Month: January 2023 (Page 1 of 2)

       After he finished the noodles, Chen Yuncheng was not in a hurry to leave, he was still a little excited about this sudden job. He took out his mobile phone, and had the urge to call Ning Junyan, he had already found the other party’s name in the address book but hesitated when he was about to dial the number, he was considering whether it was appropriate or not.

       He had been running around for Zhou Yan’s affairs these past few days and had been too occupied with his energy to deal with his Ning Junyan problem.

       Ning Junyan’s attitude is very clear now, Chen Yuncheng felt that he could not afford to drag his feet anymore. Either he accepted or refused.

       He reached out and picked up the remaining half bottle of mineral water, unscrewed it, gulped it down, put the empty bottle back on the table, and rubbed his forehead with his hand in some pain.

       He couldn’t refuse Ning Junyan, he had understood in his own heart a long time ago that he would not feel repelled no matter if it was those intimate hugs or even kisses. However, he was afraid to accept Ning Junyan, because Ning Junyan was a very important person in his life, if they were together but couldn’t make it to the end together, he might even lose this friend.

       The reason why Chen Yuncheng was still unable to make up his mind to accept it was that he did not think there was a way for them to be able to make it to the end.

       He was a person who attached great importance to feelings. Whether it was making friends or falling in love, once he was determined, he would give his all. The feeling of giving too much and in the end not being able to hold on to anything was too painful, he couldn’t help but be afraid and retreated.

       In the evening, Chen Yuncheng took a shower and packed his suitcase in the room in his thin pyjamas. Except for the daily necessities, most of his things were still in the suitcase, as if he was ready to leave at any moment.

       Ning Junyan knocked on the door lightly and came in, asking him, “What are you doing?”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “I’m packing up my things.”

       Ning Junyan walked over to him and knelt down, seeing the contents of his suitcase. Chen Yuncheng was hurriedly hiding two old pants under his clothes when Ning Jun Yan extended his hand and took them out for him, saying, “They’re all torn.”

       Chen Yuncheng snatched it back, “Give it back to me.”

       Ning Junyan asked, “Can I go and buy you new ones?”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “No need.”

       Ning Junyan then changed his phrasing, “Can I accompany you to buy a new one?”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “I can still wear it, there’s no need to buy new ones.” He put the lid on the case, zipped it up and asked Ning Junyan, “What’s the matter?”

       Ning Junyan asked him, “Aren’t you going to sleep in my room tonight?”

       Chen Yuncheng lowered his head weakly and said, “I drank too much last night, I’m sorry.”

       Ning Junyan looked at his side face, and said softly, “So you don’t need me after you’ve sobered up?”

       He obviously had no special tone, but Chen Yuncheng could hear a little grievance, and looked up at him helplessly, “Stop talking nonsense.”

       Ning Junyan didn’t speak but just looked at him intently.

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t know what to say. He stood up and at the same time stretched out his hand in front of Ning Junyan, pulling him up too.

       Ning Junyan who stood face to face with him suddenly leaned into his ear, and said softly, “I bought a bottle of wine—”

       “I’m not going to drink!” Chen Yuncheng interrupted him loudly.

       Ning Junyan was quite calm, and said, “If you are not going to drink, don’t drink. No need to be so agitated.”

       Chen Yuncheng walked to the bed and lay down on his back. He knew that Ning Junyan was sitting on the edge of his bed, so he didn’t bother to get up. He folded his arms under his head and said, “I had a friend contact me today, “A friend of mine contacted me today and asked me to go and manage his shop.”

       “What kind of shop?” Ning Junyan asked him.

       Chen Yuncheng said, “He used to be in the wholesale business of tobacco, alcohol and non-staple food. Now he wants to open a new store in the commercial market in the north of the city. He wants me to help him manage it.”

       Ning Junyan asked, “What do you think?”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “I think it’s pretty good.”

       Ning Junyan said, “Then go ahead.”

       Chen Yuncheng hesitated for a moment, and cautiously say, “It’s a bit far over there, it’s not convenient for me to continue living here…”

       Ning Junyan looked at him sideways.

       Chen Yuncheng met his gaze, felt guilty for a few seconds, and continued, “I want to go out and rent a place to live.”

       Ning Junyan said with an expressionless face, “No.”

       Although he had thought about it a long time ago, Chen Yuncheng suddenly thought of saying this. He felt that the distance between him and Ning Junyan was too close, and was always carried away by Ning Junyan’s emotions. With a distance between the two, could he see his thoughts more clearly?

       Chen Yuncheng sighed, “I’m not a child, you can’t be like this.” He actually wanted to say that Ning Junyan had no right to force him, but the words were too heavy for him to say to Ning Junyan.

       Ning Junyan stretched out a hand, caressing Chen Yuncheng’s face with his rough and warm palm, and said in a low and slightly cold voice, “I said no.”

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t want to argue with him, so he turned his face away from him.

       Ning Junyan pinched Chen Yuncheng’s chin with his slender and strong fingers, and forcefully turned his face to look at him, “I said I won’t let you go.”

       Chen Yuncheng was a little angry, and pushed his hand hard, “Even if we are in a relationship, you have no right to confine my freedom.”

       Ning Junyan said, “Then let’s go and get married.”

       Chen Yuncheng was angry and funny for a moment, “Let’s not talk about whether we can get married. Did you get your parent’s consent to get married?”

       “Why do I need their consent?” Ning Junyan said indifferently, “Have they gotten married with my consent?”

       Chen Yuncheng was at a loss for words for a moment, unable to speak because of his nonsense, so he just looked at Ning Junyan in silence.

       After more than ten seconds, Ning Junyan let go of the hand that was pinching his chin.

       Chen Yuncheng used his hands to support himself and tried to sit up from the bed.

       But Ning Junyan bent down and hugged him at this moment, pressing his whole body on him with his lips pressed against his ear and whispered, “Don’t go.”

       Chen Yuncheng pushed him, “Get up.”

       Ning Jun stretched out his arms and hugged him tightly, and said, “What will I do if you leave?”

       Chen Yuncheng was not as strong as him, and he couldn’t get up under his pressure, so he could only say, “Haven’t we been separated for so many years? Besides, we are still in the same city, and we can meet each other anytime.”

       Ning Junyan asked, “Then why do you have to leave?”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “As I said, this place is too far away from where I work.”

       Ning Junyan was quiet for two seconds and said, “Then should I move in and live with you?”

       Chen Yuncheng broke down a little, raised his hand to cover his eyes, lay down silently for a while, and decided to tell the truth, “I just think I still need some space right now to see our previous relationship clearly.”

       Ning Junyan asked him, “Is this room not big enough?”

       Chen Yuncheng did not answer.

       Ning Junyan got up from him, supported his body with his arms and looked down at him from above.

       Chen Yuncheng looked at him and could feel the strong sense of oppression in his eyes.

       After a while, Ning Junyan stretched out his hand towards Chen Yuncheng, who, was afraid that he would grab his chin again, so he stretched out his hand to block it.

       However, this time Ning Junyan obviously didn’t put much strength in his hands and was easily blocked by Chen Yuncheng. His eyelashes drooped, he blinked lightly, and walked away from Chen Yuncheng, then stood up and said, “Go to sleep first.”

       Chen Yuncheng turned his head and saw Ning Junyan leaving the room.

       The door closed with a soft “click”, Chen Yuncheng maintained his posture lying on the bed, his mind was full of Ning Junyan’s last expression.

       He was so annoyed that he tossed and turned on the bed for a while, but couldn’t fall asleep at all, so he got up and got out of bed.

       Chen Yuncheng came out of the room and found that the living room was lit. He walked over slowly and saw Ning Junyan sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room, drinking with a can of beer in his hand. 

       He walked up to Ning Junyan, squatted down, looked at him and asked, “Why are you drinking alone?”

       Ning Junyan looked out the window and said, “You refuse to drink with me.”

       Chen Yuncheng felt uncomfortable immediately, he said, “Stop drinking, how can you go to work tomorrow when you’re drunk.”

       Ning Junyan turned to look at him, “Tomorrow is the weekend and I don’t have a duty. I won’t get drunk.”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “If you drink too much, you will get drunk.”

       The beer in Ning Junyan’s hand was taken out of the refrigerator, and the can was still covered with cold mist. He raised his hand and pressed the beer can to Chen Yuncheng’s face, saying, “I will stop before I get drunk. I do not want to hurt you.”

       Chen Yuncheng was obviously worried that Ning Junyan would do something to him just now, but he still said, “You will not hurt me.”

       Ning Junyan slowly slid down the hand holding the beer and pressed the cold body of the can to Chen Yuncheng’s neck.

       Chen Yuncheng shivered, reached out to grab Ning Junyan’s hand, and tilted his head back to avoid it.

       Ning Junyan shook the beer in his hand, “There’s still a little bit left, want to drink?”

       Chen Yuncheng heard the sound of the liquid inside was very shallow, he nodded and wanted to take the beer can, but Ning Junyan didn’t let go, and directly handed it to his lips, tilting the can of beer to feed Chen Yuncheng the remaining liquid.

       He was forced to drink the rest of the beer. Chen Yuncheng coughed twice and raised his hand to wipe the beer spilling from the corner of his mouth.

       But Ning Junyan suddenly leaned over, kissed his lips, and sucked the drop of beer from the corner of his mouth before stepping away from him, showing a very light smile, and said to him, “Good night.”

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       After Ning Junyan said that, he propped his head up with one hand, lay on his side and looked down at Chen Yuncheng. He wanted to take a closer look at Chen Yuncheng’s expression.

       Chen Yuncheng turned back to look at the ceiling again, not looking at him, his eyes seemed to be covered with mist, and the redness around his ears also spread to the corners of his eyes, he did not answer Ning Junyan’s question, and said, “I want to sleep now.”

       Ning Junyan gave an “En”, with a thin smile in his eyes, “Go to sleep.”

       Chen Yuncheng closed his eyes.

       Ning Junyan leaned close to his ear again this moment, and said softly, “Your face is all red, are you too hot? Can I help you take off your clothes?”

       After he said that, he reached out to take off the sweater on Chen Yuncheng’s body. Chen Yuncheng was lying on the bed, so it was a bit difficult to take off his clothes, Ning Junyan was very patient and used his hand to support his back, saying, “Lift up some, be a good boy.”

       Chen Yuncheng moved a bit, and suddenly sat up with his hands, staggering to climb out of bed, he said, “I haven’t taken a shower yet.”

       Ning Jun stretched his arms around his waist and dragged him back, “No need to take shower, let’s go to sleep.” Following the movement of him getting up, after taking off the sweater, he also took off his trousers.

       Chen Yuncheng kept being uncooperative and said that he needs to take a bath.

       He was left with a pair of underwear all over his body, so Ning Jun Yan took him in his arms, pulled the quilt over to cover him, and took a deep breath with his face against his neck, “You don’t need to wash it, I like your smell.”

       Chen Yuncheng was tired of struggling and panted slightly with a red face.

       Ning Junyan extended his hand to turn off the desk lamp, kissed him lightly on the forehead, and said, “Sleep now, good night.”

       Early the next morning, Chen Yuncheng was woken up by the need to pee. When he woke up, he still had a headache because of the hangover, but he soon couldn’t care less because he found himself sleeping on Ning Junyan’s bed, wearing only a pair of underwear all over his body, and Ning Junyan was right behind him, one arm wrapped around his waist to hold him tightly.

       Chen Yuncheng moved a little and Ning Junyan woke up, the arm immediately bound him even tighter, and his body pressed up against him impermeably.

       Although Ning Junyan was wearing pyjamas, his pyjamas were thin, and his body’s reaction in the morning¹morning wood *cough* was clearly conveyed to Chen Yuncheng.

       Chen Yuncheng was even more anxious to leave.

       Ning Junyan used both hands to hug him to prevent him from getting up, and said in a fierce tone, “Don’t leave!”

       Chen Yuncheng said awkwardly, “You are hard.”

       With his eyes still closed, Ning Junyan said calmly, “Because I’m a healthy adult man.”

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t know what to say, so he could only say, “Let go of me first, I want to pee.”

       Ning Junyan heard the words, put his arms around Chen Yuncheng’s hand and touched it down.

       Chen Yuncheng broke out in a cold sweat, quickly grabbed Ning Junyan’s hand, and said, “What are you doing?”

       Ning Junyan rubbed his nose against the back of Chen Yuncheng’s neck, “Try to see if you really want to pee, so I can carry you there.”

       Chen Yuncheng felt that he was going crazy, “Stop making trouble.”

       Ning Junyan asked him, “Do you remember what you said last night?”

       Chen Yuncheng said without thinking, “No, I don’t.”

       Ning Junyan then said, “You said you wanted to be my wife.”

       Chen Yuncheng instantly blushed as he broke away from Ning Junyan’s embrace and turned around to look at him, saying in a good-natured and amused manner, “When did I say that?”

       Ning Junyan said, “You don’t remember what you said? How do you know you didn’t say it?”

       Chen Yuncheng was speechless for a while, he actually probably remembered the conversation between the two last night, he just lost his ability to think and was not unconscious at that time, even if he really didn’t remember, he didn’t believe he would say such things out loud.

       His bladder was about to explode, Chen Yuncheng didn’t want to continue to bicker with Ning Junyan, and he didn’t want to get out of bed in just a pair of underwear, so he sat up and looked for his clothes.

       Last night Ning Junyan had taken off his clothes and thrown them on his side of the bedside table. Chen Yuncheng had to pull the quilt to cover his lower body, and went over Ning Junyan to reach for his clothes.

       Ning Junyan lay down and watched him struggle. He had no intention of helping in the slightest and said nonchalantly, “Don’t worry, forcing sex on you without your consent is r4p3, I won’t do that, I don’t want you to be upset.”

       Chen Yuncheng finally got his trousers, he turned around and covered Ning Junyan’s mouth, and said, “Stop talking about it!” Chen Yuncheng’s face was still red as he said that.

       Ning Junyan looked at him calmly.

       Chen Yuncheng let go of his hand slowly, sat on the edge of the bed and put on his trousers, before he even had time to pull the zipper, he ran outside in a hurry.

       He went to the bathroom to urinate, and then sat on the toilet cover and covered his face with his hands for a long time in a daze. He still remembered that he took the initiative to go to Ning Junyan’s room. Although he knew he hadn’t said anything about being a wife to Ning Junyan, alcohol was still not a good thing. He had woken up with his worries still in place, and he had gotten himself into more trouble.

       Chen Yuncheng took a shower and changed his clothes. When he came out of the bathroom, he saw Ning Junyan put on his coat and was changing shoes at the entrance. He walked over and asked, “Going to work so early?”

       Ning Junyan said, “I’m going to buy you breakfast.” After he said that, he reached out and hooked his hand over the back of Chen Yuncheng’s neck and gave him a kiss on the forehead, before leaving the house.

       Chen Yuncheng stood in place for a while, raising his hand to gently press his chest.

       After breakfast, Chen Yuncheng followed Ning Junyan to the hospital.

       The police had notified Gu Yaojia about Zhou Yan’s criminal detention, and Gu Yaojia seemed more silent than usual. She sat and chatted with Chen Yuncheng in the ward for a long time before finally saying to Chen Yuncheng, “I’ll take him back to the hometown once Qiqi is discharged.”

       Chen Yuncheng was not surprised, he just asked, “Has the decision been made?”

       Gu Yaojia nodded, “I can’t live here alone with him.”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “I understand.” He asked Gu Yaojia again, “Do you hate Zhou Yan?”

       Gu Yaojia lowered her head and gently picked her nails, “Sometimes, I can’t tell. But Cheng ge, I’m not going to wait for him to come out.”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “I understand.”

       Gu Yaojia didn’t say anything more, she just repeated again, “Thank you, Cheng ge.”

       When Chen Yuncheng came out of the hospital, he received a call that someone wanted to rent the space of his kiosk.

       The other party had already seen the kiosk and was waiting for him there, so Chen Yuncheng had no choice but to take a taxi and rush over there.

       The kiosk was looked at by a middle-aged couple from out of town. They wanted to rent it out to open a small shop selling braised vegetables and deli food. The owner of the lottery shop had opened the door to let them see how it looked inside. They thought it was okay, after all, the nearby were all residential areas, and no matter the people’s age, everyone always needs to eat. It was common to buy one or two braised vegetable dishes to add to your meal when you have guests at home or are late from work.

       Chen Yuncheng knew that they also felt that the rent here was relatively cheap, so they spent a lot of time negotiating the price with each other. Chen Yuncheng didn’t want to be too eager and finally said that everyone should go back and think about it, and there was no need to rush to finalise it.

       The middle-aged couple expressed a little regret at not being able to persuade Chen Yuncheng at that time.

       It was already past one o’clock in the afternoon, and Chen Yuncheng was thirsty and hungry, so he went to buy a bottle of water nearby and ordered a bowl of beef noodles from the noodle shop he used to frequent.

       It was past meal time, and the owner of the noodle shop was free and sat next to Chen Yuncheng to chat with him.

       The whole street knew about the smashing of Chen Yuncheng’s kiosk incident. The boss asked him what he planned to do after closing the kiosk. Chen Yuncheng said that he hadn’t figured it out yet.

       The boss said, “Your friend who drives the Land Rover is a big boss, right? Are you planning to do business with him in the future?”

       Chen Yuncheng had already finished drinking half of the bottle of water, tightened the cap, and said, “No, I’ll just wait and see.”

       As he saw that Chen Yuncheng didn’t want to say anything, the boss sat for a while before getting up and leaving.

       Just as Chen Yuncheng’s noodles were served, his cell phone rang again, this time it was from Boss Sun who he used to pick up the goods from.

       “Sun ge?” Chen Yuncheng’s noodles were not evenly mixed, so he inserted his chopsticks into the noodle bowl and answered the phone first.

       As soon as Boss Sun heard his voice, he asked, “What did you think about the matter I told you last time to meet my niece?”

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t expect that the other party hadn’t given up yet, so he said a little funnily, “Thank you, Sun ge, I’m really not considering it.”

       Boss Sun expressed his dissatisfaction with a “hey”.

       Chen Yuncheng made random excuses, “I’m the only child in my family, and I’m still waiting to pass on the family name, so I can’t be the son-in-law.”

       Boss Sun said, “Fine, let’s forget about it then. Have you found something to do now?”

       “Not yet,” Chen Yuncheng picked up the chopsticks again, and casually stirred in the noodle bowl, “Do you have any job for me?”

       Boss Sun laughed, “Actually, I recently took a shop in the newly built trade market in the north of the city, and I want to open another shop. Are you interested in managing the shop for me?”

       Chen Yuncheng’s expression became more focused, “Are you still selling cigarettes and alcohol?”

       Boss Sun said, “It’s the same as my current store. Wholesale tobacco, alcohol and beverages. You only need to guard the store every day, and then arrange deliveries to customers. If you don’t have enough manpower, you can recruit some yourself. The cost will be deducted, and you will be given a commission according to the turnover, how about it?”

       Chen Yuncheng suddenly didn’t know what to say, he paused before saying, “Sun ge, thank you.”

       Boss Sun’s voice sounded noisy on his end, “What do you mean by thanking me? Can you?”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “Of course I can. I just want to thank you for remembering me.”

       Boss Sun said, “What is there to thank? You were a small boss, but now and now I’m asking you to come work for me. I’m quite embarrassed to ask. You know that when doing business, the most fearful thing is to meet people who are dishonest. We’ve known each other for so long, I can trust you are an honest person, so I thought of you for the first time. Don’t thank me, if the business over there is doing well, I should thank you.”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “Still, thank you.”

       Boss Sun laughed, Let’s not talk so much, when are you free, I’ll show you the shop and we’ll slowly talk about it.”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “I’m free anytime, just contact me.”

       Boss Sun said okay, and then hung up the phone.

       Chen Yuncheng picked up the chopsticks, tried to stir up the already heaped, and began to eat with big mouthfuls.

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       When Long Zhanyu took Guan An Lin in to make a statement, Chen Yuncheng did not rush to leave, instead, he squatted at the door of the police station, and slowly finished the cigarette in his hand.

       He was not addicted to smoking, nor did he actually like how the cigarette tasted, just that he was in a trance thinking that Ning Junyan must not like the taste.

       After waiting for almost half an hour, Guan Anlin came out from inside. He walked in front of Chen Yuncheng with a gloomy face, without saying a word.

       Chen Yuncheng’s feet were numb from squatting for so long, so he stood up and said to him, “Something happened to Zhou Yan.”

       Guan Anlin gave a cold “En” and said, “I see.” Guan Anlin didn’t like Zhou Yan either, and Chen Yuncheng found that none of his friends around him liked Zhou Yan very much.

       “Are you free tonight?” Guan Anlin asked him suddenly.

       Chen Yuncheng said, “I’m free, let’s have dinner together.”

       As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Long Zhanyu coming out of the car holding the car keys, looking like he was planning to leave after finishing his work. He called Long Zhanyu to stop, and asked, “Want to have dinner together?”

       Long Zhanyu paused in his steps for a moment and nodded, “Let’s go.”

       The three of them ate at a small restaurant on the side of the road, with a few dishes and a bottle of wine.

       Guan Anlin accompanied Chen Yuncheng to drink, but Long Zhanyu said that he would drive later and didn’t drink, so he sat and ate the dishes while smoking.

       “I can’t tell you more details,” Long Zhanyu leaned back in his chair, slouching, looking like he was going to fall asleep at any moment, “Too much of the talk could lead to a breach of confidentiality.”

       Chen Yuncheng asked, “How long is the sentence?”

       Long Zhanyu said, “A long time for sure, but at the moment it seems to be good that the sentence will not be death. I will look for the opportunity to reduce the sentence.”

       Chen Yuncheng picked up the wine glass and silently poured himself wine.

       Guan Anlin didn’t say much all night. He didn’t like Long Zhanyu, and he didn’t want to get too close to Long Zhanyu. This time he asked, “Where’s Zhang Wenyong?”

       Long Zhanyu lifted his hand and wiped his face so that he could force himself to stay awake, “That fool Zhang Wenyong doesn’t want to plead guilty yet, let alone admit that he asked someone to smash up Chen Yuncheng’s kiosk. The amount of stolen cars alone is huge, with cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in them. The evidence is already stabilised properly, and it will make him go in and sit for more than ten years in jail. He will not be able to find you guys in trouble even after he comes out.”

       After a while, Long Zhanyu couldn’t stay up any longer, so he said, “You guys take your time and drink, I’ll go first.” He was afraid that he would die suddenly if he didn’t sleep.

       Chen Yuncheng said to him, “Be careful when driving.”

       Long Zhanyu waved his hand, asked the boss to settle the bill, and walked towards the parking place on the side of the road.

       Guan Anlin waited until he left before saying to Chen Yuncheng, “Drink less.”

       Chen Yuncheng was very silent, he said, “I’m not drunk.”

       Guan Anlin asked him, “Where do you live now?”

       Chen Yuncheng looked up at him and said, “My friend’s house.”

       Guan Anlin asked, “Is it the friend who drives the Land Rover?”

       Chen Yuncheng did not answer.

       Guan Anlin stared at the half-eaten dish on the table. He reached out and picked up the chopsticks and put them in the bowl. After a while, he put them back on the table and leaned against the plate, and said, “I don’t know what is the relationship between you. You can’t keep staying at someone else’s house, can you?”

       Chen Yuncheng looked at him.

       Guan Anlin didn’t look at Chen Yuncheng, and only said, “I’ve moved out of Zhang Wenyong’s place and rented a place for now, do you want to move in?”

       Chen Yuncheng asked, “Where do you rent your place?”

       Guan Anlin gave an address, it was close to the outskirts of the city, and there were many cheap remodelled rental houses nearby, after that he added, “Find something, and I’ll go with you.”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “I—” He suddenly remembered something and stopped. There was originally an interview today, but last night he ran around until the early morning because of Zhou Yan’s affairs, and he forgot about it.

       He took out his mobile phone and saw that a logistics company he had an appointment with had also sent him a text message, which he hadn’t even seen.

       Guan Anlin asked, “What’s wrong?”

       Chen Yuncheng shook his head, raised his wine glass to clink it with Guan Anlin’s, and said, “Let me think about it.”

       In the end, Chen Yuncheng drank too much, but he didn’t make a fuss even when he was drunk. He sat quietly, tilting his head, his cheeks slightly flushed.

       Guan Anlin wanted to take him back, but Chen Yuncheng refused and insisted on taking a taxi back by himself.

       Before leaving, Chen Yuncheng grabbed the clothes on Guan Anlin’s shoulders with one hand and said, “Don’t cause trouble for me anymore.”

       Guan Anlin said with a cold face, “When did I cause you any trouble? Don’t treat me like Zhou Yan.”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “I should have taught Zhou Yan a good lesson before, that brat, so carefree.”

       Guan Anlin’s tone was not pleasant, “Zhou Yan is in his twenties, he has done things on his own, it’s not your job to worry about him.” After he said that, he stuffed Chen Yuncheng into a taxi by the side of the road, and then asked, not quite sure, “Do you know the address? Why don’t you go to my place today and stay overnight?”

       Chen Yuncheng shook his head as he gave the driver the address, then said to Guan Anlin, “I’m going back, he’ll be angry later.”

       Guan Anlin found his words inexplicable and could only assume he was drunk, but he felt uneasy and left the driver his number so that he could contact him if Chen Yuncheng passed out from drunk.

       Chen Yuncheng was not so drunk that he was unconscious, he just had something on his mind. After drinking all night, he always felt that being drunk could solve his worries, but in fact, it didn’t work well. He sat in the back seat with his eyes closed, and his heart was still stuffy and uncomfortable.

       It was past ten o’clock in the evening when he returned. He called Ning Junyan in the afternoon and said that he would not come back for dinner, but Ning Junyan only said yes, without asking him where he was going.

       Now when Chen Yuncheng returned to Ning Junyan’s house, he opened the door and saw that the living room was dark, so he subconsciously walked in the direction of Ning Junyan’s room.

       The lights in Ning Junyan’s room were on, and he was not asleep yet. He sat by the bed and read his thick English book.

       When Chen Yuncheng opened the door, Ning Junyan looked up at him and asked, “You’re back?”

       “En,” Chen Yuncheng replied, as he walked over towards Ning Junyan and stood by the bed, looking at him with a somewhat straight gaze.

       Ning Junyan asked him, “What’s the matter?” Then he asked again, “Have you been drinking?” As he got closer, Ning Jun Yan could smell the smell of alcohol on Chen Yun Cheng’s body.

       Chen Yuncheng looked at Ning Junyan for a long time, knelt down by the bed, got a little closer to Ning Junyan and called out to him, “Yanyan.”

       Ning Junyan was about to close the book that was spread out on his lap, but when he heard him call him, he paused in his movements.

       Chen Yuncheng’s voice was a little drunk and slurred, “I’m glad I got to know you guys.”

       “Guys?” Ning Junyan put the book aside and looked up at him again.

       Chen Yuncheng said, “You, Zhou Yan, you are all very good. Especially you,” he lowered his gaze, as if he was a little tired, and seemed to be distracted, “those years living with you were the happiest years I had as a child.”

       Ning Jun extended a hand in front of him and said to him, “Come here.”

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t hold his hand, only said, “It’s so hot.” He was still wearing thick clothes, and the room was so warm inside that Ning Junyan was only wearing thin pyjamas.

       Ning Junyan said to him, “Take off your clothes if it’s hot.”

       Chen Yuncheng lowered his head, unzipped the down jacket with a slightly clumsy movement, and raised his hand to take off the whole clothes.

       Ning Junyan was sure that he was drunk, and said to him, “You are drunk.”

       Chen Yuncheng shook his head, “I’m not drunk, I know what I’m doing. You know that the night I asked you to borrow money, Zhou Yan turned off his phone and ran back home. He tried to go to his mother to borrow money and ended up killing his stepfather. If I had told him earlier that I could borrow the money, he wouldn’t have done it.”

       Ning Junyan asked, “Do you think you are responsible?”

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t answer, he just said, “I didn’t say anything at the time because I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to borrow the money successfully and make him happy for nothing. Or maybe it would have been fine if I hadn’t given him the message that the police were investigating them and had them just arrest him that day.”

       Ning Junyan listened quietly, watching the redness on his face gradually spread to his ears.

       Chen Yuncheng was a little emotional, “Just like Guan Anlin, I thought I could help him at that time, but it turned out that I couldn’t help anything.” After he finished speaking, he bent down as if in pain, kneeling on the edge of the bed and curling his whole body up.

       “But they are not your responsibility.” Ning Junyan got up and knelt in front of Chen Yuncheng, and reached out to touch his hair and the back of his neck, “You’re not their guardian, they chose to break the law themselves, it’s none of your business.”

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t speak and curled up for a long time without moving.

       Ning Junyan stretched out his hand to grab his arm, and lifted him up into his arms, then leaned against the bed with him in his arms.

       Chen Yuncheng’s alcohol seemed to be coming on, and he frowned and said, “I’m very uncomfortable.”

       Ning Junyan asked, “Where is it uncomfortable?”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “Everywhere.”

       Ning Junyan asked him, “Do you want me to rub it for you?”

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t answer, his eyes became hazy and he looked at Ning Junyan for a moment before asking him, “Yanyan, when did you come back?”

       “Well,” Ning Junyan responded, “I’m back and will never leave you again, okay?”

       Chen Yuncheng reached out and wrapped his arms around his neck, suddenly pressing his head slightly harder against his shoulder, hugged him tightly and said, “No, it’s good that you’re doing well, go back with your mum and dad.”

       Ning Junyan turned his head sideways, pressed it against his ear and asked him, “Are you willing to part with me?”

       “I’m reluctant.” Chen Yuncheng opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling blankly, “But I don’t have money, so I can’t feed us both.”

       Ning Junyan asked him, “Then come and pick me up when you grow up, okay?”

       Chen Yuncheng was stunned for a long time, not knowing what to answer.

       Ning Jun extended his hand to touch his reddened ears, “Now that I have enough money to support both of us, no one can force us to steal and no one can beat you, can I not leave?”

       Chen Yuncheng turned his head to look at him, they were too close, so close that they could only see each other’s eyes.

       Ning Junyan said again, “Then you will be my wife, okay?”

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       Chen Yuncheng’s mind went blank for a short while until his lips were forcefully opened, and the shallow kiss turned into a deep one.

       This was an experience he had never experienced before. While his heart was beating violently, he reached out to push Ning Junyan.

       Because of his resistance, Ning Junyan pressed himself even tighter against him, pressing his entire body against the wall of the corridor, and at the same time his hand pressed on the back of Chen Yuncheng’s neck slightly harder.

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t know that the back of his neck would feel so tense, as a numb tingling sensation ran along his back, and he was forced to tilt his head higher, while his legs involuntarily bent up.

       He had always known Ning Junyan was very strong, but he had rarely experienced the other party’s strength. This was the first time Chen Yuncheng had so clearly felt Ning Junyan’s strong control, that he couldn’t he couldn’t move under the cover of the other party’s body.

       Chen Yuncheng almost wanted to give up resisting. From the start, his refusal was not so firm. Not only he agreed to this kiss, but he was also the one who instigated it first.

       But Ning Junyan clearly planned to push forward, he continued the kiss for a long time, as if he had no intention of stopping, and the hand that was wrapped around Chen Yuncheng’s back waist began to slowly slide downwards.

       Chen Yuncheng became frightened and used a lot of strength to push Ning Junyan away from him.

       The two stood facing each other in the corridor, and the sensor light went on and off again.

       Chen Yuncheng was slightly out of breath. He couldn’t continue to stare at Ning Junyan, so he lowered his head and bent down, propping his hands on his knees.

       Ning Junyan was still looking at him and said, “It’s my first time kissing someone, I wonder if you like it or not?”

       Chen Yuncheng instantly felt his face burn. He quickly glanced at Ning Junyan, then lowered his eyes again, unwilling to answer this question.

       Ning Junyan said, “It might feel better with more experience.”

       Chen Yuncheng couldn’t stand it anymore, he slid against the wall and sat on the ground, raised his hands to cover his face, and said, “Stop making trouble.”

       Ning Jun took a step forward, squatted in front of him, and extended a hand towards him.

       Chen Yuncheng saw it between the gaps between his fingers, and his hands were slightly lowered, only a pair of eyes were exposed. 

       Ning Junyan asked him, “Let’s go home?”

       Chen Yuncheng was silent for a while, then stretched out a hand to Ning Junyan.

       Ning Junyan pulled him to stand up, and then looked for the key with one hand, and opened the door with the other. He didn’t let go until he entered the door, and said to Chen Yuncheng, “Good night.”

       Chen Yuncheng replied softly, “Good night.”

       After going through too many things in one night, Chen Yuncheng was physically exhausted to the extreme, but his spirit was still high. He felt that all this was like a dream, whether it was the reunion with Zhou Yan from his murder to him surrendering, or his reunion with Ning Junyan to tonight’s kiss, it always felt unreal.

       The bed beneath him was also unreal, it was so soft that it felt like one was constantly sinking when they lie on it and one couldn’t get up even after waking up; it was far less real than the narrow, hard bed Chen Yuncheng had in the kiosk.

       It was late at night when Chen Yuncheng finally really fell asleep. He had many bizarre dreams until he was woken up by the ringing of the phone.

       It was already dawn when he woke up, but the curtains in the room were very effective in blocking light, so the light was still dim. He fumbled to find the mobile phone under the pillow and picked it up without seeing who was calling.

       Long Zhanyu’s voice came from the other side of the phone, saying to him, “The three people who smashed your kiosk have been caught, you have time this afternoon to identify them.”

       “They got caught?” Chen Yuncheng’s mind went blank for a moment, “That efficient, Officer?”

       Long Zhanyu said, “If we don’t arrest those people, we’re afraid they’ll get away.”

       Chen Yuncheng remembered something, “Where’s Zhang Wenyong?”

       Long Zhanyu said, “Zhou Yan testified that Zhang Wenyong was the main culprit of their car theft gang. He has been brought back and is still being interrogated.”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “Okay.”

       When he hung up the phone, he glanced at the time, it was past ten o’clock in the morning. After he put on his clothes and left the room, Chen Yuncheng heard the silence outside, he opened the door of Ning Junyan’s room and saw that it was indeed empty.

       Ning Junyan’s bed was neatly made and the curtains were open. He should have gone to work at the hospital first thing in the morning.

       Later, he saw a message from Ning Junyan on the dining room table, saying that the breakfast was still warm in the rice cooker. He walked into the kitchen and saw that there were buns and eggs inside, so it must be the breakfast that Ning Junyan had gone out to buy early in the morning.

       He was sitting alone in the dining room eating breakfast, and for some reason, he remembered Ning Junyan getting up early in the morning and going out to buy breakfast. It was too warm, and it didn’t match Ning Junyan’s cold temperament at all, so Chen Yuncheng couldn’t help smiling as he took a sip of milk and swallowed the last piece of bun crust.

       In the afternoon, Chen Yuncheng went to the police station.

       As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Long Zhanyu with a pair of dark circles under his eyes explaining something to a middle-aged woman.

       Long Zhanyu seemed to have not slept since the night shift last night, and Chen Yuncheng felt that there was a smoke coming out of his head.

       When he saw Chen Yuncheng approaching, Long Zhanyu dragged a colleague to continue dealing with the middle-aged woman and beckoned Chen Yuncheng to follow him in to make identification statements.

       Chen Yuncheng looked at the photos and identified all three suspects who had smashed his kiosk.

       With a cigarette in his mouth, Long Zhanyu said, “Okay, you can go now.”

       Chen Yuncheng felt the smoke filling the whole room and he asked Long Zhan Yu, “Can’t get off work yet?”

       Long Zhanyu sat on the chair, looked up at him, and said, “fvck, isn’t it cause of your affairs?”

       Chen Yuncheng was actually more concerned about Zhou Yan than his own affairs, and he asked Long Zhanyu, “How is Zhou Yan?”

       Long Zhanyu didn’t say anything for a while, then stood up and said to Chen Yuncheng, “Let’s go out and talk.”

       The two of them walked to the parking lot yard in front of the police station. The air here was much better than inside.

       Long Zhanyu said, “On the night when we first arrested Zhang Wenyong, Zhou Yan went to see Zhang Wenyong. It was you who gave him the slip at that time, right?”

       Chen Yuncheng admitted, “At that time, he told me about Zhang Wenyong asking him to sell stolen cars. I told him that the police were already investigating Zhang Wenyong, he seemed quite nervous.”

       “Then I guess he wanted to tip off Zhang Wenyong,” Long Zhanyu said, “but he came at a bad time that day, he was looking for Zhang Wenyong just when he ran into our operation to arrest people, he saw the officer and ran away alone. He said he didn’t know where to go at that time, so he thought he probably wouldn’t get away either, and wanted to get some money together before he was caught, so he went back home and tried to borrow money from his mother.”

       Long Zhanyu didn’t say anything about this. Chen Yuncheng already knew the following things; when Zhou Yan went back to his hometown, his mother happened to be away for those two days. He must have borrowed money from his stepfather, was humiliated, and killed him on the spur of the moment.

       Chen Yuncheng lowered his head and didn’t speak for a long time.

       That night, he borrowed money from Ning Junyan to perform surgery on Zhou Yan’s son. He called Zhou Yan after returning home, but Zhou Yan’s cell phone was turned off. At that time, Zhou Yan should have been running away from the chase, afraid that he would be located, and had not used his own phone after that.

       If he had not left with Ning Junyan that day, or if he had told Zhou Yan that he had a way to borrow money, perhaps Zhou Yan would not have run away, let alone killed someone.

       Chen Yuncheng felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart. He stood quietly for a while, and asked Long Zhanyu, “Can you give me a cigarette?”

       Long Zhanyu handed him a cigarette and lit it for him, “What? Do you suddenly want to smoke?”

       Chen Yuncheng shook his head and said nothing.

       At this time, a taxi pulled up in front of the police station. Chen Yuncheng saw Guan Anlin get off the car, and when Guan Anlin looked up, he saw Chen Yuncheng. Neither of them spoke.

       Long Zhanyu patted Chen Yuncheng on the shoulder and said, “Your brother is here to testify for you. He can prove that Zhang Wenyong asked those three people to smash your kiosk.” After he said that, Long Zhan Yu walked over towards Guan Anlin.

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       When he arrived at the address Zhou Yan had agreed upon, Chen Yuncheng told 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 left the headlights on, illuminating the area in front of him.

       This was a place under a bridge near the river, and there was only a small road to drive the car over. Chen Yuncheng walked forward a few steps, saw that the surroundings were desolate, and there was not even a household 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. He found the landline number that Zhou Yan had called just now, hesitated and eventually did not call back.

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

       “Zhou Yan?” Chen Yuncheng towards the bottom of the bridge, and by the light of the headlights, he saw Zhou Yan still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, with his hat and mask on, standing next to the bridge pier.

       Zhou Yan kept staring in 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 drives me here.”

       Zhou Yan finally looked away, looked at Chen Yuncheng, and said softly, “Cheng ge, I’m sorry.”

       Chen Yuncheng sighed slightly, “You wanted to see me so late just to say sorry to me?”

       Zhou Yan said, “Not only to say sorry, but I also want to thank you.” After he said that, 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 jacket. 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 10,000 yuan¹around $1,500. Take it ge and I’ll pay you back the rest of the money 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?”

       Despite the dim light around him, Chen Yuncheng saw Zhou Yan’s expression change. Zhou Yan averted his gaze as if he had heard something terrible, and the hand held by Chen Yuncheng could not stop trembling slightly.

       The thing that Chen Yuncheng feared most in his heart nevertheless appeared. He slowly squatted down in front of Zhou Yan, and said, “Please tell me clearly, what exactly happened?”

       Zhou Yan said hoarsely, “Cheng ge, don’t ask, I can’t turn myself in 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 went back to borrow money from my mother, that old bastard, he has been beating me and abusing me since I was a child. He humiliated me, and I was so angry that I did it, but I didn’t think he would die either!”

       Chen Yuncheng looked at him, and asked after a long time, “He abused you?”

       Zhou Yan lowered his head and nodded twice, “I ran away from home when I was young because he would beat me, tie me up and deny me food. My mother knew it, but she didn’t dare say anything in front of him. This time I went back, just wanting to borrow some money, he called me a begging dog, said I was not qualified to have a son and deserved to die…” At this point, Zhou Yan has choked up so much that he could not say anymore.

       Chen Yuncheng’s eyes were red, he could feel Zhou Yan’s anger, and even he became angry too, but, “You shouldn’t kill someone. If you kill him, you will pay for your whole life. Don’t you know that?”

       Zhou Yan did not say anything and just knelt on the ground weakly. After a while, he stuffed the 10,000 yuan into Chen Yuncheng’s hand, “Take the money, and I’ll pay you back the rest slowly.”

       Chen Yuncheng shook his head, “I don’t want the money you robbed, come with me and turn yourself in.”

       “I can’t turn myself in!” Zhou Yan was agitated, “If I go in, what about Jiajia and the children? There’s really no one to take care of them when they are out there!”

       Chen Yuncheng grabbed his shoulder, “Can you take care of them if you don’t turn yourself 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 to them. It is better than turning myself in!”

       At this time, they heard the sound of a “bang” of the car door slamming shut 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 clattering sound on the gravel road.

       When he saw Ning Junyan approaching, Zhou Yan tensed up all of a sudden. He stood up and stepped back, hiding in the shadow of the bridge pier, as if he would immediately flee into the darkness if Ning Junyan 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, and only his tall silhouette could be seen.

       “Have you ever studied law?” He asked Zhou Yan.

       Zhou Yan’s attitude towards Ning Junyan had never been friendly, “What do you want to say?”

       Ning Junyan said, “What do you think you will be sentenced to if you turn yourself in?”

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

       Zhou Yan pressed one hand on the damp bridge 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 reprieve or life imprisonment. As long as you don’t die, you can try to reduce your sentence. It may take more than ten years to be released after serving your sentence. In the future, your son will only be in his teens at that time, and he will be about the same age as you when he came out to work.”

       Zhou Yan stared at his figure fiercely.

       Ning Junyan continued, “Do you want your son to be like you, without a father in his teens, going out to work and being bullied and called a beggar’s dog by people pointing at his nose, or do you want to come back to him squarely in his adolescence and give each other a chance to take care of each other?”

       Zhou Yan’s breathing sounded heavy, but it was muffled by the sound of flowing water and could not be heard as 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. Be a man and take your own responsibility.”

       Chen Yuncheng took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, “Zhou Yan, come with me and turn yourself in.”

       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 the parking lot. He was reluctant, and finally looked at Zhou Yan and said to him, “Jiajia and the children both need you. If you leave today, it will be a lifetime. The road is in front of you. Think about it yourself.”

       After he finished saying that, Chen Yuncheng turned his head and no longer looked 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 where they were.

       They opened the door and got in the car.

       Ning Junyan started the car but did not rush to leave, he asked Chen Yuncheng: “Are you still waiting for him?”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “Wait five minutes, okay?”

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

       They looked ahead and did not speak again. After waiting for two minutes, Zhou Yan slowly walked out from under the bridge, he walked all the way to the front of the car, reached out and took off his mask, He looked up at them, and said, “I’m going to turn myself in.”

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

       It was half past one in the morning when we arrived at the police station.

       Chen Yuncheng called Long Zhanyu, and Long Zhanyu’s tone sounds very bad, “What’s up so late?”

       “I am accompanying Zhou Yan to turn himself in.” His voice was also slightly hoarse as if it was because of the cool breeze at night.

       Long Zhanyu was silent for a while, and his whole body sobered up, “What did you say?”

       Chen Yuncheng repeated, “I am accompanying Zhou Yan to turn himself in.”

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

       Chen Yuncheng said, “I know, murder.”

       His tone was so calm that Long Zhan Yu cursed after hearing him and said to him, “Come on, I’m on duty tonight.”

       The police station was still lit and open late at night, and when Ning Junyan parked his car in the car park 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 followed him 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 be a bit nicer to him?”

       Long Zhanyu said, “If he cooperates, I will treat him well. However, the case will probably have to be transferred to the jurisdiction of the county public security bureau over there, after all, it’s a murder case over there.”

       Chen Yuncheng stared at Zhou Yan’s back which 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 remembered 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 take a statement, your testimony will be helpful to Zhou Yan later.”

       Chen Yuncheng nodded.

       They took their statements separately. Chen Yuncheng was close to Zhou Yan, so the statement had to be more detailed. When they came out of the room inside, 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 gently, and said, “We’re going back.”

       As Ning Junyan drove away from the police station, Chen Yuncheng sat in the passenger seat and said to him, “Thank you.”

       “Thank you?” Ning Junyan’s tone was slightly tired.

       Chen Yuncheng said, “If you hadn’t said those words, I might not have been able to persuade Zhou Yan.”

       Ning Junyan said “En”, and said in a calm tone, “You are soft-hearted, and he knows you are soft-hearted.”

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t speak until he got back to the neighbourhood and took the elevator upstairs.

       Ning Junyan asked him, “What are you thinking?”

       Chen Yuncheng looked at him, “I was thinking about 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 be worthy of the other party’s feelings.

       Ning Junyan said calmly, “Or else you can kiss me.”

       Chen Yuncheng laughed when he heard this.

       When the elevator reached the floor, and the door opened, Ning Junyan walked outside and said regretfully, “It’s fine if you don’t want to support me, but can’t you just give me a kiss?”

       When he thought 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 very lightly on the cheek.

       Ning Junyan looked at him and said, “That’s not it.”

       Chen Yuncheng looked at him blankly.

       Ning Junyan wrapped one arm around his waist, pressed the back of his neck with the other, and lowered his head to kiss his lips.

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Ning Junyan: Excuse me for the first kiss

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       Back at Ning Junyan’s house alone, Chen Yuncheng sat on the bed and saw Long Zhanyu reply to him, “Will try my best to make them speak.”

       He typed a few words, hesitatingly deleted and corrected them several times, but in the end, he still didn’t send them out and lay down on his back on the bed.

       The next morning, Chen Yuncheng left before Ning Junyan returned from his night shift. He still went back to the kiosk to tidy up and went to the dry cleaners across the street to pick up Ning Junyan’s washed down-jacket and the scarf he later sent to the cleaners. Later, someone called him and wanted to see the kiosk. He waited for nearly an hour until the person who visited the kiosk came and he gave him a brief introduction of the surrounding environment.

       When the man left, Chen Yuncheng felt that the man was not quite satisfied.

       It was surrounded by old houses, with average foot traffic, but the environment of the kiosk was not good, they were cramped and crowded. There was a newly built commercial area less than a kilometre away, and the environment in that section was much better than in this section.

       Before Chen Yuncheng left, he handed over the key to the next-door lottery shop owner. If someone came to visit the kiosk in a couple of days, he would ask him to open the door if anyone came to see the kiosk, and he began to think seriously about finding a new job.

       In the past, when Chen Yuncheng still had some savings, he also thought about selling his kiosk and using the money to partner with others to start other businesses, but now that he had no savings in his hands. Even if he sublease the kiosk,  the rent would have to be paid to Ning Junyan to pay off his debts, so he had to find a job that he could do.

       He looked for job advertisements on his mobile phone, choosing the ones that did not require academic qualifications, were a bit more tiring but paid more and could be done by himself.

       For lunch, he bought two egg pancakes and squatted on the roadside to solve the problem.

       Chen Yuncheng did not regret that he did not study properly before. In fact, his basis was too weak that he could not keep up with others and he did not have the financial conditions to support him, so working was an inevitable choice.

       However, he used to think that he would be able to stabilise himself when he was about thirty years old and that he might not become a big boss, but he could at least start a small business and have a family, but he never thought that he would have to start from scratch now.

       After two interviews in the afternoon, Chen Yuncheng felt that none of them was too reliable, and made an appointment with three companies to continue the interview tomorrow.

       Later, when he received a call from Ning Junyan, asking him if he would go back for dinner, Chen Yuncheng responded, “Okay, I’ll be right back.”

       When he got home, Ning Junyan was cooking dinner.

       Chen Yuncheng washed his hands avoiding the wound and came back to the kitchen to help him.

       Dinner consisted of two stir-fried vegetables and a bowl of soup. Chen Yuncheng and Ning Junyan sat down face to face and ate their food for a while. Chen Yuncheng raised his head and said to Ning Junyan, “I’m interviewing for a job.”

       Ning Junyan asked him, “Is there anything suitable?”

       Chen Yuncheng shook his head and said, “But I’m going to interview with a logistics company tomorrow, they run inter-city long-distance logistics transport.”

       Ning Junyan looked at him and said nothing.

       Chen Yuncheng said, “I have a B license, I can drive a large truck, so maybe I can give it a try.”

       Ning Junyan asked him, “How long will it take to go out?”

       “I don’t know yet,” Chen Yuncheng smiled, “I haven’t interviewed yet, and I don’t know if the company wants me.”

       After dinner, Ning Junyan went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Chen Yuncheng felt that he was not too happy, so he followed in, leaned against the cabinet, and said to him, “I have to find a job, what else can I do?”

       Ning Junyan asked him, “Do you want to go to school?”

       Chen Yuncheng laughed when he heard the words, “From junior high school?”

       Ning Junyan said, “There are training classes.”

       The smile on Chen Yuncheng’s face did not fade away, “And then what? Take the college entrance examination or go abroad?”

       Ning Junyan said, “Don’t go abroad.”

       Chen Yuncheng looked at him, “If I study in a training course, my degree won’t be recognized by others, so what will I do then? Besides, I’m almost thirty and I still need you to pay for my education? When will I be able to earn enough money to pay you back?”

       Ning Junyan wiped his hands and walked to Chen Yuncheng.

       Chen Yuncheng subconsciously wanted to retreat, but there was nowhere to retreat. Ning Jun stretched his hand to brush his hair and said, “It can be cut.”

       “Well,” Chen Yuncheng lowered his head slightly, “I’ll cut it tomorrow.”

       Ning Junyan said to him, “I don’t want to interfere with your freedom, I hope you can do what you want to do.”

       Chen Yuncheng raised his gaze and landed on his face.

       Ning Junyan said, “But I can’t let you leave me. This makes me feel that there are two contradictory me tearing each other apart.”

       “Junyan,” Chen Yuncheng couldn’t help but grabbed his wrist.

       Ning Junyan said to him very gently, “Don’t be afraid, I won’t hurt you, so there will only be one of me killing the other me first, guess which one will win?”

       Chen Yuncheng felt that he was too nervous to say these words and tried to stop him from saying anything further, “Don’t say that.”

       Ning Junyan said, “It must be the one who wants to protect you more.” After he said that, Ning Junyan turned and left the kitchen.

       Because of Ning Junyan’s words, Chen Yuncheng was restless all night. In fact, he had always had a lot on his mind these days and hadn’t calmed down for a long time.

       It was past eleven o’clock at night, and Chen Yuncheng was about to go to bed when he received an unfamiliar call on his mobile phone.

       He stared at the phone number for a while, sat up from the bed and picked up the call.

       Zhou Yan’s voice came from over there, “Cheng ge, can you come out and meet us? Can you come here alone?”

       Chen Yuncheng immediately felt a sense of relief, he knew that Zhou Yan would not just leave without a care, he asked into the phone, “Where are you?”

       About ten minutes later, Ning Junyan drove Chen Yuncheng out together.

       Chen Yuncheng sat in the passenger side and said, “I’m sorry, I have to trouble you at such a late hour.”

       Ning Junyan did not respond to his words.

       The address Zhou Yan gave Chen Yuncheng was in a remote suburb. Chen Yuncheng originally wanted to borrow a car from Ning Junyan, but Ning Junyan insisted on going with him.

       There were very few cars on the road, and the car drove smoothly. Ning Junyan only stopped occasionally to wait for the traffic lights.

       When he parked the car, Ning Junyan asked Chen Yuncheng, “Do you think Zhou Yan will listen to your persuasion and turn himself in?”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “Since he is willing to see me.”

       Ning Junyan asked again, “What if he had killed someone?”

       Chen Yuncheng did not answer this question for a long time.

       After a while, Chen Yuncheng said to Ning Junyan, “Do you think I’m a loser?”

       Ning Junyan said, “How so?”

       “Self-righteous,” Chen Yuncheng said slowly, “I want to help Zhou Yan, but in fact, I can’t do much. I have no money, no ability, no connections;” when he was speaking, he leaned on the back of his chair and looked out of the car window with a somewhat despondent, “Just like Guan Anlin back then, I don’t know whether I’ve helped him or harmed him.”

       Ning Junyan didn’t speak.

       Chen Yuncheng continued,”You know that after I left school and came out to work, I met a lot of people, some of whom were lazy and just lazing around, playing online games every day, they had no plans or ideas for the future, and some of whom liked to brag at the wine table that they could do anything, boasting that they are omnipotent, and now they are on the low for a while, but they will always be able to make great achievements in the future, but I have never seen them really fly.”

       Ning Junyan just glanced at him.

       Chen Yuncheng said, “At first I felt like a bystander, but later I realized that I was just one of them. It’s not as if you’re sober enough to see what you’re getting into and you can get away with it, you still have to watch your friends either fall down or go down the evil path for money.”

       Having said that, he was quiet for a moment, “People like us may have been doomed for the rest of our lives from the day we left school.”

       “What kind of people are you?” Ning Junyan finally opened his mouth and asked calmly.

       Chen Yuncheng looked at him.

       Ning Junyan said, “You are not the same kind of person as anyone. Without you, I might have been buried alive by the old man when I was ten years old, and Zhou Yan’s son couldn’t have the operation and would have had to wait for death in a hospital bed.”

       Chen Yuncheng couldn’t help but said, “That’s not because of me…”

       “Who is that because of?” Ning Junyan asked him, “Because of me? I did it for you anyway.”

       Their car stopped as they waited for the red light at the intersection. At the same time, an electric car was parked in the non-motorized¹Non-motorized vehicle means any wheeled vehicle for transporting a person which is not propelled by a motor or engine, including skateboards, roller skates, in-line roller blades or coasters. lane next to them. A middle-aged man wearing a food delivery uniform was also waiting for the red light. While that man was waiting, he took off his helmet and wiped his forehead with his sleeve, the action looked like he was wiping sweat, but it was so cold, he shouldn’t be sweating.

       Ning Junyan and Chen Yuncheng looked at him silently until the green light came on, and the middle-aged man hurried across the intersection on his electric scooter.

       “You asked me today what you could do in the future,” Ning Junyan stepped on the accelerator and said as the car drove out, “I have no way to answer you because there’s something I am unable to say.”

       Chen Yuncheng rested his head on the car window and said softly, “Say it, I’m willing to listen to you.”

       Ning Junyan said, “I want to say that you can do whatever makes you happy, and I can support you.  But you don’t need to hear this sentence because you have your dignity, and you will be unhappy if I say it.”

       Chen Yuncheng couldn’t help laughing, “You think I will be unhappy?”

       Ning Junyan did not answer.

       Chen Yuncheng turned to look at him, and asked, “So if I told you to stop doing your job, and I will deliver food to support you, will you agree?”

       Ning Junyan replied without thinking, “I agree, are you serious?”

       At that moment, Chen Yuncheng had the urge to cry and laugh at the same time. He wanted to ask Ning Junyan why he was so obsessed with him, but he didn’t ask and only let out a laugh and said, “I’m just kidding.”

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Ning Junyan: Disappointing… I thought I could fvck after we went back

Notes:
Ning Junyan thought that since Chen Yuncheng wanna support him (be his ahem sugar daddy), they could have some little fun
Also, this third update is thanks to VitaB for sending me unexpected kofi to start the year UwU

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