straight to heaven

At the end of December, the second trial opened.

Pei Yanlai only went to the Public Security Bureau once.I don't know exactly what he did, but in court, the law enforcement officers stated that they used illegal interrogation methods such as torture to extract a confession from Li Yangming during the investigation of the case.The case of accusing Li Yangming of raping Wang Moumou's death had insufficient evidence and the facts were unclear, so the court of second instance acquitted Li Yangming and released him in court.

At [-]:[-] p.m., Pei Yanlai and I left through the side door of the court, surrounded by several media outlets.

I wanted to follow, but he threw the key at me.

There was someone next to him, he was very polite, and even smiled with lowered eyes: "Take it, and drive back to the institute."

The courts in the new district are inaccessible, so it is inconvenient to take a taxi.He was intercepted by the media, and it was a matter of the face of the law firm. He had to deal with it, and he was bound to be in a bad mood. When the time came, he would have nowhere to ask for help if he wanted to get out of his shell.

So I kindly stuffed the key back into his coat pocket, and before the adrenaline kicked in, I dared to say "Be compassionate, Amitabha", before quickly turning around and running away.

Complacent is proud, but in the end did not dare to look back at his expression.

Walking [-] kilometers away is the departure station of the subway line [-]. When we arrived, the doors just opened.

I got in with my briefcase, and soon the door closed again.

Another Lin Xiaoshan was reflected on the glass.

I rarely look at myself.

A suit and leather jacket, a denim blue cotton jacket, a neatly tied tie, and a computer bag in his hand.He looked tired, and his double eyelids were deeply creased, but he should still be handsome.

Growth is simply the most insidious trick ever created.It turned out that the underachievers who were developing towards dead branches and leaves could really grow into well-dressed and qualified social animals.

I stood holding on to the pole, and the three vacant seats around me were filled with people sitting down.

"...It's really fucking worthy of being the legendary Senior Pei, that's awesome."

"Let's not talk about professional level, just this face, it's too handsome..."

The moment the discussion sounded into my ears, I realized that the center of their topic was our glorious Pei Lu today.

I seemed to glance over by accident.

They are two women and one man, and they are also wearing formal clothes. They should be college students.

……

"That's the famous Song Jian. After only two rounds under Pei's hands, his face turned black."

"Oh, it's really not my time. If I could have been born a few years earlier, I might meet Pei Lu by chance in the library a few times. It's a big loss."

"You stop. I heard that he transferred to North America in the first semester of his freshman year, so he should stop daydreaming."

"Hey, by the way, how is the progress of your thesis? The library can't get a seat recently..."

……

I remembered that the Yanda University had indeed arranged for a few senior students to sit in, and these were probably Pei Yanlai's juniors.It's just that the trial was long and boring. I didn't expect them to chatter non-stop, as excited as if they had just finished chasing stars.

His mouth is sharp and his eyes are bright.The style of speaking is very similar to that of the Yanda debaters I met when I was in school.

Their topic gradually drifted away, but I was stuck in the same place and stopped moving forward.

To be honest, this is also the first time I have seen Pei Yan come to court.

I didn't think the legal profession was a good fit for this man.Although lawyers are different from national prosecutors like prosecutors, they need to strictly engrave justice and axiom on their foreheads.But as long as you are a legal person, you need to have a steelyard in your heart.

Pei Yanlai's inner world is firm and unbreakable.From the outside, he is indeed a complete and multidimensional unity, but from the inside, he will be quite different from the universal values.

He's a completely consistent villain.Good at acting, casts a cold eye on human feelings, and has obvious violent tendencies in adolescence.

He has no scales in his heart.

But he did turn out to be a very good lawyer, too.

Control the rhythm, cut to the point, advance and retreat for planning, and relax with a degree.

At the station where I should transfer, I loosen my tie and get out of the car, feeling dizzy and inappropriate.

...I want to have sex with Pei Yan in court.

The subway carrying the young people I met by chance roared past behind me.I guess I'm such a bad grown-up.

After finishing the finishing work at the workstation, it was already [-]:[-], and Pei Yanlai did not come back.

Only Xie Yi and I were left in the office.

He is of medium build, and already has a big belly in his early thirties. He squints and stretches, like an orange cat.

"Shan, is Haidilao going? Get 66 likes in Moments and get [-]% off."

I thought to myself that there are not 66 live people in my WeChat.

"Forget it." I glanced in the direction of the inner office: "I'm too tired recently, I want to rest."

Xie Yi smacked his lips and nodded: "That's right. I will bring in a newcomer tomorrow morning, his grandma's. The current interns are all ancestors."

He collected his things and wanted to leave, but I sat still without moving: "You go first. There is still a document to be signed, and I will wait for Pei Lu to come back."

After hearing this, Xie Yi seemed surprised: "Didn't you watch the work group? Pei Lu said that he won't be going back to the office tonight, and he wants to have dinner with the Song Dynasty Procuratorate and the others. Just give it to him tomorrow morning." He paused, his expression Yan Xian: "Ah, I heard that those...the after-dinner show was really fun."

I was stunned for two seconds, and then my stomach gurgled, and my face should be ugly.

As soon as the document was put away, I picked up my coat and clicked on the x public comments: "...Let's go. To Zhongwan or the one on Jianfeng Road?"

Xie Yi didn't react: "...Huh?"

The Haidilao clerk was reasonable, obviously it was a table for two, Xie Yi was the only one who got 66 likes and got a discount.

After A, the average per capita is [-]. It is still expensive when you think about it. I knew I would not want lettuce and baby vegetables... I don’t know how many crispy bamboo shoots can be bought with the price of the princess.

When he left the store, he said he wanted to see me off. I didn't want to trouble anyone, so I declined and said that it was really not on my way.

He couldn't help it, and saw that I got into a taxi before driving.

You see, people are like this, there are many bad and many good, so a thousand catties of pain weigh on my head, and I don't want to die.

There are activities in the nearby gymnasium, and traffic jams start more than two kilometers away from the community.

The driver knocked on the steering wheel irritably and glanced at me several times in the rearview mirror.He wanted to speak, but I was faster than him.

"Master, get off here. How much is it?"

He froze for a moment, reported the number, then turned his head and smiled at me, with a little apology in his smile: "I'm sorry, young man, I'm in a hurry to pick up my daughter from school."

At 45:[-], it was probably high school students going to study late.

Seventeen or eighteen, what a good age.

"Understood." I closed the door and said, "Travel safely."

When I got out of the car, I wrapped my coat tightly.

At the end of the year, the temperature on the street was close to minus ten degrees, and it was already dark.Because it was too cold, I had to jog on the way, and the mist I exhaled spread and condensed under the successive street lights.Everything is left behind by me, and everything is still in front of me.

Halfway through the run, there was a flower shop on the side of the road with an anniversary sign. The shop was small, and the owner was a middle-aged woman with a good temperament, who was about to close.

I stopped not far away and noticed two exquisite potted plants on the stage.She opened the door again and asked me, would you like to come in and take a look?

After a few seconds of hesitation, I walked in.When I came out, I had a bouquet of flowers in my hand.

Holding the flowers in my hands, I was in no hurry to leave. Being blown by the cold wind, I leaned over and smelled them.

It is very fragrant, reminds me of a woman's perfume.

After a long time, I stood on the side of the road and muttered like a fool: flower, what flower?How to spend it?

The old ones have fun... Did he, Pei Yan, get involved?Nothing to do with it... But what if those girls bumped into him?

Intellectually, I know very well that even if he is sick of himself and I go to bed, he will not go to bed, but jealousy is like a bottle of soda that has been shaken too much, as long as it is unscrewed, it will blow out uncontrollably.

These emotions stained me black, and over time I became more and more similar to Pei Yanlai's background.

But we are still not one country.I'm there, he's not.

Taking a deep breath, I unzipped the padded jacket and let the cold air pour into the chest along the collar of the shirt.

I thought this would calm myself down, but the next second I realized that the phone in my hand had been dialed out at some point.Call that extra "busy" crush tonight.

There were five beeps coming from the receiver, each of which was heavier than the other, which made my heart feel tight and my mind dizzy.The plastic wrapping the bouquet was creaked by me, and my face was reflected in the glass window, like a ferocious beast, I was too familiar with this look.

Much like Lin Hui.As expected, I am the son of a beast, selfish and jealous, with extremely poor self-control, good at overstepping others, without self-knowledge, it's all the same.

And then the sixth tone...

"Sorry, the number you have daile disbusy, please..."

The opposite side hung up.

I gritted my teeth and cursed, thinking about the balance of my bank card, I tried my best not to drop my phone to the ground.

The plastic wrapping the flowers deformed badly in my hands, shattering to reflect the warm light from overhead and smashing the air into pieces.

With a bang, the iron door of the flower shop was pulled down, and the boss, wearing a wool cap and gloves, looked back at me.

"Be careful...don't catch a cold."

She was very enthusiastic, but she might have been startled by my eyes, her tone was weak, and her voice became smaller and smaller. After she finished speaking, she quickly turned and ran away, holding the phone tightly in her hand.

I closed my eyes and exhaled a long breath. The white mist coiled above my head like second-hand smoke.

Only then did I realize later that my hands and feet were already frozen.

Really bad.

Scared the enthusiastic lady.

It's just a matter of anger. I was the first to arrive at the post the next day.

After much deliberation, she still put the flowers in Pei Yanlai's office.

A small bunch was placed on the low cabinet next to the floor-to-ceiling window, so thick that it was blackish red, very conspicuous.

It was 10 minutes before Pei Yan came into my sight.

His expression was as usual, and he could still smile at someone with the corners of his mouth slightly bent, but Xie Yi who was following him was obviously in a panic, not to mention the travel and dust, he was still wearing the suit from last night, with green stubble around his body.

Or how to say that mortals and gods are different.

When I came back to my senses, I saw a man following Xie Yi.With a quick glance, his face was raw, young, and he was wearing an overly formal black suit. On the name tag on his chest, he saw the word "米". Most likely, he was the intern Xie Yi mentioned last night.

Seeing a few people walking all the way into Pei Yanlai's office, I thought of the eye-catching bunch of flowers a step later, and my heart tightened.I didn't have time to measure it, and when I realized it, I had already followed with the vase.

The intern was the last to enter.

Perhaps because of his nervousness, he didn't close the door tightly in his haste, and concealed it, opening a small gap.I stopped, hid the vase behind me, and quietly stuck it to the door.

It's just that the sound insulation in the room is good, even if I want to, I can't hear clearly.

Fortunately, within a few minutes, Xie Yi brought the interns out of the house, and the two were talking and laughing.

"...Xiaomi, do you know him? What do you say it's called, Yakrihong?"

"No, no, yes, my family likes to grow flowers. Um, um, I can't say for sure, I just think it looks like Alechong...a kind of big flower rose."

"Hey guy, who sent this over? Want to have an office romance?"

"Huh? No, no, I don't know..."

When the two saw me, Xiaomi didn't know what he was thinking, and his face turned red.Xie Yi was taken aback, wanted to scream but was apprehensive, held back in his throat, and slapped himself to ease his breath.

He waved Xiaomi to go back, and then leaned over and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing here? Hitting ghosts during the day?"

The familiar smell of Haidilao went straight to the nostrils, a smell of pickled vegetables.I held my breath and took a step back without a trace: "Sleeping on the street?"

"Don't mention it." He straightened his tie and sighed: "There is something wrong with the foreign affairs department. Within 2 minutes of our separation, Pei Lu called me and asked me to go to Jinshi on a business trip with him overnight to wipe our ass. Come back. I'm about to rot."

"...you can smell it."

As soon as he said this, my chest felt a lot lighter.

It turns out...it turns out that there are really no other flowers.In Pei Yanlai's office, there is only the bunch I gave.

After Xie Yi straightened his tie and walked away, I knocked on the door and went in.

It was amazing, Pei Yanlai seemed to guess that it was me, without even raising his head.

This person finally had a third face for me, as if he was looking at the pair of women begging in the rainy night, condescending and indifferent, the distance was as wide as the sky, and he was lazy to respond.

I was held seven inches, and I felt very uncomfortable, and I couldn't tell what it was like.But I am used to breaking pots and smashing things, so I come here, and I have the cheek to get things done.

"I'm here to put flowers."

I took out the rose, stuffed it into a bottle filled with water, and put it on the table.

The sunlight is beautiful, sprinkled in this corner, and the dark red is in the shadows, forming a newly researched ink.This flower really suits him.

I turned my back to look at Pei Yanlai.

This person looked very focused on his work, his eyelashes were half-pressed, and he thought he was affectionate to the electronic screen.

Whenever I look at him, something overflows, very out of place, but I can't help it.

"Pei Yanlai." I called his name, a little guilty: "I happen to know this flower."

He stopped typing, and finally gave me half of his gaze.

"Not Alec Red."

I caressed the dark red petals of the Chinese rose, as if I was touching someone's lips in the air, and my actions might be a little frivolous.

"MisterLincoln." Like reading a textbook, I was emotionally drained, but devoted all my attention: "It's called 'Mister Lincoln'."