Morbid Addiction

Li Yanping asked Chen Yuncheng and Ning Junyan to follow her home. When walking in the garden of the community, she said, "My husband is not Zhou Yan's biological father."

Chen Yuncheng was not very surprised, since the first time he heard that the owner of this family was surnamed Qi, he began to feel strange.Thinking of Zhou Yan running away from home at a very young age, and then being sent back by the police and leaving home alone again, it may be because he never felt that this home was his own.

Li Yanping walked into the unit building, climbing the stairs with an aging and slow pace. She said, "So don't mention any children or medical treatment. My husband won't give out money, and he doesn't have any money."

"What about you?" Ning Junyan, who was walking behind Chen Yuncheng, said suddenly, his tone was emotionless, "Isn't Zhou Yan your biological son?"

Li Yanping stopped, and she looked back at them, "A few years ago, I worked outside as a handyman to keep shopkeepers, but I haven't had a job for the past two years. Where did I get the money?" Her tone was full of sorrow, and after she finished speaking, Turn around and continue upstairs slowly.

On the next two flights of stairs, Li Yanping kept talking, "It's not that I didn't feed him or study for him. It's because he doesn't study and wants to go out to work. I also think he can make money for me. Follow the blessings, instead of worrying about getting money to see a doctor for his children when I am old..."

Chen Yuncheng and Ning Junyan didn't speak, and Li Yanping didn't know whether to tell them or herself.

On the third floor, Li Yanping took out the key from her pants pocket and opened the door.

Standing behind her, Chen Yuncheng saw the door open, and it was very quiet inside, it didn't look like anyone was at home.

Li Yanping put down the travel bag she was carrying, stood at the door with one hand on the shoe cabinet to change shoes, and at the same time called, "Old Qi?"

No one responded.

Chen Yuncheng didn't get the invitation, and didn't follow in immediately, while Ning Junyan stood waiting outside the door, as if he didn't want to go into her house.

After Li Yanping changed into her slippers, she put the boots she wore home on the shoe rack, walked inside, and called out again: "Old Qi?"

Still no response.

Then Chen Yuncheng saw Li Yanping's back suddenly froze, and at the same time heard her let out a shrill and ear-piercing scream, and then Li Yanping's whole body slid to the ground.Chen Yuncheng didn't care whether he changed his shoes or not, so he rushed up to support Li Yanping from behind.

Li Yanping was originally a plump middle-aged woman, and she lost her strength and fell to the ground as if she was fainting. Chen Yuncheng used a lot of strength to fully support her, and he followed her half squatting and half kneeling on the ground. At this time, his gaze Completely blocked by the couch, don't know what's going on yet.

Ning Junyan, who was originally standing behind Chen Yuncheng, walked in, and stopped when he saw the scene in the living room.

Chen Yuncheng looked up at him, "What's wrong?" At the same time, he supported Li Yanping to get up with difficulty, trying to help her to lie down on the sofa.

At this time, Ning Junyan suddenly stretched out his hand to cover Chen Yuncheng's eyes, and asked in his ear, "Are you afraid?"

Chen Yuncheng was puzzled, "What?"

Ning Junyan said: "There is a man falling in the living room, he looks like he is dead."

Chen Yuncheng felt his back go cold for a moment, but he said, "I'm not afraid, you help me put her on the sofa."

Ning Junyan said softly: "Well, don't be afraid." Then he let go of the hand covering his eyes, walked to his side and lifted Li Yanping up with him.

Chen Yuncheng held Li Yanping's arm, and when Ning Junyan and Ning Junyan carried him to the sofa, they couldn't help turning their heads to look in the middle of the living room.There was a person lying there, motionless, with blood spreading from the back of his head, which seemed to have almost frozen.

Li Yanping was put on the sofa and still didn't wake up.

Ning Junyan stood up and walked towards the middle of the living room.

Chen Yuncheng subconsciously grabbed his hand, unconsciously pale with panic, and said, "Don't go."

Ning Junyan said: "Let me see, if you don't touch him, you should call the police immediately."

Only then did Chen Yuncheng react. He hurriedly took out his cell phone and called the police.

And Ning Junyan was obviously much calmer than Chen Yuncheng. He walked to the side of the person lying on his stomach in the living room, squatted down with his usual expression on his face, didn't make a move, just calmly looked at his side face turned to the side, and looked at the wound on the back of his head , and then said to Chen Yuncheng: "This person may be Zhou Yan's stepfather."

Chen Yuncheng looked at him.

Ning Junyan raised her head and pointed to a photo frame placed on the TV cabinet. Inside was a photo of Li Yanping and her husband, Mr. Qi.

Chen Yuncheng looked at the photo, and a very bad and terrible thought came to his mind.

Ning Junyan stood up and returned to Chen Yuncheng, "We'd better go out and wait, don't touch anything in the room."

Chen Yuncheng glanced at Li Yanping who was lying on the sofa and fainted, "What should she do?"

Ning Junyan said: "Go and knock on the door next door to see if you can settle her down temporarily. We'll wait for the police to come."

Chen Yuncheng nodded.

They knocked on the door of the big sister next door and settled Li Yanping who had fainted. During this time, Li Yanping woke up, crying out of strength, lying on the sofa of the big sister next door, unable to even stand up .

When the elder sister heard that something happened here, she was too scared to come out to take a look, so she hid in the room with the door half-closed to accompany Li Yanping.

Chen Yuncheng and Ning Junyan did not leave, they just waited in the stairwell.

Ning Junyan stood against the wall, while Chen Yuncheng said with a pale face, "I want to sit for a while." After speaking, he sat down on the steps of the stairs.

"Where do you think Zhou Yan will go?" Chen Yuncheng looked up at Ning Junyan.

Ning Junyan didn't answer, he was silent for a while, bent down and pressed his palm on Chen Yuncheng's head, saying: "Don't think about things that haven't been confirmed."

Chen Yuncheng nodded, "Maybe it's a thief."

They waited less than 10 minutes before the police arrived.

Neither Chen Yuncheng nor Ning Junyan entered the house again. Because of Li Yanping's emotional breakdown, the two of them were first invited to the police station to make a statement.

The two stayed in two rooms and answered the police's questions separately.

Chen Yuncheng explained their identities, the purpose of coming here, and the specific process of discovering the corpse.

The policeman was obviously very concerned about Zhou Yan's existence, "You said Zhou Yan came back to find his parents?"

Chen Yuncheng shook his head, "I don't know, I'm looking for him too."

The policeman asked: "Then why did you come all this way? Are you sure that he will come back? Or have you heard someone say that he will come back?"

Chen Yuncheng said: "I'm not sure, but I am very anxious to find him. His son is about to have an operation, and his wife is also very worried about him. Even if it might be a waste of time, I have to run this time."

The policeman asked again, "Does he have conflicts with his stepfather?"

Chen Yuncheng said: "I don't know, he never mentioned his family, this is the first time I see his parents."

The transcript was very detailed. It was almost half an hour after Chen Yuncheng came out, and he saw Ning Junyan was already waiting for him outside.

Unlike Chen Yuncheng, Ning Junyan knew even less about Zhou Yan. This trip was purely to accompany Chen Yuncheng. The police asked some simple questions, mainly about how to find the scene of the crime. Afterwards, they looked at his ID card and Work permit, let him leave.

The police handling the case sent them out of the gate of the County Public Security Bureau. Chen Yuncheng's expression was still not very good, and he stood on the side of the road in a daze.

Ning Junyan didn't urge him to leave, but just reached out and held his hand, feeling his fingers were cold.

Chen Yuncheng glanced at him a little unresponsively.

Ning Junyan suddenly opened the zipper of his down jacket, took off the down jacket on his body and hung it on his arm, and then went to take off Chen Yuncheng's down jacket.

Chen Yuncheng lowered his head to let him manipulate, and asked in a daze, "What's wrong?"

Ning Junyan took off Chen Yuncheng's down jacket, then put on his own down jacket, and carefully zipped it up.

The warmth hit instantly, and Ning Junyan's down jacket was obviously much thicker, and it also wrapped Chen Yuncheng tightly with Ning Junyan's body temperature, which made Chen Yuncheng come back to his senses, and he said: "I don't need it."

Ning Junyan had already put Chen Yuncheng's thin down clothes on himself, then reached into the pocket of the clothes Chen Yuncheng was wearing to find out the car keys, and said, "Let's go."