When school was over in the morning, Yu Hao had just left the classroom when he saw Zhou Sheng waiting for him at the entrance of the stairs, and beckoned the meal card in his hand, saying, "Eat."
The girl handed over the meal card under Zhou Sheng's soft-grinding and hard-bubbling, on the grounds that "the rocket also has my share", so Zhou Sheng made a promise to only eat 20 yuan of maocai, and then came to take Yu Hao to the teacher canteen. It happened that the counselor Xue Long and the new head teacher Chen Yekai were at the next table, arguing about something. After Yu Hao sat down, the two stopped talking briefly.
He must be talking about me, Yu Hao thought to himself.
"Come to my office at two o'clock in the afternoon." Chen Yekai said to Yu Hao, while Xue Long walked away without saying a word.
Yu Hao was a little uneasy, but Chen Yekai nodded at him, signaling to relax.
"Yo, Kaikai!" Zhou Sheng came back with maocai and greeted Chen Yekai familiarly.
Chen Yekai said "Yeah" with a heavy heart, then got up and left.
Zhou Sheng watched him leave, and said something casually, Yu Hao said, "I don't know what they want to do with me."
Zhou Sheng said: "You didn't do anything wrong, so what are you afraid of? Eat it. Xue Long is looking for you, just say it. To be honest, don't be silent and suffer from the loss of silence."
Yu Hao replied, "We have to fight for reasons, I know."
Zhou Sheng was a little surprised, nodded approvingly, and said, "Yes."
Yu Hao thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Is there any way to overcome my fear of something?"
Zhou Sheng: "???"
Yu Hao fell silent again. In fact, he had been thinking about the connection between the black dragon and the reservoir.
Zhou Sheng said: "Beat it up, it's good to have a fight. When I was a child, I was beaten by my dad so much that I finally had a fight with him, and I was no longer afraid of him."
Yu Hao: "I can't beat a reservoir."
Zhou Sheng: "Reservoir?" Then he remembered what he had heard about Yu Hao last night, and said, "Oh, so that's it."
Zhou Shengxue's physical education department also had psychology as a special course. Although it was not as difficult as Yu Hao's textbook, he still knew a little about the basic principles.
Zhou Sheng put some meat dishes for Yu Hao. The so-called meat dishes are just balls mixed with a lot of powder. He took some rice, thought about it, and said, "There are several ways. One, watch the reservoir fill with your own eyes. "
Yu Hao thought to himself, oh, it's been so many years, what if it's filled in
Zhou Sheng: "Two, go for a swim, maybe you won't be afraid anymore... Can you swim? Don't go by yourself. Three, convince yourself that your mother... um..." He didn't say any more.
Yu Hao knew in his heart the best way to know is to ask his mother a question, and convince himself that the truth is... She loves him, and has never thought of it.
After eating, Yu Hao went back first, Zhou Sheng was still flipping through his phone with a bored expression, and he was dismissed with a word of "Go ahead".
Yu Hao went back to the dormitory, put Zhou Sheng's coat in the basin, and helped him wash his clothes. The water in winter was freezing cold, and his hands were red from the cold.
I should add some hot water, Yu Hao thought. He went to find a kettle. There was still some water in the kettle from the day before yesterday. After pouring it in, Zhou Sheng's sportswear seemed to have not been washed in a week, and dirty water came out when he pressed it. He suddenly found that he was not very resistant to making friends, at least not against Zhou Sheng, a familiar friend.
Maybe it's because Zhou Sheng's speech and behavior are very casual, which can easily remove his sense of restraint.
After Yu Hao washed and dried, he tried to sleep in bed for a while, but the roommates still fell asleep together and didn't get up. He really couldn't sleep, and he was a little nervous thinking about going to Xue Long's office in the afternoon. He repeated in his mind what he wanted to say. When the time came, he quietly got up and pushed open the bedroom door.
The dean of education, counselor Xue Long, and class teacher Chen Yekai were all there, and the policeman in charge of the case had also arrived, taking off his police cap and brushing his hair. The policeman was very young, he looked about the same age as Chen Yekai, with dark skin and thin skin.
Chen Yekai's first sentence was: "Is there any evidence that you haven't touched his watch?"
The policeman nodded at Yu Hao, Yu Hao was full of words and forgot all at once.
"I really haven't touched their bookcase." Yu Hao said to the policeman, "Are there any fingerprints?"
The dean of education was looking at the police officer's ID card. The policeman's surname was Huang and his first name was Huang Ting. He spoke less than Yu Hao. When he saw him on Saturday, he hardly had any communication with Yu Hao. Yu Hao once thought that he had preconceived that he was a thief, but after Chen Yekai listened to him the WeChat voice last night, his impression of him was reversed.
"Before reporting the case, their aunt had already cleaned it up," Huang Ting said. "The cabinet was wiped once, but no fingerprints were recorded."
Yu Hao looked at the dean again, and the dean looked at him suspiciously from behind his glasses. Xue Long's face was not very good-looking, it seemed that it was because of the dispute between Chen Yekai and him at noon.
"If you want everyone to believe in your innocence, you have to show evidence." Xue Long said helplessly, "In a society governed by the rule of law, words are useless."
"Aren't they just saying it's baseless?" Yu Hao remembered the scene where Xue Long was trampled by an elephant, and suddenly felt a little funny.
"They have evidence!" said the dean. "The watch was found from you, and it is the evidence!"
"I took it out myself." Yu Hao said earnestly, "I've been looking for the owner, it's not the first time this child lied and framed me. You can investigate her first tutors, she doesn't want to make up the class. , I wanted to drive me away, so I thought of this way..."
Having said that, Yu Hao thought for a while and added, "Actually, she is quite pitiful."
Chen Yekai didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You still feel sympathy for her? How much impact did this matter have on our college?"
Yu Hao instantly had a different impression of Chen Yekai, as if because of him, Xue Long's attitude was obviously different today, and Chen Yekai's words actually meant that they were both dismissed and beaten, which directly pointed the finger at him. The elementary school student who pitted him. The people present did not raise any objections, apparently agreeing with his statement.
Chen Yekai said: "The most important thing now is to find a breakthrough to prove that you didn't steal anything. Think about it carefully, and start with the motivation of your behavior. Does anyone know about finding the owner?"
"Does the content of the lost and found count?" Yu Hao immediately said, "I have a lost and found notice in my mailbox. I wrote it in the Internet cafe and sent it to my mailbox. I'm going to download it in the printing room, and then print it out and post it."
"Call it out." Chen Yekai said.
Huang Ting said nonchalantly, "It won't help much." But his eyes still moved along with Yu Hao's movements. Yu Hao went to Chen Yekai's computer to operate, Chen Yekai suddenly remembered something, and was about to close the page, But Yu Hao had accidentally seen it.
It was a crisis intervention site.
Yu Hao's nose suddenly became a little sore, and he didn't dare to look at Chen Yekai. He logged in to his mailbox. Huang Ting motioned him to wait a moment. He recorded the date and attachments in the mailbox with a video recorder, as well as the whole process of Yu Hao opening the attachments, and specially filmed them. Electronic file of lost and found notice.
Chen Yekai took over the computer, Yu Hao didn't read any further, a warm feeling surged in his heart, and he decided to clear his grievance no matter what.
Half an hour later, Chen Yekai and Yu Hao sent Huang Ting out of the academy, Huang Ting said, "I will communicate with each other, and strive to invite you both tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to talk. This video should dispel him. your prejudice."
Just as Yu Hao was about to speak, Chen Yekai motioned for him not to speak and leave it to himself.
"Okay, it's better to let Yu Hao talk to the child alone." Chen Yekai said.
Huang Ting took off his police cap again and touched his hair.
"I'll try my best." Huang Ting replied, "If it really doesn't work, just use mediation."
"I just hope to clear his innocence." Chen Yekai said.
Huang Ting looked at Chen Yekai and then at Yu Hao. Huang Ting's cheekbones were high, his eyes were deep, and his facial features were sharp and sharp.
"Sometimes, for you, it's enough that the most important person believes in you." Huang Ting said these words to Yu Hao.
Yu Hao didn't know how to answer for a while, Huang Ting nodded at Chen Yekai, got into the car, and drove away. Chen Yekai motioned him to the floor-to-ceiling glass windows in the office building, and the two of them looked at the rain outside.
Yu Hao looked at Chen Yekai's reflection through the glass window. Last night, the lights in the ward were pale and dim, and his condition was not good, so he didn't pay much attention to Chen Yekai. Today, he is wearing a slim black sweater and black trousers. He is simply handsome and amazing. Combined with what Zhou Sheng said yesterday, Chen Yekai looks like a hero in a Korean drama, maybe it's too expensive. Yu Hao couldn't imagine it.
Yu Hao felt like he was standing beside him, like a rustic and stupid country bumpkin.
Chen Yekai smiled at Yu Hao in the reflection in the glass, "What do you want to say?"
Yu Hao pondered for a long time and said, "I don't think her father will admit it."
"Yeah." Chen Yekai replied in a trance, "Everyone is reluctant to admit their mistakes. But Huang Ting will deal with him, and the police have the means of the police. How many suspects, the police have no evidence at the beginning of the case, and they fought psychological warfare. You have to admit it yourself, you have to be optimistic."
Yu Hao said, "Mr. Chen."
Chen Yekai raised his brows slightly and looked at him sideways.
"I will live well." Yu Hao said, "Don't worry about me anymore, I promise you."
"I believe you." Chen Yekai said with a smile.
Yu Hao left the academy and faced the way back to the dormitory. After a moment of silence, he walked out of the school gate.
In the canteen at the school gate, Zhou Sheng was buying cigarettes when he saw Yu Hao walking over, "Hey". However, the road was so noisy that Yu Hao didn't hear it. Zhou Sheng followed, and seeing Yu Hao getting on a bus, he looked at the stop sign with a puzzled face.
"This kid..." Zhou Sheng hurriedly went out to grab a taxi.
An hour later, Yu Hao was shivering from the cold in the rainy suburbs and walked down the grass in front of the dam of the reservoir.
As he walked, he thought, he must not make any mistakes, otherwise Chen Yekai would be mad at him. Just said "live well" at noon, and was fished out of the reservoir the next day.
He had almost given up on this thought—compared to the day he was five years old, the weeds in the reservoir were nearly waist-deep, and the ladder was rusted and mottled, leading to a shallow concrete slope.
"What are you doing?" A voice suddenly sounded from the dam, Yu Hao suddenly shouted and almost slipped down the grassy slope.
Zhou Sheng threw the cigarette butt in his hand, turned sideways, slipped off the dam, and said angrily, "You are sick!"
Yu Hao said in shock, "How did you know I would be here?"
"Nonsense!" Zhou Sheng said, "There is only one reservoir in this area, and there are other places if you don't come here?"
"But..." Yu Hao still wanted to ask, but Zhou Sheng put his hands in his pockets, kicked him fiercely, and said, "Didn't you say don't come alone?"
Yu Hao stood foolishly in the rain, and Zhou Sheng said angrily, "Put on your hat!"
The two were wearing hoods, and the sky was dark.
Zhou Sheng waited in the rain for nearly half an hour. He was soaking wet, and sneezed. Yu Hao said, "I just came to see, I didn't plan to go into the water."
Zhou Sheng didn't answer. He took the light of his mobile phone, walked in front, and turned around and said, "Just say something when you get there."
"It's here." Yu Hao replied.
"Are you sure?" Zhou Sheng asked under the bridge.
Yu Hao said, "I'm very sure, I remember the 'No Fishing'."
He still remembered that when he came, his mother watched him under the sign prohibiting fishing and asked him to dig snails. Fourteen years later, the reservoir has hardly changed, only the grass has grown taller.
"I'll go down first." Zhou Sheng said, "Just wait."
"No no." Yu Hao said, "I'll go."
Zhou Sheng is also not afraid of death, and said, "Then you grab my hand, no matter what, don't let it go."
Yu Hao looked at the pitch-black water and finally felt a sense of fear. He didn't notice it back then, but the more he thought about it later, the more uncomfortable he felt. The black dragon's eyes vaguely appeared in front of him, staring at him under the water.
It was fear, it was death, it was the despair that he had engraved in his bones.
Yu Hao took a deep breath and turned to look at Zhou Sheng. In the darkness, he couldn't see anything, and Zhou Sheng's scorching body temperature could be heard in his palm. In this dark night, he thought, perhaps the one he remembered the most in his life was Zhou Sheng. hand.
"Go." Zhou Sheng said, "Don't be afraid."
Yu Hao walked down step by step, and Zhou Sheng said again, "I think you are sick."
Yu Hao replied in the dark, "I also think I'm sick, otherwise why would I commit suicide?"
Zhou Sheng: "Don't do this, I'll just say it casually."
Yu Hao stood in the knee-deep water and didn't speak for a long time.
Zhou Sheng said: "What? Come on, I won't let go."
Yu Hao: "The water is not deep..."
Zhou Sheng: "…"
Zhou Sheng also came down, the water here was very shallow, Yu Hao was 1.75 meters, and the water only reached his knees. Zhou Sheng was 1.8 meters tall, with long legs, and the water didn't even reach his knees.
Zhou Sheng scratched his head and said, "How many laps do you swim? I'll take a picture for you."
Yu Hao: "..."
Yu Hao suddenly laughed out loud on the dark water. He felt that nothing was important. Zhou Sheng took a few steps to test the depth of the surrounding water, and said, "What's there to be afraid of?"
Yu Hao also waded a few steps in the water, and suddenly felt relieved that he was still digging snails here when he was a child, but the feeling was completely different.
"You can't tell how deep the water is from the outside..."
"Hey!" Zhou Sheng shouted in an instant, followed by an exaggerated sound of falling into the water. Yu Hao was so frightened that he instantly shouted, "Zhou Sheng!" Then he rushed towards him, Zhou Sheng grabbed him and two The whole body of man is water. Zhou Sheng slipped and sat in the water in embarrassment, but after a few moments he stood up and said, "What is this?" Then he raised a square garbage bag from the water.
Yu Hao: "..."
Zhou Sheng: "It's over, the area of your psychological shadow is estimated to have to expand a bit more, don't be anything bad..."
Another hour later, Yu Hao and Zhou Sheng were at the Zhongshan 4th Road Police Station in Yingkou District, explaining the origin of the plastic bag to the police. Chen Yekai's mouth twitched as he listened.
When Yu Hao saw the plastic bag, he immediately thought of the corpse dismemberment case, but Zhou Sheng was the most courageous he had ever seen, so he opened it up on the spot. Huang Ting was taking notes for the two of them. The garbage bag was open, and inside it were twelve bundles of new money, each of which was 100 yuan, and two bricks were pressed underneath.
Chen Yekai: "..."