The three of them ate with gusto and had a fairly enjoyable meal.
"Do you like it? I thought you rich kids must be used to feasting on big fish and meat and have grown tired of Western food, so I brought you here to experience some local flavor!" Lin Yangcong said with a smile. Yi Pin smiled and replied, "Stop joking. You're just short on money!"
Lin Yangcong burst out laughing and said with a sly look on his face, "Well, that's one of the reasons!"
"But it's really delicious. Let's come here more often in the future!" Yi Pin smiled and nudged Shen Yu's elbow.
Lin Yangcong noticed this and thought to himself with a smile, "Now it's 'we'? Weren't they at odds with each other before?"
Shen Yu nodded with a smile.
"How many kilowatts am I?" Lin Yangcong mumbled as he shoveled in his food and pursed his lips.
"Get out of here and talk properly!" Yi Pin said with a cold face.
Shen Yu just smiled and kept silent.
After the three of them were full, they strolled in the countryside, with smiles on their faces, basking in the sun, as if everything else didn't matter.
"When is Ziqi's court session?" Shen Yu asked with a smile, looking at Yi Pin who was laughing heartily beside him.
"Tomorrow!" Yi Pin replied with a satisfied smile on his lips.
"Then you've got to do your best!" Lin Yangcong said with a smile as he patted Yi Pin on the shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm quite confident!" Yi Pin said with a smile. Looking at the two in front of him, he spread out his arms. Thinking of the smile on Ziqi's face, he felt that everything was worth it.
Just then, Yi Pin's phone rang. It was Qi Mingyang calling.
"Hey, what's up?" Yi Pin answered with a smile on his face.
After that, Yi Pin frowned, and waves of anger emanated from him.
Shen Yu sensed that something was wrong. He looked at Yi Pin in front of him and was stunned.
"What's going on?" Shen Yu frowned and asked.
"Dead!" Yi Pin's eyes glistened with tears, and he frowned.
"Who's dead?" Lin Yangcong asked in shock, his face full of disbelief.
"The old man is dead. My only witness is dead!" Yi Pin's eyes dulled, and a look of hostility appeared on his face.
Shen Yu patted Yi Pin's back again and again. There was a hint of coldness and aloofness in his eyes.
"Let's go. Let's go to the scene first to confirm." Shen Yu patted Yi Pin's shoulder.
When the two of them arrived at the scene, it was already cordoned off, and there were many policemen bustling around.
They wanted to go in but were stopped outside.
It wasn't until Qi Mingyang came over and greeted them briefly that they were allowed to enter.
"The preliminary conclusion is that the deceased committed suicide!" Qi Mingyang frowned and said to the two in front of him, looking a bit uneasy.
"What? Do you think that makes any sense?" Yi Pin said angrily, glaring straight at Qi Mingyang in front of him.
"Is this how you handle cases? Making such a hasty conclusion that it was suicide? He was my witness. He was supposed to appear in court. Do you know that? How could he commit suicide?" Yi Pin said excitedly.
Looking at the blood in the room, there was even a faint red glow.
"Yi Pin, calm down, okay?" Qi Mingyang said coldly, looking a bit dazed.
Shen Yu was much calmer. He walked to the scene and took a look around, frowning slightly.
"Let's go back first. Don't get in the way of their investigation." Shen Yu put his arm around Yi Pin and walked back. As he turned around, he saw the man he had seen at the police station that day standing quietly behind the crowd, looking at them through the throng.
Yi Pin was still in a daze. He frowned and looked a bit restless.
"Shen Yu, do you think the old man died because of me? Did I indirectly kill someone?" Yi Pin lay in the passenger seat, looking at the sky outside, frowning, and speaking coldly.
"Yi Pin, don't think too much. Calm down first. You can't control someone's life. He didn't die because of you!" Shen Yu looked at Yi Pin beside him and frowned.
"But..."
"Let's wait until the truth comes out before making any judgments. It's too early to say anything now!" Shen Yu reached out and gently held Yi Pin's hand, frowning.
For the whole night, Yi Pin was like this, feeling an indescribable sadness. He just stood in front of the bed in a daze.
The next day was the same.
Shen Yu quietly cooked some food, but Yi Pin still didn't eat.
For a foodie, if he doesn't even care about food, it means he's really heart - broken.
Shen Yu knocked on the door and walked in. He saw that Yi Pin looked much haggard and was just quietly looking out of the window.
The dark room was filled only with the cold air.
"Yi Pin, get up and drink this bowl of porridge!" Shen Yu frowned and said coldly.
Yi Pin stood there, looking a bit at a loss. His eyes were dry.
"What should we do now? I just wanted to save a boy, but now more and more people are getting involved. I indirectly killed someone..." Yi Pin said in a state of collapse, covering his head with both hands, looking cold and helpless.
Shen Yu gently hugged Yi Pin's head and patted his shoulder.
"Don't worry. You're just doing what you think is right. Justice in this world needs someone to uphold, and you didn't kill that person!" Shen Yu said, looking at Yi Pin in his arms with a heart - broken expression.
"We've done all these things together, so we should bear this together! I'll be with you. Even if the whole world thinks you're wrong, I'll still stand behind you! So, calm down, okay?"
Yi Pin looked up at Shen Yu in front of him, feeling a bit reassured, and nodded.
But he still didn't eat or drink. After two days like this, he looked extremely haggard, with a stubbly beard, looking very decadent.
When Shen Yu came back to the room after class and saw this scene, he frowned tightly.
Shen Yu kicked the door open, took two steps forward, grabbed Yi Pin by the collar, and pulled him up.
"What's wrong with you? Huh?" Shen Yu said coldly. "Do you feel wronged? Now that things have come to this, what else do you want? Will things take a turn for the better if you're just so sad and make your life a living hell? Can the dead come back to life? Or do you want to give up saving Ziqi? After all we've done, do you think you can just give up?"
Hearing these words, tears welled up in Yi Pin's eyes and flowed like an opened sluice. For the first time, he realized that a random decision of his could affect someone's life and death.
Yi Pin sobbed silently. Shen Yu hugged him tightly.
The two hugged in the dark night, and the moonlight shone down gently.
They hugged for a long time. Shen Yu felt that his shoulder was all wet.
"He committed suicide!" Shen Yu said coldly. "He had depression!"
Yi Pin looked up at Shen Yu in front of him, looking a bit dazed.
"I'm so hungry!" Yi Pin said coldly, forcing a bitter smile on his lips.
Looking at Yi Pin wolfing down his food, Shen Yu fetched a glass of water and handed it to him. He said with a heart - broken look, "Eat slowly. You'll choke!"