Statement

"I am Fan Yue Jing buddy, remembered?" Yue Jing spoke in friendly tone.

The man nodded after shuffling through his memories, "You chap, finally found time to talk me, what's up buddy, why don't we have a meal together, what do you say?" Sānjí Jîngjiān was his high school fast friend.

He chose the department of police while Yue Jing chose law school for further study.

"Thanks to you that you didn't change the number either it would have been impossible for me to find you," Yue Jing answered.

His friend heard his broken voice and immediately asked, "What's wrong, why it seemed you are falling from sky and have no heart to speak it out" he sensed the unspoken sadness in his words.

He put aside his file that he was working on.

"Could you come city hospital to take a statement?" Yue Jing asked seriously.

"What? Statement? what happened to my buddy, wait, I am coming," he jumped up from his seat when he heard that his friend was in hospital.

When they chose different paths for the future professional study, they were busy with the tough routine and have rare time to meet and talk.

But it doesn't mean that they were completely out of approach.

Sānjí Jîngjiān took his car key from the table and headed toward the city hospital.

It was late night.

He saw his friend pacing in a corridor.

He ran and reached, placing his both hands on his shoulders, he confirmed that his friend was fine.

"Why are you in city hospital late at night? and who's statement you wish me to take?" he looked around.

"I am fine but my mother is not fine," he gestured him to follow him, they stopped at the glass door.

Yue Jing breathed deep and spoke, "I want you to take statement of my mother, she was hit by a car and the driver was drunk,"

Sānjí looked unsure, "But your mother seemed unconscious, she is not awake yet,"

"It's because she would never awake, she is only fighting the last strands of her life," he burst with anger.

"Calm down Yue, you were never like this, what caused you to bring on your patience end?" Sānjí was wearing his police uniform, he was working on a case and came as soon as his friend called him.

There was no one in the corridor except these two.

"It's because the one who bring my mother in condition came to look for me and asked the price of my mother's life, Sānjí, You tell me what is the price of my mother's life?" he sat on the steel bench.

Her words were killing him and the condition of his mother was dropping.

"You should file a case then, I will support you," his friend spoke with determination.

"I want to bother you for a police report," Yue Jing looked at his friend, his eyes were impassive, there was not single trace of emotion, it meant that the decision was not made irrationally but with serenity and will.

These both qualities were sole asset of this young lawyer.

"Who would fight your case? I mean who do want to hire?" he was not aware that his friend was already law graduate and today he got his law degree.

With the law study, Yue Jing was also working as an assistant in a law counsel and his seniors were quite happy about his sharp precision's of case study.

He only needed to apply for lawyer license to become a private lawyer, and it was not difficult because ninety percent of the application procedure was done in same law counsel where he was assistant.

He has his savings to follow the case for some time, moreover, he could also take other cases if he needed money.

"Yue Jing, I will prepare the police report, just text me few crucial information about the accident," his friend patted on his shoulder.

"And, don't forget that you have little sister to look after, if she saw disappointment on your face, it would impact her greatly," he advised.

"I know, just that, it will be too hard for me to tell her," he remembered what she said an hour ago, she won't talk to him unless he brings back mother.

"Tell me, if you need anything, I have to go back for a case," his friend went back.

Yue Jing was left alone in the semi dark corridor, sitting on a bench and staring in the empty air.

He bought take away to eat with his sister but she was reluctant to speak with him and later he busy to think about.

This was the longest day ever, he was running only.

He was feeling exhausted.

As soon as he supported his head against the bench, he heard footsteps in the corridor, he hurriedly opened his eyes and saw his friend coming back.

"I noticed that you must be hungry and has not eaten anything, so I brought for both of us, I was also hungry, I could not find time at dinner, so let's eat together," he placed the take away package on the bench and opened it.

"Come on eat it," he insisted Yue Jing.

This was the reason that they were fast friends, they could understand without speaking a word.

In their high school, both were a role model for others, be it manners, extracurricular activities, or grades.