Butterflies Fly Over Winter Chapter 15
byChapter 15 Swamp Fantasy
In fact, she is not very willing to recall the details of those interactions. She is never as unconcerned as some say, but she prefers to imagine the future.
Thinking about those things in the past, no matter how sweet they were, they were like dull knives, or a gentle swamp, sinking deeper and deeper.So after all, people still need fantasies and sweet dreams. Only by catching a glimpse of the sky can Chu Yiqi open his eyes and wait for the dawn.
But maybe it was because she met Xi Ai, the protagonist in her vague imagination, that the past that she had forced herself to ignore over and over again finally showed up again.
There were signs of such a burst, perhaps from the time when she unconsciously dropped her chopsticks into the red soup, or perhaps even earlier, when the special assistant lady handed her something with confidence.
So some waves caressed each other gently, and finally gathered into a tide, carrying memories irreversibly and overwhelmingly.
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It must be one of their late spring book signings. Xi Ai was sitting by the bed early in the morning picking out clothes, but Chu Yiqi quickly stood in front of Xi Ai, wearing an aqua blue satin cheongsam with some dark patterns embroidered on it, blocking Xi Ai’s view.
She picked out a shirt for Xi Ai, and took a tie from her JK suit to match.He put it next to Xi Ai and put his hand on Xi Ai’s shoulder.
“Don’t choose, just wear this.”
“Why?”
Chu Yiqi said: “It looks good.”
In fact, Chu Yiqi liked to see Xi Ai wearing more formal clothes.
Xi Ai smiled and did not expose Chu Yiqi’s thoughts. She hooked her arms around Chu Yiqi’s waist, kissed him briefly, and went to change clothes happily.
The shirt Chu Yiqi picked was navy blue. The silk material was very comfortable, and it looked very similar to the cheongsam.
So halfway through signing in, a younger sister, with their cotton doll hanging on her bag, asked directly: “That’s it, can you set up a scene with Xi Ai so I can take a photo?”
Chu Yiqi immediately turned to look at Xi Ai, who tilted her head and looked at her, and then the fan took out a picture.
The two couldn’t help but smile. Chu Yiqi stood up, and Xi Ai raised her head and looked into Chu Yiqi’s eyes.
At that moment, an unknown tacit understanding was reached.
“I want to do my final review!”
“Okay, Teacher Chu.”
So Xi Ai pretended to be harmless and innocent, even her eyes were a little misty.
Looking from Chu Yiqi’s perspective, Xi Ai’s skin was very white, and the line on her neck was very beautiful. However, no one knew at this time that under the cover of her shirt, there was a new tattoo on Xi Ai’s collarbone.
It was a butterfly, exactly the same as the one Xi Ai had drawn for Chu Yiqi before.
Further to the side, there was a bite mark that had just been added – but this was not Miss Xi’s fault.
Miss Xi just put on her clothes this morning, leaving two buttons “unfinished” to fasten. They were loose, showing off her collarbone and a tattoo.
Chu Yiqi stared at it for two seconds, then stood up and pushed Xi Ai’s hair to one side from behind. She put her hand on Xi Ai’s shoulder and brushed the butterfly with unknown meaning.After meeting Xi Ai’s uncomprehending look, she pursed her lips and lowered her head.
Xi Ai closed her eyes and didn’t resist. She just pinched Chu Yiqi’s waist.After struggling with Chu Yiqi’s slightly evil look for a few seconds, he finally chose to say in a very aggrieved tone: “It hurts so much, Teacher Chu…”
Chu Yiqi was still smiling and asked her: “What should I do? I’ll let you bite it back, okay?”
In this posture, Xi Ai kissed Teacher Chu until Chu Yiqi couldn’t use any strength and grasped Xi Ai’s collar loosely. Xi Ai stepped away and said with a smile: “I’m fine now.”
Chu Yi wished to look at Xi Ai for a second, then slowly buttoned Xi Ai’s buttons and tied a perfect tie.
Xi Ai gently put her hand on Chu Yiqi’s hand that was holding her tie. She noticed that Teacher Chu’s eyes were resting on her shoulder, and she smiled and brought Chu Yiqi back from his thoughts: “Is this okay?”
This question was asked by the fan girl, who nodded happily: “Okay, okay!”
So Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi sat down one after another.
“Do you know that, examination?”
Xi Ai’s pen tip stopped, then she raised it, and she and Chu Yiqi said almost in unison: “I don’t know.”
How could I not know? We obviously sat together and read the examination fanfic.
She didn’t hesitate, but asked them the only internal conflict question in CP Super Talk: “Then maybe if you have to choose one, should you just take it as a matter of course to review at the end of the semester?”
The two were silent for a moment.
Chu Yiqi chose the answer first: “Review at the end of the semester.”
So Xi Ai answered: “You must choose that certain period for final review.”
“Okay, okay, Dafang wins!”
So, thanks to this little sister, Xi Ai went back that night and leaned against the bedside, reading fan fiction while holding the oversized orange pillow. Then she raised her head and looked at Chu Yi: “Teacher Chu, do you know Examination?”
“I don’t know.” Chu Yiqi smiled and hung up the knitted cardigan, walked over, started from the bottom of the tie, went around it, and finally pulled Xi Ai closer.
Xi Ai put down her phone and looked up at Chu Yiqi cooperatively.So Chu Yiqi tilted his head and bit the side of Xi Ai’s neck.
Xi Ai hissed, laughed at last, took the tie away from Chu Yiqi’s hand, and squeezed Chu Yiqi’s waist.
“Perhaps we can discuss what to take on the exam?”
“Not very capable.”
Xi Ai said: “It’s okay. I’ll have a rest tomorrow and I won’t join the team until the day after tomorrow.”
So Chu Yiqi compromised and became accustomed to it, ignoring Xi Ai’s hand that fell on his ankle.
The next moment, a string of clear bells rang. Chu Yiqi was stunned, and then he felt a string of jade bells being hung on his ankles.
“…”
Chu Yiqi unbuttoned Xi Ai’s first button and said, “The exam didn’t mention this.”
“I changed the question.” Xi Ai was unreasonable.
Chu Yiqi originally just raised one leg to support the bed, but simply sat on Xi Ai’s lap, took Xi Ai’s hand, wrapped the silver tie around their hands, and took away the red string Xi Ai put by the window – another silver bell was strung on it, and Chu Yiqi hung it on the tie.
Xi Ai closed her eyes and waited for Chu Yiqi to finish all this and put his hand on her neck. He suddenly raised his tied hand, so Chu Yiqi put his hand next to Xi Ai’s ear and leaned down, rejecting the possibility of Xi Ai speaking.
Xi Ai raised her hand and took off the hairpin that she had picked out for Chu Yiqi this morning and put it up. The dark blue color gradually appearing from the end of her hair under the ink spread swept across Xi Ai’s neck, which made her feel a little itchy.
The hairpin is custom-made, with long tassels and butterflies chasing them, all scattered on Xi Ai’s fingertips.
Xi Ai raised her head in response when Chu Yiqi leaned forward again. After a long time, Chu Yiqi missed her by the slightest bit, and Xi Ai pressed the back of his neck again.
Chu Yiqi patted Xi Ai’s hair angrily and said, “You violated the law.”
Xi Ai responded with a smile: “Uh-huh.”
Then a bell rang, Xi Ai held Chu Yiqi’s waist, and the two of them switched positions.
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Da Fang Shengli is definitely fake, and Examination has accepted this fact, but he is still active in the “Final Review” CP super talk. At the moment, he is huddled in Shi Yunshan’s room supervising Shi Yunshan’s writing of lyrics.
Chu Yiqi was a little dizzy, but a hand grabbed his wrist, and Chu Yiqi could distinguish memories from reality.
[Hey, hey, are you on the hook now?]
[No, no, no, where are you, with your fingers intertwined?!!]
When she regained consciousness, Yu Nianxi had already walked down. When Xi Ai saw Yu Nianxi, she remembered something she had just known for a while.But when he saw Yu Nianxi holding a selfie stick, he could only move back slowly.
So Xi Ai chose to disturb Chu Yiqi.
Xi Ai glanced around and suddenly said: Maybe, Teacher Chu, you want to listen to “Swan”——”
Chu Yiqi looked at Xi Ai and didn’t say yes, but he didn’t refuse either.
“Stop cheating our dear baby.”But Yu Nianxi’s eyes changed – Chu Yiqi didn’t mean to mind at all.
And Chu Yiqi hesitated for a moment, looked at Xi Ai, suddenly smiled, and asked Xi Ai the question: Teacher Xi, “Swan” is suitable for piano ensemble, can you play it?”
As if on purpose, Chu Yiqi glanced at Xi Ai’s arm, paused briefly, and finally looked directly into Xi Ai’s eyes.
She actually has selfish motives. She wants to complete this long-overdue ensemble with Xi Ai.
Perhaps as Su Luojian said, when Xi Ai’s contract expires, she really can’t tell what will happen in the future, so she always wants to leave something behind.
Before she could decide what she wanted to do, she had already started to prepare memories for herself.
Chu Yiqi’s selfishness matched Xi Ai’s idea: Xi Ai deliberately picked out “Swan” among a bunch of violins.
Speaking of which, For 8 is actually very complementary. Everyone knows something, but there is basically no overlap. Even if it is just singing, the comfort zone has nothing to do with it.
——So it was once ridiculed that it seemed like there were no overlapping ecological niches, but it turned out to be exceptionally harmonious.
Yu Nianxi was particularly happy to see these two people in the same frame.
Especially when something happened to Yu Qinglin the year before last, I always felt regretful, so I hoped that Chu Yi would come back soon, so that he and Xi Ai wouldn’t be in a constant stalemate. It was better to be friends than to torture each other when they were in love.
Xi Ai sat down in front of the piano, and the cuffs of her shirt were folded up again. Chu Yiqi suddenly noticed the pair of cufflinks when Xi Ai rolled up the cuffs.
——A pair of pink butterflies with purple tips on their wings.
It seems to be a limited edition jewelry set last year.
Chu Yiqi also received it, and Nadia said at the time that it was a belated birthday gift.In fact, that day was the day when she and Xi Ai were together.
Chu Yiqi blinked, his eyes moved away as if trying to hide something, and finally landed on Xi Ai’s loose hair.
After a moment of silence, she stood up and took out a hairpin.
Xi Ai stared at her and recognized the hairpin as a Phalaenopsis.
She had seen it before.
——It was one of Chu Yiqi’s concerts. She was in a somewhat off-center position and didn’t see it clearly at the time. It wasn’t until the next day that someone took the picture and started looking for the same style, but there was no result.
Xi Ai could only ask Nadia insinuatingly.
Nadia was unhappy, but quickly told her that Chu Yiqi had customized it himself.
Chu Yiqi answered casually at the time: “I just like Phalaenopsis more, so I asked someone to make a pair.” Because it was given to her by Xi Ai, and it was the only pink plant they kept at home.
Chu Yiqi didn’t mention it. He wandered around the market over and over again, and finally found a beautiful purple jade stone, which gradually changed into a greenish spring color.Then she drew the drawings herself and went to revise them with her master.After observing the first hairpin, I started to complete the remaining half.
Naturally, Nadia didn’t notice the calluses and slightly red and scabbed wounds on Chu Yiqi’s hands, so Miss Xi failed to get the same style she was longing for, so she had to stop.
But Chu Yiqi never used the one he made later, he just kept it with him.
She wanted to leave it to Xi Ai, although she might not be able to give it away.
It just so happened that the current scene was very suitable for sending this hairpin to Xi Ai in an unclear manner.
The worst thing is that she can see Xi Ai wearing it, which is considered a kind of perfection.Some regrets can be considered to be made up for.
But other than that, she had some other plans – as a matter of fact, Xi Ai’s loose hair did not affect her ability to play the piano, but from Chu Yiqi’s perspective, Xi Ai’s profile could not be seen.
If she couldn’t see this person’s face in a rare ensemble, then she would rather she hadn’t mentioned this choice, at least she wouldn’t have a new regret.
Maybe people are greedy and always want everything to go smoothly.If the dream cannot be realized perfectly, it will definitely become a new obsession that cannot be obtained.