I'm fishing for you

When Xie Yueye rushed up, Qi Yuchi had already called the police by the side, because it was in the town, the police rushed over quickly.

Liu Changhong did not completely lose consciousness. In fact, he was fine, but the alcohol attack made him groggy.

Xie Yueye squatted in the corner and smoked a cigarette, then touched Qi Yuchi's calf with downcast eyes.

"What's wrong?" Qi Yuchi also squatted down.

Xie Yueye didn't speak, just held his forearm and turned him around.

Qi Yuchi was wearing dark clothes, and it was impossible to tell if he was injured from the outside. Xie Yueye pulled down his neckline, and the friction between the clothes and his skin made Qi Yuchi hiss again.

Xie Yueye stopped, hooked his body and looked in from the neckline.

It's getting dark now, and the only light here is not very bright, and it's dark for a while, so I can't see anything.

"Maybe the skin is broken, it hurts even if it doesn't bleed much." Qi Yuchi said with her head buried.

A part of the back of his neck is bent, and the curvature is quite beautiful, and it is white under such lighting.The back under the clothes is also beautiful, with a thin layer of muscle covering the bones.

"Then we'll see when we go back." Xie Yueye put down his collar, straightened his clothes again, and put his hand on the back of his neck.

"What about you?" Qi Yuchi tilted his head slightly, "Are you injured? How about we go check it out first?"

"I'm fine, I'm not injured." Xie Yueye said.

"I don't believe it." Qi Yuchi pushed his elbows back and let go of his hands. When he stood up, his legs were a little numb. Qi Yuchi stomped his feet, then bent down, and covered Xie Yueye's head with his hands on the left and right sides of his head.

There was no injury on his face, Qi Yuchi touched it twice and asked him if it hurt.

Xie Yueye smiled and said it didn't hurt, it was really fine.

After being quiet for half a second, Qi Yuchi hooked his body and pulled Xie Yueye's collar to look up, down, left, and right.

During the fight just now, Liu Changhong held him down and hit him. It was too chaotic and Qi Yuchi didn't see it clearly, so he thought it must have been hit.

The collar was about to be pulled off by Qi Yuchi, Xie Yueye glanced at the people around him, and grabbed Qi Yuchi's hand.

"Do you want to go back and show it to you? There are really a lot of people here."

"Damn." Qi Yuchi let go of his hand instantly, looked around, blocked Xie Yueye with his body, straightened his neckline, and covered his neck with his palm for a while, "Okay."

After the police cleaned up the scene, Kang Shaoan and other senior brothers and sisters also arrived. Xie Yueye stood up and put out the cigarette butt, walked up and bowed his head, and called out to the teacher.

Kang Shaoan just hummed, but didn't say anything.

Qi Yuchi glanced worriedly, and poked Xie Yueye's back, only then did Xie Yueye turn around and shake his head at him.

It means nothing.

It was almost ten o'clock when he went back after completing the notes, and when he arrived at the guest house and was about to go upstairs, Kang Shaoan called out to thank Yueye.

"Come with me."

Qi Yuchi stood on the stairs and looked at the two of them, Xie Yueye pushed his hand down when he left, and said, "Check your injuries after taking a shower."

Such a long time made Qi Yuchi very tired, after tidying up, he pulled the pillow and leaned against the bed, not wanting to do anything.

The pain in his back got up again, but Qi Yuchi didn't care about it, he grabbed the quilt with his hands and shook it.

After a while, footsteps sounded outside, and Qi Yuchi knew it was Xie Yueye.

He opened the door and came in, still holding a can of medicine in his hand.

"The doctor from the village health center came here just now. I checked and there is nothing wrong. I asked the doctor to get you medicine." Xie Yueye sat down by the bed, folded one leg and put it on the bed. "Get up, let me take a look first." .”

Qi Yuchi didn't speak, knelt on the bed sheet and crawled towards him, then sat down with her back.

Xie Yueye was so obedient that he was not used to it.

Xie Yueye lifted Qi Yuchi's loose pajamas with one hand, pulled the hem to the top, and wrapped it around his collar, exposing Qi Yuchi's entire back.

There is no visible injury on the back, but you have to look closely under the lamp to find some small blood spots and scratched skin.

When Xie Yueye unscrewed the lid of the bottle of medicine, his clothes fell off, and Qi Yuchi grabbed it by the back of his neck with his backhand.

The ointment was white, Xie Yueye squeezed it on a cotton swab and applied it to him.

Although the ice and cold are very comfortable, but Qi Yuchi has never been touched on the back like this, and he is still a little unaccustomed to it.

At the very beginning, his body was tense, the thin layer of muscles on his back was obvious, and the outline of his shoulder blades also stood up.

"It's a bit cold..." Qi Yuchi said softly.

"Well," Xie Yueye felt it, "it's a little bit, I also took a can of green grass ointment, saying that this can wipe your mosquito bag."

"Oh..." Qi Yuchi responded.

After the back was done, Xie Yueye packed his things, Qi Yuchi was about to let go, Xie Yueye raised his wrist with a hey sound.

"Let it hang for a while, I'll get a clip."

There was a rustling sound behind him, Qi Yuchi only turned halfway to the side, squinting his eyes.

The clip Xie Yueye was looking for was the kind they usually use to hold files. After using it, Qi Yuchi laughed, put his hand down and propped it in front of him, making himself sit more comfortably.

"I finally laughed." Xie Yueye threw the jar of green herb paste over, "I've been thinking about how to tease you after I got back."

Qi Yuchi dug over the jar, stepped on the sheet and rolled up his trousers.

He buried his head in painting himself, and his voice was muffled, "What did the professor say?"

Xie Yueye shook his head, "I didn't say anything."

Qi Yuchi didn't believe it, stopped his movements, and looked up at him: "You lied to me."

"No," Xie Yueye inserted his fingers into his hair and stroked it twice, "That means I should not be too impulsive in the future, and be more measured in my actions."

Qi Yuchi hummed, finished applying the medicine, screwed off the lid and put it back on the bedside table.

No one spoke in the room, Qi Yuchi sat back.

Xie Yueye's hand was propped on the bed, and Qi Yuchi touched it.

"It happened to me when I was little."

Xie Yueye turned over his hand, grabbed his fingertips, and paused.

"what?"

"It's not too small," Qi Yuchi asked him to hold back, "Maybe I just entered junior high school, I kind of forgot, anyway, I went to visit a classmate of mine before, and his house is far away, when I went I met that kind of beating."

Xie Yueye looked down at Xiaoxuan on top of his hair, and hummed.

"It's just a group of little kids who might be older than me beating a kid who should be younger than me. They're all boys." Qi Yuchi said while thinking about the scene at that time.

In fact, it has been so many years, and his memory is somewhat blurred, but the fact of helplessness is really exciting.

Three to five, Qi Yuchi was just a junior high school student, and the beating people seemed to be high school students.

It's a pity that the Qi Yuchi they met was a tiger since he was a child. He picked up a long wooden stick that was broken off from the broom in the trash can next to him, and tremblingly dared to really rush up.

"So you went to help." Xie Yueye's words were not even in a questioning tone.

Qi Yuchi made a sound, and said a little embarrassedly: "I was young at that time, but I felt that I had grown up, you understand? There is always a sense of justice in the second year of middle school."

Hearing that Xie Yueye didn't say anything, he made amends for himself: "I know I was a little impulsive at the time, but I don't think they have anything in their hands, and the group of people should just scare him, and leave when they see me scolding a few words Oh, a younger brother is too pitiful..."

"Your brother?" Xie Yueye asked after hearing this.

"Yeah," Qi Yuchi blinked, "He used to sit by himself against the corner with his head down, I think he should not be taller than me."

The weather was bad that day, but it wasn't raining, it was cloudy.

When the child raised his eyes to look at Qi Yuchi, Qi Yuchi was startled, his forehead was covered with blood, and he just raised his hand to count it.

Qi Yuchi watched him stand up, he was as thin as a bamboo pole, and walked away without looking back.

"Afterwards, I went to the police station to take notes. I didn't think it was anything at the time, and I felt happy. All the things I dreamed in my mind before came true, but soon my parents came, and my mother was really good to me. , she was used to me since she was a child, she almost hit me that day, she cried so much, then she hugged me and said I was brave, she was proud of me." Qi Yuchi rested his chin on his knees, but raised his eyes to look at Xie Yueye .

"I suddenly understood what my mother was thinking just now." Qi Yuchi lowered his eyes again, "Really...we must keep some points in mind in the future. Although Liu Changhong struck first and was ruthless, he is a person who has drunk, and his hands are also If there is nothing, we can take Manman and leave first."

"I know you can fight, but being able to fight doesn't mean you won't get hurt."

Xie Yueye hummed.

Qi Yuchi sat down, shook off his hand, and raised his chin, "What's the matter with you? Just hum."

"I see," Xie Yueye whispered, "I was wrong, really, there will be no next time."

Qi Yuchi didn't say anything seriously, but she still felt a little embarrassed after speaking, so she waved her hand.

"Well, it's good that you know," Qi Yuchi rubbed his hair, and pressed his forehead against Xie Yueye's arm, "How will this matter be resolved?"

Xie Yueye bent his back, "Let's see if we can sue. If not, the Anti-Domestic Violence Law, the Public Security Punishment Law, the procuratorate, the court police, the women's federation, and the village committee will continue to take care of it."

After a while, Qi Yuchi hummed.

"I used to imagine how I would feel if I met someone who needed legal help in reality. I always thought that I would be very happy and excited because what I learned was finally useful. "

He said slowly, "But today... I feel that I have been taught a lesson. I think of a sentence I read before, that is to say, what judges and lawyers have in common is that they are engaged in legal work, and they will meet ordinary citizens. the most important and difficult moment of their lives.[1]”

"Now that I understand the sentence, my previous sense of awe was not enough."

Qi Yuchi moved a bit, tilted his head, and suddenly thought: "A legal person will die three times in his life. [2]"

He knew that Xie Yueye must also know this proverb.

"Brother, have you ever died?"

Xie Yueye lowered his eyes, and slowly uttered two words from his thin lips: "I have died."

The eyes of the two met and looked at each other for a few seconds.

Qi Yuchi blinked first, suddenly didn't want to talk about this topic, shook his head, raised his hand to touch Xie Yueye's eyebrows, and said softly, "So that's how it feels."

He retracted his feet, squatted on the bed and touched the broken side with his fingertips. It was actually separated by a very faint scar.

Some things seemed to be right in front of him, but Qi Yuchi didn't ask, just tilted his head, and followed his fingertips to look at him slowly.

Xie Yueye didn't avoid his eyes, there was nothing to hide, but the more Qi Yuchi looked at it, the more uncomfortable he became.

This is a silent but tacit sadness.

Qi Yuchi's fingers were still touching his eyebrows, and the part of his wrist was leaning against his face. Xie Yueye suddenly lowered his eyes and moved closer, raised his hand to hold his forearm, and his lips almost touched Qi Yuchi's thin wrist.

So startled, Qi Yuchi covered his face with trembling fingers.

Xie Yueye just sniffed lightly, and breathed out in his throat, "You smell like oranges."

"Oh, let's just talk about this?" Qi Yuchi hooked his fingers and stroked his short hair, "Then how much do you smell? I usually like to use orange-flavored laundry detergent and orange-flavored shower gel."

Xie Yueye closed his eyes, this time he really laughed.

He sat up straight with a push on his hands, and opened the distance between the two of them again.

Qi Yuchi also fell back, Xie Yueye stood up and sat on his bed, pressed the switch on the wall, and turned off the lights in the room.

"Are you asleep?" Qi Yuchi asked.

"Yeah." Xie Yueye lifted the quilt and lay down, facing Qi Yuchi.

While talking about going to sleep, Qi Yuchi was not very sure.

Liu Changhong and Zhang Lianqing first appeared in his mind, then Xie Yueye's appearance of losing control appeared, and finally he went back and forth to those two words that Xie Yueye said.

"Dead."

The next day they went to see Manman first, and the child was waiting for them in the teacher's office.

Qi Yuchi checked the wound on his body first, and asked if he was all right, he nodded his head, hesitating again.

"What do you want to ask?" Qi Yuchi looked at him, "Tell me."

"What will happen to my parents?" Man Man asked.

Qi Yuchi stroked his hair, "You don't want Dad to beat Mom all the time, do you?"

Full nod.

"We're protecting you, do you believe it?"

Full blinked.

His skin was a little tanned by the sun, and he was wearing a school uniform with the name of the school printed on his left chest.

He often has wounds on his hands, and his fingertips are rough. He can run fast and help the family with most of the work. He knows how to protect his family and can judge right from wrong.

But he was only ten years old, and he seemed to have already shouldered an established destiny.

Qi Yuchi never thought about what he could hear from Manman, but Manman looked at him and asked seriously, "Brother, are you a student too?"

"Yes, I'm a college student." Qi Yuchi said.

"Can I go to college too?" Man Man grabbed the hem of his clothes, a boy of his age could not stand upright, his body was shaking a little, his head was lowered, but his eyes were looking up.

"Of course you can, as long as you study hard," Qi Yuchi tugged the collar of his school uniform for him.

"Were you scared last night?" Xie Yueye asked.

Manman scratched his hair, looked at them with tangled eyes, then stared at the ground under his feet, and shook his head.

After a moment he shrugged his shoulders and raised his hand to rub his eyelids.

"I, I..." Manman's voice was trembling when he spoke, his voice was very childish, at the stage where he couldn't control his tone, it was crisp.

Qi Yuchi fumbled all over his body but couldn't find a tissue, so he took one from Xie Yueye, raised his head and looked at them, wanted to speak but was choked in his throat, and finally just mouthed.

"I am afraid."

Qi Yuchi's nose suddenly became sore, and he held his shoulder and patted him continuously.

"It's okay. After we leave, other uncles and aunts will take care of you. You won't be beaten again in the future, and I believe you are growing up quickly."

He was sobbing and nodded repeatedly, his eyebrows, nose and eyes were wrinkled, but he sucked his nose vigorously to stretch his facial features.

"I won't cry," I tried to laugh with tears streaming down my face, hiccupping and hiccupping again and again, "I will, protect myself, and my mother..."

By the time we walked out of the school, the street was already bustling with activity, the sun had fully risen, and the newborn light was streaming down the street.

Qi Yuchi threw a candy to Xie Yueye, it was still orange flavored.

He peeled it off first, put it in his mouth and kept it in his mouth. He didn't speak very clearly, "It's a bit sweet and sour... Hey, I almost cried sourly just now."

Xie Yueye stopped and looked sideways at Qi Yuchi, with one hand in his trouser pocket and the other slightly open.

Qi Yuchi smiled, and leaned forward to hug Xie Yueye, and Xie Yueye's hand also turned to embrace him.

Looking at the long and narrow street, Xie Yueye tilted his head and touched the hair above his ear.

"Let's not be sad."

The author says:

[1] Quoted from, [Japan] Akiyama Kenzo: "Why the Judge Wronged the Judgment", translated by Zeng Yuting and Wei Leijie, Law Press, 2019 edition, page 1

[2] A legal person will die three times in his life, quoted from the French proverb

A lawyer has to die three times in his life. The first time he realizes that the law he believes in does not represent justice, and then he is resurrected in his own justice.The second time, the individual part of him that serves his own self-interest dies, and the remaining part continues to exist in the interests of the group.For the third time, he denied the group, and once again his blood boiled for the individual in the group.