Morbid Addiction

At the address Zhou Yan agreed upon, Chen Yuncheng asked Ning Junyan to wait for him in the car: "Don't get out of the car for now."

Ning Junyan nodded, but after Chen Yuncheng got out of the car, he still turned on the headlights, illuminating the area in front of him.

This place is under a bridge near the river, and there is only a small road to drive the car over. Chen Yuncheng walked forward a few steps, saw that the surroundings were desolate, and there were no residents nearby, so he shouted in a suppressed voice: "Zhou Yan?"

There was no response. He stood there and waited for more than a minute, then took out his mobile phone, found the landline number that Zhou Yan had called just now, hesitated and did not call back.

At this time, he heard faint footsteps coming from under the bridge.

"Zhou Yan?" Chen Yuncheng walked down the bridge, and by the light of the headlights, he saw Zhou Yan still wearing yesterday's suit, hat and mask, standing beside the bridge pier.

Zhou Yan kept staring at the direction of the car. He saw Chen Yuncheng approaching and asked, "Why didn't you come alone?"

Chen Yuncheng said to him: "Ning Junyan won't do anything, he just sent me here."

Zhou Yan finally looked away, looked at Chen Yuncheng, and said softly, "Brother Cheng, I'm sorry."

Chen Yuncheng sighed slightly, "You want to see me so late just to say sorry to me?"

Zhou Yan said: "Not only I'm sorry, but I also want to thank you." After speaking, Zhou Yan knelt down in front of Chen Yuncheng.

Chen Yuncheng didn't expect it, and immediately stretched out his hand to pull him, "Get up first!"

Zhou Yan shook his head. He took off his hat, lowered his head, and stretched out his hand to pull down the zipper of his coat. He reached in and took out a stack of money from his inner pocket. He handed the money to Chen Yuncheng and said, "Here is 1 yuan. You take the money first, and I will return the other money to you slowly."

Chen Yuncheng didn't take his money, but asked, "Where did you get the money?"

Zhou Yan didn't speak.

Chen Yuncheng grabbed his arm and asked, "Where have you been all this time? Do you know that your stepfather was killed?"

Although the surrounding light was dim, Chen Yuncheng still saw the change in Zhou Yan's expression. Zhou Yan turned his eyes away, as if he heard something terrible, the hand held by Chen Yuncheng couldn't stop trembling slightly.

The thing Chen Yuncheng was most worried about still appeared, he slowly squatted down in front of Zhou Yan, and said, "Please tell me clearly, what exactly happened?"

Zhou Yan said hoarsely: "Brother Cheng, don't ask, I can't surrender now, I have no way out."

At this moment, Chen Yuncheng almost wanted to beat him to death himself, "Are you killing people for money?"

"It's not for money!" Zhou Yan finally couldn't hold back his emotions and cried, "It's not for money! I wanted to borrow money from my mother when I went back. That old bastard, he beat me and abused me since I was a child. He humiliated me. , I did it when I was really angry, and I didn't expect him to die!"

Chen Yuncheng looked at him, and asked after a long time: "Has he abused you?"

Zhou Yan lowered his head and nodded twice, "When I was young, I ran away from home because he would beat me, tie me up, and deny me food. My mother knew it clearly, and dared not say anything in front of him. This time when I go back, I just want to borrow some money, and he called me a beggar, saying that I am not qualified to have a son, and I deserve it if I die..." At this point, Zhou Yan was so choked up that he couldn't continue.

Chen Yuncheng's eyes were red, he could feel Zhou Yan's anger, and even became angry himself, but: "You shouldn't kill someone, you killed him, and you will pay for yourself for the rest of your life, don't you know?"

Zhou Yan didn't speak, he just knelt on the ground weakly.After a while, he stuffed the 1 yuan into Chen Yuncheng's hand, "You take the money, and I will return the rest to you slowly."

Chen Yuncheng shook his head, "I don't want the money you robbed, you come and surrender with me."

"I can't surrender myself!" Zhou Yan was agitated, "I went in, what about Jiajia and the child? No one can control them outside!"

Chen Yuncheng grabbed his shoulder, "You can take care of them if you don't go in? You can't even get close to them!"

Zhou Yan said: "There will always be a way. I will find a way to make money and find an opportunity to send it back. It is better than turning myself in!"

At this time, they heard the sound of "bang" closing the car door at the same time.

Ning Junyan got out of the car. He was wearing short cowhide boots, and the soles of his shoes made a "squeak" sound when they stepped on the gravel road.

Seeing him approaching, Zhou Yan tensed up all of a sudden. He stood up and stepped back, hiding in the shadow of the pier, as if Ning Junyan would immediately flee into the darkness if he made any movement.

However, Ning Junyan stopped when he was close to the bridge. Behind him was the light from the headlights. From this angle, his face could not be seen clearly, only his tall silhouette could be seen.

"Have you ever studied law?" He asked Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan's attitude towards Ning Junyan has never been friendly, "What do you want to say?"

Ning Junyan said, "What do you think you will be sentenced to if you surrender yourself?"

Chen Yuncheng stood up slowly, looked at Zhou Yan and said nothing.

Zhou Yan pressed one hand on the wet pier at night, "What do you mean?"

Ning Junyan said: "You can go to the court and tell the judge what you said just now. In addition to surrendering yourself, I guess you will be sentenced to death with a reprieve, or life imprisonment. As long as you don't die, you can fight for a commutation of your sentence and be released after serving your sentence. It may be more than ten years later, and your son was only in his teens at that time, and he was about the same age as you when you came out to work."

Zhou Yan stared at his figure fiercely.

Ning Junyan continued: "Do you think your son is like you, without his father, he went out to work in his teens and was bullied, pointed at his nose and scolded as a begging dog? I still hope that he will come back when he is adolescence. By his side, how about giving each other a chance to take care of each other?"

Zhou Yan's breathing sounded heavy, but it was covered by the sound of flowing water, so he couldn't hear it. He said, "My business has nothing to do with you!"

Ning Junyan said indifferently: "Of course it doesn't matter, you can leave now, but don't throw your wife and children to Yuncheng, these have nothing to do with him. A man should bear his own responsibilities."

Chen Yuncheng took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "Zhou Yan, surrender yourself with me."

Zhou Yan didn't speak.

Ning Junyan walked to Chen Yuncheng's side and took Chen Yuncheng's hand, "Don't worry about him, you've done enough."

Chen Yuncheng was dragged by Ning Junyan to the direction of parking, he was not reconciled, and finally looked at Zhou Yan and said to him: "Jiajia and the children both need you, you will be gone for the rest of your life today, the road is in front of you, think clearly Bar."

After finishing speaking, Chen Yuncheng turned his head and stopped looking at him.

Ning Junyan and Chen Yuncheng walked to the side of the car, because Zhou Yan was hiding behind the shadow of the bridge pier, and he could no longer be seen from here.

They opened the door and got in the car.

Ning Junyan started the car but did not leave in a hurry, he asked Chen Yuncheng: "Are you still waiting for him?"

Chen Yuncheng said, "Wait for 5 minutes, okay?"

Ning Junyan responded, "You can wait as long as you want."

They looked ahead and did not speak again.After waiting for 2 minutes, Zhou Yan slowly came out from under the bridge. He walked all the way to the front of the car, took off the mask, looked up at them, and said, "I will surrender myself."

Chen Yuncheng nodded and said to him, "Get in the car."

It was 01:30 in the morning when we arrived at the police station.

Chen Yuncheng called Long Zhanyu, and Long Zhanyu's tone was very bad: "What's the matter so late?"

"I will accompany Zhou Yan to surrender." His voice was also slightly hoarse, as if the result of a cool breeze at night.

Long Zhanyu was silent for a while, and his whole body became sober, "What did you say?"

Chen Yuncheng repeated: "I will accompany Zhou Yan to surrender."

Long Zhanyu asked him: "Do you know what Zhou Yan did besides stealing cars?"

Chen Yuncheng said, "I know, murder."

His tone was too calm, Long Zhanyu cursed after hearing it, and said to him: "Come on, I'm on duty tonight."

In the middle of the night, the police station was still with the lights on and the door open. When Ning Junyan parked his car in the parking lot in front of the police station, Long Zhanyu was already waiting for them at the door with a cigarette in his mouth.

Before Chen Yuncheng got off the car, he turned his head to look at Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan originally lowered his head slightly, but at this moment, as if he had made up his mind suddenly, he opened the car door and jumped down.

Chen Yuncheng and Ning Junyan got out of the car.

Wearing a crumpled down jacket, Long Zhanyu strode down from the steps at the door, all the way to Zhou Yan, took off the handcuffs hanging on his trousers and handcuffed his hands.

Two police officers on duty in uniform ran out, and brought Zhou Yan in, one on the left and one on the right.

When Zhou Yan followed them inside, he was still looking back at Chen Yuncheng.

Chen Yuncheng knew that he would rarely have the chance to talk to him in the future, so he shouted loudly at this moment: "I will help you take care of them."

Zhou Yan bit his lip to prevent himself from crying, and nodded.

Chen Yuncheng said to Long Zhanyu again: "Can you treat him better?"

Long Zhanyu said: "If he cooperates, I will treat him well, but the case may have to be transferred to the county public security bureau over there for jurisdiction. After all, there is a murder case over there."

Chen Yuncheng stared at Zhou Yan's back that had disappeared behind the glass door, and nodded.

Long Zhanyu put his hands into the pockets of his jacket, his eyes fell on Ning Junyan, and he sized him up, obviously he still had an impression of him.

Chen Yuncheng asked: "Is there anything else we need to do?"

Long Zhanyu said: "Although it's a bit late, you should cooperate with us and make a record. Your testimony will also help Zhou Yan in the future."

Chen Yuncheng nodded.

They made notes separately. Chen Yuncheng and Zhou Yan had a close relationship, and the notes should be more detailed. When they came out of the inner room, they saw Ning Junyan wearing a coat and sitting on a chair at the entrance of the police station, with his head against the wall and already asleep.

He walked over, woke Ning Junyan softly, and said, "We're going back."

Ning Junyan drove the car away from the police station. Chen Yuncheng sat in the co-pilot and said to him, "Thank you."

"Thank you?" Ning Junyan's tone was slightly tired.

Chen Yuncheng said: "If you didn't say those words, I might not be able to persuade Zhou Yan."

Ning Junyan said "um", and said in a calm tone: "You are soft-hearted, and he knows you are soft-hearted."

Chen Yuncheng didn't speak until he returned to the community and took the elevator upstairs.

Ning Junyan asked him, "What are you thinking?"

Chen Yuncheng looked at him: "I was thinking how to thank you." In fact, Chen Yuncheng was thinking far more than this sentence can sum up. Ning Junyan's feelings are too heavy, and the word thank you is too light. He doesn't know what to do to get it. I am worthy of the other party's feelings.

Ning Junyan said calmly: "Or you can give me a kiss."

Chen Yuncheng laughed when he heard this.

When the elevator reached the floor, when the door opened, Ning Junyan walked outside and said regretfully, "It's fine if you don't want to support me, can't you just kiss me?"

Thinking about it later, Chen Yuncheng felt that he must have been too tired and his brain lost the ability to think. At that time, he grabbed Ning Junyan's arm to make him turn around, raised his head and kissed him lightly on the face.

Ning Junyan looked at him and said, "That's not the case."

Chen Yuncheng looked at him blankly.

Ning Junyan wrapped his arms around his waist, put his other hand on the back of his neck, lowered his head and kissed his lips.

The author says:

Ning Junyan: First kiss, please forgive me