companion ghost

After Shen Lie took a shower at night, his hair was still wet on his face, and he saw Ning Yuan curled up on the bedside, playing with a tablet computer in his hands, and wrapped in three quilts.

Shen Lie: "..."

You're so good, let you wrap yourself in three quilts.

Ning Yuan felt the mattress sink slightly, raised his eyes and gave Shen Lie a big smile: "Dry your hair before going to sleep!"

Shen Lie didn't take it seriously: "I'm not used to it, my head hurts when I blow that thing."

Ning Yuan: "What kind of bastard are you?"

Shen Lie squinted at him.

Ning Yuan took the initiative to show him the tablet: "It's a little bit of progress, at least I know his name is Angel."

Unknowingly, Shen Lie paused because of his past movements: "Are you serious?"

Ning Yuan shrugged: "He said very seriously, I listened very carefully, but I know you will not believe it."

Shen Lie sneered: "Perhaps Vincent felt that torturing an Angel would satisfy his disgusting self-esteem."

Ning Yuan sighed: "Angel's Stockholm is really serious. We chatted all afternoon. He only told me his name and age. Whenever I touched on the topic of Vincent, he always avoided it."

Shen Lie frowned slightly: "Are you sure you can get him to adjust his mental state to testify in court before the trial?"

Ning Yuan put down the tablet computer, looked directly into Shen Lie's eyes, and said seriously: "I can't tell. After all, he is so serious, and I can't force him. He is now on the verge of collapse. Vincent is firmly in place physically and psychologically. Don't say that Vincent is just a suspect now, even if he is dead, Angel can't come out completely."

After all, that was ten years.

Ten years, to that thin and pitiful boy, was ten years of darkness and torture, ten years of despair.In the day-to-day pain, learning to obey and forgetting yourself is the best way.

Shen Lie lay flat on the bed, eyes slightly closed: "The arraignment will be held tomorrow, and I will try my best to prevent Vincent from being released on bail, so as to buy you as much time as possible."

Ning Yuan murmured: "This is the only way to go now. The most important and crucial point is that Vincent and Angel must never have even the slightest contact, not even a single eye contact!"

Shen Lie opened his eyes, lay on his side and looked at him: "You know that's impossible. During the trial, Angel will definitely see Vincent sitting in the dock. I can't control this."

Ning Yuan also flattened his mouth: "I hope Angel's mental state will be better at that time, enough to support him through the trial."

Shen Lie reached out and took out the tablet from Ning Yuan's hand: "What did you guys talk about?"

Ning Yuan snatched it over: "You know I can't tell you about the Doctor-Patient Confidentiality Regulation [Note], right, Prosecutor Shen?"

Shen Lie: "..."

Are you patient again?

Shen Lie narrowed his eyes: "You are using my tablet now, living in my house, and absorbing my yang energy, are you now negotiating a confidentiality agreement with me?"

Ning Yuan smiled: "I am very professional!"

Shen Lie looked at him fixedly, and stretched out his hand.

Ning Yuan stiffened for five seconds, and still offered the tablet with both hands.

Shen Lie twitched his lips in satisfaction: "Good boy." After thinking about Ning Yuan's position for the first time, he added, "You are a psychological counselor temporarily hired by the police, and you work for the prosecution, not for doctors and patients. The confidentiality agreement will not threaten your business license and medical certificate."

Ning Yuan opened his eyes wide: "You think I care about this?"

Shen Lie was at a loss.

Ning Yuan slid the tablet away nonchalantly, brought up the chat history between himself and Angel, and smiled: "Compared to a child who is already full of despair and trauma, I really don't care about nonsense doctor-patient confidentiality agreements, let alone business license and medical certificate."

After all, the first essence of being a human being is to be worthy of one's own conscience.

With a little surprise, Shen Lie met Ning Yuan's big and round eyes, which were very clear black pupils.Shen Lie thought in a daze, it was really as clear and clean as a gem as written in those sour love novels.

For some reason, Ning Yuan's cheeks felt a little hot when Shen Lie looked at it, and he pushed the tablet to him in a rough voice: "Do you want to see it or not!"

Only then did Shen Lie react, and immediately lowered his head to look at the tablet screen to hastily cover up something.

Ning Yuan sat next to him, resting his chin in his hands and looking at Shen Lie's delicate and handsome profile, his eyes curved into crescent moons.

Shen Lie looked down at their chat records:

NING: Honey, are you in the ward?

Angel: How do you...know?

NING: There is a certain position.

Angel: ...what's that?

NING: It is a device that can know where you are. Technology is advancing.

By the way, I just came back from the hospital two days ago, and it was really painful.

Angel: Are you sick too?

NING: That's right...it's hard, both physically and mentally.

Angel:?

NING: We don't know each other. I don't know if it's good to tell you this, but maybe... maybe if we know me, I won't dare to tell you. Would you like to hear my story?

Angel: Hmm.

NING: I used to have someone I loved very much. I thought he loved me, and I loved him too.We are so compatible, I regard him as my master, my God, my God, as long as he says I am willing to do.In front of him, I can completely trust him, even if he beats me and scolds me, I feel happy.But... I was wrong.

NING: He was just using me, we started this relationship when I was very young and it's been 12 years now.I am no longer young and no longer in line with his taste, but he has never abandoned me, and has always kept me by his side, making me feel that there is love between us.

NING: But it turns out that's not the case.

NING: He just made me a shield for him, a shield for him, because I was too shameless.

NING: He tied me by his side since I was a child. My thoughts, my body, and everything about me were born for him.

NING: I am like a baby elephant in a circus, chained up since I was a child and unable to break free or escape.As time passed, I grew up slowly, but I couldn't leave anymore.

NING: He's the chain.

NING: Angel, baby, are you still there?

Angel didn't respond.

Shen Lie saw Ning Yuan's last words: "Angel, little angel, I'll tell you what's on my mind. Would you like to tell me about yourself? I'd like to be your tree hole."

Shen Lie put down the tablet and looked at Ning Yuan complicatedly. The latter took the initiative to confess: "I guessed what happened to Angel. In this case, it will be easy to get close if you have a similar experience. I hope this will make him feel better this morning. Open up to me."

Shen Lie nodded and said: "I will do my best for the arraignment tomorrow morning, but it is very likely that Vincent will still be released on bail, but I will definitely ask the judge to issue a restraining order against Vincent to Angel," His face darkened, and his voice contained threats and anger, "If this bastard dares to get close to Angel within a radius of two hundred miles, I will put him in jail, and eight lawyers will not be able to release him on bail."

Ning Yuan looked at Shen Lie in a daze, and smiled warmly.

There is always a sense of security around this man.

[Note] Doctor-patient confidentiality agreements: very rare in China, but very common in the United States.There is this confidentiality effect between doctors and patients.The doctor has no right to disclose the patient's condition without the consent of the patient.Otherwise the license will be revoked.