Fatty

eighteen months later.

The sophomore students had their winter vacation, and the weather was getting colder and colder. Finally, one day, it snowed lightly in the northeast.

It's freezing outside, but warm inside.

Sitting on the sofa was a boy in a black sweater with the sleeves pulled up to his elbows, looking down at a book.He was tall, thin, and extremely handsome, with a pair of rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose, covering his bright black almond eyes, which inexplicably added a bit of bookishness.

After a while, a tall boy walked in. The boy looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, but he was not short, probably more than 1.8 meters tall.The boy doesn't have the stunning looks of the boy in the black sweater, but his brows and eyes are gentle, and he looks more often, which adds a lot of intimacy.

He was holding a few delicate persimmons, each of which was only half the size of his palm. They should have just been washed, with a few drops of water on them.

"Ji Jie," the visitor said in a gentle voice, especially when calling out names, "Come and eat something."

The boy called Ji Jie raised his head and picked up a towel to wipe his hands.And that person was considerate enough to peel the persimmon and bring it to his mouth.That person is Guan Tianren.

Ji Jie opened his mouth and made a swallowing motion, almost swallowing Guan Tianren's fingers together. Guan Tianren pushed the soft flesh, gently picked off Ye Di, and then sat next to Ji Jie.

Ji Jie took off his glasses, rubbed his sore eyes, and leaned against Guan Tianren after a while, showing a tired posture.

The boy below her was not as plump as when she first met him. Even though he was wearing thick clothes, his shoulders still revealed a faint sense of bone.Since stopping the medicine, Guan Tianren has lost weight very evenly. The first thing to lose weight is the stomach, then the shoulders, arms, and lower body.Whether it is long or short, these eighteen months can almost make Guan Tianren a normal person's weight. At first glance, no one would say that Guan Tianren is fat, but he still can't wear Ji Jie's clothes , it will collapse tightly on the body.

Guan Tianren relaxed his shoulders and let Ji Jie lean against him. After a while, he lowered his voice, as if he was afraid that Ji Jie would be shocked, and said, "...Ji Jie, are you afraid?"

Ji Jie shook his head, his voice was clear: "Don't be afraid."

"how?"

"I'm just a little nervous." Ji Jie raised his right hand, and there was a light red scar on the palm of his right hand, running across the entire palm.His hands were shaking all the time, "...I haven't seen him for a long time. I'm nervous."

Tomorrow is the day of Ji Wencheng's court session. Ji Jie can go to the court to attend the hearing. After all the calculations, tomorrow will be the first time Ji Jie sees Ji Wencheng in these [-] months.

Ji Jie's hands trembled uncontrollably: "I haven't seen him for a long time. I want to see if he has changed, but I'm afraid to know that he is not doing well."

Guan Tianren comforted: "Don't be nervous. Usually the first trial will not announce the verdict. We still have to wait..."

"Wait, wait," Ji Jie got angry, "How long do I have to wait!"

He knew he shouldn't lose his temper with Guan Tianren, but this year and a half of waiting had consumed all of Ji Jie's patience. He straightened his leaning body, then leaned against the back of the sofa, covered his forehead with his right hand, and weighed heavily sigh.

"……what time is it?"

Guan Tianren knew that he was in a bad mood, so he stood up and looked at the clock outside, and said, "It's twelve o'clock. Do you want to sleep?"

Ji Jie threw away the book in his hand and said, "I can't sleep even if I want to sleep. Forget it."

He looked at the jurisprudence of recent years.After Ji Wencheng's accident, the family members kept it a secret from Ji Jie.If Wang Siwei hadn't told Ji Jie about Ji Wencheng back then, then now Ji Jie must be alone abroad, sulking and ignorant of domestic affairs.

Sometimes Ji Jie hates his mother, Yang Huaijin, and Guan Tianren.They completely isolated themselves. At that time, Ji Jie's blood pressure soared and his nose bleeds, and he kept arguing with his mother and Guan Tianren.Ji Jie has a violent temper and a stubborn personality. After doing a lot of extreme things that he would faintly regret in the future, he finally stayed in China, wasting Ji Wencheng's hard work to go abroad for him.

Yang Huaijin had a big quarrel with Ji Jie when she found out about this. It was the first time the two of them quarreled since they became friends.

Ji Jie said what should I do?Let me go alone, leaving my mother and brother here to be investigated?

But you are useless here!

Ji Jie scolded, if you are in front of me now, I will slap you to death.

Yang Huaijin seemed angrier than him, and hung up the phone directly.The two had never quarreled like this before.Later, when Ji Jie stayed behind, the two of them didn't talk seriously on the phone.Yang Huaijin didn't know what she was doing, Ji Jie had been busy with Ji Wencheng's affairs for a year and a half, so the two hadn't been in touch for a long time.

It turned out that the friendship that was thought to last a lifetime and would never be polished by time will become like this.

Ji Jie was stunned, feeling unspeakably uncomfortable.

Seeing him in a daze, Guan Tianren said, "Would you like some cigarettes?"

He knew that Ji Jie didn't smoke, but sometimes he could smell the smoke on his pajamas, and then gradually realized that if he suffered from severe insomnia, he would light up.

Ji Jie reacted and said, "Yes."

He wanted the cigarette to calm his agitation.

So I'm so eager to see Ji Wencheng?Ji Jie walked into the bedroom, and when the surroundings became dark and he squinted his eyes, he suddenly remembered this sentence.

The court session started at 09:30 the next morning, and Ji Jie appeared at the gate of the court with his family at six o'clock.It is too cold in winter, and the northeast wind can blow into the bones of a person.Ji Jie is fine, but Ji Yuan's face has turned blue from the cold.

Those who came were Ji Jie, Ji's mother, Ji Yuan, and Guan Tianren who came here from Beijing to accompany him.

Ji Jie took a deep breath, feeling that his internal organs were all cold.

"Let's go get something to drink first." Ji Jie hugged Ji Yuan, "It's too cold."

Ji Yuan put his arms around Ji Jie's neck, shivering from the cold: "Brother, can we see Dad?"

Ji Jie didn't know whether he could bring Ji Yuan in, so he hugged him tightly, and Ji Jie said, "Yes."

The four walked to the 24-hour McDonald's nearby, ordered a cup of coffee, and planned to sit until the court opened.

Since Ji Wencheng was brought into the detention center, most of the funds have been frozen. In order to help Ji Wencheng, the family has to spend money everywhere. The nanny and driver have resigned long ago, and the car has been sold. Otherwise, the four of them can wait in the car now.

Ji Jie hardly dared to recall the most desperate period of time, but luckily everything is fine now.Ji Jie held the paper cup in his hand, thinking about Yang Huaijin who was getting farther and farther away from him, feeling a little sad for some reason.

A friend in need is a friend, right?He used to think that he and Yang Huaijin were best brothers, but until now he doesn't think it was wrong.But why is it so far away suddenly?

"Ji Jie, what are you thinking?" The mother touched the back of her son's hand.In the past one and a half years, my mother watched Ji Jie lose weight, and Ji Jie was stronger. When encountering this kind of thing, she was so anxious that she got angry twice every day.She touched his hand and felt that there was no flesh on his son's hands.Very distressed.

Ji Jie reacted, and drank the drink in the paper cup in one gulp.There is no sugar or milk added to the coffee, and it tastes weird, but Ji Jie doesn't feel it.

Guan Tianren asked, "Still nervous?"

Ji Jie paused, and said, "I'm a little scared now."

Ji Yuan interrupted and asked, "Brother, what are you afraid of?"

He was afraid that when he saw Ji Wencheng, he would find that Ji Wencheng was not doing well, very badly.

He was afraid that he would be unable to restrain his emotions and make a fuss in court.

Ji Jie held his hand tightly, his right hand was pale due to lack of blood, he said, "It's nothing."

When seeing Ji Wencheng again, Ji Jie's reaction was calmer than expected.

Ji's mother, Ji Yuan and Guan Tianren all stood up out of anxiety.Ji Jie sat in the first row, he didn't get up.

From a distance, he saw that Ji Wencheng was cleanly dressed, but thinner, and he looked extraordinarily energetic.Perhaps because of meeting his relatives, Ji Wencheng's whole body 'lighted up', with something moving in his eyes.But when he saw Ji Jie, he froze for a moment, then became very excited, opening his mouth as if to shout something.

Ji Jie thought it was a normal reaction for him not to stand up, but in fact he held his breath and froze, trying his best not to yell 'Dad' in court.

Ji Wencheng was followed by two bailiffs, pressing him to move forward.Ji Wencheng turned his head and kept staring at the visiting court, his eyes were moist, he was taken to the dock without saying a word, Ji Wencheng stared at Ji Jie, his lips trembled, and finally heaved a long sigh.

Judicial trials are sacred and inviolable, but Ji Jie hardly heard anything from the beginning to the end. He just looked at his father, and wanted to jump out of the visiting court several times and stand in front of Ji Wencheng.

He wanted to ask him, are you happy to see me?

Why did you let me go in the first place?

Why don't you tell me everything?

Ji Jie wants to ask Ji Wencheng too many things.But when the trial was over and Ji Wencheng was taken away by the judicial police again, Ji Jie stood up abruptly, leaned forward, and shouted 'Dad' in a trembling voice.Only then did he know that what he wanted to do most was to hug his father tightly.

The court session lasted a long time.During the trial, the focus of the dispute was the suite where Ji Wencheng and Ji Jie lived in Beijing.

The prosecutor took the indictment and said how much the square meter of the apartment in Beijing was, and how much it was worth based on the average price of housing prices in Beijing.Because housing prices in Beijing have soared in recent years, the appraised value of that suite is also surprisingly high.

"...Besides that, the various facilities and management fees in the house are definitely not what the defendant can get through his salary. Therefore, Ji Wencheng must have committed criminal acts of embezzlement and bribery."

Ji Wencheng's defense lawyer, who is also Wang Siwei's father, pushed his glasses and said loudly: "This conclusion has logical problems. We all know that having a huge amount of property does not necessarily come through corruption, bribery, etc. What you said "Definitely" is inaccurate. Based on the existing evidence, it cannot be proved that the defendant has a similar crime. As far as I know, the real estate registrant of this property in Beijing is not the defendant Ji Wencheng at all."

Hearing this, Ji Jie was very surprised, turned to look at Ji's mother, and asked, "Could it be your name?"

Ji's mother took a deep look at Ji Jie, but said nothing.

"The name recorded in the register is Ji Kexiang's name. It is the deceased father of the defendant Ji Wencheng. If this apartment belongs to Ji Wencheng, he also legally inherited the property, not the corruption and bribery you mentioned."

At this time, Ji Wencheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

This was the first time he spoke during the day-long court session. When Ji Jie heard his voice, he felt familiar yet unfamiliar, his chest was sore and hot, and he didn't know what it felt like.

"...that suite," Ji Wencheng turned his head, searched among the crowd for a while, and finally landed on Ji Jie.Then, Ji Wencheng smiled slightly.That smile is very subtle, and people who have not lived with him for a long time cannot understand it at all.Ji Wencheng lowered his head, motioning for Lawyer Wang to continue.

Ji Jie felt a sudden pain in his chest, he frowned tightly, and could hardly breathe.

"What's more, that suite has nothing to do with Ji Wencheng." Lawyer Wang said.

Ji Wencheng's white hair at the temples was particularly dazzling.

"After the death of the defendant's father Ji Kexiang, the apartment was assigned to Ji Wencheng's son Ji Jie. Because he has not yet reached the legal age, the name on the register has not been changed."

Hearing this, Ji Jie opened his eyes wide in disbelief.He didn't know about this matter from the beginning to the end, so why didn't he, the client, know about it?

"The property in Beijing was independent from the property of the defendant Ji Wencheng from the beginning to the end."

Some people said that Ji Wencheng is really abominable. He even gave this apartment to Ji Jie. That would have nothing to do with him. Therefore, it is really shameful to escape legal sanctions.However, only Ji Jie knew that Ji Wencheng wanted to keep something for himself from the beginning to the end.

Leave what you have, the only clean things you have, to Ji Jie.

In the end, because of new evidence, the court ordered a supplementary investigation, and Ji Wencheng was sent back to the original detention center.

Ji Jie was about to collapse.Eighteen months, and he was too afraid to wait another eighteen months.These days, every night in his dreams, he dreamed that Ji Wencheng was being abused in the detention center. When he woke up, he was in a cold sweat, and then he tried his best to put money where he could trust him.During the days of being detained in the detention center, because they were afraid of the suspect colluding with the confession, they could not see their family members. Ji Jie sometimes felt that it would be better to be sentenced, at least he could still see people in prison!

I can still meet him!

Ji Jie stretched out his hand to reach Ji Wencheng, who was being detained, and made a vague sound from his throat, and was pinned to the ground by the police and his family.Ji Jie felt that his head was congested, and his eyes were blurred.

"—Come back! Come back!!"

His hand stretched forward desperately, but it was too far away from Ji Wencheng, and he couldn't reach the corner of his clothes.

Ji Jie felt an indescribable sense of powerlessness in his heart.It was exactly the same as when the sharp knife stabbed into the palm of my right hand.

The policeman twisting his arm behind him finally let go, and Ji Jie lay on the ground, being picked up by Guan Tianren.Guan Tian let his face be full of tears and opened his mouth to say something.Ji Yuan standing next to him was also crying, shouting for his father not to leave.Ji Jie had a splitting headache and could only close his eyes tightly.

He can't be so excited.He should learn to be calm.If he collapses first, what will the family do?

Even though he thought so in his heart, Ji Jie still lay on the bed for a long time after returning home.He had an inexplicable chill and didn't know what to do in the future.

Just when Ji Jie was tossing and turning, getting more and more angry and helpless, Guan Tianren walked over quietly, lifted a corner of Ji Jie's quilt, and said to him: "...Ji Jie, I have your call."

"Who?" Ji Jie shrank into the quilt, not willing to get up.

"...you'll know when you pick it up."

Probably because Guan Tianren's voice was too gentle, Ji Jie got up from the bed, and as soon as he answered the phone and said "Hello", he knew who was on the phone.

The voice was gentle and gentle, and he called out 'Ji Jie' unhurriedly.

Ji Jie scolded, the scolding was ugly, but the man laughed.

"I'm sorry," he said, "to contact you so late."

"..." Ji Jie fell silent, and wanted to ignore him, but he still said something in a hurry, "Ba Qiang, you fucking..."

"Hush." ​​Yang Huaijin hurriedly interrupted Ji Jie's words, seeming to be in a hurry, and said first, "I'm running out of time. Tell you a few words, listen, your dad will be fine. I, I'm in the court If you have an uncle you know, you can be released on medical parole after being sentenced. If it’s really not possible, it’s also related to the prison, so you don’t have to wait long.”

Ji Jie pursed his lips and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I don't know the people you know? I've found all the relationships I can find."

It's just that the answers he got were shaking his head, and they didn't even accept the things sent by Ji's family.They made it clear that there were too many forces behind Ji Wencheng, that Ji Wencheng was just a chicken for monkeys, and now they wanted to protect him, maybe they were the ones who were pulled down.

Ji Wencheng also seemed to know his status a long time ago, so he didn't think about running away at all, but devoted all his energy to Ji Jie.Send him to Beijing first, and then send him abroad.He has considered everything for Ji Jie, except for his own situation.

"You listen to me!" I don't know why Yang Huaijin's temper is getting more and more anxious, "I don't have time to explain to you, anyway, don't be irritable recently, there are a lot of things at home, you are going to mess up, what will they do?"

Ji Jie suppressed his anger and said, "Then you let me go abroad? I left, what will they do now?"

Yang Huaijin became even angrier: "Of course I'm in charge! Ji Jie, you couldn't protect yourself back then, why don't you understand now!"

"I don't understand or you don't understand?!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Yang Huaijin helplessly supported her forehead and said, "...Okay. I don't understand. I don't understand anything, but Ji Jie, I won't hurt you, I won't lie to you, Do you believe it or not?"

"..." Ji Jie took a deep breath, "I believe."

"Then don't worry." Yang Huaijin said slowly, "I'll help you, just wait."

Ji Jie was afraid of the word 'wait', he asked, "How long do I have to wait?"

"...judgment" Yang Huaijin hadn't finished speaking when a 'beep' sound came from the phone. Ji Jie was taken aback and found that he had actually hung up.

It was a public phone, and when Ji Jie dialed it back, no one answered it.

What exactly Yang Huaijin meant, Ji Jie didn't understand.He believed in Yang Huaijin from the bottom of his heart and waited as he said.Ji Jie thought that Yang Huaijin's phone call was a sign of reconciliation, and while anxious about Ji Wencheng's matter, he wanted to go to Yang Huaijin's house to find him, and asked Yang Huaijin what he meant.

But when he came to the compound where Yang Huaijin lived, he found that the Yang family had moved out from the place where they had lived for more than 20 years.

Moved out, but didn't tell Ji Jie.Ji Jie froze in place, called Yang Huaijin's cell phone, but the cell phone was also turned off.

Ji Jie waited there. When the winter vacation was over and he returned to Beijing, he didn't see Yang Huaijin again.

In this way, another five months passed, and the long torture finally came to an end.It was the beginning of the last summer vacation before the third year of senior high school, and the weather was extremely hot, especially in Beijing, where there was a lot of traffic.Ji Jie was called back to the Northeast by the phone at home, saying that Ji Wencheng was released on medical parole, and asked Ji Jie to come back to see him quickly.

In Ji Jie's ears, being released on medical parole means "released".

Although Ji Jie gave up the opportunity to go abroad, he was still studying in the original high school. At that time, the final exam was just about to be taken, Ji Jie gave up the exam without hesitation.The homeroom teacher was almost desperate for Ji Jie, and followed behind and said, "You will be in your third year of high school next year, how can you still do this now?"

Ji Jie was in a hurry to go back, and passed by the head teacher without saying a word.

"You are absent from class, so don't go to school." The head teacher said coldly, "Ji Jie, do you think your family runs the school?"

Ji Jie stopped, paused, and walked back.

In a few months, Ji Jie will be full.He was tall, and although he was thin, there was a man's strength hidden under his muscles.When the child looked down at people, he had a suffocating feeling.

The homeroom teacher panicked for no reason, resisted not taking a step back, and said, "You, what are you doing?"

Ji Jie looked down at the fat head teacher.From the head teacher's angle, he could just see the boy's slender neck and sharp Adam's apple.

"...I have to go back." Ji Jie blinked and said, "Can you ask for a leave of absence for me?"

"..." The homeroom teacher was taken aback by Ji Jie's politeness, he was taken aback for a moment, but slowed down his voice, "Guan Tianren hasn't come back yet, why don't you wait for him?"

Guan Tianren was away to participate in the High School Competition Cup, and he would not be back until two days later.

"Wait no more." Ji Jie heard the head teacher's tone loosen, turned around and left, waved his hand, leaving a sentence too late, and left without even taking his schoolbag.

Ji Jie left Beijing on the nearest flight, and then took the high-speed train back from the airport.On the way home, Ji Jie was so anxious that he kept talking to Ji's mother on the phone all the way, wishing he could fly back with wings on his back.

Ji's mother said to him: "Ji Jie, don't worry. Be careful when crossing the road. Your brother and I are in the hospital right now. Your father is fine, so don't worry."

Ji Jie shouted in his heart, can I not be in a hurry, but he replied in a low voice: "I am not in a hurry. How is my dad now?"

Ji's mother kept saying: "Very good." Fearing that Ji Jie would be distracted, she urged him to hang up quickly.Ji Jie responded several times and remained silent, but he didn't hang up for a long time.Ji's mother then sighed, thinking that Ji Jie was extremely nervous.

It was dark and the street lights were faint.

Ji Jie almost ran all the way to the hospital.Almost hit someone, was so tired I felt almost imperceptible, and gasped loudly as I rushed to the hospital.

Man's life is so hard that he has to run like a dog.

In this sweltering weather, Ji Jie was covered in sweat, he raised his hand to wipe the water dripping from his eyes, swallowed hard, trembled from exhaustion, and almost fell to the ground.The patients queuing up for registration took a surprised look at the tall boy, and the nurse thought that something was wrong with him, so she approached him and asked what was the matter.

Ji Jie breathed desperately, waved his hand to the nurse, and then climbed three steps to the fourth floor.

He was anxious to see his father.Can't wait for the elevator.