In the name of love

He pursed his lower lip. "Although I have never talked about relationships, I can see that even if the senior may feel nothing now and can face this matter with a smile on his face, one day in the future, if you look back and find that you missed that person after all, no matter what When all your efforts are irreparable, you will regret it later."

He looked at the sluggish Yulu.

"Senior, no, Yulu, I don't want to see you regret it."

Yulu sat on the sofa in a daze.Ji Lan's words were like a light stone, quietly thrown into the lake of his heart.What was aroused was not ripples, but waves of mad dogs that Yu Lv himself could not have predicted.

Does he like Ricky?

Does he like Ricky?Did he like Ricky, the boy who had no morals on the bed, was unpredictable off the bed, and whose eyes were always a little sad?

He Yulu, has he been able to truly fall in love with someone long ago...?

Yulu was like a deflated balloon, the desire in his crotch disappeared without a trace, leaving only a daze, and a twitch buried deep in his heart.

Probably seeing through his hesitation, Yulu watched Ji Lan fumble around in his suit jacket for a while, pulled out something like a note, and pressed it into Yulu's hand.

"Senior, go find him."

Ji Lan said, "This is his current contact address. He found a small rented house by himself, which is near the senior's house, and there are no other cohabitants. He asked me not to tell the senior no matter what, but I really can't bear to see it. You just miss it. Some things, if you miss it, you really miss it."

Yulu let Ji Lan stuff the note into his hand without moving.Compared with the pain, Yulu only felt that a part of his heart was numb, and Yulu couldn't tell if it was for Ricky or for the young man in front of him.

"If...if there is no Ricky, if I don't like Ricky." Yulu said with a hoarse voice, but still couldn't help blurting out, "Will you consider being with me, Ji Lan?"

Ji Lan looked at Yulu, seemed to be hesitating for something, and then spoke slowly after a while.

"Mingnai, she said she wanted to try walking around with me."

He was calm as if he was narrating the facts.

"She said that he still misses the person who gave her a lot, but that is in the past. She and him can only be friends. As early as the moment she made up her mind to marry me, everything was different."

Seeing Yulu's drastic change, he seemed a little unbearable, but he continued.

"Since she made such a decision, it is I who owe her, and I have no reason not to walk with her."

Yulu raised her head and looked at the two goblets on the table, both of which still had residual wine.

But they all understand that the wine game is over.This is the case with adult interpersonal relationships. If you walk to a watery place and draw a line with each other, it means that it is over.

Perhaps one day, he and Ji Lan will still be like this, sitting in a certain tavern, without kissing, hugging, or any ambiguous love affairs. Talk about drinking like nothing happened.

However, what Ji Lan said is correct, there are some things, if you miss it, you miss it.

He let go of Ji Lan's arm and raised the wine glass on the table.

"At least our agreement counts, right?" He squeezed out a smile, made a toast gesture to Ji Lan, raised his head and drank the remaining wine in the glass, "If the trial has a good result?"

Ji Lan was stunned at first, then nodded knowingly.He raised the wine glass, touched the rim of the glass with Yulu, and drank the last sip of the wine together.

"Ah."

He smiled, until many years later, Yulu still remembered that smile.

"There will be good results, Lil."

***

On the day of the sentencing, Yulu unexpectedly got up before the alarm clock rang.

On Saturday, the meteorological station suddenly broadcast a heavy rain warning, and that afternoon Yulu felt the wind and rain outside the window.

Holding on to crutches in a state of distress, he went outside to collect his meager suit shirts, a tie was blown away by the wind, and flew into the heavy rain, never to return.This made Yulu feel that it is really not easy for a disabled person to live alone, although he has lived like this for 20 years.

Compared with the wind and rain outside, Yulu's heart was abnormally calm.He opened his eyes, lay on the double bed alone, looked at the dark ceiling, and felt that his head was unbelievably quiet, like the big lake that he and Ricky saw in the park that day, as clear as a mirror and calm. .

Although his current situation can be said to be "broken in love", Yuli did not have any ups and downs as expected, probably because he had assumed such an ending too many times before, and when the assumption became a reality, Yuli felt quite good about himself , It seems to have completed a thing that should have been completed 800 years ago.

And right now, there are more important things than his lawyer Yu's broken love.

He thought about the outcome of the trial.If the final verdict is guilty, then they are bound to appeal again. Although Ai Ting said that he would help, but with Ji Lan's personality, it is absolutely impossible to let it go, and it is even more impossible for him to stay out of the matter, and they will be partners in work. .It might sound immoral to say so, but losing the case was not unhelpful for him.

But Yulu knew in his heart that deep down in his heart he didn't want to lose no matter what.Even if an appeal can be made, with the evidence currently held by Ai Ting, the probability of being acquitted is very high.

But to accuse someone who knows he's innocent of "you're guilty," for any length of time, is brutal.

Although it is said that if the verdict is not guilty and Ai Ting has clearly stated that he will not appeal, the case will be settled in the District Court, and Ye Chang can go home hand in hand with his son.

The fate between him and Ji Lan will end here, and they will revert to the relationship between seniors and juniors, and they will only meet at class reunions or dinner parties.

Maybe worse.Yulu doesn't know if Ming Nai, who has lost and recovered, will take her husband a little closer this time.

Yulu still has Ricky's address in his pocket, and Yulu is still building up the courage to meet him.At least after the verdict came out, Yulu told himself that no matter whether it was good or bad, he could put an end to his past and put a new upper quotation mark on the next line.

In the past few days, Yulu has fully realized what it means to worry about gains and losses. Sometimes he dreams of losing the lawsuit. The judge announced in court that Ye Chang will be thrown into prison. Ji Lan cried on his shoulders. Mrs. Ye hugged her children and cried together, Huaiyu could also be heard shouting, "The sky is not fair, where is the justice?"

Turning around, I dreamed that Ye Chang was found not guilty. The court was full of joy, and his lawyer, Yu Yu, put his arm around Ji Lan's waist and talked about the trial process in front of the media and spotlights. Ji Lan was even so excited. Offered him a kiss.

When he woke up, Yulu was covered in cold sweat, mixed with tears and body fluids, and fell asleep as if he had never slept, sitting alone on the double bed in the dark panting.

But the real world is unexpectedly peaceful.For nearly a week, Yulu has not seen any reports on the pedophile case, and even the newspaper space has quietly given up the matter to the news that an outdated actress died of cancer.

The media does not mention it, and the general public is like an old man suffering from dementia. No one on the Internet reposts the signature webpage of Megan's bill, the "Children Guardian Alliance", and fans who support the chemical castration system for sexual assault offenders. The group lacks interest.

Even those posters against pedophilia on the street, when Yulu walked past the court, he saw only those mottled and faded posters peeling off the wall and being trampled on the soles of feet by passers-by.

Yulu also went online to check the verdict of the previous boss who molested the girl.Sure enough, the boss was found guilty, and the district court sentenced him to three years and six months in prison. He found only one repost of this news on the BBS, and the number of tweets was pitifully small.All the blue below are full of cursing voices:

"Only three years?!"

"It's only been three years since the daughter was dragged in and fiddled with like this. Our judiciary is truly unrivaled in the world."

"Drag the judge's daughter here to see if it's only three years old?"

Other than this, Ye Chang's matter seemed to be forgotten by the public.Mrs. Ye did not call them any more, but Yulu heard from Huaiyu that they had rented a house in the distant city of U. They seemed to be dependent on Mrs. Ye's mother's relatives. Will come back to T City.

Yulu is a little embarrassed. While people all over the world have forgotten about this incident, only this family has to bear all these memories.And Yulu knew that no matter what the verdict was, these memories would eventually be with them for the rest of their lives.

The wind and rain were still blowing outside the window, Yulu held up his big black umbrella, and on the way to the court, he also received a text message from Sam.The text message was quite brief, and it was his first news in a week. It said that he would also go to hear the sentencing, and that he had booked a flight for the next day, leaving early tomorrow morning.

Yulu noticed that Sam didn't leave any words expecting him to see him off at the airport.

There were not many extra people in the court, except for a few familiar faces of reporters, and then some related people, even Bai Qiangwei had a lot less people.Yulu saw Huaiyu in the last row, he was still sitting in the seat where he had been listening, but Ai Cao did not show up.

Yulu walked over to say hello in a low-key manner. Huaiyu was talking on her mobile phone. When she looked up and saw him, she nodded to him.

"Finally, it's judgment day."

Huai Yu quickly hung up the phone, folded his arms and sat back on the chair.Yulu could see that he was very nervous, even the muscles in his arms were tense.

Yulu responded with emotion, and Huaiyu added, "Ai Cao resettlement center has an event today, and she can't come because she wants to take the children out, but I promise to call her as soon as the result comes out.