Chapter 264: Meeting Ding Yi and preventing him from jumping off the building
"What's wrong? You can't sleep again?"
Zhou Chen opened the door, looked at Qiao Yingzi standing at the door, and asked with concern.
Qiao Yingzi nodded and said: "Well, I can't sleep. It's a bit boring at home. I want to go downstairs for a walk. Can you accompany me?"
She was a little scared to go downstairs alone in the middle of the night, so she wanted to find someone to accompany her, and the first person she thought of was Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen was not angry because his dream was ruined by Qiao Yingzi, but was very happy. The fact that Qiao Yingzi came to him in the first place showed that he held a very important position in her heart.
This is a kind of dependence.
"No problem, you come in first and I'll change clothes."
A few minutes later, Zhou Chen, who had changed his clothes, took Qiao Yingzi out of the room.
"Yingzi, weren't you very good before? Why can't you sleep again today?"
Qiao Yingzi: "I don't know. I couldn't fall asleep even listening to music, so I thought of going out for a walk."
"Do your parents know?"
"They were all asleep, so I didn't disturb them."
The two of them came downstairs and didn't go anywhere else. They just walked around the community.
It was already past one o'clock. Except for a few households whose lights were still on, other families in the community had turned off their lights and were sleeping. There were no pedestrians in the community.
Just when they were about to go back, they suddenly saw a sneaky figure outside the yard of Ji Yangyang's house, lying on the iron fence and looking around.
"Someone."
When Qiao Yingzi saw this person, she was immediately startled and nervously grabbed Zhou Chen's arm.
Zhou Chen's face also changed slightly. Judging from this man's sneaky shadow, he really didn't look like a good person. Who in the right mind would look around in other people's gardens in the middle of the night?
The approach of Zhou Chen and Qiao Yingzi was also noticed by the figure. He left nervously from the iron fence and walked towards Zhou Chen and the others.
"Hi, Qiao Yingzi, and this classmate, hello, I'm a student from your last class. I once took tutoring classes at your mother's place. My name is Ding Yi."
The boy named Ding Yi wears glasses, has a delicate appearance, and looks a bit special. He speaks in a very soft tone, and his hands are waving unconsciously, as if he is nervous and uncomfortable.
When Qiao Yingzi heard Ding Yi's self-introduction, she immediately thought of him, looked at Ding Yi cautiously, and soon became one with the senior in her impression.
"Are you really Ding Yi?"
Ding nodded and said, "Well, I didn't scare you, did I?"
Qiao Yingzi breathed a sigh of relief. In the middle of the night, she suddenly saw a sneaky person, which would make anyone worried.
"No, Ding Yi, you didn't sleep in the middle of the night, why did you come here?"
"By the way, aren't you already in college? There shouldn't be a holiday for the university at this time, right?"
Ding Yi hesitated: "I, I didn't go."
Qiao Yingzi's face was full of surprise: "You didn't go to school? Why not go to school? What a great university, where you can be free and have no one to care about you."
When Ding Yi spoke, he didn't dare to look at Qiao Yingzi and Zhou Chen, he was evasive.
"Yes, it's good. I just can't sleep. I can't sleep for a long time, so I can't continue going to school."
"Where are you two? Why don't you sleep in the middle of the night?"
Qiao Yingzi was actually a little frightened when she heard Ding Yi's narration, because she had been diagnosed with mild depression, so when she saw Ding Yi's reaction, she immediately thought of herself.
Is this Ding Yi also suffering from depression? And it’s very serious?
Zhou Chen suddenly said: "We are just out for a walk. Ding Yi, are you encountering any difficulties?"
When Ding Yi and Qiao Yingzi were talking, he had already guessed the identity of Ding Yi. In the TV series, there was a college student who jumped off the building, and he was Ding Yi.
He did suffer from depression just like Qiao Yingzi, but his symptoms were much more severe than Qiao Yingzi's.
More importantly, he remembered that Ding Yi's suicide time seemed to be right after meeting Qiao Yingzi. Judging from the current situation, it was most likely tonight.
This is a life, it would be fine if you haven't encountered it, but now that you have encountered it, Zhou Chen can't just sit back and ignore it.
Ding Yi looked at Zhou Chen doubtfully, and Qiao Yingzi quickly explained: "This is my classmate, Zhou Chen."
"It's great. It's great that you have friends."
Ding Yi's tone was a bit envious. He had no friends since he got sick, so when he saw Qiao Yingzi and Zhou Chen close together, he couldn't help but feel envious.
"Ding Yi, you and Yingzi know each other, and we are schoolmates. Judging from your appearance, you must be in trouble. If you are in trouble, you can talk to us, maybe we can help you."
Zhou Chen asked again. Since he was sure that Ding Yi would commit suicide tonight, he was going to try first to see if he could stop Ding Yi.
Ding Yi looked at Zhou Chen seriously for a while, and then said: "I, I came here to find something, it's at their house."
Qiao Yingzi asked enthusiastically: "What are you looking for? If you want to find something, I can help you. I know this family."
Ding Yi waved his hand and said: "No, no, you can't find it, but thank you."
"Um, I have something to do, so I'll leave now. We'll chat later when we have time. Bye."
After saying that, Ding Yi left in a panic.
Watching Ding Yi's leaving figure, Qiao Yingzi was full of doubts: "Zhou Chen, what do you think he is looking for? He stayed up so late at night and came here to look for it. It must be very precious, right?"
Zhou Chen was also watching Ding Yi leave. He only knew that Ding Yi would commit suicide by jumping off the building tonight, but he couldn't guess when exactly it would happen. He just knew that there would be a scene when he went to school the next morning.
That means Ding Yi should have committed suicide by jumping off the building between two o'clock and six o'clock.
"He's looking for the dream he was forced to throw away."
"?"
Qiao Yingzi looked at Zhou Chen in shock, "What do you mean?"
Zhou Chen said: "Have you noticed that his behavior and tone just now are very strange, not like a normal person."
Qiao Yingzi's expression changed: "You mean, he does too?"
"It's very possible that he is also suffering from depression, and it's a very serious kind. That's why he can't even go to college. He stays up in the middle of the night and comes here looking for something. Most likely, he's looking for his dream.
"
"Why are you so sure?"
"Shuxiang Yayuan is the school district of Chunfeng Middle School. Families of high school students come here every year. Many students are forced to study. In order to satisfy their parents' desires, they have to give up their dreams and do things they don't like.
Learn things you don’t like.”
Qiao Yingzi's expression kept changing. She felt that what Zhou Chen said was very similar to what she had experienced.
Her mother Song Qian is such a person, always forcing her to do things she doesn't like to do. Thinking of her own experience and her symptoms, she suddenly understood what Zhou Chen said and what Ding Yi was looking for.
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"Zhou Chen, do you think I will..."
"Don't talk nonsense, as long as I'm here, I won't let you be like him."
Zhou Chen interrupted Qiao Yingzi's words rudely and stared into her eyes seriously: "Yingzi, believe me, no matter what others think, I will definitely help you with all my strength and won't let anyone hurt you."
Qiao Yingzi was not shy this time. She also looked into Zhou Chen's eyes and nodded silently.
"Well, I believe you."
"Zhou Chen, it's great to have you."
In the past few months, many things have happened, some happy and some sad, but the happiest thing for Qiao Yingzi was that she met Zhou Chen, a good friend.
No matter what happens in the future, during this period of time, she relies more on Zhou Chen than on her parents, and Zhou Chen is already the person he trusts most.
"I'm much better now, and I'm a little sleepy. Zhou Chen, let's go upstairs."
Zhou Chen shook his head and said, "Something's wrong."
"What's wrong?" Qiao Yingzi asked doubtfully.
"That Ding Yi, his condition is very wrong."
Zhou Chen said: "Yingzi, do you still remember what the doctor said before? Patients with severe depression not only behave differently from ordinary people, have bad tempers and are depressed, but also have suicidal tendencies. The state of Ding Yi just now was not very good.
right."
Qiao Yingzi covered her mouth in horror and asked in a low voice in disbelief: "Ding Yi wants to commit suicide?"
"It's possible, and it's very likely."
"Then what should we do, call the police?"
When she heard about suicide, Qiao Yingzi obviously panicked, because she suffered from mild depression and had even had suicidal thoughts, let alone more severe depression.
When she thought that Ding Yi might commit suicide, her first reaction was to call the police.
Zhou Chen was dumbfounded by Qiao Yingzi's words and gently flicked her head.
"You're still a top student, but you're so clueless. We just speculated that Ding Yi has suicidal tendencies. If we call the police, how should we say it's our guess? It won't be Ding Yi who will be in trouble, but us.
Already."
Qiao Yingzi stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, "Yes, there is something wrong with what I thought, so what should we do?"
Zhou Chen: "Yingzi, you go back and rest first. I'll follow you and take a look. As long as it's daytime and he doesn't jump off the building, then he'll be fine."
"No, I'll wait with you." Qiao Yingzi refused without hesitation.
Zhou Chen wanted to say more, but looking at Qiao Yingzi's firm eyes, he hesitated.
"Okay, let's go over there and have a look."
So the two of them followed Ding Yi in the direction he left and tiptoed.
Ding Yi did not leave Shuxiang Yayuan, but stopped at the small park in the community, standing there alone, as if he had merged into the darkness.
After waiting for more than half an hour, Qiao Yingzi huddled next to Zhou Chen from the cold, while Zhou Chen hugged Qiao Yingzi to warm her up.
"Zhou Chen, are we just waiting like this?"
"I also know that waiting like this is not an option, but we have no other choice."
This is also the first time Zhou Chen has encountered such a thing. If he were a normal person, he could directly go up and try to persuade him.
But the problem is, Ding Yi is not a normal person, he is a patient with severe depression.
To put it bluntly, Ding Yi is a serious mental patient. Every move he makes is different from ordinary people. He has not done anything yet. If they rush to persuade him, it may have the opposite effect.
Fortunately, Ding Yi didn't stay outside for long. He quickly returned to Ji Yangyang's yard. After looking at it for a while, he walked into the building.
"He went in, what should we do?"
"Follow me."
Zhou Chen and Qiao Yingzi followed Ding Yi and soon reached the roof of this building.
"What is he doing on the roof? Is he really going to commit suicide?"
This building is not high, only six floors. There is a door on top that leads to the rooftop. However, there is usually no one to manage it, so Ding Yi can easily climb to the top of the building.
Zhou Chen looked serious, "It's very possible, otherwise who would climb to the top of the building in the middle of the night."
"Then what should we do now? We can't wait any longer, he may jump at any time."
Qiao Yingzi looked nervous, her life was at stake, and there was no way she could not be nervous.
"Well, we can't wait any longer."
Zhou Chen also had the same idea. He had already reached the top of the building. If Ding Yi was really determined to commit suicide and jump down, he wouldn't be able to stop him even if he wanted to.
"Come on, let's go there."
Ding Yi stood on the edge of the roof, looking at the darkness below. There seemed to be a voice in his mind, constantly urging him to jump down.
He was too tired and uncomfortable, and the way to end it all was to jump from here. As long as he jumped, he would be free.
He took another step forward, but at this moment.
"Ding Yi."
Ding Yi suddenly turned his head and saw Qiao Yingzi and Zhou Chen suddenly appearing behind him, looking at him nervously.
"Why did you come up here?"
Zhou Chen immediately said: "We came up with you. We just saw you coming up alone and we were worried about you, so we followed you."
"Do you want to jump?"
Ding Yi had a strange expression on his face: "Yes, I'm too tired, I want to leave."
"no."
"Don't."
Qiao Yingzi and Zhou Chen shouted at the same time.
"Ding Yi, don't act recklessly. If you jump, you will really die. Have you ever thought about what your parents will do after you die?"
Qiao Yingzi carried Ding Yi's parents out and wanted to persuade Ding Yi.
But Ding Yi said painfully: "They, I have embarrassed them. Without me, maybe they will live a better life."
He hated his parents, but he couldn't bear to hurt them. It was just that he was in too much pain. He wanted to end it all, and the easiest way was to kill himself.
"You are wrong. If you die, they will suffer the most. I don't know what they did to you to force you to be like this. However, they are wrong, and you can't retaliate against yourself like this. You
You are not even afraid of death anymore, what else in this world can scare you?"
Ding Yi said dejectedly: "No, in this world, there are, there are things more terrible than death. I am really in too much pain. Please stop trying to persuade me."
As he said that, he took another step back, getting closer and closer to the edge. Qiao Yingzi was so frightened that she wanted to reach out from a few meters away.
Zhou Chen was still very calm. He did not provoke Ding Yi, but asked in a calm tone.
"Ding Yi, since you are not even afraid of death, can you tell us your story?"
"my story?"
Ding Yi was obviously a little confused, "I don't have a story. My life is so painful that it doesn't count as a story at all."
Zhou Chen: "Then tell me why you are like this. I heard from Yingzi that when you were in high school, you were a top student and got into a very good university. But why are you like this?"
Has it become like this?"
"Why did it become like this? Yes, why did I become like this? When did it start?"
Ding Yi's expression became more and more confused, and his mental illness was a bit serious, so much so that his mind became a little confused.