companion ghost

After Ning Hangyu returned home, he gave his two sons a hug. It happened that Grace's food was ready, and the family went to the table for dinner.

The meals that Grace cooks are more Chinese-style, and three dishes and one soup are just right for four people.

Ning Yuan casually talked about a few cases, and Ning Zhou also talked about some jokes in their hospital department, which made Grace and Ning Hangyu laugh, and everyone at the dinner table was very harmonious.

When Ning Hangyu got up to add food, Ning Zhou squeezed words between his teeth: "When are you going to say it? I have prepared the atmosphere so well!"

Ning Yuan also squeezed words between his teeth: "You must have a good meal! Maybe it's the last meal."

Grace looked at them both strangely: "What are you doing?"

"fine!"

The two brothers spoke in unison.

Just when Grace was about to say something, Ning Hangyu came back after finishing the meal, so she didn't continue to ask.

After the meal was over, Ning Yuan rushed into the kitchen to wash the dishes, and even dragged Ning Zhou along with him - saying that washing the dishes was actually just throwing the dishes and chopsticks into the dishwasher.

After washing the dishes, Ning Yuan's mental preparations were almost finished. He took a deep breath and walked towards the living room.

In the living room, Grace and Ning Hangyu were watching TV and chatting with each other, Ning Yuan walked over and said very seriously: "Mom and Dad, I want to tell you something."

Ning Hangyu nodded: "What's the matter?"

Ning Yuan's throat rolled, and his heartbeat was about to burst out of his chest: "I like men."

After finishing speaking, he actually felt unusually relaxed.

It was like a big rock that hovered over his head day and night finally fell down.

No one in the room spoke, only the female anchor on the TV was still chattering about the current situation of the Democratic Party election.

Soon Ning Hangyu raised his hand to turn off the TV with the remote control, and the female anchor's voice stopped abruptly like a duck being choked.

"Can you say that again?"

Shen Lie opened the door, the room was dark with no lights on.Only scattered moonlight occasionally shines in through the cracks in the curtains blown open by the wind, casting a small silver spot on the floor.

He hadn't seen this scene for a long time, so he stood at the door and watched for a while.

Every night when he came back, Ning Yuan would go into the room and turn on the lights, and then go to the kitchen to cook. He would pick up the clothes Ning Yuan threw on the sofa and hang them on the hangers, cut some fruits and put them in the living room.

After eating, Shen Lie will consciously wash the dishes—of course, he just put the dishes in the dishwasher—after he finishes washing, they will watch the news for half an hour in the living room and eat some fruit. They went back to work in the study, he sat on a chair, Ning Yuan bought a soft lazy sofa, he would sit on the sofa and read a book.

After work, they would go to take a shower together. Although sometimes they would wipe their guns and misfire, but more often they would wait until they went to bed.

This kind of alone time really hasn't been experienced for a long time.

Shen Lie shook his head amusedly, only feeling that companionship and habit are really the most fatal things.

"You can say it as many times as you want, but the result won't change." Ning Yuan looked at his parents gently and firmly with his dark eyes, "I like men."

Grace and Ning Hangyu didn't speak, and Ning Zhou didn't dare to say anything.

After a while, Grace sighed and beckoned Ning Yuan to come over: "My child, can you really not be tempted by women?"

Ning Yuan walked over, knelt on the ground, leaned his face on Grace's knee, and said in a muffled voice, "I don't know, but now I have a man I like very much. I only know that besides him, I won't fall in love with anyone else."

Grace put her hand on the top of his fluffy hair with some hesitation, paused, and touched it: "Baby, although you are not our biological child, you know, I love you as much as Dad."

Ning Yuan raised his face, his round and big puppy eyes were wet: "I know I have let you down—"

"No, child," Grace interrupted him gently, "you have never let us down, you have never let us down since you were young. The only thing you may let us down is that you are not happy."

Ning Yuan knew that Grace and Ning Hangyu loved him very much, but he didn't expect to love him so much that even he could accept that he liked men, and he really wanted them to be happy.

He buried his face in Grace's knee again, his voice began to tremble: "I met you when I was ten years old, and it is a blessing that I can never finish in my whole life."

Grace's eyes were also red, she lowered her head and solemnly kissed Ning Yuan's hair top.

Ning Hangyu didn't speak, stood up and poked Ning Zhou: "Come out and have a cigarette with me."

Ning Zhou was originally lying on the sofa, but immediately got up and followed his father to the balcony.

Ning Hangyu took out a cigarette case from his pocket, took out one and handed it to Ning Zhou, and put another in his mouth.

Ning Zhou doggedly took out the lighter and lit the two of them.

Ning Hangyu smoked half a cigarette by himself, but didn't speak.

When the cigarette was burned out immediately, Ning Hangyu sighed: "Go back."

Ning Zhou patted him on the shoulder.

Although he didn't say a word or ask a question, Ning Zhou knew that this man needed someone to accompany him at this time.

When the two of them returned to the living room, Ning Yuan had already sat back on the sofa, and Ning Hangyu coughed: "Next time, bring... back to see you." After speaking, he strolled back to the room.

Ning Yuan was worried about his father who had never said a word, but now his eyes lit up: "It must be!"

Ning Yuan couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and he didn't dare to call Shen Lie due to poor sound insulation at home, so he could only send him text messages.

— Come home with me.

After sending it, he read and read this text message sweetly, but Shen Lie didn't know whether he was asleep or something, and he never replied.

Half an hour later, Ning Yuan tilted his head while holding the phone in his hand, and started snoring.

Shen Lie did go to bed early last night, because he always had nightmares before, so the quality of sleep was not good. Besides Ning Yuan came out to give him psychological counseling, he always asked his friends to collect aromatherapy with good sleep effect from all over the world, which caused He is used to falling asleep in the company of aromatherapy, even if Ning Yuan was not there last night.

When he woke up the next morning, Shen Lie turned on his phone and saw Ning Yuan's text message at first glance.The corners of his lips turned up and then flattened, flattened and turned up again, and he couldn't control it at all.

After being happy for less than a minute, he thought of his parents again, and the smile instantly froze on his face.

third court

The jury, judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers, defendants, and clerks were all in place, and Judge Donovan tapped the gavel to signal the start of today's trial.

According to the established procedures, today should be the last witness, that is, the prosecution witness Ning Zhou to testify in court. Shen Lie stood up and said to the judge: "The prosecution requests to call witnesses—"

Before he could finish speaking, the defense lawyer Leon stood up and interrupted Shen Lie: "Your Excellency, in fact, the defense plans to call a witness."

Shen Lie looked over coldly, and flipped through the schedule symbolically: "It is clearly stated in the document that the defense has no new witnesses to call."

Judge Donovan nodded: "I agree, you do have no new witnesses."

"It's not a new witness, Your Honor," Lyon smirked, "The defense has applied for a new summons for Klein Reid."

Klein, who was sitting in the review booth, widened his eyes and pointed at himself with his backhand, very surprised.

In fact, everyone was surprised except Leon and Vincent.

Just as Lyon was about to state his reasons, Shen Lie said first: "Your Excellency, the application is coming forward?"

Judge Donovan waved to them.

Shen Lie and Leon walked to the front of the judge's seat, Shen Lie gritted his teeth: "Your Excellency, Klein has already appeared in court to testify once, and the defense has made it clear that there are no other questions. Under such circumstances, the defense requests to summon him to appear in court again. I think it is very unreasonable and very inconsistent with the regulations."

Judge Donovan shifted his gaze to Leon. "Defense counsel?"

Lyon said calmly: "We have evidence to prove that Mr. Reid is gay, and it is very necessary for the jury to know this."

Judge Donovan frowned. "Prosecutor?"

Shen Lie pursed his lips tightly.