four year itch

[I never expected you to love me, I never imagined that you would have a reason to love me, and I never thought I was attractive.For me to be given the opportunity to love you should be grateful.I try my best to keep my love to the limit of not annoying you, otherwise I know that I can't bear the consequences. 】[1]

Ye Jia was drowsy in the taxi, memories of the past flashed like a daydream, and he vaguely heard someone calling his name.

"Ye Jia, Ye Jia, get up, class is about to start!" Ye Jia felt someone shaking his bed.

"Fuck, what time is it?" Ye Jiateng jumped up from the bed.

"[-]:[-], I'm leaving first, get up quickly." The roommate said as he walked out of the dormitory.

"Oh, good." Ye Jia jumped off the bed, hurriedly changed his clothes, snorted casually, and rushed to the classroom.Yesterday he chatted with Xu Ruibai again until 03:30 and didn't go to sleep, but even though he didn't get enough sleep, was hungry, and was almost late, he was still in a good mood.

Because tomorrow is Xu Ruibai's new book signing day, which means that he will be able to meet Xu Ruibai in less than 24 hours. This is their first offline meeting, commonly known as face base.

After class, Ye Jia rushed to the airport with a bag full of special products. He needed to go to City G overnight, where Xu Ruibai's new book signing was held.

The word 1342 kilometers on the navigation route is the distance between him and Xu Ruibai, and now he is going to run to him.

Ye Jia didn't even think of doing any strategy. This was his first time, but not the only impulsive trip.Later, when Ye Jia recalled the day when it all started again, she would wonder if all the tragedies were piled up by impulse after impulse, built to a height that life could not bear, and then collapsed, dust scattered, and wreckage all over the place .

All the formalities were completed, and it was nearly two o'clock in the morning. Ye Jia was lying on the bed and sent a message to Xu Ruibai: "It's windy, I'm in City G!"

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"Tomorrow's signing event, I'll cheer you on!" Ye Jia was obviously exhausted, but Ye Jia was still so excited that he couldn't fall asleep.

"I didn't expect you to come."

"How can I miss the idol's first signing? I must join in!" He said and threw an ecstatic emoji.

"Have you found a place to live?"

"Yeah, I'm already at the hotel!"

"Do you know how to get to the signing place?"

"I know, I know, I already have a good route on Baidu."

"Have you bought a ticket to enter?"

"Not yet, I see they said that you can buy tickets directly at the entrance of the venue, the price is the same as online." Ye Jia said.

"No need to buy it, I'll find a job card for you then."

"Wow, is this fan superlative?"

"Send me a message when you leave tomorrow, and I'll wait for you at the subway entrance, and take you to eat when it's over."

"Thank you greatly!"

"It's late, so go to bed early, and we'll see you tomorrow."

"Okay, good night Fengda." Ye Jia sent another good night emoji.

Xu Ruibai's thoughtfulness and tact made Ye Jia look forward to meeting tomorrow even more, and he fell asleep deeply with joy in his heart.At that time, Ye Jia was completely immersed in his enthusiasm, and did not feel the strangeness and alienation in the other party's words at all.

The signing session started at one o'clock in the afternoon. Ye Jia got up early because she was too excited, and stayed in the hotel until ten o'clock, and sent Xu Ruibai a "I'm leaving~".

Xu Ruibai didn't reply, Ye Jia set off to the subway station following Baidu's route.

It was early autumn in Ye Jia's city, but G City was still in midsummer. He was not prepared enough, he only brought a shirt, and it was only a short walk from the hotel to the subway station, and his back was already wet.

The busiest transfer station in G City has a total of eighteen entrances and exits and three lines. Ye Jia became more and more anxious when he saw the failed navigation in the station and the never-responsive messages.After opening and closing Xu Ruibai's chat window, he still didn't send out the second urging message.

In the end, I relied on my friends in G City from the fan group to guide me, and asked the ground staff at the subway station, and then got on the subway to the venue.

Six stops, a total of 15 minutes.

Sometimes, Ye Jia would be amazed that he could remember such useless details so accurately, maybe it was because of the nervous and excited mood at that time, it needed to use such cold mechanical numbers to calm down a little.

He stood at the subway entrance that he had an appointment with Xu Ruibai yesterday, and carefully sent a message to Xu Ruibai: "It's windy, I'm at the subway entrance."

The heat wave of midsummer rushed towards him with humidity, and the violent sunlight passed through the building to form a small shadow in front of him, as if as long as he took a step, he would be evaporated in the scalding temperature.He loosened his already sagging neckline.

Xu Ruibai still didn't reply.

Exhaustion from not sleeping well for several days in a row, and the tension that has been tossing all morning are all bursting out amidst the overwhelming information and restless heat at this moment, Ye Jia is a little angry.

He obviously didn't have expectations, but Xu Ruibai gave him hope so considerately, but let him down in hope again and again.

The phone in his hand vibrated twice, and Xu Ruibai sent two messages in succession.

"Sorry, I just woke up. I discussed the new work with them last night until four o'clock in the morning."

"Where are you? I'll pick you up right after I wash my face."

Like moss afraid of light, they all backed away.The grievances and resentment that were still full just now dried up instantly, and then the excitement and heartache floated up.

—Who wouldn't be surprised?

So Ye Jia had already magnanimously forgiven the other party in his heart without the parties knowing about it.

"It's okay. I'm at the subway entrance." Ye Jia replied quickly.

"So, why don't you wait for me at the entrance of the venue first?" Xu Ruibai replied.

"Can you find the venue? There should be a billboard on it."

"Uh-huh."

From the subway entrance to the venue, I was stranded at the gate because I had no tickets.

The road to meet is so tortuous and long, it is probably a sign from the sky, to teach him to escape, to teach him to give up.But Ye Jia, who didn't understand this painstaking effort, now attributed the good intentions to bad luck in his heart, and walked back and forth at the door anxiously.

"It's really hot today." The young security guard in black uniform spoke to him in a good-tempered manner.

Ye Jia looked at him, vigilant and afraid: "Yes, yes."

As he said that, he moved his feet and turned into the beverage shop next to him.

"Feng Da, what do you want to drink?" He sent a message to Xu Ruibai.

"It will be all right."

Holding the soda in his hand, there was a crisp sound. The water vapor fell along the bottle onto the concrete floor, and soon evaporated. Ye Jia saw a tall figure coming from a distance.

He was wearing a black T-shirt, loose pants, and his slightly long hair was casually tied in half behind his head.The sun was too glaring, Ye Jia couldn't see that person's face clearly, but subconsciously believed that that person was Xu Ruibai.

"Come on, come in."

Without exchanging pleasantries, they took the bag in his hand very naturally. They were like old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

The metal-framed eyes reflected light and shadow, and Ye Jia tilted his head to see the man's appearance clearly.It was something he had never imagined...beautiful.

Ye Jia knew that most Alphas had a proud appearance, and he had fantasized about Xu Ruibai's appearance countless times in his mind, but he still never imagined that Xu Ruibai would be so superior.He even panicked, and subconsciously wanted to run away.

I don't know if it's more shyness or more low self-esteem.Ye Jia only knew that he had an unreal feeling, the heat rushed to his head, and then leaked out from his cheeks, the little anger that was originally left was all thrown out of his mind at this moment, he restrained his excitement Asked, "It's windy?"

Xu Ruibai raised his eyebrows, and smiled at him as an answer.He took out his task card and showed it to the staff, and then easily led Ye Jia into the venue.

Xu Ruibai suddenly smiled helplessly at Ye Jia, his beautiful eyes curled up: "Don't look."

Only then did Ye Jia realize that he had been staring at him for a long time without stopping, so he lowered his head a little embarrassedly, but couldn't restrain himself from giggling.

Ye Jia hadn't recovered until she was sitting in the rest room backstage.

The staff in the rest room came and went, Ye Jia sat on the sofa awkwardly, and Xu Ruibai sat opposite him.There was a long silence between the two. He wanted to find something to talk about, but he didn't know where to start. Communication in reality is completely different from communication on the Internet. Ye Jia is not good at words, and Xu Ruibai seems to be a little bit cold.

It was only then that Ye Jia realized that they were just the most familiar strangers.

"I didn't expect you to be an Omega." Xu Ruibai put down his phone and smiled gently at him.

Ye Jia smiled a little embarrassedly, he didn't hide it on purpose, but he didn't take the initiative to mention it either.

Xu Ruibai glanced at him, then did not continue the topic, and pointed to the bag on the table: "What is this? A special product?"

"Well, one of our more famous stores."

"Really, thank you, and give them a taste when the time comes."

"Yeah." Ye Jia nodded and asked again, "Then do you still have a sale tomorrow?"

Xu Ruibai leaned back casually, sank into the sofa, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and Ye Jia also swallowed unconsciously: "Well, there is another show in the next city tomorrow, so I will drive with them tonight."

"is it far?"

"Fortunately, we should be there in two or three hours' drive."

There was another awkward silence, and Ye Jia felt that sweat was oozing from his skin bit by bit, his palms were full of sticky touch, and the few bites of bread he ate at the hotel began to churn in his stomach at this moment.The soda he bought was on the table, and the ice cubes melted silently, forming a small depression around it, but no one reached out to move it.

Ye Jia tried hard to find some topics to cover up his boredom, but he found that there was nothing he could do.

It was Xu Ruibai who spoke first.

"I got Xixi's autograph." He took out a comic book and showed it to Ye Jia.

Xu Ruibai is a newcomer with not many fans. In order to prevent the signing event from being too bleak, the editorial department invited the well-known Xixi to sign the sale with him.

Ye Jia was actually not very interested in Xixi's cartoons, but he still made an exaggerated expression of envy: "So powerful?"

"He will come over later, and ask him to sign one for you later." Xu Ruibai smiled softly.

"Uh-huh!"

"Will he go to tomorrow's signing?"

"Well, he drives."

The atmosphere eased up a bit, chatting casually.Most of the time, Xu Ruibai was still talking, and they kept a close distance.

It was not until the staff came to remind Xu Ruibai that it was time to enter the arena, and this rather awkward conversation came to an abrupt end. .

Xu Ruibai took a VIP ticket and handed it to Ye Jia: "I should have signed it around three o'clock. You can take the ticket and go shopping later. I heard they said that there will be comic exhibitions on the second and third floors. I'll send you a message when I'm done signing."

"Yeah." Ye Jia took the ticket and put it in his pocket, acting carefully as if he was putting something precious.