But the reality is, Gu Yan is not a superman, and Gu Yan didn't come.
The place where Qi Xi was splashed turned red rapidly, showing the appearance of scalded skin, but fortunately there was no ulceration.
After Qi Xi touched the place where the unknown liquid came into contact with her body almost in panic, and confirmed that there was no serious problem except for the slight burn on the skin on her hand used to block it, she relaxed a little bit.
At this time, she picked up the water bottle left by the other party again, and smelled it carefully. It was colorless and odorless, most likely it was water, and there were no other symptoms except for the hot red hands.
After calming down a little, Qi Xi called the police, and the police arrived at the scene soon.
She briefly recounted everything that happened: "That's the way it is, can you troubleshoot the surrounding surveillance to confirm the identity of the other party?"
The policeman was not impatient: "Are you a lawyer on duty at the legal aid center? Did you get splashed when you just opened the door of the legal aid center?"
Qi Xi didn't know why, but still nodded: "Yes."
The policeman showed a clear face, and then he shrugged: "Then there is no need to adjust the monitoring."
Qi Xi was a little frustrated: "Is it because the monitoring here is broken?"
The Legal Aid Center is located in the old city of Rongshi. Many public infrastructures in the old city are old and lack repairs and maintenance. Even many street lights are broken, and it is completely normal that the monitoring system is broken.
"No." The policeman shook his head. "The monitoring is good, but there is no need to call it. Because I know who did it."
"So... a habitual offender?"
"En. His name is Wu Jianqiang. He lives in a group rented house on the corner of this street. He broke a hand and has never found a job. He just idles around all day, calling the Legal Aid Center to cheat him out of money every day. He makes trouble every now and then. "
Qi Xi was a little curious: "The Legal Aid Center cheated him of money? What's going on here?"
The policeman frowned: "What's the matter? It's probably that this bastard wants to extort money. He also reported to the police before, but we asked him to explain who he was cheated by from the Legal Aid Center. He also said There is no reason, or the name of the lawyer he mentioned is not registered at all. If there is no evidence at all, he said that his money was defrauded, so how can we file a case? As a result, he came to the police station to make a fuss. He said several times that we were in collusion with the Justice Bureau and lawyers, there was improper transfer of interests, and we reported it several times, but we operated normally and legally, so he had no follow-up after messing around, so he started to harass and Retaliated against the duty lawyer at the Legal Aid Center, who would throw something here and there every now and then."
The policeman picked up the water bottle on the ground and sniffed it: "You are lucky, this is hot water. Last time there was a lawyer, he threw feces on it."
"..."
Qi Xi glanced at the back of his hand that was burnt and red, and said speechlessly: "Then this person has been like this all the time, why don't you deal with it?"
"I want to deal with it, but I can't deal with it. First, he just makes small troubles every time. He didn't commit any serious crimes." The policeman pointed to his head, "Second, he here It's a bit abnormal, good and bad, mentally problematic, and sometimes you can't hold him accountable for what he does."
The policeman glanced at Qi Xi: "Don't worry, we will contact his family and take care of him. You should also be careful yourself, and quickly wash the place where it was splashed with cold water."
**
After such an episode happened, Qi Xi was still in shock, and was delayed by calling the police and other matters. Now it seems that the legal aid center is working in the afternoon, let alone eating, even the slight burns on his hands are too late to do anything except rinse with cold water Others have been dealt with.
Qi Xi couldn't help posting a complaint about what he encountered today in his WeChat circle of friends, bought a piece of bread, and went back to the legal aid center to continue on duty.
Perhaps it was the alarm that helped, she didn't receive any more harassing calls from the other party in the afternoon, and soon, the influx of people who came to her door for consultation made Qi Xi quickly concentrate on providing legal answers, and didn't want to think about other things.
When it was time to get off work, the docking staff of the Justice Bureau asked Qi Xi to sign for the subsidy for today's shift, and because there was still an old lady queuing up for consultation, Qi Xi stayed late on purpose.
After answering everyone's questions and leaving the assistance center, Qi Xi finally had time to pick up his phone.
As expected, there are a lot of consolations under my circle of friends, and there are many people who care about me in private messages, such as Zhao Yiran, the other male classmates who have chased after Qixi, and even a few who have been chasing Qixi for a long time. Members who met during club activities without contact.
But there was no Gu Yan.
There are so many people who care about him, but Gu Yan is not among them.
Gu Yan didn't leave a message to Qi Xi's circle of friends, nor did he private message Qi Xi anything.
Qi Xi comforted himself, maybe Gu Yan didn't see it at all.
But once a lot of things need self-comfort, it is basically impossible to be psychologically balanced.
Gu Yan probably saw it, but he didn't care.
Although he didn't want to admit it, Qi Xi knew that this was probably the real reality.
Also, does Gu Yan have any obligation to care about himself? He has a girl he likes, and they are finally together. Now this time after get off work, after work, I'm afraid he should go on a date.
Qi Xi was a little lost and sad, there were still burn marks on the back of her hand, the redness had gradually subsided, but the burning sensation on her skin still remained.
She kicked a stone on the road, looked at the phone map, and decided to find a nearby pharmacy to buy a burn ointment.
So Qi Xi looked down at the phone and followed the navigation route. At first, he didn't notice anything unusual. The location of the pharmacy is not a business district or an office building. This is an old city, and the road becomes cramped when walking There were no people around, so the sneaky footsteps following closely behind Qi Xi became much more obvious.
Qi Xi tried her best to hold back her accelerating heartbeat, she tried to speed up her pace and turned a corner many times, but unexpectedly, the sound of quickening footsteps came from behind her.
Now I can be sure.
She is being followed.
**
Thinking of what happened one after another recently, Qi Xi's vigilance and panic rose to the highest level, and she tried her best to warn herself not to mess up.
Now the first thing is to return to the main road from this sparsely populated road.
Qi Xi tried her best to keep calm at first, pretending that she didn't notice anything unusual behind her. She was afraid of irritating the stalkers behind her, so she tried to keep her pace as steady as possible, trying to slowly circle back to the main road.
And in a road reflector, Qi Xi saw the appearance of the person behind him. In the pocket, and the pocket is bulging, the opponent's hand is pressed on the bulging thing, as if hiding a murder weapon that can be drawn out at any time, and the other hand has a tattoo, looking like a bad guy The social loafers who provoke him, the hair protruding from the black peaked cap is still green.
Although she tried her best to tell herself to be calm, she couldn't control her emotions. Every minute and every second of being followed was like a disaster. Qi Xi was so scared that she unconsciously quickened her pace, and the other party followed suit Speed up and catch up.
Her intention to escape seemed to have been revealed.
Fortunately, Qi Xi was already away from the main road where the Legal Aid Center was located, so she couldn't care less about it anymore, and just ran desperately for the road. Qi Xi had no idea whether the people behind her were catching up or not. .
She just ran forward in a panic and tried her best until she bumped into someone.
Is there a gang of stalkers
The person who stopped Qi Xi was a bit tall and had great strength, as if to restrain Qi Xi, the other party had already held Qi Xi's shoulder, Qi Xi was so frightened that he didn't dare to open his eyes, she lowered her head and used all her strength. She tried her best to break away from the man who was blocking her escape route.
The other party also seemed to be unable to control Qi Xi who was out of control, so he changed from holding Qi Xi's shoulders with both hands to hugging Qi Xi directly to stop her from escaping.
Before Qi Xi was about to struggle, she heard the other party's voice—
"Qi Xi, it's me."
Is this Gu Yan's voice
Qi Xi felt that he might be hallucinating due to excessive emotional tension, but after a few seconds, the dizziness and pungent feeling in the throat caused by running wildly faded away, and the hand holding him was still there, although he was very strong , but without malice.
Qi Xi finally opened her eyes tremblingly, and then she saw Gu Yan.
Qi Xi was in a trance, and also trembling like trembling.
Gu Yan came, and he finally came.
Qi Xi didn't think of crying when he was being followed, but the moment he saw Gu Yan, he was aggrieved and his eyes turned red uncontrollably.
It was also at this time that Gu Yan's heartbeat, which was far faster than normal people's, came from her left ear, which was very close to Gu Yan's chest because she was hugged by Gu Yan, and Gu Yan's slight panting from running wildly. .
Qi Xi didn't know if it was because of nervousness or the influence of Gu Yan's heartbeat speed, her heart also started beating violently, Qi Xi pressed her chest, and it seemed to fix this disobedient heart in place.
She opened her mouth out of breath: "Someone is following me and chasing me."
"It's okay, I'm here." Gu Yan's voice was calm, but his face showed that he was not in a good mood. He glanced at Qi Xi, "Wait for me where you are."
The stalker who was still following Qi Xi just now probably ran into Gu Yan who suddenly appeared, so he didn't know when he ran away.
With lingering fears in his heart, Qi Xi waited at the same place as Gu Yan said, while Gu Yan ran towards the alley not far away. After a while, Qi Xi watched him reappear at the intersection of the alley dragging someone. It was the person who followed Qi Xi before.
Originally, the stalker that Qi Xi thought was quite strong, now in Gu Yan's hands, seems to be not very good-looking. Although the opponent tried to struggle, Gu Yan should have great strength, because the man restrained the opponent's twisting with just one hand.
Gu Yan even had time to speak, his appearance was so calm and natural that he seemed to be holding a bunch of green onions in his hands instead of a big man, and said in a calm and calm voice to Qi Xi: "Don't worry, I caught it."
Different from the way he spoke to Qixi, Gu Yan looked at the captured stalker, and his attitude was not so friendly. He twisted the opponent's hand, and then pulled off the opponent's peaked cap and mask—
"Why are you following..."
It's just that Gu Yan's questioning hadn't finished yet, he stared at the other party's face, a little stunned.
Not to mention Gu Yan, even Qi Xi was a little surprised at the moment.
This stalker has a very young and even immature face full of acne, with a head of hair that is dyed green, looking like a non-mainstream adolescent.
Gu Yan frowned: "How old are you? Are you an adult?"
"I'm going to be an adult in a few days!" When the other party opened his mouth, his voice was obviously changing, and his timid eyes didn't match his strong figure, and he was a little trembling, "Sorry, I, I didn't mean to do bad things …”
Gu Yan's existence probably gave Qi Xi courage. She glanced at the other party and asked, "Then why are you dressed like this? You are dressed furtively, obviously chasing me!"
"I wear a hat because I failed to dye my hair. I was supposed to dye it brown, but the barber turned it green by mistake. I didn't wear a hat to cover it up. With this green hair, I felt like I was wearing a green hat; I wear a mask because I have had too many pimples on my face recently... ”
The boy looked at Gu Yan pitifully: "Can you let go of my hand." He looked at Qi Xi again, "I, I have something to give her."
It was only then that Gu Yan noticed the other's bulging pocket. He didn't let go of the other's hand, but reached into the other's pocket and took out the contents.
It turned out to be a bottle of iodine, a box of Band-Aids and a tube of burn ointment.
It's not the weapon Qi Xi imagined before.
Qi Xi breathed a sigh of relief, but Gu Yan frowned, his expression became more guarded: "How do you know she was burned?"
The green-haired face was a little embarrassed: "Because my brother did it."
So it was this green-haired brother who splashed himself with hot water for no reason
Lumao looked at Qi Xi: "I'm sorry, my brother has always felt that our family was harmed by the legal aid center. He has bipolar disorder, and every time he gets sick, he either harasses the duty phone of the legal aid center or goes to I stayed at the entrance of the center, sometimes I just scolded the lawyer on duty, and sometimes there were aggressive behaviors... I just received a call from the police station before, and then I found out that my brother had another illness and ran out. I heard that you were burnt, I feel quite right I want to live with you, so I bought these for you..."
Qi Xi understood a little now: "Then why didn't you just say it outright? I thought it was some kind of criminal who followed me furtively all the time."
Only then did Gu Yan let go of the green hair. While rubbing his wrists, the green hair dared to look at Gu Yan angrily, and then murmured: "Why are you so strong..."
He moved his limbs again, then touched his nose, and said in a low voice: "I'm considering whether to tell you, because I'm afraid you will trouble us. You are lawyers, and you are more educated and capable than us. My brother put You've been thrown, if I come out and end up in a trap, what will you do if you want me to lose money? Follow you to observe and observe."
Lu Mao raised his head and glanced at Gu Yan, he said with lingering fear: "Who knew you had such an accomplice, I thought you were called to beat me, and I ran away when I saw him..."
Having said that, Qi Xi also understood in her heart that she was on guard and afraid of the other party, but the other party might not have the same defense and fear of her.
Judging from Lumao's attire, his clothes are obviously someone else's old clothes, so the trousers don't fit well, they can't cover the ankles, and some are too short. Thinking of his brother's appearance, I'm afraid his family is not too good good. His brother's illness is estimated to be intermittent. Although Lumao is young, his brother's mess has probably been dealt with a lot.
Knowing that it was a false alarm, Qi Xi felt much better, she shook the back of her hand: "I'm fine, I won't ask you to lose money."
When Lumao heard this, he was really relieved: "Then you take these burn ointments, I'm sorry."
After Lumao finished speaking, he scratched his hair and turned to leave.
The matter had come to an end here, but Qixi stopped the other party again by a strange coincidence——
"Your brother said he was cheated by a lawyer from the legal aid center. What's going on?"
She still cares a little bit.
What happened to Lumao's brother
Although the country has set up a legal aid center, Qi Xi received an endless stream of consultations and visits on duty today, but in fact, there are still a large number of people who can't even send out calls for legal aid.
The green hair was obviously a little surprised, but he still stopped, bowed his head and said: "When my brother was working in the factory half a year ago, one of his hands was wrung off due to a machine failure. The severed hand was sent to the hospital for suture treatment, and the hand could have been reattached."
"Then what happened..."
As soon as Lumao mentioned this, a bit of hatred appeared on his immature face: "That rotten factory didn't even officially insure my brother. When something like that happened, he started to shirk responsibility, and there was no work-related compensation. A total of 2,000 yuan was given to us, and we refused to accept the account. My brother was lying on the bed. A few years ago, my family almost emptied out because of my father's cancer treatment. I was still in school, and my mother was not in good health. Well, my brother sees that the family really doesn't have the money to stay in the hospital, so he just got out of the hospital and recuperated at home before he recovered... "
Speaking of this, Lumao's eyes turned a little red: "My brother thinks he is young, and the doctor has sutured him up, and he will definitely grow back, but he didn't expect that the wound was infected within a few days after returning home, and it would take a long time to continue the treatment. It was a large sum of money. He heard from other workers that he could hire a lawyer to sue for work-related injury compensation, so he asked me to help him go to the legal aid center. In the end, he met a lawyer who said that he had paid the upfront lawyer's fee and could give it to my brother. There was a compensation of hundreds of thousands. My brother believed it. He signed the contract and borrowed 10,000 yuan to pay the lawyer's fees. The lawyer took the money and ran away. We went to the legal aid center to ask for an explanation. Not only ignored us, but also kicked us out, saying that there is no such person at all...”
When Lu Mao talked about this, his mood was obviously depressed: "Later, we also found other lawyers, and we were willing to pay some legal fees, just wanting to get justice, but when those lawyers asked about the situation, they all shook their heads and said they couldn't win. A lawsuit, because my brother didn't keep any evidence."
Hearing this, Qi Xi was also a little puzzled: "In your family's situation, it is reasonable to say that you don't need to find a lawyer yourself, and you can apply for a free legal aid lawyer. First, there is no need to pay lawyer fees at all. Second, if you really need a lawyer to represent you, the Legal Aid Center won’t be able to treat you like this.”
"That's why my brother hated this legal aid center. He came to block the door every day, trying to catch the lawyer before him, but he never met him. Then my mother had an accident... My brother's hand was also amputated. He was hit hard, and he became mentally ill. Afterwards, you also know that when he gets sick, he will attack all lawyers. Although I know you are all innocent, but once he gets sick, People are irrational."
Lumao's words don't seem to be fake, but it doesn't make sense.
"impossible… "
Just as Qi Xi was about to continue asking, Gu Yan interrupted her. He glanced at Lumao and asked, "The lawyer you met back then, didn't you meet in the legal aid center?"
Lumao was a little confused: "It's at the door, is there any difference? Wearing a suit and tie, he immediately asked me and my brother if we needed legal aid, and invited us to the coffee shop next door to have a drink and talk. He handed us the business card immediately, and the name on the business card is indeed a lawyer from the Legal Aid Center."
Gu Yan only asked one sentence, but Qi Xi was not stupid, he could understand it almost immediately.
What Lu Mao and his brother encountered were probably professional scammers pretending to be legal aid lawyers. These scammers often dressed up in suits and leather shoes to look like successful lawyers, and then they were prone to encounter urgent medical needs in legal aid centers, courts, or even police stations. The place where the client or the client's family members provide legal services often takes advantage of the client's eagerness to imply that they can handle the court, etc., exaggerate the effect of rights protection or agency, figure out the client's mentality, and prescribe the right medicine, claiming that they can handle the client's urgent need.
Gu Yan asked Lu Mao a few more details, and Lu Mao's answer was exactly what Qi Xi thought.
Qi Xi understood now: "You have met a liar, you are not a real practicing lawyer, your business card is just a forgery, and the name on the business card is even a pseudonym, so you take that business card to complain, the Lawyers Association and the Judiciary Only the bureaus including the Legal Aid Center will not accept it, because there is no such person in the investigation."
Gu Yan waited for Qi Xi to finish speaking, and then took a look at Lu Mao: "Go back and explain to your brother carefully, and ask him not to harass the legal aid center to attack the duty lawyer here next time, the lawyer is not as bad as he thought. "
After Gu Yan and Qi Xi explained in detail, Lumao showed a sudden realization expression, but soon, his mood became depressed: "My brother and I haven't studied much. After my brother's accident, I The same thing happened to my mother again, and I didn't go to school anymore. My grades weren't that good, and I'm stupid. Even if we went to the Lawyers Association and the Justice Bureau, we couldn't explain the ins and outs of the matter. If you didn't explain it like this , I still feel that the other party has a lot of connections, so your lawyer association is protecting him... "
Probably I am engaged in this profession myself, and I have a sense of honor in this profession. When Gu Yan heard this, his face was a little ugly.
Then he suddenly took Qixi's hand and stretched it out in front of Lu Mao: "Look for yourself, why did your brother attack her? Apart from being a lawyer, she is just an ordinary girl. Men rely on angering others to resolve their own incompetence. What kind of man is he?"
Lumao's face was also a little embarrassed, and he looked at Qi Xi with a blushing face: "I'm sorry, but my brother was really... hey..." He said this, and stuffed the burn ointment into Qi Xi's hand, "Lawyer, You take it, just treat it as an apology for you. I, I still have to work, so I'm leaving first. "
After Lumao finished speaking, he put on his hat and mask again, checked the time, and ran away in a hurry.
After Lu Mao left, Qi Xi remembered to thank Gu Yan: "Thanks to you, otherwise I would have been scared to death." She didn't know why she felt a little nervous and flustered, "But why are you here?"
Gu Yan coughed, looked away, and regained his natural composure: "Oh, I happened to be passing by on business."
At this time, there were no pedestrians on the surrounding roads, only Qi Xi and Gu Yan were walking left and right, the wind occasionally blew, and the leaves also made rustling sounds following the rhythm of the wind, which made people elusive. The rhythm, looking forward to and fearing the next moment when the wind blows.
"Don't you have a duty subsidy? Anyway, I'm nearby, and I happened to come to the Legal Aid Center to have a look." Gu Yan's voice was a little scattered by the wind, "I sent you the legal aid notice last night, you read it ?"
"Well, I read it."
The throbbing feeling in Qi Xi's heart that he knew it shouldn't but was uncontrollable came again.
Gu Yan pursed his lower lip: "I've been writing for a long time."
He added: "Normally there should be a consulting fee."
?
Qi Xi was a little speechless.
Just as she was about to speak, she heard Gu Yan take it for granted: "You don't have to ask for the consulting fee, just treat me to a meal."