A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 160 My stuff is here

Chen Jinnian reached out to support Ji Shengli who was about to slip. Hearing his heavy breathing, he knew that this distance was somewhat difficult for him as he was middle-aged and overweight.

"Thank you...thank you"

Ji Shengli squeezed out two words from his panting, then held on to the lamppost beside the road, bent over and took a deep breath of fresh air.

"What happened? Why did a thief break into my house?" Ji Yangyang asked hurriedly.

Chen Jinnian signaled with his eyes, "Who do you blame? You live on the first floor and no one is home, so you don't even lock the windows."

Ji Yangyang finally reacted and looked towards his yard, and found that his bedroom window was indeed open. He became even more anxious and ran home without saying a word.

"Wait, wait a minute, I'll be there." Ji Shengli quickly stopped his son. He was more worried. Why did the other party not steal from other families, but only from his, the district chief's, home?

He communicated with the security captain and decided that the two of them would go in through the main gate. If they could catch him, that would be the best, but if they couldn't, that was fine too. If the other party tried to climb over the fence and escape, there would be people outside who could stop him.

The plan went smoothly, even too smoothly. As soon as the man climbed out of the courtyard, he was pinned to the ground by Lao Zhang who was lying in ambush nearby.

Wang Yidi and Qiao Yingzi also ran down from upstairs, curiously watching who this little thief was.

"You are quite courageous. You broke into a house and committed burglary. Do you know that you will be sentenced for this?" Old Zhang said in a muffled voice.

"Let me go, I didn't steal anything. I came to get my own things. I didn't steal anything."

Hearing this familiar voice, Qiao Yingzi took two steps forward, squatted down, looked carefully, and asked hesitantly, "Are you Ding Yi?"

"Yingzi, Yingzi, it's me. Please talk to them. I'm not stealing anything. I'm just taking something I left here." Ding Yi said hurriedly.

Ji Shengli also came out at this time. He looked around and found that except for Ji Yangyang's bedroom, there was no sign that any other place in the house had been rummaged through. Ji Yangyang's computer was not touched by the other party either. Instead, the books on the desk were flipped through a few times.

"Didn't you get into university? Why are you back here?" Qiao Yingzi asked in surprise.

"I couldn't sleep all night, couldn't go to school, and had to take a leave of absence."

When Ji Shengli heard that the two of them knew each other, he gently pulled Qiao Yingzi over and asked, "Yingzi, what's going on with this person?"

"Oh, Uncle Ji, this guy is called Ding Yi. He's a year older than us and was my mom's student. He used to live here. I remember he got into a good university, but I didn't expect him to end up like this."

After Qiao Yingzi finished her explanation, she turned to look at Ding Yi who was being held by the security guard. Until now, she still couldn't believe that the former top student would become like this.

"Brother, why don't you let him go first." Chen Jinnian looked at the man being pinned to the snow, feeling a little sorry for him. He was actually a pitiful guy. "There are so many of us here, he can't escape. Let him get up first."

Lao Zhang looked up at the captain, and when he saw him nod, he loosened his hands, which were like iron gates.

Chen Jinnian reached out and pulled Ding Yi up, helping him brush off the snow on his body.

"Thank you, thank you." Ding Yi straightened his eyes and thanked everyone.

"You kid, you look like an honest and educated person, how could you do such a thing?" Old Zhang scolded him with a cold face.

After learning about the other party's identity, Ji Shengli didn't want to pursue the matter. On the one hand, the other party did not seem like a thief, and on the other hand, he didn't want to cause any more trouble.

The last incident with his son’s emoticons had already caused him a lot of influence and investigation. This time, another incident made people think even more.

Fortunately, Qiao Yingzi did not call the police, but only notified the property security to come and check the situation.

Ji Shengli walked over and talked to the security captain, saying that it was a bit too serious to let such a college student have a criminal record. Besides, the other party did not cause any damage, and it was at most just a child playing prank.

Seeing that the homeowner didn't want to pursue the matter, the captain didn't say anything more. He simply warned Ding Yi, "You're lucky this time. Otherwise, just for breaking and entering, you'd be in jail for days. You're so young, don't learn anything dishonest. Also, don't let me see you in the neighborhood again."

Not long after dealing with Ding Yi's matter, Liu Jing also rushed back from school. With such a thing happening, she had no time to continue queuing.

At Ji Shengli's house, after Liu Jing called his parents to come and pick him up, she went to Ji Yangyang's bedroom to help her son find the things that he had left there.

In the living room outside, Chen Jinnian looked at Ding Yi, who was curled up on the corner of the sofa like a frightened chicken, and asked, "Are you suffering from severe depression now?"

"Yes, now I can only rely on oral antidepressants to maintain my health." Ding nodded.

"Why? I just thought you were a little withdrawn. How could it be so serious?" Qiao Yingzi said, because they had met during the beginning of the senior year of high school, and she clearly remembered that he had greeted her with a smile.

"Everyone says I'm crazy, but I know I'm not crazy at all. I just hate this world." After saying this, Ding Yi smiled shyly, and the nervousness he had just felt disappeared a little.

Depression is characterized by mental lethargy, low mood, and self-harm, but it does not mean that it is like this 24 hours a day. Most of the time, people with depression are the same as ordinary people and can talk, laugh, and joke.

It is not until the day when the choice is over that people around him will realize that he has been ill for so long.

Ding Yi's words frightened Ji Shengli, and he quickly said, "Kid, you can't have such thoughts. Your life has just begun, and you can't end it so easily."

"Uncle, I'm sorry about what happened today. I didn't mean to steal anything."

"It's okay, it's okay. These are just small mistakes. It's no big deal." Ji Shengli really didn't expect that depression could be so severe that it could turn a good student into such a terrible state.

"Since you're one year older than us, I'll call you brother." Chen Jinnian took a cup of hot water and handed it to him. "Brother, since you don't like the finance major your parents forced you to apply for, why don't you retake the exam and fight for your dream university of geology?"

"My parents wouldn't approve of that. He's just a slave under their watch."

"Maybe that was in the past. At least compared to a child's life, a parent's face is nothing."

Wang Yidi didn't understand what Chen Jinnian said, but Qiao Yingzi immediately glared at him, "What bad ideas are you coming up with again?"

"I didn't say anything. I just suddenly thought the small park outside the community was pretty nice. Let's go see the snow scenery later, while the water hasn't frozen yet. Especially the small pond east of the bridge. It was just cleaned this summer, and the water level is very shallow, only half a person's height."

It is illegal to incite or encourage others to commit suicide. Chen Jinnian certainly would not do that. He just provided Ding Yi with an idea. Sometimes hope is more effective than any medicine.

At least he didn't want to wake up one morning and hear the news that someone had jumped off the roof.