Chapter 18 Destiny Arranges Itself

The next day was Mid-Autumn Festival.

Although he was celebrating alone, Yin Jiu still gave it a sense of ceremony and prepared a lot of food.

After September, crabs enter their mature season and are at their plumpest when eaten.

After all, it was a holiday, so Yin Jiu didn't let his driver, Lao Li, do the work for him, and went to the market to buy the necessary ingredients himself.

Yin Jiu also has a driver's license, but he rarely drives.

He seldom does chores himself if he can have others do it for him.

After returning from shopping for ingredients, Yin Jiu went into the kitchen and started to get busy. He was going to make four dishes and a soup. It was definitely too much for one person to finish, so apart from a small portion for himself, he was going to prepare the rest with some other food and take it back to school in the afternoon to feed his roommates.

Because preparing several dishes takes a lot of time, Yin Jiu was busy in the kitchen for half a day and only managed to prepare the ingredients.

But he was not in a hurry at all. He was always very patient when it came to eating.

He was busy in the kitchen while she was watching TV in the living room.

Of course, it was the host who placed it there himself, not the system's requirement. A mature system is only focused on its mission and will not think about entertainment!

The mobile phone on the coffee table received an incoming call, but the system ignored it.

After the call was disconnected and rang again, the system wandered into the kitchen and said, "Phone."

Yin Jiu asked, "Who called?"

The system said: "Unknown."

After washing his hands, Yin Jiu came out of the kitchen, picked up his cell phone and took a look. It was a landline number in the local city.

The call was answered, and the serious man said, "Hello, this is the Nancheng Chunhe Police Station. Are you Ning Changyue's parent?"

Yin Jiu held the phone and did not answer immediately. His Adam's apple rose and fell sharply. He restrained himself and said, "Yes, I am."

A few minutes later, Yin Jiu hung up the phone, picked up the car key and prepared to go out, then he remembered that the fire in the kitchen was not turned off, so he went into the kitchen to turn off the fire. When he was about to change his shoes and tie his shoelaces, he paused. After a while, he went back to the bedroom.

When she came out again, she had changed her casual home clothes into a shirt and trousers. Her casually parted hair was pulled behind her head and styled into a mature hairstyle using styling spray.

Put on your shoes and close the door.

The sound of the TV was cut off, and the people in the show seemed to be laughing at the people outside the show——

Fate has its own arrangements, and the ending has already been written.

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Yin Jiu rushed to Chunhe Police Station as quickly as possible.

He had learned a little about the situation over the phone before. It was a civil dispute. The person on the phone didn't explain it clearly. They only said that Ning Changyue was caught stealing items on the spot by the person concerned, and damaged the person's valuables during the dispute. The case is currently being mediated at the police station.

Since Ning Changyue is still a minor, a guardian is required to be present at the police station.

Yin Jiu is certainly not the guardian. In fact, the police station first called Ning Changyue's aunt, but when she heard that it was the police station calling, she hung up the phone and did not answer the next call.

The police asked Ning Changyue if she had any other relatives who could come forward to mediate, and Ning Changyue gave Yin Jiu's phone number.

At the end of the call, the police officer sternly reprimanded: "If the child really did something wrong, take him home and educate him properly. It is too unreasonable to leave him at the police station during the holidays and not do anything about it."

"Yes, I understand. I will be there as soon as possible."

After parking the car, Yin Jiu walked a little faster until he reached the gate of the police station. Then he slowed down and walked in. Yin Jiu explained his purpose to the police officer on duty.

After hearing this, the police officer had a strange expression on his face, but he didn't say anything. He asked Yin Jiu to register his identity and took him to the mediation room.

The door was closed. The policeman opened it, motioned Yin Jiu to go in, then closed the door and left.

After entering the mediation room, Yin Jiu finally understood why the police officer had been hesitant to speak.

Because at this time, in addition to the two policemen acting as mediators, there were also people sitting on both sides of the dispute.

Ning Changyue was not alone, there was a middle-aged woman sitting next to him.

The aunt who refused to answer the phone finally came.

The heated argument was interrupted by the sudden arrival of someone. The stern and cold mediator asked, "What are you doing?"

"Family." Yin Jiu said this and sat down on the chair next to Ning Changyue.

Since he was not an outsider, the mediator did not intervene any further.

The dispute continues.

Ning Changyue's aunt said angrily: "Even if we want to compensate, we can't pay the original price. Who knows if it was good before? You said six thousand, so it's six thousand?"

The skinny man with a pointed face and monkey cheeks took out his phone and pointed at the photo on it and showed it to her: "See? It's exactly the same. Six thousand six, and I even gave you a zero!"

The aunt pushed his hand away and said, "Three thousand at most, not a cent more."

"No, sister, this is a new product that has only been on the market for less than three months. It's inappropriate for you to cut the price in half?" The skinny man said with a sarcastic look on his face.

The two of them were haggling over the price, as if they were doing a deal at a market. The mediator had a headache listening to them, so he coughed and interrupted, "The case has not been determined yet. Whether it was theft or not, and who the watch belongs to, you can't produce any substantial evidence. It's too early to talk about compensation now."

"Why can't you make a judgment?" The skinny man said unconvincedly: "Isn't it obvious who the watch belongs to? This kid..."

He looked up and down at Ning Changyue's clothes and said disdainfully, "Everything he has on him costs no more than a hundred yuan. Can he afford this watch? Besides, I have witnesses."

"Yes, I saw him stealing something from his pocket with my own eyes." said the fat man sitting next to him.

The two of them echoed each other. The mediator said nothing, but turned his head and asked Ning Changyue: "Little comrade, do you also insist that the watch is yours?"

Ning Changyue, who had been staring at the watch in the evidence bag in a daze and didn't even look up when Yin Jiu came in, nodded slowly and said, "It's mine."

The mediator stressed: "Once it is proven that the theft occurred, you will be held responsible through legal procedures. Even so, do you insist that it is yours?"

Ning Changyue said, "It's mine."

Both parties were very insistent, and the mediator was helpless. He concluded: "Now, you both insist that the watch is yours, but neither of you can produce the purchase record and invoice. I suggest that you reconsider it or provide some substantive evidence."

"What are you considering? I don't care. Real gold is not afraid of fire anyway. If you can't handle it, just drag it out. It's best to drag it out for ten days or half a month. However, the criminal responsibilities of adults and minors are different, big sister, don't you agree?" The thin man looked at my aunt with a meaningful threat.

My aunt looked at him angrily, but she finally became depressed after thinking about something and said tiredly, "Let's settle it privately. I'll pay you the price you said."

Hearing this, Ning Changyue finally raised his head, looked at his aunt, and said slowly: "I didn't steal."

"You didn't steal it? If you didn't steal it, then tell me where did you get this watch?" Auntie's emotions exploded all of a sudden. She stood up and hit Ning Changyue on the head, disappointed and angry. "Do I owe you something? From childhood to adulthood, there has never been a day when I can rest assured. You keep your mouth shut and eat, right? Ning Changyue, I have no obligation to support you! This is the last time I will clean up your mess. When you become an adult at the end of the month, you have to move out and die outside as you like!"

Her outburst was sudden, and by the time Yin Jiu reacted, Ning Changyue had already been hit several times. He quickly stood up and protected her in his arms, and was also hit several times for this.

The mediator also rushed over to intervene, but with two people between them, my aunt was forced to stop and turn her head away to wipe her tears.

Yin Jiu let go of his hand and lowered his head to look at the person in his arms.

The young man looked up at him, just like when they first met, his eyes were clear and focused, his face was expressionless, but tears were falling down in big drops.

He didn't cry when he was wronged, he didn't cry when he was distrusted, he didn't cry when he was beaten, but he couldn't help crying just after a simple eye contact.

Why?

At this moment, Yin Jiu still couldn't understand and didn't know why he was crying.

Yin Jiu flexed his fingers, raised them, and put them down again. He took a step back and said to the mediator, "Can you show me the evidence? ... That watch."

Ning Changyue's parents were there, and he originally didn't want to make a scene and steal the show, but the current situation didn't allow him to remain silent any longer.

Moreover, the matter itself seemed to have something to do with him.

After receiving the watch, Yin Jiu only took a glance to confirm it. He looked down at the skinny man with cold eyes, who looked like he had nothing to do with the show, and spoke in a calm tone: "This watch is mine."

"I can provide purchase records, product numbers and electronic invoices. If you have anything else to say, please talk to my lawyer."↓