After coaxing Xiaoguai to sleep, Cheng Yuzhi returned to the balcony and flipped through the thick stack of papers in front of him.

The bustling city could be seen outside the floor-to-ceiling window. He would occasionally stop what he was doing and take a look downstairs.

His eyes were always calm and indifferent. Only when he thought of Ye Jiaqi, there were waves of ups and downs.

…

On Christmas Eve, it snowed heavily, and there was a thick layer of snow on the roadside.

Along the way, the car was not easy to drive.

The usual half-hour drive took nearly an hour today.

Cheng Yuzhi's Mercedes-Benz stopped outside the police station.

It was very cold today. He was wrapped in a thick black scarf and a long gray woolen coat. He put his hands in the coat pockets and looked up at the tall police station.

It was his first time to come to such a place.

Because of the Chinese New Year, there were far fewer people than usual, but the security was still tight and not even a sparrow could fly in.

Cheng Yuzhi asked a friend to come in and chat with a young policeman.

"523 is a commercial crime. The third trial has not yet been decided, but the time is coming." The policeman glanced at the person Cheng Yuzhi was looking for and said calmly.

There is no name here, only a code. Josnian's code is 523.

Cheng Yuzhi nodded: "Has anyone come to see him?"

"No, no one."

"Did he call out?"

"No, he has been silent most of the time for a few months, and he will not take the initiative to ask for things from us. He is very calm. He has accepted the facts and is waiting for the verdict."

"He is quite open-minded."

"The person who surrendered was indeed more open-minded than the person who was arrested. He didn't even hire a defense lawyer, and he didn't seem to be interested in reducing his sentence."

"When is the third trial?"

"Half a month later."

Cheng Yuzhi nodded, indicating that he understood.

The snow in the police station compound has not been swept away. It is thick and gives a Christmas atmosphere, but in a place like this, it is more or less cold.

The young police officer sighed: "This man is not in good health. Every time we want to send him to the hospital, he refuses, so we have to get him some medicine. But he is indifferent and won't say a word.

Sir, you are the first person to see him. It’s quite sad to say that, logically, he should have a lot of friends at the top of the company, but no one came to visit him when something happened.”

"As for people, after they have done too many bad things, who can still sympathize with them?" Cheng Yuzhi said lightly.

"That's the truth, but he is too miserable. Our life-sentence prisoners here are often visited by people."

Cheng Yuzhi said nothing.

How can a person as calculating as Josnian have any real friends?

"Sir, we're here. We don't have much time. We are monitoring the whole process. If you have anything to say, please keep it short." Outside the door, the young police officer stopped.

"I know."

The door outside opened and Cheng Yuzhi went in.

Through the window on the door, he saw Josnian at a glance.

The surveillance room is small but densely covered with surveillance cameras. It's hard to escape from a place like this.

He didn't know whether he heard the sound of the door or saw the light. Josnian, who was sitting on the chair with his eyes closed and concentrating, moved his eyelids slightly.

I thought it was someone from the police station, but unexpectedly...it was actually an old acquaintance.
Chapter completed!