four year itch

Ye Jia bought food from a convenience store, returned to the empty dormitory, took a few bites hastily, and threw it into the trash can.I really suffered a disaster today, slamming the door and leaving was just a momentary impulse, but after calming down, regret also surfaced.

It's just that after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out who the strange pheromone on his body belonged to. When he thought that this smell directly led to this cold war without a time limit, he felt even more disgusted.Unconsciously, I even took an extra 10 minutes to take a shower.

Ye Jia slowly wiped off the mist on the mirror with his hands, and there was a fair face in the mirror, with fairly regular features, but it was not really outstanding.The big eyes that were originally commendable have also become dull and dim because of staying up late for a long time.His skin was already fairer than ordinary people, but now under the light, it was even a little more unhealthy and pale than usual.

"Dead." Ye Jia grinned at the mirror, remembering that someone had described him like this.

He touched the smile lines at the corners of his eyes with his fingers, and suddenly realized that he was getting old.

No one can last forever, but there are always people.

Ye Jia sighed slightly, forcing herself not to think about these things.

He opened the bag at the city hospital and took out the syringe.His skin was white, and his blood vessels were very clear. There was no problem of finding blood vessels, but he still stared carefully at his arm for a long time.

The inhibitor was slowly pushed into the skin, and Ye Jia's face was distorted in pain. He held onto the sink unsteadily, but remained silent. He was suffering in silence, and the only sound in the bathroom was the even dripping of water from the faucet. sound.

People in the medical field like to call class B inhibitors: "sand", sand.Because this medicine is like sand when injected into the blood vessel, it hurts and lasts for a long time.

The pain made Ye Jia's mind clearer, Shen Qingchuan's face flashed in his mind, and he ignored him.The pheromone on Shen Qingchuan's body is really too weak. Under the cover of the smell of hospital disinfectant, it doesn't have the aggressiveness that Alpha should have at all. Unlike Xu Ruibai, who obviously has a heavy cedar smell, but is extremely aggressive , no matter how gentle his movements are, as long as he smells him, he will be suppressed unconsciously.

Ye Jia hesitated for a long time, and clicked on Shen Qingchuan's dialog box several times, but he still didn't make up his mind to send a message.Finally, he gritted his teeth and sent the message.

"Doctor Shen, may I ask if your pheromone smells like grass?"

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Shen Qingchuan replied in seconds.

"It's nothing, I smelled it when I was washing clothes just now, and I want to confirm with you." This is why Ye Jia didn't want to ask Shen Qingchuan, such a message sent at night is really a bit ambiguous, too much like a flirtatious guy chatting late at night Routine.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I may be coming to my estrous period. Didn't it bother you?"

"It's nothing."

Ye Jia wanted to post an emoji to end this conversation by saying good night.But Shen Qingchuan didn't give him a chance. Before he could choose the emoticon package, Shen Qingchuan sent a message: "That's good, is there any discomfort?"

"No problem, thank you Dr. Shen." Ye Jia replied politely.

"Get off work?" Shen Qingchuan started talking again, looking very idle.

Ye Jia glanced at the time, it was almost eight o'clock, isn't this nonsense: "Mmmm."

"Still working overtime." There was an emoji of Mao Mao aggrieved.

Ye Jia was amused, it turned out that Dr. Shen was quite cute in private: "Dr. Shen has worked hard."

"So little comrades don't let the doctor worry about it, exercise well, eat regularly, and listen to the doctor's advice, so that you can live a healthy life." Speaking of another fat cat emoji, Shen Qingchuan seems to like cats very much.

"I'm working out."

"? You have such a small body, you feel like the wind blows and you collapse, and you actually exercise?" Shen Qingchuan's surprise could be felt through the screen.

"I have muscles." Ye Jia was a little unconvinced, and took it seriously.

"awesome."

"Don't bother Dr. Shen, go to work." Ye Jia replied dryly.

"Yeah." With just one word, Ye Jia felt somewhat lost.

Ye Jia could feel Shen Qingchuan's enthusiasm, but Ye Jia didn't care so much. To be precise, he didn't want to care so much. He was already too busy to take care of himself and didn't have the energy to think about other people's thoughts.

Ye Jia turned off the light in the bathroom. He didn't have any friends, so he wanted to read a book for a while before going to sleep.The pain from the inhibitor still clearly remained, but it was already much less than before.

After quieting down, he started to feel annoyed again. He wanted to find some excuses to show his favor to Xu Ruibai, so he turned on his phone and sent Xu Ruibai a message.

"Ruibai, this year's award ceremony is also quite grand. Basically all the painters in the society will attend. You are the most popular award, and the editor-in-chief also hopes that you can come to the finale. If you have time, try to be there as much as possible."

Ye Jia stared anxiously at the dialog box where the message had been sent, and decided to read the book for a while, but stared at the book while staring at the phone absent-mindedly, turning it on and off, over and over again.

Until the end, Xu Ruibai did not reply.

For a whole month after that day, Xu Ruibai didn't talk to him, except for the routine posting on QQ, their chat records stayed on that day.

Fortunately, this month he has been busy preparing for the annual meeting. He was too tired to move when he went home every day, so he didn't have much time to worry.I don't know if it's because of being too busy at the end of the year, but the editor-in-chief's attitude towards him has become gentler recently, and he rarely scolded him, and he didn't even ask whether Xu Ruibai would come to the annual meeting, and he was in a good mood a lot.

"Ye Jia, are you in charge of CL's work?" The editor-in-chief suddenly appeared in front of his desk, and slapped his sideboard with the booklet in his hand.

"That's right." CL's real name is Chen Lang, and he is a newcomer author whom he has brought in for half a year.

"Let him prepare. He is one of the three newcomer awards this year." Before he could finish speaking, the editor-in-chief was ready to turn around.

"Three places? Isn't there always only two places for the newcomer award in our agency?" Ye Jia asked suspiciously with his glasses wide open.

"There are more excellent works this year, and three places have been approved by the higher authorities."

"okay."

What made Ye Jia puzzled was not the temporary increase in the number of newcomer awards, but how this number was allocated to him. W agency's annual award competition represents the most authoritative data in the industry and the recognition of industry leaders. The purpose of setting up the newcomer award is also to attract more attention to new works. Once a work receives attention, other than the author is the direct beneficiary. , the editor-in-charge will inevitably get more opportunities, even promotions, so the newcomer awards of W agency have always been more monks and less fleshy.

And from his point of view, although Chen Lang's works are indeed not bad, they are more popular than him, and there are not a few comics with better quality than him.

Ye Jia really couldn't figure out why this pie fell on his head.

Another thing worth mentioning during this period is that he and Shen Qingchuan have become acquainted since that day.Every night at [-]:[-], Shen Qingchuan would look for him on time, sometimes send him some bento made by himself, sometimes complain to him about the strange patients he met, and sometimes talk about some news and books he read .It's just a few words, Ye Jia doesn't hate it, it's just that you come and go with me a few times, and he gets used to it.

The whole department has been busy up and down for a long time, and the day of the annual meeting finally came.This time, because the entire show was broadcast live on the live broadcast platform, the entire editorial department was in full swing, each leading the writers under their command.

Ye Jia didn't have many writers under his command. Although the editorial department politely prepared a seat for Xu Ruibai, Ye Jia had already concluded that he would not show up, so after taking the new writers to their respective seats, the cat sneaked around in the corner to watch. get up.

"Ye Jia! Ye Jia!" Ye Jia heard someone yelling his name.

He raised his hand suspiciously to signal here.

The deputy editor trotted over, wearing a headset and sweating profusely.This time he was in control of the field, so he was naturally busy, more tired than the others.

"What are you still doing here?!" The deputy editor-in-chief pulled him away anxiously.

Ye Jia asked without knowing it, "What's wrong?"

"Aren't you responsible for the southwest wind?"

"Yes."

"He's on the red carpet!" The deputy editor's voice was so excited that he almost sprayed Ye Jia's face with saliva.

Ye Jia was dragged by the deputy editor to the entrance of the venue.

The voice of the hostess passed through the din and entered his ears: "Okay, next, we will invite our popular painter Teacher Xixifeng."

As soon as he looked up, he saw Xu Ruibai standing on the signature board. He was wearing a linen suit and a white turtleneck sweater, which neutralized his own sense of alienation and added a bit of winter tenderness.The short black hair is fixed with hairspray in a slightly curly shape, the metal-framed glasses are on the high bridge of the nose, the thin lenses are behind the curved eyes, and the corners of the lips are raised, confident and elegant.

All the thoughts that had been accumulated for a month came to mind at this moment, and Ye Jia's eyes felt a little hot.

"I heard that you are preparing a new work recently? Can you tell our fans and friends about it?" The voice of the host.

"Yes, whether you can disclose it depends on whether my editor agrees or not." Xu Ruibai smiled, and his eyes swept Ye Jia's direction lightly.

Xu Ruibai's eyes are just like his name - a snow-covered winter day.Quiet, calm, like a thick layer of snow, covering up all other emotions.Probably because of this reason, even though he always has a smile on his face, he always gives people a cold feeling that strangers should not enter.

Ye Jia's heart trembled, and she swallowed unwillingly.

"Haha, even our very popular Southwest Fengda has to obediently listen to our editor." The host's joke continued, and he said it seriously in front of the public, "I heard that you are also doing it for our sake." The annual meeting has prepared a wonderful performance, right?"

"Yes." Xu Ruibai withdrew his gaze and smiled at the camera in front of him.

show?Why no one came to tell him?

"Is there anything that can be revealed to everyone in advance?"

Xu Ruibai said, "Please wait patiently, I hope everyone likes it."

"Okay, Teacher Southwest Feng kept a suspense with us. Okay, thank you Teacher Southwest Feng, please come and sit in our infield."

Xu Ruibai nodded slightly towards the camera to express his thanks, and then walked towards Ye Jia with big strides.

All the scenery retreated, the human voice dimmed, the light and shadow faded, Xu Ruibai stood in front of him.

"Come with me." Ye Jia whispered.

"Ah."

They walked in silence.

"Are you wondering why no one told you that I'm coming today?" Xu Ruibai asked with a smile in response to the passers-by.

"Ah."

"I told the editor not to tell you."

"Why?" Ye Jia asked confused.

"I want to surprise you."

Ye Jia's footsteps paused, his pupils dilated, and he looked up at Xu Ruibai in surprise. Xu Ruibai's expression was gentle, which made people think that he had really prepared carefully.

Xu Ruibai glanced at him and continued, "Congratulations on bringing out a newcomer award winner."

So the sudden gentleness of the editor-in-chief, the unbelievable third place, all the strangeness can be traced.

"So, it's because of you that the newcomer award has the third spot?"

Xu Ruibai was noncommittal, and smiled at him: "Do you like this gift I gave you?"

Xu Ruibai was warning him.

Xu Ruibai reminded him in this way: Everything you get is what I want to give you.

"I like it, thank you."

Ye Jia lowered her head and smiled, showing her beautiful teeth.

How could he not understand him, how could he disobey him?