Morbid Addiction

Chen Yuncheng walked towards the subway station. On the way, he tried to call Zhang Wenyong again, but the other party still didn't answer.He had no choice but to leave him a message on WeChat, then put his phone back in his pocket, trotted across the street when the light was green, and entered the platform of the subway station.

When entering the station, Chen Yuncheng looked up subconsciously, and saw a dark gray Land Rover passing by the street. He glanced at it hastily, but he didn't even see the license plate number clearly, then he lowered his head and stepped up and down the elevator.

Going back to his canteen, Chen Yuncheng opened the shutter door halfway, got in, closed the door and locked it from the inside.

The lights in the shop outside had been turned off, so he went straight through and entered the interior, and turned on an orange overhead light on the roof.

Chen Yuncheng picked up his cup, walked to the water dispenser, squatted down to receive the water, and at the same time took out his mobile phone to call Gu Yaojia.The two of them had nothing to say, so Chen Yuncheng advised her not to be too nervous, Zhou Yan is an adult, if there is still no news tomorrow, he will accompany her to call the police.

After making the phone call, the water glass was full. Chen Yuncheng got up and picked up the water glass, gulped down all the warm water, then put the water glass on the table and walked towards the bathroom.

There is only one room with a bathroom in his canteen.

The room is actually not too small, but the whole wall is packed with cardboard boxes, which contain some goods such as drinks and beer. The rest of the space is only a bed, a cloth wardrobe, and a Small square table.

Chen Yuncheng didn't watch TV after taking a shower, but lay on the bed and played with his mobile phone.He was actually a little absent-minded, not because of Zhou Yan's affairs, but because of the man he met at the entrance of the KTV today.

The moment the two passed by, he felt that he knew that person, so he stopped and kept looking at that person's back, hoping that the other person would also recognize him.

But when the man left without looking back, Chen Yuncheng began to be unsure again, he thought to himself that they had been separated for 16 years, both of them were still children when they separated, and the person in his memory was really the same person ?

Chen Yuncheng put down the phone, decided to temporarily put aside those distracting thoughts in his head, and have a good sleep.He lay on his back on the bed, put his arms under his head, and thought to himself, so what if that person is actually Ning Junyan?For his life, it has long been a past experience.

Waking up the next morning, Chen Yuncheng, as usual, opened the canteen first, and then walked alone to the noodle shop two shops away to eat noodles.

He sat at the table near the door, exchanged greetings with the noodle cooker, and when his noodles were just served, he sat down at his table alone.

Chen Yuncheng raised his head and saw that the person sitting opposite was Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan looked haggard and called him, "Brother Cheng."

Chen Yuncheng took out a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick holder, mixed the beef noodles evenly, and then said: "Your wife has been looking for you all night."

Zhou Yan said: "My mobile phone is out of battery." After speaking, he saw that Chen Yuncheng's face was not very good-looking, and added: "I called her."

Chen Yuncheng picked up a piece of noodles with chopsticks and put them into his mouth, and when he swallowed them all, he asked Zhou Yan, "Have you had breakfast yet?"

Zhou Yan said, "Not yet."

Chen Yuncheng raised his hand to greet the boss: "Cook another bowl of beef noodles."

Zhou Yan didn't refuse, he seemed to be hungry, picked up the chopsticks and ate with big mouthfuls as soon as the noodles came.

Chen Yuncheng finished his bowl of noodles first, then sat beside him and leaned on the back of the chair to watch him.

Until Zhou Yan finished eating the noodles, Chen Yuncheng asked him, "Are you full?"

Zhou Yan wiped his mouth with a tissue and nodded.

Chen Yuncheng said, "Do you have something to tell me?"

Zhou Yan folded a few stacks of used paper towels, put them on the table, stared at the half bowl of noodle soup left in the bowl, and said, "Brother Cheng, can you lend me some money?"

Chen Yuncheng asked him: "What's the matter?"

Zhou Yan said, "My son is sick."

Chen Yuncheng was a little surprised: "Are you sick? Is it serious?"

Zhou Yan said: "It's a heart problem. I can have an operation, but I can't afford that much money now."

Chen Yuncheng said, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Zhou Yan looked a little painful, he raised his hand and rubbed his face vigorously, "I know you don't have much money, I originally wanted to borrow it from Brother Yong, but I had a dispute with him, and now I have lost my job. I really can't help it."

Chen Yuncheng said in a low voice: "Zhang Wenyong is not a good guy."

Zhou Yan said: "I have no choice."

Chen Yuncheng asked him, "How much more do you need?"

Zhou Yan said, "At least a hundred thousand."

Chen Yuncheng looked at him: "How can I have so much money?"

Zhou Yan didn't speak.

Chen Yuncheng sighed heavily, he stood up, paid the money first, then stretched out his hand to pull Zhou Yan up, and said, "Let's go."

"Brother Cheng?" Zhou Yan looked a little surprised.

Chen Yuncheng didn't say much, he took Zhou Yan back to his canteen, went into the inner room alone, came out after a while, and then took Zhou Yan to a nearby bank ATM to withdraw 3 yuan.

When handing over the money to Zhou Yan, Chen Yuncheng said: "I only have so much money, you collect it yourself, and do what you have to do."

Zhou Yan couldn't stretch out his hand for a long time.

Chen Yuncheng said, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Yan said: "I feel very sorry for you. It's all the money you have worked so hard to save in the past two years."

Chen Yuncheng stuffed the money to Zhou Yan, and said in a flat tone: "Take it, and pay it back slowly. Anyway, I don't need the money now."

Zhou Yan and Chen Yuncheng came out of the bank together. Chen Yuncheng walked in front with his hands in his pockets. Zhou Yan caught up with him from the side and said, "Brother Cheng, are you still considering finding a girlfriend?"

Chen Yuncheng simply said "ah", without expressing much.

Zhou Yan said again: "I will definitely return the money to you as soon as possible."

Chen Yuncheng didn't say anything, when he was walking past the corner, he stopped suddenly and said to Zhou Yan: "Last night, I seemed to see—"

"Who?" Zhou Yan was puzzled.

Chen Yuncheng didn't continue, his canteen was not far ahead, and he saw a police car parked by the side of the road.

Zhou Yan followed his line of sight and saw the police car, and asked nervously, "Are the police looking for trouble for you?"

Chen Yuncheng shook his head, he patted Zhou Yan on the shoulder and told him to go first, and then walked towards the commissary alone.

When approaching the canteen, Chen Yuncheng first looked down at the inside of the police car, and saw that it was empty.Then he saw a slender figure standing against the glass container in the canteen.

"Officer Long," Chen Yuncheng called out, his tone becoming enthusiastic unconsciously.

Long Zhanyu turned his head to look at him, bent his slender fingers and tapped on the counter glass, and said, "Take a pack of cigarettes."

Chen Yuncheng smiled and said, "Okay, just wait a moment."

When Chen Yuncheng went into the counter to get cigarettes, Long Zhanyu kept sizing him up. As soon as Chen Yuncheng turned his head, he saw Long Zhanyu's dark eyes staring at him unblinkingly. He passed the cigarette over and said, "You always The cards drawn."

Long Zhanyu unzipped the down jacket, took out his mobile phone from the inner bag to pay.

Chen Yuncheng asked: "On duty last night? Why is it so early today?"

Long Zhanyu gave a vague "hmm" and said, "Have you seen Zhang Wenyong recently?"

Chen Yuncheng hesitated, and decided to tell the truth: "I went to look for him yesterday, but I couldn't find him."

Long Zhanyu took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and approached Chen Yuncheng: "Why are you looking for him?"

Chen Yuncheng reached out to pick up the lighter on the counter, helped Long Zhanyu light the cigarette he was biting in the corner of his mouth, and said, "Something happened to one of my brothers. I wanted to ask him, but I didn't even see anyone else."

Long Zhanyu slowly exhaled smoke from the corner of his mouth, his eyes fixed on Chen Yuncheng: "Be honest."

Chen Yuncheng said in a serious tone: "Assure the organization, I will be honest."

Long Zhanyu pushed away from the front of the counter.

Chen Yuncheng said suddenly: "Officer Long, you are so good-looking, aren't you afraid of being harassed when handling cases?"

Long Zhanyu grinned, turned around and walked outside the canteen, opened the driver's door of the police car and sat in.

Chen Yuncheng walked to the door, waved his hand and said, "Go slowly."