Fire Captain

Fan Shengjie was squatting on the ground eating with a bowl in his hand. When he looked at Bai Ziyang, he remembered what happened at the school gate. That was the first time he felt so close to death. Not to mention forgetting it, he had this nightmare for a long time. It was only in the past two years that it got better. When Bai Ziyang asked him this, he immediately remembered it and said tremblingly: "Know...know..."

Bai Ziyang's expression, which had just been quite amiable, turned serious as he said, "Did I ever tell you to behave yourself? How dare you mess with me?"

Fan Shengjie immediately said: "No...it's not..."

The three debt collectors who were frightened just now also came to their senses. The leader immediately stood up and asked, "Who are you? What's your relationship with the Fan family?"

Bai Ziyang let go of Fan Shengjie, stood up and said, "My relationship with the Fan family?" Then he grabbed Fan Shengjie by the collar, lifted him up like a dead fish and said, "This is my dear brother-in-law. What do you think is our relationship?"

The leader said, "That's perfect. Fan Shengjie beat my brother and he's still in the hospital. Here's the bill to pay the compensation."

Bai Ziyang said: "Your brother just had a little skin broken, not even two drops of blood, and you dare to ask me for money?"

The leader was about to walk towards Bai Ziyang upon hearing this, and the two people behind him also stood up. Before they could move, the soldiers who had been silent since they came in suddenly raised their guns like robots being activated, and there were two clicks, the sound of guns being loaded. More than ten guns were pointed at the three people at the same time, and none of the three dared to move, just looking around with their eyes.

Hearing this familiar voice, Fan Shengjie recalled the scene of the past and closed his eyes in fear. As soon as Bai Ziyang let go, he immediately fell to the ground and hugged himself. Bai Ziyang frowned at him and said, "Look at your useless appearance, how can I not scare you to death!"

The three debt collectors were not in a much better situation. If the two people at the back hadn't had stools behind them, they would have sat on the ground. Only the leader was okay. At this point, he still dared to say, "Brother, look...how about you leave first? I'm just looking for Fan Shengjie to pay...we...will not cause trouble for the party..."

Bai Ziyang raised his hand to suppress the muzzle of the gun next to him and said with a smile: "As for the money, the Fan family can't give it to you, but I can decide to compensate you with something else!"

Seeing Bai Ziyang's gentle attitude and the fact that he had put down his gun, the man breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother, can you make the decision?"

Bai Ziyang said: "No problem!"

As Bai Ziyang spoke, he winked, and immediately two soldiers came out from behind him and escorted Mr. and Mrs. Fan and Mrs. Fan, who was holding the child, into the house, closed the bedroom door, and then walked up to Fan Shengjie and held him down.

Bai Ziyang pointed at Fan Shengjie and said, "He used this hand to hit your brother, right? We won't pay you for it, but I'll compensate you with an arm."

"Ah?" Fan Shengjie immediately screamed like a pig being slaughtered, "No, brother-in-law! Brother-in-law...you can't...I'm not..." He stretched out an arm to the debt collector in panic and shouted, "Brother, I will compensate you, I will, I will sell this house and I will compensate you!"

The debt collector was also scared silly, thinking to himself, I just want some money, if I don’t have thirty or fifty thousand, three or five thousand will do, I want...what do I need the arm for?

Bai Ziyang pointed at Fan Shengjie and said, "Leave his right hand for eating, so we don't have to find someone to serve him. As for his left arm!" As he said that, he stepped on Fan Shengjie's left arm. After Fan Shengjie's voice stopped for a second, he suddenly screamed, hugged his arm and rolled on the ground. The cry was so miserable. Fan's family members in the house didn't know what was going on, and when they heard Fan Shengjie's scream, they kept knocking on the door in panic.

Amidst the chaos, Bai Ziyang continued to negotiate as if he were in a conference room. He asked with a smile and a friendly attitude, "What do you think, brother? Is one arm enough compensation? If not...?"

The three people on the opposite side had already been frightened by Bai Ziyang's cruelty and Fan Shengjie's screams. Hearing this, they nodded blankly and said, "Enough... Enough..."

Bai Ziyang said: "Well... I have a car, how about I give you three a ride?"

The leader reacted and said quickly, "No, no... Sir, you are busy..." Then he ran away quickly, holding on to the wall. He had to hold on to the wall, because he felt as if his legs were broken by the evil spirit. The two followers behind him were even more tumbling and crawling away. When he went downstairs, he saw two rows of soldiers standing downstairs, so he quickly slipped away.

After seeing that everyone had left, Bai Ziyang let the Fan family out of the house. When the Fan family saw Fan Shengjie's appearance, they surrounded Fan Shengjie crying and shouting out of distress. Bai Ziyang took out a wad of money and said to Fan Shengjie, "Take it to the hospital for treatment! Fan Shengjie, this time I will pay for you to have your arm reattached. Next time you cause trouble for me, I will pay to send you to the crematorium! Do you understand?"

The Fan family was too frightened to make a sound. Fan Shengjie looked pale, folded his arms, and nodded repeatedly, saying, "I understand...I understand!"

Bai Ziyang stood up with satisfaction and said, "Team up!"

When they got home, Bai Ziyang said to Fan Shengmei, "I think prices are high now, so I'll just send 2,000 yuan a month to your parents."

Fan Shengmei didn't care. In their hometown, two thousand a month was enough for a family of five if they calculated carefully, plus there was his father's pension. She said nonchalantly, "You have the final say! Oh, I'm so tired. I'm going to take a shower first."

When the two of them were about to fall asleep, they suddenly heard a knock on the door. Fan Shengmei jumped up in shock, threw off the quilt, rolled up her sleeves and went to open the door: "I want to see who it is. If you don't give me a perfect reason, I will kill her."

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Qu Xiaoxiao lying on the wall beside the door, saying with a pitiful face: "I'm heartbroken! Ahhhh!"

Fan Shengmei: “………………”

Bai Ziyang yawned and lay down behind Fan Shengmei and said, "Congratulations!"

Fan Shengmei turned around and asked Bai Ziyang: "Is she in love? Who is she with?"

Bai Ziyang narrowed his eyes and said, "How should I know? It seems like they are in love..."

Qu Xiaoxiao saw them talking as if no one was around and she pretended to cry, "Do you have any humanity at all? You didn't even comfort me when I was heartbroken, and you even showed off your affection in front of a heartbroken person like me. You know that showing off your affection will lead to death soon, don't you? Ahhh..."

Bai Ziyang and Fan Shengmei: "…………"

After Qu Xiaoxiao and Fan Shengmei finished crying, they went to harass Andy again. The next day, after work, Qiu Yingying suddenly rushed out from 2203 and said, "Sister Fan, I made bacon rice today. You guys don't have to cook. Come and try my cooking!"

Bai Ziyang said: "Curped pork rice? Is it delicious?"

Qiu Yingying said excitedly: "Of course it's delicious. It's the sausage and bacon my dad sent from our hometown. It's a secret recipe passed down from our ancestors, an exclusive secret recipe!"

Fan Shengmei smiled and said, "Okay, then it's up to you today."

After a while, Qiu Yingying came to Fan Shengmei's house with her rice cooker. When she turned on the rice cooker, a burst of fragrance came to her face. Bai Ziyang nodded and said, "You know what, Xiao Qiu's exclusive secret bacon rice is really delicious."

Fan Shengmei found the bowl and chopsticks and handed them to Qiu Yingying. Qiu Yingying said as she served herself the rice: "Of course, I found that I was clumsy at everything else, but I didn't expect that my skills would light up here!"

After a while, Guan Juer also knocked on the door, "Yingying told me that she was at Sister Fan's house, so I came straight over after work."

Qiu Yingying said, "Guan Guan, have you eaten yet? Do you want me to serve you something?"

Guan Juer nodded and said, "Well, give me some, it smells so good!"

As they were talking, Fan Shengmei's door was not closed, and she saw Andy coming back and passing by the door. She hurried over and said, "Andy, you haven't eaten yet, right? The bacon rice made by Xiao Qiu is delicious."

Andy seemed a little exhausted and whispered, "I have no appetite, so I won't eat."

Qiu Yingying jumped out and said, "You have to eat even if you have no appetite. How can you not eat?" Andy was dragged in by Qiu Yingying because of her enthusiasm.

Except Andy, everyone else was talkative, especially Qiu Yingying. Everyone at the table listened to her loud voice, and as a result, Qu Xiaoxiao was attracted directly over.

"Oh, there's a big party on the 22nd floor! Why didn't you call me?" Qu Xiaoxiao said, leaning against the door.

Qiu Yingying came over and waved her hand, then she put her arm around Qu Xiaoxiao's weak shoulders and walked in, saying, "I made bacon rice, please be merciful and give you some."

Qu Xiaoxiao said sarcastically: "Then I really have to thank you!"

Qiu Yingying didn't hear the sarcasm at all and said directly: "You're welcome. I'm telling you that this is my exclusive secret recipe. You can't get it in other places."

While they were arguing, Fan Shengmei whispered to Andy, "You look a little strange, is there something wrong? I can still be a tree hole."

Andy forced a smile, shook his head and said, "It's okay, don't worry!"

Fan Shengmei looked at her with increasing worry and said, "If there is anything you can't figure out, you must tell me. We are sisters, it's okay."

Andy nodded: "Yeah!"

When Bai Ziyang and Fan Shengmei were going home from get off work, they happened to see Guan Juer waiting for the elevator with a handsome guy.

Fan Shengmei asked: "Guan Guan, who is this?"

Guan Juer said quickly: "Sister Fan, this is Doctor Zhao Qiping, Xiao Qu's boyfriend."

Fan Shengmei and Bai Ziyang looked at each other and smiled, "Hello, Doctor Zhao, we are Xiao Qu's neighbors and live in 2202."

Zhao Qiping nodded politely and smiled, "Hello."

After entering the elevator, Bai Ziyang said, "I always hear them talking about you. I didn't expect that this is the first time we've seen each other after so many visits."

Zhao Qiping said, "Yes, I have seen everyone else on the 22nd floor, but this is the first time I have seen you two."

Fan Shengmei said: "Don't be so polite, Xiao Qu is not polite to us at all, we are all friends."

Bai Ziyang nodded and said, "Yes, my mother is also a doctor, so can this be considered half of my mother's family? If Xiaoqu bullies you, tell me, I have a way..."

Guan Juer suddenly asked in confusion: "Didn't you break up with Xiao Qu? Why are you still here to see her?"

Zhao Qiping thought for a while and finally sighed and said, "I can't really explain it. Before, she kept pestering me and I felt annoyed, but now... I just realized now that reason cannot completely control the brain. This may be the legendary "slut-shaming."

Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "That makes sense!"

Guan Juer said: "But you two are completely different. You like reading and listening to concerts, while she likes clubbing and playing. How could you...?"

Zhao Qiping smiled in understanding, "Why would I be with Xiao Qu? Haha, I don't understand either. Sometimes I find her annoying, but sometimes I envy her. Life is so hard, and everyone else is so serious and follows the rules, but she is the only one who lives freely and unrestrainedly!"

Fan Shengmei put her arm around Guan Juer's shoulders as they walked out of the elevator and said, "It makes sense for two completely different people to be together, because the other person has something that you don't have, and that happens to be something you admire and envy. There are many such couples... and those who have the same interests, hobbies, and even personalities often end up becoming close friends!"

Guan Juer nodded, gave Zhao Qiping a chair, and asked him to sit at the door of Qu Xiaoxiao's house and wait for her.