Yi Pin returned home, exhausted. His mind was in a complete mess. When he thought of what the eyewitness girl had said, it seemed that there was some truth in it.
He stood there blankly behind the door, not wanting to turn on the light. He just stood there quietly.
He didn't know how much time had passed before he let out a sigh and was about to enter the house. Only then did he notice that there was a person standing at the kitchen door, staring at him coldly.
"Damn it! Who's there?" Yi Pin frowned, his eyes hazy.
"It's me!" Shen Yu said coldly. He walked over slowly and turned on the light. Looking at Yi Pin in front of him, his face was extremely pale, and there was a look of sadness on it. His eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes.
His haggard appearance was really heart - wrenching.
"Yi Pin!" Shen Yu ruffled Yi Pin's hair and pulled him into his arms, gently patting his back.
Yi Pin instantly felt his nose turn sour, but he still managed to hold back his sobs, thinking that it would be so ugly for a grown man to cry all the time.
The two of them didn't know how long they had been standing there until the wind outside blew and something fell down, which made them come back to their senses.
"What's wrong?" Shen Yu stared straight at Yi Pin in front of him, with a faint smile on his lips.
"Nothing!" Yi Pin lowered his head. The friction sound of his canvas shoes scraping against the ground could be heard. "It's just... I think sometimes people may like what they don't have, and they can't really empathize! Everyone in this world may be deeply involved in a struggle..."
Shen Yu stood there stunned, staring straight at Yi Pin in front of him, frowning slightly.
If possible, he hoped that Yi Pin could always be innocent, never see through the true face of the world, and always smile innocently.
"Yeah!" Shen Yu nodded coldly. His eyes were a bit hazy. With a faint smile on his lips, he ruffled Yi Pin's hair.
"Don't touch it. I didn't wash my hair today. It's oily!" Yi Pin couldn't help but burst out laughing and said.
Shen Yu looked disgusted. He quickly went to the bathroom to wash his hands, again and again. Then he walked out, looked at Yi Pin and said coldly, "Take off your shoes and clean the floor!"
Yi Pin frowned, looking helpless. Living with a germaphobe meant that you couldn't do anything that would affect his life routine.
"Damn it! It's so late!" Yi Pin looked aggrieved. He had just been deeply involved in moral and life - related self - condemnation and thinking, but now he had to put up with this.
"Yeah, it's so late. I'll go to bed first. You should be able to finish mopping the floor in half an hour, right?" Shen Yu shrugged his shoulders, then turned around and went back to his own room.
"It's all an illusion, it's all just an illusion!" Yi Pin murmured to himself.
The next day, Yi Pin got up early. Looking at the breakfast on the table, he secretly took a few bites. The more he ate, the more he couldn't stop. He originally thought that since he wanted to avoid Shen Yu, he must stick to it to the end. But in the end... he found it really hard to avoid him when they lived under the same roof.
"Did you wash your hands?" Shen Yu said coldly, frowning, looking annoyed.
"No, I didn't. What can you do about it?" Yi Pin hooked the corners of his mouth into a smile. He picked up a bun, stuffed his cheeks full and was about to walk out.
But he was caught by Shen Yu, who pinched his neck gently with a faint smile on his lips. "Wash your hands!"
The two of them were joking around. Lin Yangcong was already used to it. He shook his head helplessly, ate his own breakfast, and hooked the corners of his mouth into a silly smile looking at the two of them.
Yi Pin and Shen Yu went out together and got into Shen Yu's car.
Yi Pin initially refused, but he always felt that he had been acting really weird these days. Although he didn't know why, he knew it was his own problem. He had been in a really moody state these days.
Fortunately, Shen Yu could put up with him. After all, Shen Yu was his savior and had helped him with so many things. It didn't seem like a good idea to keep avoiding him.
So he decided not to think about those things that he couldn't figure out anymore. He would just take things as they came and adapt to the circumstances.
"Drop me off at this place." Yi Pin hooked the corners of his mouth into a smile and showed the address to Shen Yu.
"Is your 'male period' over?" Shen Yu raised the corners of his mouth, looking smiling.
"Huh?" Yi Pin looked confused. Then he turned around and realized what this guy was talking about. "Shen Yu, your grandpa's! (Vulgar expression meaning 'Damn you')"
"Do you have something to do today?" Yi Pin raised his eyebrows, looking at Shen Yu in a probing way. Then he quickly turned his head and looked out of the window.
"No, I just... Xiaotong... She asked me to go shopping with her. She hasn't been back for a long time!" Shen Yu smiled, saying it nonchalantly.
Hearing this, Yi Pin felt really annoyed. As soon as these words came out, a bad idea popped into his mind.
After they arrived at the destination, Yi Pin didn't get out of the car for a long time.
"Um... I need you to help me analyze something..." Yi Pin said a bit stiffly, with a smile on his lips.
Shen Yu shrugged his shoulders. Yi Pin always liked to do things by himself and was very confident. He generally didn't want to listen to others' opinions and would do everything according to his own will. But today, he didn't know what had gotten into him.
Yi Pin played the sound from the monitor he had installed on the eyewitness girl.
Yi Pin briefly explained the current situation to Shen Yu.
The two of them looked at each other and frowned.
The defender, Zhou, used to be a thief. She was just a kleptomaniac and a repeat offender. Now she had a lot of money and had even gotten rich through stealing.
Maybe it had become a habit, and now she couldn't help it.
That day, she stole the girl's money. When the defendant saw this, he quickly came out to help, but was wrongly accused. Instead, he became the thief. And since he said some over - the - top words, the scene of him beating someone happened.
People are always blinded by their own eyes. They always think that what they see is the truth. In fact, most of the time, we can only see one side of the matter, and the other side has not been discovered yet.
The woman heard that the man who had beaten someone was going to sue her, so she took the initiative first and wanted to bribe the only eyewitness.
"What about the surveillance camera?" Shen Yu frowned. Didn't all the buses have surveillance cameras these days?
"There are blind spots in the surveillance. We can only see a little bit!"
Yi Pin shrugged his shoulders.
The two of them calmed down and silently listened to the conversation between the two.
"Hide that money well. Don't tell anyone that I gave it to you..." The woman's shrill voice rang in their ears.
"Okay!"
The girl tried to act nonchalantly, but her voice still trembled a bit.
"Do you know what to say in court?" The woman asked with a smile, staring straight at the girl in front of her.
"Sorry... I forgot again. I can't remember what you told me that day. I'm a bit nervous..." The girl was obviously quite smart and kept probing the woman.
"Just say that you didn't see anything. Just say that when you turned around, you saw the man holding the money in his hand and beating me up."
The woman was calm and said coldly.
"But I clearly saw that it was you, auntie, who stole my money that day. That's why he stepped in!" The girl said nervously.