Chapter 336 - 60
"Everyone in a village is a highway robber?"
Tan Wenbin found this somewhat hard to believe. Although his family had been in the police force for generations, Tan Yunlong hardly ever discussed work at home, and the police situations faced by different regions varied.
Xue Liangliang explained: "It’s uncommon, but not rare, for a village to engage in collective crime as a unit.
Take, for example, this mountain village we’re currently looking at. They have limited contact with the outside world, the villagers’ range of activities for life and production is narrow, and with kinship serving as a bond, it’s not difficult to understand how a small-scale crime syndicate could develop."
"But hasn’t anyone reported them?"
Xue Liangliang looked at Tan Wenbin and countered: "Would you report your deskmate for cheating on an exam?"
"That’s different. Cheating on an exam and breaking the law to commit murder are not the same."
"That’s because you realize that.
But why would you try smoking when it’s clearly harmful?
You’ve seen your father smoke, and your peers do it too, so subconsciously, you might think smoking isn’t a big deal. When a large number of people in a village are engaged in criminal activities, those living among them may develop similar thoughts, considering it’s not something too serious."
Tan Wenbin nodded thoughtfully, then turned his head to look at Zhu Yang in front of him, lamenting: