I endure it?" I didn't provoke him. ”
Son, you didn't provoke Ma Kui directly, but your father and him have a complicated past. In the face of his son's complaints, Wang Yongge's eyes dodged, and ended the conversation with a heavy "You just admit it", and his words revealed a sense of fate that was powerless to change his fate.
Wang Yongge's behavior is quite thought-provoking, and whenever Ma Kui is mentioned, he will appear quite embarrassed and uncomfortable. Although they had been colleagues in the past, Wang Xin had no idea of Ma Kui's name before that. Now that the cause and effect cycle has become Ma Kui's apprentice, the dusty past has gradually surfaced. The fact that Ma Kui was imprisoned cannot be denied, and no matter how Wang Yongge flatly denies it, he will not escape the blame. Reverse reasoning, if Wang Yongge has never owed Lao Ma, he should respond calmly to Ma Kui's accusations, instead of hiding and feeling guilty. If the relationship between the two is the same, Wang Xin will naturally not have a conflict as soon as he comes into contact with **, it is precisely because he does not know the entanglement between his father and Ma Kui that it has led to a series of misunderstandings.
There is a detail worth ** in the plot: before Ma Kui**, Wang Yongge was still the train conductor, but then he was promoted to deputy section chief. People can't help but wonder whether Wang's promotion is related to Ma Kui's case. If it is really because of career considerations that he chose to remain silent and let Ma Kui suffer grievances without helping, then everything seems to have a reasonable explanation. Ma Kui in the past, like Wang Xin today, acted bravely and decisively, and inevitably made mistakes, and all the mistakes may eventually be blamed on the entire unit. For the promotion of his position, Wang Yongge chose to stand by and watch, although he has always felt sorry for this in his heart, but he asked Wang Xin to swallow his anger in front of Ma Kui, even if he was scolded or hit, he had to bear it silently, and often said good things for Ma Kui.
Wang Yongge is well aware of Ma Kui's personality qualities, and is happy to see his son learn and grow up with such a person. However, between Ma Kui and Wang Yongge, there has always been a thorn in the heart that is difficult to remove, which is deeply implanted in the flesh and bones, and gradually evolves into a lingering obsession. However, no matter how deep the grievances between the fathers are, with the passage of time, they will eventually be resolved and relieved in the generation of Wang Xin and Ma Yan.