chasing the dark

Chapter 22 Old Pu has been in prison

"It's okay." Lao Pu looked at Jiang Yu behind him and gasped, "Officer Ye, this is...?"

"Her name is Jiang Yu." Ye Zhanzhou glanced behind him, "My colleague."

"Oh, Officer Jiang, sit inside."

Jiang Yu was still a little uncomfortable being called so formally, so he smiled and said hello.

Lao Pu led the two into the private room inside, Ye Zhanzhou lit a cigarette, and pushed the menu on the table to Jiang Yu.

"You are cooked here, you should come, I can eat anything." Jiang Yu pushed the menu back.

Ye Zhanzhou was really familiar with this restaurant, so he ordered directly without looking at the menu.

"Would you like some drink?" Old Pu asked.

"No, there's still something to do." Ye Zhanzhou waved his hand, "You can come over later."

Old Pu nodded: "OK, I'll go and place the order first."

Soon a waiter came in. He greeted Ye Zhanzhou first, and then put plates of dishes on the table.

The person who delivered the carbon basin was a man in his fifties, wearing a camouflage uniform, with an obvious scar on his forehead.

While setting the carbon basin, he said, "Officer Ye, I haven't seen you here for a while."

"Why are you like Lao Pu? I haven't been here for a month." Ye Zhanzhou said, popping a cigarette from the cigarette case and pinning it to his ear.

"Thank you, Officer Ye, for enjoying the cigarettes, you two take your time." The man smiled and backed out.

"Don't be dazed, let's start." The dishes were served, and the carbon was ready. Ye Zhanzhou spread the meat on the grate and said, "Don't think this shop is small, but the taste is incomparable to others. The meat is delicious. It was pickled by Lao Pu himself, and there is a secret recipe."

Just as he was talking, the door of the private room opened again, seeing that it was Lao Pu who came back, Ye Zhanzhou said again: "Come, let's have something to eat together."

"I just ate it, you eat it." Lao Pu raised the teapot in his hand, "I haven't had time to drink the Pu'er that Little Yunnan sent two days ago, just so you are here, let's taste it together."

"How is his father?" Ye Zhanzhou asked vaguely while eating.

"I heard from him that he is recovering well, and he is now able to go to the ground. He can start rehabilitation training next month."

At this time, Jiang Yu was not in the mood to listen to the two men chatting, and her attention was all on the fragrant roasted meat.

As Ye Zhanzhou said, although this restaurant looks inconspicuous, the beef taste is really good, fresh and tender, not greasy, which makes people appetite.

After living in the detention center for a month, Jiang Yu felt that he could swallow a cow.It's a pity that the eyes are big and the stomach is small. After tasting every dish and adding a few slices of beef, it has reached its limit.

She likes food, but she doesn't eat much, and she can't eat so much even if she is hungry.

Seeing her putting down her chopsticks and starting to drink tea, Lao Pu quickly asked, "Why didn't Police Officer Jiang eat it? Did it not suit your taste?"

"No, no," Jiang Yu waved his hands again and again, "They all taste good, but I'm full."

"She has a small appetite and eats like a cat. Today's meal is quite a lot." Ye Zhanzhou said.

Before, he had dinner with Jiang Yu and Lao Duan, and she ate very little at that time.

He thought he was going to the detention center to perform a task, and he had no appetite, so he persuaded her to eat more.

The old Duan said that this little girl usually does not eat seriously, and always eats snacks secretly.Jiang Yu also retorted that it is good for the body to eat less and eat more.

"That's good." Lao Pu smiled meaningfully, "Sit down first, and I'll get some fruit."

At almost three o'clock, the two left Lao Pu's barbecue restaurant.

Before leaving, Ye Zhanzhou directly scanned the QR code at the front desk without asking the price, and Lao Pu Yitong complained that he had to give him a tea bag before letting him go.

The car was driving on the way to the Police University, Jiang Yu asked, "Deputy Captain Ye, why did you pay more?"

She saw that Ye Zhanzhou paid 500 yuan when he scanned the QR code. In a restaurant like Lao Pu in Mingyang, it would be about [-] yuan for two people to eat.

"Old Pu's wife is gone. He relies on this store to support his mother and two children." Ye Zhanzhou said, "Guess how I met him."

"Then how can I guess." Jiang Yu said so, but still asked tentatively, "Neighbor? The brother of your classmate or colleague? A friend of a friend?"

"Neither." Ye Zhanzhou parked the car slowly at the intersection and waited for the signal, then turned his head slightly and said, "Old Pu has been in prison, and I personally sent him in."

The answer was so unexpected that Jiang Yu didn't know what to say for a while.

When the signal light turned green, Ye Zhanzhou started the car and said, "That was my second year in the police force. Lao Pu robbed a pharmacy and was sentenced to three years and eight months. He performed well there, and he got out in less than three years."

"Robbing... a pharmacy?" Jiang Yu was even more surprised.

I have heard of robbing banks, robbing gold stores, or even robbing supermarkets, gas stations and so on.Going to the pharmacy to rob is really weird enough.

"Yes, it's the pharmacy." Ye Zhanzhou said, "His wife has advanced liver cirrhosis and needs to take a medicine to treat liver ascites, which costs about 600 yuan a box. In order to treat his wife, his house was sold, and the family of five I rented a single room in an old community. After eating a few boxes, I really had no money to buy any more. He lost his head in a moment of anxiety, so he went to the pharmacy to grab it. To scare people, he even brought a knife."

"Did you get it?" Jiang Yu asked.

Ye Zhanzhou glanced at her: "Is there something wrong with your focus? No matter what the result is, robbery with a knife will start at least three years ago."

After a slight pause, he continued: "It's not commonly used medicine, and the price is too high. It's impossible for the pharmacy to have it in stock. His wife used to take it from the hospital."

"He was really in a hurry, and he went there without asking clearly..." Before Jiang Yu finished speaking, he realized that he seemed to have made a mistake again, so he quickly changed his words, "Anyway, robbing is wrong. Pay for your actions."

Ye Zhanzhou suddenly said seriously: "Jiang Yu, no matter what kind of difficulties you have, you can't justify a crime. You have to remember that you are a policeman. You can have sympathy, but you can't use it in the wrong place."

"I know." Jiang Yu nodded, "If I really have a lot of sympathy, the first thing I do when I come out is to help someone make a phone call. Tell me quickly, how did you become friends later?"

"It's nothing, it's just that when his wife passed away, he helped with the funeral. Later, he gave some food to the elderly and children during the Chinese New Year." Ye Zhanzhou said calmly, "I got to know their family well after going back and forth. After Lao Pu came out, he opened the restaurant now, and I often go to it."

"Old Pu is from the dynasty, right? What did you do before?" Jiang Yu asked again.

"I used to work in restaurants, but now I open my own shop. I can't say how much money I make, but at least I can support my family."

"Although it took a detour for a while, it can be regarded as returning to the right path now."

Ye Zhanzhou nodded, and drove the car into the gate of the police university.

(End of this chapter)