chasing the dark

Chapter 21 Asleep

The gate of the detention center opened slowly, and the sun poured in, and the warm breeze carried the breath of spring.

Jiang Yu took a few deep breaths before walking out of the gate of the detention center.

A black off-road vehicle was parked not far away. A tall man was facing the gate of the detention center, leaning against the vehicle with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

He was wearing a black windbreaker, black jeans, and sunglasses. His sideburns were shaved to reveal green stubble, and the inch-long black hair on the top of his head was strewn in a mess.

This way, if Jiang Yu didn't know his identity, he would definitely be connected with some people locked up in the detention center behind him.

"Welcome to rehabilitate and start a new life!" Ye Zhanzhou pulled the corner of his lips and opened the passenger door.

While sitting in the car, Jiang Yu threw out the four words "Together with you".

The smile lines on Ye Zhanzhou's lips deepened a little, then he walked around from the back of the car and got into the cab.

"There is food in the back seat, take it yourself." He started the car while talking, the black off-road vehicle roared, turned away from the Liancheng Detention Center, and left in a hurry.

There was a large shopping bag from the supermarket on the back seat, which contained a lot of snacks. Jiang Yu casually tore open the bag of beef jerky, pulled out one and stuffed it into his mouth.

While chewing, he took out his mobile phone from his small backpack, but as expected, he couldn't turn it on at all.

Just as I was about to throw it back into the bag, a charging head appeared in front of me.

"It's already connected to the battery." Ye Zhanzhou stroked the steering wheel with one hand, "Do you want to call the people inside?"

While charging his phone, Jiang Yu asked, "Did you violate discipline?"

"There are no clear regulations on this, but I advise you not to use your own mobile phone." Ye Zhanzhou said.

Jiang Yu ignored his words and continued to try to turn on the phone.

She just wanted to see if anyone was looking for her during this time, not for someone to call.

After several attempts, the boot animation finally appeared on the phone screen.

Afterwards, various notification sounds followed.Missed calls, text messages, WeChat... poured out like a tide.

"Hey, your business is quite busy." Ye Zhanzhou teased while driving.

"Anyway, I've been missing for a month, okay?"

Jiang Yu looked at his phone, as expected, most of the missed calls came from the same number, and so did the messages.

After quickly browsing through other information, she found that there was nothing important, so she directly pressed the shutdown button.

"Not calling?" Ye Zhanzhou asked.

"You don't need to beat those who are not nutritious, and you can't beat those who ask someone to find a relationship." Jiang Yu shrugged, "So... it's gone."

Before she came out, several people asked her to contact her family and friends, but she didn't make any calls to report her safety.

As for Qiuqiu... Jiang Yu didn't know what was going on with her case. If she told Lao Yu what happened inside, it might affect the police's handling of the case.

"But..." Jiang Yu paused, "I want to go back and send some things to the Sunshine Welfare Institute and a small village."

"What's the situation?" Ye Zhanzhou glanced sideways at her.

The Sunshine Welfare Institute is nothing more than a small village.
Jiang Yu gave a general account of Sister Lan and Wu Xiufen's situation.

"I'll inquire later, and I'll let you know if I have any news." Ye Zhanzhou turned a corner at the intersection.

Jiang Yu smiled: "Then thank you Team Ye first."

"Deputy." Ye Zhanzhou emphasized again, "How many times have I said this, if you can't remember, just call me by my name."

"Ye...deputy team, why do you care so much about this adverb? Is there a story?" Jiang Yu asked curiously.

Ye Zhanzhou squinted at her, and snorted: "Don't open your brain so big, it's easy to get winded."

Afterwards, he chuckled and continued, "It's good to let in some wind, it can dry up the water."

For the sake of him coming all the way to pick him up, Jiang Yu held back the phrase "Your brain is flooded, your whole family has brains", and pulled another piece of beef jerky, chewing hard.

Ye Zhanzhou felt it was funny when he saw her angry look, and thought that the little girl must have chewed the beef jerky as him.

The car soon reached the entrance of the expressway, and he pulled over and parked the car: "There is a bathroom over there, so hurry up if you want to go, and don't stop halfway on the expressway."

With that said, he got out of the car and lit a cigarette, leaning against the front of the car and smoking.

Jiang Yu opened the car door, threw his bag and snack bag on the seat, closed the door with a bang, and left.

Ye Zhanzhou looked at the tall and slender figure thoughtfully, until the smoke was almost burnt out and his hands were burned before he came back to his senses.

Jiang Yu took a look in the mirror while washing his hands in the bathroom, and sighed.

This month's life in the detention center has made the skin lose its luster, there is still a faint blue color under the eyes, and the hair is half-length... This image is really terrible.

She raked her hair and washed her face with cold water before returning to the car.

The car got on the highway, because it was not a holiday, there were few cars on the road.

The black off-road vehicle drove smoothly, and Jiang Yu soon fell asleep.

This sleep was so deep that when I woke up, I was a little confused.

"Are you thinking, who am I, where am I, and what am I doing?" Ye Zhanzhou's voice came from the upper left.

Looking for Shengsheng, he saw that he was resting his left elbow on the steering wheel, looking at her with his chin resting on his cheek.

Jiang Yu puffed up and sat up, only to realize that the back of the co-pilot's seat was almost flat, and she was covered with a black windbreaker, which smelled like a mixture of tobacco and some kind of light fragrance.

Taking another look at Ye Zhanzhou who was only wearing a shirt, uh... this is the windbreaker he was wearing before.

"Sorry, I fell asleep." Jiang Yu returned the clothes to him, looked out the window, "This is... to Mingyang?"

The car was parked on the side of the road. Although I couldn't tell where it was, it was definitely not in the service area of ​​the expressway.

"It arrived half an hour ago." Ye Zhanzhou casually threw the windbreaker on the back seat and restarted the car.

Jiang Yu looked at his watch. It was past one o'clock in the afternoon, and he actually slept for nearly three hours.

After the car drove for a while, she finally recognized the direction, pointed to the front and said, "Deputy Ye, please stop at the subway station after two intersections."

"what?"

"Take the subway back to school."

"Eat first, and then send you back."

Ye Zhanzhou didn't drive straight ahead, but turned at the first intersection.

Jiang Yu was already hungry and planned to get out of the car to eat before going back to school, so he naturally would not object to this proposal.

I thought it would be okay to have a fast food, but Ye Zhanzhou parked the car in front of a barbecue restaurant.

In his words, barbecue is perfect for people who haven't eaten much meat for a month.

The store is not big and the decoration is simple.Because it was past meal time, there were no customers in the shop.

A middle-aged man saw Ye Zhanzhou coming in, his eyes lit up: "Hey, Officer Ye, it's been a long time."

"Old Pu, how's the business going?" Ye Zhanzhou greeted the boss familiarly.

(End of this chapter)