four year itch

Ye Jia stood in the resplendent hall, and the lights made him a little dazed. Everyone here had smiles with ease on their faces, confident and calm.

A few young Alphas probably saw that his clothes were expensive, and knew that such an occasion was either rich or expensive, so they took the initiative to go to him and chat with him.

These people have a good sense of proportion, use decent and clever words, and always reveal some "tells" they want him to know in the right details. They seem to be polite, but in fact they are still hypocritical.

The feeling at this moment is somewhat similar to the feeling when I saw Xu Ruibai for the first time many years ago, but the envy at that time has completely melted into indifference now.It was a kind of silence that had nothing to do with him. He didn't want to know how good the food was on which street in Mexico, and he was not interested in Aston Martin's new car, let alone who his family could trace back to. A noble whose name I have never heard.

Ye Jia is like a fish strayed into other seas.

It was only a few hours, but he felt as if he had been away from Xu Ruibai for a long time, and he had even begun to miss him.

"I'm very sorry, I may have to interrupt you for a while. I want to have a private chat with this gentleman." The familiar voice came from behind, and Ye Jia, who was bored, was shocked. He looked back in disbelief. .

Chen Lang was wearing formal attire, his hair had grown a lot, and he was no longer that prickly head that stuck to his scalp.The gray-black suit made his temperament mature a lot, and the pheromone of whiskey made him feel full of oppression. Compared with the several Alphas in front of him, his aura actually overwhelmed them.

"Chen Lang?" Ye Jia almost suspected that he was hallucinating, and he couldn't be blamed for it. Chen Lang had changed so much that he could almost seamlessly connect with this world and integrate into one.

Chen Lang bowed slightly to those Alphas to express his apologies, then pulled him into the shadow by the stairs, showing his carefree expression again, scratching his head habitually, "Brother Shen is outside."

"How do you know I'm here?" Ye Jia asked.

"Bai Xiaoyu said that the Xu family took you away. Brother Shen wanted to call the police, but Bai Xiaoyu said that we should not let our uncles and aunts know, so we didn't dare to startle the snake. We went to Xu Ruibai's villa to look for you. We can find you. I searched everywhere and found this place.”

Chen Lang spoke urgently and quickly, he didn't exaggerate the process of looking for him, but Ye Jia could hear their difficulties, he opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to express his gratitude.

He said, "Chen Lang, thank you."

Chen Lang waved his hand to express that he didn't care, and said angrily, "Xu Ruibai is really worthless, he is illegally imprisoned!"

Ye Jia hadn't been with such an energetic person for a long time, so he couldn't help but laugh.

"How did you get in here?" Ordinary people would have to put in a lot of thought if they wanted to get in here.

Chen Lang avoided Ye Jia's gaze a little embarrassedly, "That... the one who is engaged today is my sister."

"Huh?" The relationship was so complicated that Ye Jia couldn't understand the other party's words for a moment.

Chen Lang looked around furtively, then lowered his voice and said, "I'll let you run later, and you run with me. I've already arranged the other things. You don't have to worry about anything. Brother Shen will be outside. Meet us."

Before the two could discuss it carefully, there was a sudden commotion in the lobby. The two protagonists tonight finally arrived late, and everyone looked towards the second-floor staircase.Ye Jia finally saw the Omega's face clearly this time. He had to admit that it was an impeccable face. The chestnut hair complemented her delicate and soft beauty, and the pink dress outlined her beautiful figure. Pingting is graceful.The eyes are also very beautiful, and the brilliance is self-evident between Gu Pan, but at this moment, she has a tired expression. She tightly holds the Alpha beside her, and amidst the girl's shyness, she does not forget to show some majesty of the master .

Xu Ruibai was dressed in black, which made him look more solemn and stern. His expression was indifferent, as if what was going to start next was not an engagement ceremony, but someone's funeral.

He walked down the stairs slowly, his eyes swept over him and Chen Lang, and then he went straight to the lamp, Bai Zhuyu took Xu Yuwei's arm, and walked to Xu Ruibai and Chen Di with a smile on his face. There are one or two couples, no one can take their eyes off them.

Ye Jia looked at Xu Ruibai from a distance through the bustling crowd, he seemed to be out of tune with them, but he should belong to them.

Bai Zhuyu looked at Xu Ruibai with satisfaction. This is a "work of art" that she has spent nearly 30 years carefully crafting.When Xu Ruibai personally proposed to her that he would be engaged to Chen Di, she knew that this work had been polished successfully.

She couldn't wait to show her work to the world, and even her tone was tinged with excitement that shouldn't belong to her, "Welcome everyone..."

"Welcome everyone to my engagement ceremony." Xu Ruibai interrupted Bai Zhuyu, he gently broke away from Chen Di's holding his hand, took a step forward, and met everyone's gaze.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he turned around and walked to Ye Jia's side, pulling him out of the shadows.

Xu Ruibai's operation even gasped Chen Lang, let alone the audience present.These secret grievances and grievances are usually well known to everyone. There are few things that cannot be brought to the table in any glamorous family, but once these things are torn off as a fig leaf, they will spread throughout the circle within a few days, and then It has become a joke that everyone relishes talking about after dinner.

The Xu family has always wanted to show their attitude, and it has been many years since such an embarrassing incident happened. Bai Zhuyu's face changed, not to mention Xu Yu, who was already irritable, but he couldn't get angry in front of everyone, so he could only speak sternly. Shouted sternly, "Xu Ruibai."

Xu Ruibai turned a deaf ear to it, he stared at Ye Jia quietly, the rose brooch on his chest reflected the bright red color under the light.

He said, "Ye Jia, I love you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he failed to catch Ye Jia's reaction.The sound of something stopping suddenly came from overhead.Everyone looked up suspiciously, but before they had time to think about what happened, the surroundings were suddenly plunged into deep darkness.Only the occasional screens of unlocked mobile phones on the table were shining brightly, which was very scary on the face.

The air froze for a moment, followed by noises one after another)——

"what happened?"

"Why did the lights go out?"

"Ah, who stepped on me!"

"Where's security? Security!"

"what!"

An Omega had already started screaming. In the darkness, Ye Jia was pushed by the panicked crowd, staggered two steps, and was supported by Xu Ruibai.

It was pitch black all around, Xu Ruibai couldn't see Ye Jia's expression clearly, he opened his mouth but found that his throat was terribly dry.Like a machine that hasn't been running for a long time, his long-paralyzed heart suddenly made a "click" sound.When he was most at a loss, he was rescued because of the little stars of the other party. When he gave up on himself, it was the other party who pulled him up from the abyss inch by inch.

So what about this time?Ye Jia.

He held Ye Jia's hand tightly and rubbed the back of his hand with his thumb, hoping that the other party would understand his helplessness at the moment. There was a lot of noise behind him, but he felt that a century had passed between those voices. At this moment, he could only listen to To my own accelerated heartbeat.

He couldn't send Ye Jia away with his own hands, so he put freedom and commitment in front of him, and let Ye Jia make his own choice.

He heard Chen Lang urging in a low voice, "Go quickly."

In the midst of the chaos, Xu Ruibai felt Ye Jia slowly withdraw his hand.

——Yes, this is the right choice, stay away from me and live a better life.

In the next second, the disappearing temperature returned to the palm of his hand, and his hand was tightly grasped by Ye Jia, like a flame rekindled in ashes, Xu Ruibai stared at Ye Jia with fiery eyes in the darkness.

Then, Ye Jia put Opal in his hand.

——Don’t leave even a trace of me.

The flame flickered for a moment, then went out silently.

Chen Lang wrapped Ye Jia up and ran all the way out, Ye Jia still couldn't hold back and glanced back, behind him was the dark manor, he couldn't see Xu Ruibai, but he seemed to feel that he was watching him leave.

He turned around, threw Xu Ruibai into the darkness, and fled here alone.

They ran for a long time, from the lobby to the garden, and then from the garden to the path, and stopped in a bright light, where Shen Qingchuan was already waiting for them.

"Doctor Shen." Ye Jia almost choked up, and Shen Qingchuan almost burst into tears, he hugged Ye Jia tightly into his arms.

Chen Lang took off his coat, wiped his sweat-drenched hair and urged, "Let's go."

Shen Qingchuan looked at him, "Why don't you go back?"

"Can you guys go out without me?" Chen Lang said with a naughty smile.

Shen Qingchuan smiled, threw the key to him, then opened the rear door and stuffed Ye Jia in.

"It's so strange, how did it go so smoothly? I'm already ready to confront Xu Ruibai head-on." Chen Lang was puzzled, but he stepped on the accelerator without hesitation.

The car fell silent, Shen Qingchuan had a smile on his face, but his hands kept tapping on the car window in a rapid pace, Chen Lang's hands even trembled a little, and the atmosphere even started to freeze, as if they were waiting for something, but also seemed to be fleeing from something .

Ye Jia suddenly said, "There's no need to drive so fast. He won't be chasing you."

Chen Lang's shoulders suddenly relaxed, but he still asked, "Why?"

Ye Jia didn't answer, he twirled his fingers lightly, as if Xu Ruibai's body temperature still remained there.

Xu Ruibai knew about this carefully planned escape from the very beginning.He gasped limply on the seat, and suddenly understood Xu Ruibai—the hand clenched in the darkness was not holding back, but pleading, begging himself to take him away.

This may be the first time he mustered up the courage to ask for help in more than 20 years. He tried his best to say to himself, "Please, help me."

But I still left him behind, and threw him in that pitch-black manor, in that wardrobe of lightning and thunder.

"He let me go." Ye Jia breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart was cold, and his blood almost froze.

The vehicle was driving fast, and the scenery outside the window quickly reversed. Ye Jia was far away from that world, and also far away from Xu Ruibai. His soul flew up, and after extreme tension was endless exhaustion. He felt himself floating, as if he wanted to leave this body, his body This lightness can no longer be tolerated.

But he just looked like he was asleep.