Fang Xu crossed his legs at his desk and talked on the phone with Guan Rujie.
"You asked her for proof, what did she say?" Fang Xu asked.
"No reply." Guan Rujie asked, "Brother Xiaofang, do you think they left any records? You took photos, what if they did too?"
"How do I know if they left any clues?" Fang Xu sneered, "The deaf guy is actually very cunning. Maybe they are trying to find out who you are. You better keep it a secret and don't reveal your real identity. Anyway, I don't know anything. When the incident happened, I hadn't broken up with him yet, and I hadn't cooperated with you yet."
Guan Rujie said coquettishly: "Are you using me as a weapon? What if someone really comes to sue me?"
Fang Xu said, "If they have kept records, the most they would do is ask you to delete your Weibo. Huan Chang wouldn't deliberately make a big deal out of it. What good would that do? Just pretend nothing happened. Don't scare yourself. Deaf Man isn't the type to cause trouble. But his girlfriend is a sharp-tongued person, so be careful."
Guan Rujie was silent for a moment and asked, "Then... Brother Xiaofang, what if they didn't leave any records? What should we do?"
Fang Xu laughed loudly: "Nothing left? Then they'll be rich, right? Just ask Huan Chang for money. They'll definitely spend some money to ward off disaster. Then Huan Chang will go and settle the score with the deaf man. We don't need to worry about that. We can just watch the fun."
"If Huan Chang gave us the money but didn't hold Xi Yu responsible, and made a big deal out of it, would you be fine with that?" Guan Rujie groaned, "I'm not asking for money. Maybe if the deaf guy plays pity on Huan Chang, she'll let him go and he'll continue to work as Xi Yu. Even if we get the money, we can't hang him. Huan Chang will be so mad."
Fang Xu pondered for a while and said, "I think that if Huan Chang lets the deaf man go, then we can just forget about it for now. Huan Chang will leak some information to others. The deaf man has suffered such a big loss, and he probably won't dare to be too arrogant in the future. There is dirt on him, and we have the evidence in our hands. It won't be too late to deal with him anytime we don't like him."
"Are you willing to accept this?" Guan Rujie said coquettishly, "We can definitely make him unable to turn over this time, as long as he has no evidence. Brother Fang, without the deaf man, our business will be much better. Xu Qingyan rarely opens warehouses now, and the others are just small-time operations. In the Hanfu circle, your business is still the best."
Fang Xu lit up a cigarette and said, "Let's be merciful when we can. Ru Ru, don't push the deaf man too hard. Who knows what a disabled person like him will do if he goes crazy? If he fights me to the death, who can I turn to for justice..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a commotion outside the office. Customer service representative Jingjing was shouting, "Hey, Xiaoyu! You..."
"Fuck, I'm going to tell you something!" Fang Xu had just hung up the phone when the office door slammed open. Luo Jingyu rushed in, followed by two panicked female customer service representatives, shouting, "Boss, he he he he wants to see you! We can't stop him."
Fang Xu had reminded them to stop Luo Jingyu and Zhan Xi from entering his office, so he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you can go out."
The two customer service staff went out and closed the door for them.
Fang Xu looked at Luo Jingyu. His face was pale, his eyes were red, his lips were pursed into a line, and he stared at him almost with bloodshot eyes. Fortunately, his hands were empty and he had no weapons.
"Why are you here?" Fang Xu smiled and took a puff of his cigarette, then asked, "How's your business lately? I see you've opened a warehouse, and the products you make are pretty good, and they feel prettier than the ones you gave me. Are you planning to make some yourself?"
Luo Jingyu made a series of sign language gestures, which were fast and heavy, showing his anger.
Fang Xu laughed: "What are you doing? You know I can't understand sign language. If you have anything to say, just use your phone or write it down." He pulled out two A4 papers from the printer paper slot and pushed them to the table, then threw a pen over. "Luckily I'm in a good mood today, so I can chat with you slowly. You know I hate chatting with you the most."
Luo Jingyu took a few steps forward, picked up a pen, and wrote three big words on the white paper: Why
He held it up and showed it to Fang Xu, his lips trembling and his eyes seemed to be able to spit fire.
He pointed heavily at the three words on the paper, as if asking over and over again: Why
"Why?" Fang Xu was still smoking leisurely, exhaling a puff of smoke, "I don't know what you are talking about, Xiaoyu, what happened?"
Seeing his nonchalant look, Luo Jingyu was furious. She didn't want to write or type on her phone, so she stubbornly signed: Why do you treat me like this? How have I ever let you down? I helped you make so much money! I have never hurt you or cheated you! You said we should part ways amicably, and I agreed. You said all my previous designs belong to you, and I agreed too! If you want to do Huanshang's business, you can just take it, and I don't have to! Why do you want to hurt me like this? I didn't plagiarize! You know I never plagiarize! Why do you give my designs to others? To hurt me? I just want to make hot stamping flowers well! We can compete fairly, I just want to make a living by making hot stamping flowers!
He was so excited that he could no longer control his emotions. He opened his mouth while signing, and the sounds in his throat came out one after another as his hand gestures flew: "Uh ah ba oh, uh ba ah ah, ah ba um oh um..."
His voice was very loud, and the syllables were unclear and meaningless, gurgling out of his throat in a sticky way, which made Fang Xu's back shiver.
He couldn't understand Luo Jingyu's sign language, let alone what she said. He just watched her make a series of gestures like a play, then put out the cigarette butt between his fingers in the ashtray, frowned and smiled bitterly: "Luo Jingyu, why are you running here in the middle of the day? Are you giving me a sign language lesson? Sorry, I don't understand, not a single word. You are a deaf-mute, but my ears are fine. You either write or type for me, what are you doing? I don't have time to play with you, it's time to eat, please leave quickly, I feel upset when I see you."
Luo Jingyu's face darkened, and he was shaking from head to toe, as if he was trying hard to control himself. He gritted his teeth, picked up the pen again, and wrote a few words on the back of "Why": I didn't copy! In the painting, fish, lotus, are you harming me
Fang Xu: “…”
He lowered his eyes to look at the words on the paper, raised his eyelids, and sneered: "I don't know what you are talking about."
Luo Jingyu couldn't bear it any longer, so she walked around the desk and rushed to Fang Xu, grabbing his collar and pulling him up. Fang Xu roared, "What do you want to do?!"
What does Luo Jingyu want to do
What else can I do? I want to beat Fang Xu!
But he still retained a bit of rationality and knew that he should not act impulsively. He hated the fact that he could not speak and could not utter a word. He could only glare at him and hold the crumpled paper in front of him, almost sticking it to his face.
Fang Xu pulled the paper aside, his eyes sparkling with excitement, and he spoke clearly with his mouth: "So excited? It seems there is no evidence."
The string that was just tense in Luo Jingyu's mind suddenly broke into pieces.
He yelled "Ah!" and raised his fist to hit Fang Xu hard in the face, knocking him over with his boss chair.
Fang Xu didn't expect Luo Jingyu to really take action. In his memory, this person has always been very soft and docile, and even if he has a temper, he keeps it in his heart. Before Fang Xu could get up from the ground, Luo Jingyu rushed over again, clenched her fist and punched him in the face again.
Fang Xu was stunned. When Luo Jingyu swung at him for the third time, he was finally prepared. He rolled over to dodge and got up. When Luo Jingyu's punch missed, he kicked him hard in the stomach. Luo Jingyu groaned in pain, and Fang Xu took the opportunity to punch him as well.
Luo Jingyu was hit so hard that he staggered two steps. He turned around to look at Fang Xu. Anger burned out all his rationality. He rushed forward like a wild beast, screaming "Ah" and wrestling with Fang Xu.
The female customer service staff outside the office only heard a series of "ping-pong" sounds coming from inside, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, the sound of glass breaking, and the roar of a man. The customer service staff were all terrified, pushing and shoving to open the door, and saw the mess in the office at a glance.
The table was tilted, the chair fell over, and most of the things on the table were swept to the ground, including the computer and printer. The door of the bookcase was open, and the glass on the door frame had shattered on the ground. Luo Jingyu was pressing on Fang Xu. Both of them had blood on their faces and bodies, and their noses and faces were swollen. They were holding each other in a stalemate.
Jingjing screamed: "Boss! Do you want to call the police?"
"Call the police!" Fang Xu roared, and took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket and threw it over, "Find a woman named Zhan, call her, and ask her to come over and see what this crazy guy has done!"
Luo Jingyu understood Fang Xu's lip reading and yelled "Ahhh" again. The two of them twisted together and rolled on the ground. Jingjing was so scared that she trembled all over. She grabbed her phone and slipped away.
This time, it was Fang Xu who pressed on Luo Jingyu. Looking down at him, Fang Xu tilted his head and spat out a mouthful of blood foam. He slapped Luo Jingyu's face and whispered, "Want to fight with me? You're still too young, little deaf boy."
Luo Jingyu stared at him intently. Fang Xu smiled and said in a slow tone, "Luo Jingyu, don't look at me like that. You know what I hate most. I don't know how you curse me in your heart, right? Don't pretend to be so pure and noble. We are all here to make money. I can make you successful or I can destroy you. Do you want to fly now that you have strong wings? I tell you, it's not that easy."
Luo Jingyu used all her strength to knee Fang Xu in the abdomen. He screamed and rolled to the side in pain. Luo Jingyu got up and staggered back two steps, breathing heavily, looking down at Fang Xu.
Fang Xu eased the pain and simply sat on the floor leaning against the desk. He looked up at Luo Jingyu and pointed at his right hand: "Your hand is injured. Is it okay? You rely on it to make a living."
Only then did Luo Jingyu feel the stinging pain in her right hand. She looked down and saw a large cut from the back of her hand to the base of her ring finger caused by the glass. Her whole hand was covered in blood, and her fingertips were drooping with blood still dripping down.
This was the result of his punch to Fang Xu missing and hitting the glass of the bookcase.
The police and Zhan Xi arrived at the office one after another. Luo Jingyu and Fang Xu were both injured. They were accompanied by the police to the hospital to treat their injuries. The remaining police officer stayed in the office to record the statements of the customer service staff.
In the hospital, Zhan Xi stayed with Luo Jingyu all the time. The medical staff helped him treat the wound on the back of his right hand. There were actually tiny pieces of glass in the wound, which were picked out bit by bit with tweezers.
Fortunately, the injury did not damage the bones and meridians. The doctor said it would not affect the fine functions of the hand, but it would require stitches and would definitely leave a scar.
Luo Jingyu's expression remained numb, as if the pain had no effect on him anymore.
He looked very disheveled, with disheveled hair, bruises all over his face, a cut at the corner of his mouth, and a high swelling on his left cheek. The doctor asked him to take off his shirt, and he could see large bruises and bloodstains on his body.
Zhan Xi couldn't hold back and held Luo Jingyu's left hand tightly, tears streaming down his face.
Seeing her crying, Luo Jingyu seemed to come alive. He looked into her eyes and shook his head, then pinched her hand and opened his mouth slightly, as if telling her not to worry.
Zhan Xi knew that she should be calmer at this time, but she was really not that capable. The calmer Luo Jingyu was, the more she couldn't help it. Her tears rolled out in big drops, and she bit her lips tightly to prevent herself from crying loudly.
Fang Xu was not much better off, also covered in wounds. There was no order in the fight between two grown men, just brute force punching and kicking. In addition to Luo Jingyu's hand being cut by glass, Fang Xu's injuries were even more serious, both cheeks were swollen like steamed buns, and he kept complaining to the police that his stomach hurt, his back hurt, his legs hurt...
There were only two people, but only one mouth. Fang Xu said that Luo Jingyu was the first to attack, and that was indeed the case. After treating the wound, everyone went to the police station.
Luo Jingyu did not call his family. Luo Xiaomei was pregnant and his parents were old, and he didn't want to make them worry.
Such a big thing happened and Luo Jingyu's family didn't come. Luo Xinran felt that they needed an older person to help deal with some things. After asking Zhan Xi's opinion, she called Zhan Jie, who rushed over immediately after receiving the call.
Luo Xinran told Zhan Jie what had happened outside the police station. Zhan Jie had a sullen face and remained silent.
It was already evening when the matter was settled. Fang Xu agreed to settle it privately and asked Luo Jingyu to pay compensation. Not only did he have to compensate for his medical expenses, lost wages, and property damage in the office, but he also had to compensate him for his mental damages. He asked for 50,000 yuan right away.
"No need to apologize." Fang Xu said to the police, "He is deaf-mute, and it is not easy for him. Maybe he was just a little shocked and his mind is confused. Alas... I won't bother with him. After all, we have cooperated for several years. Even if the deal is not successful, there is still friendship. I don't want to push him too much."
After saying these words, he turned his head and found Zhan Xi staring at him. Fang Xu smiled at her and snorted coldly.
Zhan Jie went to bargain with Fang Xu.
"The medical expenses are clear, and there are also regulations for lost wages. Make a list of the damages in your office and tell them how much you should pay." Zhan Jie gave Fang Xu a cigarette. "As for the mental damages... Mr. Fang, are you sure you want them? Let me tell you this, Luo Jingyu came to see you today, but my sister didn't know. You pushed him into a corner, and we can't guarantee whether he will come to you again or do something else impulsive."
Fang Xu said to the police: "Comrade police, they are threatening me!"
"Who threatened you?" Zhan Jie said coldly, "My sister is going to break up with Luo Jingyu because of this. Think about it, will he be upset? If he is upset, who will he go to for revenge? It's definitely not my sister!"
Fang Xu: “…”
"That's enough. You know what you have done." Zhan Jie snorted coldly, "Whether money is more important or something else is more important, it's up to you."
The police also felt that Fang Xu was asking for too much and started to mediate.
In the end, Zhan Jie offered to settle the matter privately for 20,000 yuan, and Fang Xu agreed.
Luo Jingyu silently signed the mediation agreement.
Fang Xu left the police station alone and got into a taxi. He still couldn't get over the anger and called Guan Rujie: "I'm sure they don't have any evidence. You should know what to do, right?"
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A car stopped at the entrance of Qingque Jiayuan Community. Chi Guilan and her sister got out of the car, put on their big backpacks, bent over and said to the driver: "Thank you, Achang. I'll call you the day after tomorrow and we'll take your car back."
This time, her sister Chi Guixian came to Qiantang for a follow-up checkup. It happened that a neighbor was going to Qiantang to do some business, so Chi Guixian took his car. When Chi Guilan found out, she thought that she hadn't seen her daughter for another month, and her grandson Zhan Kaiwei was about to start school in the second grade, so she also got on the car and went to Qiantang to see her grandson and children.
The car drove away, and Chi Guixian said, "Second sister, you didn't call Huanhuan, will she be angry?"
"I'm calling now." Chi Guilan took out her cell phone. "I also decided to come here at the last minute. My husband doesn't even know about it."
Chi Guixian smiled and shook his head: "You just like to attack unexpectedly. No wonder Huanhuan is unhappy. Are you still staying at Ajie's house tonight?"
"Stay at Huanhuan's place. It's okay to sleep on the floor when it's hot." Chi Guilan said as she dialed the phone. "I'm angry when I think of Ajie now. He got divorced and blamed me. Was it me who asked him to get divorced?"
Zhan Xi was in Zhan Jie's car. When he saw his mother calling, his scalp throbbed. He answered the phone as calmly as possible: "Hello, Mom?"
"Huanhuan, where are you?" Chi Guilan asked.
"I... I'm doing something outside." There was a sound while the car was running, and Zhan Xi knew he couldn't hide it.
Chi Guilan asked: "When will you go home?"
"Which home?" Zhan Xi didn't understand. "Hometown? I haven't said I want to go home recently."
Chi Guilan: "What hometown? I mean the house you rented."
Zhan Xi: "I'm on my way home now, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, let's talk when you get home." Chi Guilan hung up the phone with a smile and said to her sister, "Huanhuan will be back soon, let's wait for her in the community for a while."
In Zhan Jie's car, no one spoke except Zhan Xi who spoke after receiving the call. The atmosphere was depressing and silent.
Luo Xinran was worried, so she followed them home, saying that she would stay with Zhan Xi for a while before leaving. She sat in the passenger seat, while Zhan Jie drove with a stern face, all the way to Qingque Jiayuan.
Luo Jingyu and Zhan Xi sat in the back row. His right hand had been stitched and bandaged, and Zhan Xi had been holding his left hand and never let go.
But his spirit never recovered. No one knew what he was thinking. He had never typed on his mobile phone or used sign language. He even ignored the police when they questioned him. His eyes were dull and everyone could only let Fang Xu talk nonsense.
He is willful, too willful to be a 27-year-old adult, but who has the right to blame him
He did nothing wrong, but there is a possibility that he will never be able to do stenciling again. Who can understand how scared and sad he must be
The car arrived at Qingque Jiayuan and a group of four got off. Luo Xinran was very hungry. Knowing that Luo Jingyu and Zhan Xi had not eaten all day, she said that she would pack some food and asked Zhan Jie to accompany them upstairs first.
Luo Jingyu was covered in blood, and was led by Zhan Xi's hand as she walked towards the unit door like a puppet.
Zhan Jie was upset. He knew what happened and felt that the man surnamed Fang was really a jerk. He also felt that his sister and Luo Jingyu were also stupid. Although he was angry, he couldn't think of a solution for the time being. This matter was deliberately framed by Fang Xu. If it didn't happen this time, there might be another time. He guessed that Fang Xu just wanted to force Luo Jingyu to get out of the hot flower industry.
It was already dark, and the three of them were all in a complicated mood while walking. No one paid attention to the situation on the roadside. When they reached the door of the unit, Zhan Jie and Zhan Xi heard a familiar voice coming from the roadside at the same time: "Ajie, Huanhuan?"
Zhan Xi felt like she was dreaming, a nightmare. She turned her head and saw her mother with her aunt looking dazed beside her.
Zhan Jie reacted faster than her. He took a step forward to block Luo Jingyu and shouted, "Mom? Why are you here?"
Chi Guilan looked at him, then at the dumbfounded Zhan Xi, and finally her gaze shifted to the only stranger present—the young man who was blocked by her son.
It was pitch black all around, with only a light bulb on the door emitting a faint glow. Chi Guilan looked carefully and saw that the man looked like he had been beaten up, his face was bruised and swollen, his white T-shirt was covered with dark, dried blood stains, his right hand was vaguely wrapped in gauze, and his left hand... his left hand was actually tightly holding her daughter's right hand.
Chi Guilan seemed to be struck by lightning, and asked Zhan Jie with wide eyes: "I was going to ask you, why are you here? Who is he?"
Her finger pointed at Luo Jingyu. Zhan Jie opened his mouth, not knowing what to say or whether he should say it.
Seeing that her son did not answer, Chi Guilan looked at Zhan Xi again, pointed at Luo Jingyu and asked, "Huan Huan, who is he?"
After a while, Zhan Xi calmed down a little and replied, "He is my boyfriend."
"Boyfriend? Why is it like this?" Chi Guilan couldn't understand the current situation. She turned her head and looked at her sister. Chi Guixian was also at a loss. Chi Guilan asked again, "Where did you come back from? What happened? Where is he from? How old is he? What job does he do? How long have you two been dating? Why didn't you tell me?"
Zhan Xi didn't want to answer anything. She was very hungry. She had been hungry all day and hadn't even had a sip of water since noon. Her mind was blank.
Chi Guilan suddenly remembered something and turned to Zhan Jie again, her voice rising a few degrees, "Ajie, you knew about this a long time ago? You knew that your sister had a boyfriend? And you didn't tell me?"
She wanted to pull Zhan Jie away, to face the man, to tear away his hand holding her daughter's. He looked so scary! How could her precious daughter find such a partner? A gangster? A criminal
Zhan Jie grabbed his mother and said sternly, "Mom! Calm down first. Today is not the time to talk. You and your aunt go to my place first, and I will tell you slowly."
Chi Guilan shouted, "You still told me to calm down? You knew your sister had found a boyfriend and you didn't tell me! You still told me to calm down?! Who the hell is this person? You two, explain it to me clearly!"
Luo Jingyu just stood there, staring blankly at everything that was happening before her eyes.
Who are these two old ladies
Why are you so excited
What are you doing with Zhan Jiela
Why are you looking at him with hostility
Does she hate him that much too
Does even a stranger hate him so much
Why
Is it because he is deaf
Several residents of the community passed by and looked at them. When Luo Jingyu met their gazes, he didn't want to stay here anymore. He just wanted to go home and stay quietly.
He pulled Zhan Xi's hand and wanted to sign with his right hand, but then he remembered that his right hand was wrapped in thick gauze. He didn't think much about it, and yelled "uh ah ah" a few times, signaling Zhan Xi to go home with him.
All of this was seen by Chi Guilan and Chi Guixian.
After a short silence, Chi Guilan screamed and rushed forward like crazy, cursing loudly, and Zhan Jie couldn't stop her. When she was about to slap Luo Jingyu in the face, Zhan Xi blocked her way, and with a "slap" sound, Chi Guilan's palm slammed on her head, hitting her so hard that Zhan Xi almost fell down.
But Chi Guilan did not stop, and slapped Zhan Xi over the head again and again. Zhan Xi was beaten so hard that she could not stand. There was a buzzing sound in her ears, and she could not hear what her mother was screaming. In a trance, someone hugged her, turned around and held her tightly in his arms, using his body as her shield.
After that, she was never beaten again. She could only feel the person holding her shaking from time to time, as if he was being attacked by something, but he never let her go.
Zhan Jie and his aunt finally pulled Chi Guilan away. Chi Guilan was already in tears, looking at the people in front of her in disbelief. She couldn't understand why such a thing happened, why the daughter she had raised with so much effort would find such a boyfriend, and why her son was actually an accomplice!
She was crying so hard that she almost fell to the ground. There were people watching her. Great! Look! Let me show you! Look at this unfilial daughter of ours. She actually found a deaf-mute boyfriend! Why? Why? Why? !
Zhan Jie was about to collapse, thinking what was going on! He held his mother's body and persuaded her again and again: "Mom, come back with me today. When we get back, I tell you, don't make a fuss here, aunt! Please help me and take my mom away first!"
"Oh oh." Chi Guixian was so frightened that he and Zhan Jie held Chi Guilan on both sides and walked out of the community. Chi Guilan refused to leave and turned back to yell at Zhan Xi: "Zhan Xi, are you crazy? Why are you looking for a deaf man? What kind of magic potion did he feed you? I tell you! I will never agree to you being with him! I will never agree to it even if I die!"
Zhan Jie dragged her away: "Mom, stop talking! Come home with me first!"
Chi Guilan was still crying: "I will never agree to this even if I die..."
Luo Jingyu had been holding Zhan Xi, closing her eyes and hearing nothing. Zhan Xi heard it, but those words floated past his ears with an unstoppable "buzzing" sound.
Her head ached, her stomach churned, and she suddenly began to dry heave.
She broke free from Luo Jingyu's arms and rushed to the side of the road. She squatted on the ground and vomited continuously, but she only vomited out some sour water.
After vomiting, she wanted to stand up, but she suddenly felt dizzy and everything in front of her eyes went white. Her legs felt weak and the next second she fell down softly, but she did not fall to the ground, but landed in someone's arms.
She heard his anxious voice, a familiar voice. He was calling her "Huanhuan" in a language that no one else could understand, but she could understand it.
She wanted to tell him that she was fine, that it might be hypoglycemia or a concussion, it wasn't serious and she would be fine after some rest, but she couldn't say it, she couldn't see or speak, and the strength in her body was disappearing bit by bit.
Her head became heavier and heavier. Perhaps it was because the embrace was too warm. Finally, she closed her eyes and completely lost consciousness.