That night, Chen Yuncheng didn't steal anything. Maybe it was too hot, and he couldn't keep up his spirits. After lunch, he took Ning Junyan around for a while, and found a shaded place under the overpass to lie down and sleep.
At first, Ning Junyan squatted down beside him, Chen Yuncheng looked up at him and asked, "Aren't you going to sleep?"
Ning Junyan shook his head.
Chen Yuncheng said, "Sleep for a while, it's too hot."
Ning Junyan didn't mean to lie down.
Chen Yuncheng narrowed his eyes for a while and opened them again, and said to him, "Then can you sit down and let me rest on your lap?"
Ning Junyan looked down at him.
Chen Yuncheng said, "If you don't want to, forget it."
In the end, Ning Junyan still sat down.
Chen Yuncheng put his head on Ning Junyan's lap and closed his eyes comfortably: "I'm asleep."
He slept all afternoon, woke up halfway and didn't bother to get up, only opened his eyes and gave Ning Junyan a sneak peek.
Ning Junyan sat by the flower table and looked into the distance with a calm expression. If he didn't say it, no one would probably see that he was a fool who couldn't even remember his own name.
Chen Yuncheng changed his posture, a little afraid that Ning Junyan would push him away when he was too tired to sit, and waited nervously for a while to find that Ning Junyan did not respond, and then went back to sleep with confidence.
When the sun goes down, it's finally not that hot.
Chen Yuncheng found ten dollars left in his pocket. He looked at Ning Junyan and said, "Let's go back."
Ning Junyan nodded.
Chen Yuncheng said, "It's only ten yuan, and we won't have dinner when we go back."
Ning Junyan did not speak.
Chen Yuncheng was shorter than him, so he stood on tiptoe close to his ear, and whispered, "But we can use the ten dollars to buy dinner, secretly, so don't let the godparents know about it." After that, he looked at Ning Jun. Yan didn't respond, and asked again, "Do you understand?"
Ning Junyan nodded this time and said, "I understand."
Chen Yuncheng went to buy two braised pork and pot helmets, and shared them with Ning Junyan. Although the pot helmet was not big, it was stuffed with half-fat and lean braised pork, and the oily marinade seeped down into the noodles, making the two teenagers very satisfied.
On the way back, Chen Yuncheng found a public toilet and washed his face with clean water next to the sink. After washing, he called Ning Junyan over, wiped his mouth and chin with his wet hands a few times, and leaned closer. After smelling it, he felt that there was no smell, so he asked Ning Junyan, "Do you still smell braised pork on me?"
Ning Junyan raised his hand to wipe the water on his face, heard the words like a puppy, and sniffed Chen Yuncheng's lips, then shook his head.
Chen Yuncheng wiped the water off his clothes on his clothes and said, "Let's go then."
When I got back to the yard, my godfather and godmother had already started to eat dinner. The two of them came back empty-handed and naturally had nothing to eat.
Chen Yuncheng and Ning Junyan stood at the door of the kitchen. Godfather sat at the table while peeling peanuts and drinking. Hearing Chen Yuncheng's words, he raised his head and looked at them.
The godmother didn't say anything.
The godfather said to Ning Junyan, "Go out first."
Ning Junyan didn't respond.
Godfather pointed his finger at him: "What about you, fool!"
Chen Yuncheng reached out and pushed Ning Junyan, pushing him out of the kitchen.
The godfather then said to Chen Yuncheng, "Come here and kneel."
Chen Yuncheng walked over and knelt down near the dining table.
After that, no one spoke to him. The godfather drank and ate vegetables, and the godmother started to wash the pots and dishes after eating.
After waiting until the godfather finished eating, he stepped on the stool beside him with one foot, looked at Chen Yuncheng, and said, "Chen Yuncheng, you are becoming more and more disobedient."
Chen Yuncheng buried his head and dared not speak.
The godmother cleaned up the table and said without looking up, "It's not honest when you're older."
The godfather said, "You know that my godmother and I have adopted so many children, why are you the only one left in the end?"
Chen Yuncheng looked at the floor silently.
The godfather continued: "Because you are different from them, we raised you as our own son, and in the future you will give the godfather and godmother old age and death, you know?"
Chen Yuncheng replied in a low voice, "I know."
The godmother suddenly threw the rag on the table, "You are an orphan, if we hadn't taken you in, you would have starved to death outside! You don't know how much food you have eaten at home over the years? You were still good for the first two years. Yes, you can earn money back when you go out, how can you learn to cheat and play tricks now?"
The godfather raised his hand and waved it, motioning her to stop talking, and said to himself: "Yuncheng is still good, just say a few words." Then he said to Chen Yuncheng: "Think about it. And the one outside. Silly boy, forget it if you can't teach him, I'll send him away, don't let him delay your business."
Chen Yuncheng nodded.
Godfather spread out his hand towards Godmother, "Where are the biscuits you bought?"
The godmother watched him for a while, complaining that she opened the cupboard, rummaged through it, found a biscuit, and put it in the palm of her goddaddy's hand.
The godfather handed it to Chen Yuncheng: "Take it and give it to you alone."
Chen Yuncheng took it and said, "Thank you godfather, thank you godmother."
Godfather waved his hand, "Go out."
Chen Yuncheng stood up and walked out of the kitchen very lightly. When he reached the door, his godmother suddenly stopped him and said to him, "The weather is so hot, if you want to take a shower, just wash in cold water, don't waste your breath."
"Okay," Chen Yuncheng replied and left the kitchen.
When he came out of the yard, he found that Ning Junyan was still squatting by the wall, not in the mood to speak, and went back to the room by himself.
Ning Junyan followed up after a while.
Chen Yuncheng sat beside the bed, glanced at the biscuits on the bedside table, and said, "Are you hungry, Yanyan?"
Ning Junyan shook his head.
Chen Yuncheng stood up, took the biscuits to the closet and hid them, and said, "Let's eat them later."
After hiding the biscuits, he went back to the bed and sat down, lay down again after a while, reached out and grabbed the quilt to cover his face.
Ning Junyan appeared in a hurry that day, and after leaving after a meal, she did not contact Chen Yuncheng for several days.
But those memories of the past poured in like a tide. Even though Chen Yuncheng was reluctant to think about it, he couldn't help but recall many things at that time.
It was just a casual remark by Chen Yuncheng about having a meal with Ning Junyan and Zhou Yan, but now he has the urge and seriously wants to contact the two of them for a reunion.
It started raining that morning, and the temperature seemed to drop a few degrees. Chen Yuncheng got up after a long sleep, opened the shutters of the store, and saw that the street was deserted and there were few pedestrians.
A tattered looking white Jetta was parked on the side of the street. Long Zhanyu opened the car door and got out of the car, and walked into the store.
Chen Yuncheng stood up and showed a warm smile: "Officer Long, are you buying cigarettes?"
Long Zhanyu didn't answer him, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, lowered his head to play with it, put it on the counter, and asked Chen Yuncheng, "Have you seen these two people?"
When Chen Yuncheng heard the words, he lowered his head to look, and saw what looked like a remake of a surveillance video. In the photo, the faces of the two tall young men were clearly photographed. The two people have the same characteristics, high nose bridge, curly hair, dark skin, not like Han people.
"Clan X?" Chen Yuncheng asked subconsciously.
Before the screen went black, Long Zhanyu swiped his finger across the screen and said, "Have you seen it?"
Chen Yuncheng shook his head.
Long Zhanyu took back the phone and said, "Then help me to stare to see who is in contact with these two people."
Chen Yuncheng was stunned when he heard the words, and asked Long Zhanyu, "Where do I go to watch? I don't know these two people at all. And I'm here every day looking at the shop, how can I get in touch with these people?"
Long Zhanyu took out a cigarette and bit it between his lips, just looking at Chen Yuncheng without speaking.
Chen Yuncheng had no choice but to reach out and grab a lighter to help him light a cigarette.
Long Zhanyu seemed a little careless, "You can look at your former friends, maybe you know them."
Chen Yuncheng said softly, "Officer, don't play with me. Do you already have a clue? Who are these two people? Who are they related to? Zhang Wenyong?"
Long Zhanyu didn't answer, but said, "Your brother is going to be released, did you know that?"
Chen Yuncheng was silent.
Long Zhanyu patted his shoulder, "I believe you will find a way."