four year itch

On this day Xu Ruibai suddenly received a call from Ye Jia. Ye Jia rarely contacted him, so Xu Ruibai was a little surprised when he received the call suddenly.

"Rui Bai, are you free now? I might ask you to pick me up." Ye Jia's voice sounded a bit embarrassed through the electric current.

"Where are you?"

"The police station in Qingning District..."

Xu Ruibai stubbed out the cigarette in his hand, "What's wrong?"

"I just... got into a fight with someone."

"Fight?" Xu Ruibai stood up in disbelief, he really couldn't imagine that Ye Jia's character could also conflict with others.

"Well, is it convenient for you now? Come... take me back."

"I'll come right away."

When Xu Ruibai arrived, what he saw was Ye Jia huddled on a chair in the police station, sitting listlessly, with a white T-shirt crumpled around his body, the blood on the clothes had dried up, and his fair face was covered with tears. It was quite colorful, and against the pale skin, it looked even more shocking, Xu Ruibai's heart tightened.When Ye Jia saw him, his gloomy eyes lit up immediately, as if he was afraid that he would be worried, he forced a smile, and because of the wound at the corner of his mouth, he grinned.Xu Ruibai couldn't help frowning, and walked quickly to his side, with a low and gloomy tone, "Who hit you?"

As he spoke, his eyes swept across the people present, and stopped on the man opposite Ye Jia. He was obviously calm without saying a word, but that glance made the man feel cold and trembled.

That man was no better than Ye Jia, and even a little more tragic. His shiny face was bruised and purple, just like an old teapot with mottled spots, and he couldn't see his true colors at all.I don't know whether he was so unsightly in the first place or because he was forced to become so unbearable to look at after being violent, but it can be seen that the person who beat him was really ruthless.

People say that it is cruel to look closely at an ugly person.But Xu Ruibai wanted to use his eyes to make the ugly man understand this cruelty.The man was stared at by Xu Ruibai, but he didn't want to lose his momentum, so he jumped up from the chair and shouted, "He hit me first!"

Xu Ruibai was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Ye Jia suspiciously, "Huh?"

"I did it first." Ye Jia lowered his head, touched his nose, his eyes wandered, like a child who has done something wrong.

"what happened?"

"The agent ran away, and the landlord wanted me to move out. If I didn't move out, I had a contract. He asked someone to block me at the door, and I beat him when I couldn't get angry." Ye Jia probably also felt that this was quite embarrassing, so he tried his best to Briefly explain the ins and outs.

The landlord was not happy, "I didn't block you, I just wanted to discuss this house with you."

"You didn't discuss it with me. You just wanted to force me to move out. Why did you move out after I paid the money?" Ye Jia confronted him with a stiff neck. He seemed to have suddenly gained confidence, and his voice became louder. strength.

In fact, Xu Ruibai had already settled this matter before he came here. He apologized to the landlord and paid 200 yuan in compensation. The landlord also agreed that he would not move out until the contract was over.

But he felt that he was useless. This kind of uselessness did not erupt when he lived in a small, stuffy room of 10 square meters. There was no outbreak, not even when he bent down to apologize to the landlord, but when Xu Ruibai gently asked him what happened.

It was the depression mixed with all the difficulties encountered in this city alone in the past month; it was even more anger at his own incompetence.

Sometimes Ye Jia can't help but wonder if everyone in this city is like this. They have been ruthlessly worn out, and their shame has been thwarted bit by bit. In the end, there is only a corner to breathe cautiously.

"I didn't get the money again."

"Shut up." Xu Ruibai's eyes were burning brightly, the man was taken aback in fright, and he actually shut up obediently, "Why did he find someone to block you?"

"Just block the door and not let me in, keep calling me during work hours or knock on my door in the middle of the night." Ye Jia endured the trembling of his hands, and tried to explain in a calm tone.

The more Xu Ruibai heard it, his complexion became worse. He seldom had the urge to hit someone, but now he has to work very hard to restrain this urge.

He said coldly to the landlord, "Apologize."

"What?!" The man couldn't believe his ears.

Xu Ruibai's voice was not loud but full of pressure, "You scared him, apology."

"I am a victim, I have been beaten like this, why should I apologize?"

The landlord showed the wound on Xu Ruibai's face in front of Xu Ruibai, almost poking Xu Ruibai's eyes with his finger, spitting angrily, Xu Ruibai leaned back a little disgusted.

"Ruibai..." Ye Jia subconsciously pulled Xu Ruibai's arm, but Xu Ruibai held his palm instead and squeezed his palm lightly. Xu Ruibai's palm was dry and warm, as if continuously giving him strength, Ye Jia Set your mind at once.

"Oh, what are you shouting about? Didn't everything be settled for you guys?" Seeing that they were about to clash again, the policeman, who had been silent all this time, quickly stepped between the two of them and put the documents in front of Xu Ruibai, "Are you his friend?" , sign and go.”

Xu Ruibai glanced at the document, but was not in a hurry to sign it, "It was our fault for beating someone, we can apologize, but can he be defined as picking quarrels and provoking trouble if he harassed my friend for no reason?"

The landlord exploded when he heard it. He discounted the rent for two months for no reason. He was not satisfied with the result, but now he found a reason for the explosion, and squeezed his face out from behind the police comrades. "What, what? I'm the one who provoked trouble? Look at the wound on my face, is it me who provoked trouble?"

The policeman advised, "Oh, don't make the matter so serious. Your friends have all accepted the mediation and the medical expenses have been paid. This matter is over."

"Medical fees?"

Ye Jia explained in a low voice, "It's only 200 yuan, it's my fault that I hit someone."

Xu Ruibai nodded, but he didn't mean to back down, "I only want you to apologize now, but if you are determined not to apologize, then I will let the lawyer come and talk to you."

"Lawyer? You're insane, you're just looking for trouble when you have nothing to do, right? You talk to me about a lawyer for 200 yuan?"

Xu Ruibai said calmly, "I want you to apologize now."

Seeing that Xu Ruibai didn't seem to be bluffing, the police hurriedly smoothed things over, "You both are indeed responsible for this matter, and he apologized to you, so you should apologize."

The landlord was completely irritated, and swears again and again, "I'm sorry, I apologize to a bitch Omega? It's a joke, shit"

Xu Ruibai sneered, and asked the policeman, "Personal attack? The police station should have monitoring, right?"

"I fuck your mother."

The man was about to throw a punch, but thanks to the police blocking him, the fist didn't actually hit Xu Ruibai's face.

The policeman pushed him out and shouted, "You have a better attitude! This is the police station, what do you think this is?"

Xu Ruibai took a step back, without a word, took out his mobile phone and dialed a number, "Hi, is Lawyer Chen right? I'm Xu Ruibai, I'm in some trouble here."

Xu Ruibai simply told the other end of the phone what happened, and handed the phone over, "My lawyer wants to talk to you."

Now even the police are stunned. This kind of thing happens every month in the police station. There are hundreds and eighty. appealed.

"Brother, forget it, I don't think this is something to mess with. Let's take it as a loss. It's only been a month anyway." The man who was standing beside him stopped the angry man The landlord turned his face away again, and apologized to Xu Ruibai again and again, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, my brother has a quick temper, isn't it because the agent ran away and we were anxious to get angry, we were indeed impulsive about this matter, We apologize. Let's just call it a day, okay?"

"Ruibai, forget it, I'll be moving out next month." Ye Jia tried to persuade Xu Ruibai by tugging at his clothes.

Xu Ruibai stared at him silently for a few seconds, snorted coldly, and then put away the phone.