no longer ordinary friends

Three helpers, two boys and one girl.

Lin Weisheng came out of the juvenile detention center in May this year. He spent his birthday there, and now he is a sophomore in an ordinary high school in the town.

This high school has a low enrollment rate and a high dropout rate. In the third year of high school, there is basically only one class left, and there are only a dozen or so students in the class. Lin Weisheng's goal is to be admitted to a college in the province, but in such a high school High school is difficult, because most of the students skip classes, fight, fall in love, and finally drop out of school. The teachers can't control them, so they don't bother to control them.

Before Lin Weisheng finished class, they went to the milk tea shop near the school to wait for him.

The chairs in the milk tea shop are all plastic chairs, the decoration style is simple, but the consumption is also cheap.The store was already full of many students. This school did not purchase school uniforms uniformly, so they were all wearing their own clothes, with a lazy posture. Both men and women were smoking in the small store. Seeing Zhou Zhicheng and the others come in, They all looked over.

Someone asked, "Is it from the TV station?"

A girl replied: "It seems to be recording a lawyer program. The lawyer Zhou in front, I have watched her several times on the county legal channel."

Some people subconsciously want to put out the cigarette, but some people are not afraid: "Hey, I'm an adult, who can control me outside of school."

Zhou Zhicheng was ordering, when he heard these words, he turned his head and greeted the girl with a smile.

Zhao Yanjia was also looking at the list, and said, "Lawyer Zhou, can I meet your fans here?"

This was obviously a joke, but the young man seemed to take it seriously. He laughed loudly, pointed at the girl and said, "The lawyer said, you are her fan? You died laughing."

"I didn't expect you to pursue such a serious lawyer."

Their laughter is not ridicule, but real ridicule. In the eyes of maverick boys and girls, it is too impersonal and shameful to like such a serious and rigid lawyer.

The girl blushed with embarrassment, and retorted angrily: "I don't have it, my grandma will watch her show."

Zhao Yanjia, who has been educated by elites since he was a child, doesn't understand what this is. Is it shameful to like lawyers?

Ye Bai whispered: "They haven't grown up yet, but now they think tattoos, skipping classes, dyeing their hair, and fighting are the coolest."

Jiang Xianghuai glanced at Zhou Zhicheng, smiled and said, "It's true that I haven't grown up yet, and I don't know that your lawyer Zhou has done these things before."

The three trainee lawyers all looked at Zhou Zhicheng.

Zhou Zhicheng ordered milk tea first, found an empty seat, sat down, and then asked: "Is there any problem?" She never felt ashamed to have rebelled, and she even went to do some juvenile legal aid. In her lectures, she will also mention her non-mainstream time.

Zhao Yanjia asked: "Then have you ever smoked?" After he asked, he denied it himself, "I definitely don't smoke. It's because Lawyer Zhou hates smoking and drinking that my brother quit."

Ye Bai asked, "Lawyer Zhou, did you get any tattoos?"

Zhou Zhicheng shook his head: "I'm afraid of pain."

"Then your rebellion is like playing house, dyed your hair, skipped a few classes, and went to an Internet cafe?"

"For a good girl who has been studying hard, it's already serious!" Zhou Zhicheng smiled.

"So, you are the lawyer Jiang I met at that time. You are quite romantic. I have known you for a long time." Ye Bai held his chin.

Zhou Zhicheng avoided this question, but Jiang Xianghuai seemed to be interested: "That's when I dyed my hair for the first time in my life. I dyed it pink."

"Do you have any photos?" Ye Bai was curious.

Zhao Yanjia was also curious.

Jiang Xianghuai dug out the photos from the phone album collection 10 years ago, and the entrance of the Meimei canteen, which has hardly changed at all, stood at the front arm in arm with Grandpa Zhou and Grandma Cai, both of whom had pink hair. Zhou Zhicheng stood in the middle with a cold face, with Jiang Xianghuai and Zhou Bingcheng on both sides. Jiang Xianghuai twisted Zhou Zhicheng's face with his hand, making her look at the camera.

Zhao Yanjia thought it was funny: "How come Grandpa Zhou also dyed his hair? It's kind of cool."

Jiang Xianghuai patted Zhao Yanjia's head: "Why didn't you say I'm cool?"

He originally wanted to say, what's so cool about you, don't you just want to chase girls, but before he said it, he suddenly thought of a photo he had seen at Jiang's house.

Brother Xiang Qing put his arms around Brother Xiang Huai, and the two brothers smiled at the camera together. Later, when he saw the photo again, his aunt suddenly screamed at home and cut the photo into two pieces in front of Brother Xiang Huai. Half, throwing only his half on his face.

Zhao Yanjia felt that maybe a long time ago, brother Xiang Huai really only took care of Lawyer Zhou as his younger sister.

It's just that he suddenly felt a little wronged.

If you want to be an older brother, why don't you come and take care of him?Impatient with him at every turn, let him go.

Lin Weisheng called Zhou Zhicheng after school, his tone a little embarrassed: "Lawyer Zhou, do you want to wait for me for half an hour? Or ask the security guard if you can come to the school. I forgot to do sanitation today."

Zhou Zhicheng thought for a while: "Let's go in and shoot some material."

After the school security made them register, they were allowed to enter the campus.

Lin Weisheng worked very neatly. He was already mopping the floor. He looked up at Zhou Zhicheng, and hurriedly said, "Lawyer Zhou, I'll be ready soon."

Zhou Zhicheng went over to help him move the chair, and chatted with him by the way.

"How is your study recently, is there anything you can't keep up with?"

"I can keep up. Teacher Wang has always cared about me. She told me that if I don't understand, I can go to her."

Zhou Zhicheng smiled: "When something happened to you before, Teacher Wang was very worried about you and came to me several times. The school may have limited teachers, but learning is more important on your own."

"I know." Lin Weisheng smiled and sighed, "Only half of the students in the class came today."

"We can't control other people. If they don't come, you just think that you can make better use of the teacher's resources. As long as you want to study, the school's teachers will definitely help you."

"Well, my classmates and most of the teachers don't know about my experience in the juvenile detention center." The juvenile criminal files are well protected.

But Lin Weisheng was a little worried: "I dropped out of school before and was in the juvenile detention center... I feel a little older, is it a little late to study?"

Ye Bai was in a hurry: "It's not too late, there's no need to be so anxious about age, life is still very long, and I regretted not studying hard until I got to college, but it's not too late, I worked hard in college and passed the law. You can be a lawyer now."

At the beginning of the interview, Lin Weisheng sat in front of everyone. Wearing glasses, he looked gentle and shy. He didn't mind mentioning his experience in the juvenile detention center. He said: "It can be regarded as a rebirth. I went to the juvenile detention center three times in total. You may think it’s fake, but I quite like the juvenile detention center, the first time I hit someone, the second and third times were... stealing electric cars, I need money.”

When he said this, he lowered his head, his face flushed a little.

"Besides, I gave up on myself at the time, thinking that anyway, underage, stealing is a petty crime, and it won't matter if I get caught. Moreover...the inside is not that scary, the food is pretty good, and there are people who control me and care about me, so don't worry about it. I was worried that there would be no food for the next meal. The prison guards arranged for us to go to work every morning, and the afternoon was study time. I like to study history, philosophy and mathematics. I can also subscribe to my favorite newspapers. In the evening we have two hours of entertainment time. Watch some TV shows."

When Lin Weisheng said this, he looked at Zhou Zhicheng: "Lawyer Zhou, the first time I saw you was watching your show. Unexpectedly, I saw you in the value class the next day."

"I like Police Officer Deng of the juvenile prison very much. He is like my father. When he sent me out the first time, he hugged me and told me not to come again. When I went in again the second time, he didn't want to Just ignore me, he was very disappointed in me, he didn't understand why I didn't cherish the time outside at that time."

He lowered his head, his eyes were a little red: "But I'm more lonely outside, I'm alone, I don't have a home, I don't know where to go, my parents are gone, I have no money, my uncle keeps beating me... Officer Deng said to me More like family."

He said intermittently: "The first time I entered the juvenile detention center, I beat my cousin. My cousin had been bullying me before, so I beat him... At that time, I thought it would be good to stay in the juvenile detention center. I do not want to go out."

"Uncle and aunt also took away the compensation for the death of my parents in a car accident, saying that my parents owed them money before they were alive, and they still had an IOU. I was penniless and couldn't even support myself, so I went to steal it. There is money, there is food to eat without stealing in, there are many friends, and there are family members.”

After Zhou Zhicheng returned to work in his hometown, he joined the education and rescue work for juvenile offenders organized by the Lawyers Association. He went back and forth between juvenile detention centers and community corrections, and met many responsible prison guards and social workers. They rescued many juvenile delinquents. of delinquent teenagers.

At that time, when she first came into contact with Lin Weisheng, Police Officer Deng joked with her: "This man looks gentle, but he is actually a prick. The next day, another crime came in, a headache, and he is going to be an adult soon, so he has to go to the adult prison area."

She also sighed: "A juvenile crime will not constitute a recidivist. When he becomes an adult, if he goes the wrong way, he will be severely punished if he becomes a recidivist."

And he is different from the juvenile delinquents she has come into contact with before. He has clear logic, has his own three views, loves to read and is smart. No matter how much chicken soup she boils, he can't drink it. Listen carefully.

It wasn't until she looked through Lin Weisheng's information many times that she realized that his uncle's taking away the compensation for his parents' death might be a breakthrough.

When she saw Lin Weisheng again, she asked him, "Are you worried that you won't have any money after going out? Do you want to get back your parents' death compensation?"

Money is the most vulgar thing, but this money is not only the guarantee of Lin Weisheng's future life, but also his emotional sustenance to his parents.

Zhou Zhicheng decided to sue for him at that time, to get back the death compensation.

Before leaving, Lin Weisheng asked: "Lawyer Zhou, where is the process of this case now?"

"The court is about to start, don't worry, study hard, don't worry about anything else, I will notify you when the time comes."

Lin Weisheng nodded. His current living expenses and rent were paid by Zhou Zhicheng and the social worker who applied for him from the "Freshman Fund". The "Freshman Fund" was also established five years ago in the name of Kailun Law Firm. In the end, Nanri County Charity Federation raised funds to set up the fund to help needy youths who lost their way.

Ye Bai knew about this, and said, "After a while, the annual fundraising conference will be held, and it's quite lively, because there will be performances."

Zhao Yanjia: "Then I want to see it."

Ye Bai grinned: "You are the one who wants to perform. According to the usual practice, Kailun Law Firm requires interns to produce a program every year."

Zhao Yanjia: "?"

Zhou Zhicheng invited Lin Weisheng to have dinner before returning home, and the sky was getting dark when he returned.

They are separate.

Jiang Xianghuai followed Zhou Zhicheng back to Zhou's house.

The street lamps were lit up one by one, and the moon came out. There was an autumn rain at noon, and the deep puddles on the ground filled with fresh rainwater. The moon's shadow floated with the wind, wrinkled and smooth.

He suddenly said, "Do you want to try smoking?"

She didn't even look at him: "I'm not an ignorant girl anymore, Lawyer Jiang."

"Then do you want to try again?"

"Are you addicted to cigarettes?" Zhou Zhicheng remained expressionless.

"No, I just want to be a boy who lost his way and was gently rescued by Lawyer Zhou." His handsome face was gentle.

Zhou Zhicheng: "Young man?" She was speechless, "A man is still a young man until he dies?" After she finished speaking, she walked forward mercilessly.

He wasn't annoyed, he followed her, and slowly said, "Lin Weisheng's parents died in a car accident, and so did my brother. He punished him himself, and so did I. I won't be a lawyer in the future. What do you think?" , Chengcheng?"

"I feel like I can find a lot of work here."

Zhou Zhicheng stopped and looked back at him. His expression was serious, and he didn't mean to half-joke.

Rich people are just different.

The next day Jiang Xianghuai went to buy the small seaside villa and a store at the end of the ancient bridge, but he hasn't figured out what business he wants to do yet.