Butterflies Fly Over Winter

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In the dim light of the stairwell, they stood in silent confrontation, neither knowing who was the hunter and who was the prey.

Xi Ai, play a part in a scene with me.

As a businesswoman, I value profit. What is in it for me?

On New Year’s Eve, as snow fell over the water town, Chu Yiqi held a handful of fresh snow and whispered, Let’s break up, alright?

After a long silence, the only response was: Happy New Year.

Following the breakup, both became increasingly reckless. One fled abroad, nearly losing her life in a high-speed car race during a torrential downpour. The other went deep-sea diving, only returning to the surface at the final moment of suffocation.

I told you before—neither of us is normal.

Xi Ai, I want to see you.

In that moment, as if time and space had overlapped, Xi Ai left the banquet without a second thought. In the middle of the snow, she found Chu Yiqi.

Tilting her umbrella, she said, Let’s go. Let’s head back together.

Xi Ai, do you really hate me?

No.

Never. I have always loved you.

That day, during Truth or Dare… what was the question you really wanted to ask?

What I wanted to ask has never changed.

Then you see, why bother with a question that makes everyone unhappy?

No, Xi Ai. I am sorry. I love you.

In a glass greenhouse where no flower would ever wither before a butterfly, twenty lost years were finally reclaimed.

Is this my birthday present?

The other one is.

Xi Ai, I want to know the person you used to be.

Alright. You will see on your birthday.

If my answer today had been different, wouldn’t you have been unable to give me this necklace?

That wouldn’t have happened.

Raw Novel Name: 蝴蝶飛過冬天