Butterflies Fly Over Winter Chapter 28
byChapter 28 Steamed or Boiled
As soon as the not-so-good memories surfaced, Chu Yiqi said, “It’s really not delicious.”
“Okay, I’ll put it aside then.”
Yu Nianxi asked jokingly: “Why don’t you ask me?”
“Don’t you want to eat?”
“That’s nonsense.”
Xi Ai didn’t want to pick it up anymore and said directly: “Okay, I’ll give it to you.”
“But,” Yu Nianxi blinked and said, “Can’t I have what you baked?”
Xi Ai also felt strange: “Why do you have it?”
“I hope to have it all.”
After Yu Nianxi finished speaking, she began to predict Xi Ai’s lines: Does she have any necessary connection with you?
Great sugar.
But Xi Ai said: “She didn’t get it last time either.”
“Why?”
“Can’t eat anymore.”
Chu Yiqi laughed, walked to the camera, and said in a “very low voice”: “Actually, Xi Ai’s barbecue skills were too poor and the food was burnt.”
The little bit stuck on it will be mushy in the end anyway, so just skip the intermediate process and save some face for Xi Ai.
It’s not a lie either.
Xi Ai turned around when she heard the sound: “I heard it!”
“It’s none of my business!”
“You slandered me, and you talked nonsense…”
Chu Yiqi shook his head and covered his ears: “If you don’t want to listen, you are the bastard chanting sutras. If you don’t listen, you are the bastard.”
“Can’t this be broadcast?” Yu Nianxi spoke to the camera sister in a low voice.
The camera sister was also super quiet, but because she was so close, she could still hear the sound: “It should be okay.”
Xi Ai followed suit and covered her ears: “I can’t hear. My ears are charging.”
–
“Is it charged?”
The former Xi Ai appeared in front of her, leaning on the sofa with her knees bent and her hands covering the back of Chu Yiqi’s hands.
“It’s done, can I talk now?” Xi Ai smiled, picked up the bayberry soup, took a spoonful and handed it to Chu Yiqi.
“I don’t drink.”
“Really?”
Chu Yiqi: “It’s actually cooked.”
Xi Ai nodded, put down the porcelain bowl, and said, “Didn’t you hear this?”
“No, the electricity is leaking again, and I can’t hear it again.”
“Okay——”
Xi Ai stepped aside, took a sip of bayberry soup, and then leaned over.
It was a bayberry-flavored kiss, which was cold because it was mixed with ice.
–
Chu Yiqi looked at Xi Ai and finally remembered why this sentence was so familiar – Xi Ai was clearly copying his own lines.
“Don’t imitate my speech.”
“Oh.”
When Meng Yike came back, the five of them had just moved the stools and sat down. Yu Nianxi looked at Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi who were suddenly sitting apart for no reason, and turned around to wink at Meng Yike.
Meng Yike glanced around and saw that only Yu Nianxi was looking at her, so she looked at her and asked, “Did you have a fight?”
“No.”
Meng Yike shook his head and had to sit between Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi.Then I typed quietly while there was no video.
[Unable to wake up: What are you doing?It’s so natural to get along with each other during the day, but suddenly you react?]
[West Coast: That’s right. They felt so natural in the afternoon, although not that intimate.]
[Unable to wake up: Maomao spreads its hands.jpg]
Forget it, it would be nice to have a little contact.
It just looks like a split personality.
Xi Ai was holding her computer on the balcony, putting on headphones and replying to messages. She also put her phone down to open a can.
It was like a warning that she was going to stay up late.
The tipsy taste of Qingti is really the standard for working overtime, so it must be locked up.
Chu Yiqi glanced at him, and a strange emotion flashed in his eyes for a moment.
Bad habits are easily contagious, especially between people who are close to each other.
There was a time when Chu Yiqi’s work was quite intense, so when she looked at the night of country F through the floor-to-ceiling windows late at night, he suddenly remembered that there was once a person who always liked to sit in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, talking on the phone for work, or busy with something unfamiliar to her, and taking a sip from time to time to get tipsy.
The taste is very fixed, Xi Ai only drinks the green ones.
So Chu Yiqi would occasionally sit aside and take a sip, but she didn’t like drinking. She only had some bad habits with Xi Ai when she occasionally felt inspired to write songs.
Xi Ai looked up at her among the black and white. Chu Yiqi always had a strange magic power in wearing clothes that could make people feel much warmer.
She said: “If you don’t learn well, you have to drink some wine to refresh yourself.”
She spoke in a very calm tone, clearly not intending to really discuss the matter with Chu Yiqi.
Chu Yiqi wore half of his earphones and said to Xi Ai without raising his head, “Have a drink and enjoy yourself.”
“Hey, Teacher Chu, who hates wine and coffee, is still drinking.” Xi Ai smiled and passed a file.
Chu Yiqi finally raised his eyes from the music, leaned over and kissed the corner of Xi Ai’s lips, which smelled faintly of wine.
It’s green jasmine fragrance.
Later, Chu Yiqi stood up and went downstairs to buy a bottle of wine.
There wasn’t that kind of wine here, so Chu Yiqi stood in front of the shelf for a long time and finally saw a bottle of wine with a green flavor.
That day, Chu Yiqi fell asleep in front of the window, hugging the pillow she brought from China, with a thin blanket draped over her. In the traditional way, she pulled the blanket up to cover her belly while half asleep.
The smell of that pillow had long since become the same as that of Chu Yiqi, but tracing back to its origin, it was Xi Ai who gave it to her.
The two of them were in a shopping mall late at night, wearing masks and hats, fighting in front of a claw machine for more than half an hour. Xi Ai finally grabbed it and handed it to Chu Yiqi amid Chu Yiqi’s applause.Finally Chu Yiqi heard Xi Ai say: “Happy birthday.”
This was also the last sentence Chu Yiqi heard before falling asleep. It came from her own memory.
Chu Yiqi blinked and forced himself not to stare at Xi Ai’s hand.
She actually couldn’t remember what the wine she bought later tasted like, but it was different from this.
Very different.
A little too bitter.
Shi Yunshan happened to come in with a handful of flowers, and didn’t miss Chu Yiqi’s expression at all. She looked at Xi Ai again, and asked naturally and loudly: “Mr. Xiao Xi, don’t you have to stay up late today?”
Shi Yunshan was convinced that Chu Yiqi heard this sentence, and the subsequent playing was not important.
Xi Ai did not raise her head and said, “Don’t laugh, I have a connection tonight to discuss cooperation with your family.”
The implication is: If you mess with me again, I will file a complaint.
Shi Yunshan curled his lips and went to choose vases with Nie Chuiying.
We don’t know good people’s hearts. We all become soft-hearted every time. I want to give you a bad review!
Chu Yiqi paused at the door, then turned around and went to the refrigerator to take out a box of cut watermelon.
Xi Ai seemed to be talking to someone on the phone, so Chu Yiqi didn’t rush over. She took a fork and a bottle of sea salt-flavored yogurt.
After doing all this, Chu Yiqi felt a little disgusted with herself. People said it takes twenty days to form a habit, let alone twenty days. It had been two years, and she still remembered Xi Ai’s insignificant habits.For example, every time Xi Ai eats some barbecue hot pot, she will find some fruit to eat, and then after eating half of it, she will feel that she is short of yogurt.
She is obviously not a pampered young lady, but sometimes she is extremely picky.Perhaps it is precisely because there are not many such habits that it is particularly easy to remember.
Xi Ai hung up the phone, and Chu Yiqi walked over and put the yogurt and fruits on the table.Xi Ai said: “Thank you.”
Chu Yiqi shook his head and was about to leave, but Xi Ai grabbed his sleeve.
“What’s wrong?” Chu Yiqi was a little surprised, but still managed to stay calm.
“I just got a call from Nian Zhaoyi.” Xi Ai forked a piece of watermelon and handed it to Chu Yiqi. Everything was natural, but very awkward.
This action was not subconscious, but Xi Ai remembered that as the kind person who brought the watermelon, she should eat the first piece.
Chu Yiqi took it and took out another piece of paper to wipe his hands. Then he heard Xi Ai say: “Zhaoyi and the others will come back in a few days, and then… the old man said he wants to see you.”
Mr. Xi himself didn’t remember saying this, but he did like Chu Yiqi very much.
But it is a fact that Nian Zhaoyi and the others will be back soon and will have a gathering at home.
If it was half true and false, Chu Yiqi would not be suspicious.
To be honest, she did feel that she and Xi Ai were getting along without any embarrassment, and it seemed that there was no suitable position to meet the old man, but…
“So I’m asking if you are free?” Xi Ai raised her face to look at Chu Yiqi. This position was very confusing, almost making Chu Yiqi forget that Xi Ai was still a person with some white and black attributes.
Chu Yiqi only hesitated for a moment before answering Xi Ai: “Probably.”
Perhaps it was because she had had many accidents, and they were all very important matters, so every time she answered Xi Ai, she liked some unfamiliar words.
Xi Ai nodded and said, “I’ll tell her.”
“Okay, goodbye.” Chu Yiqi didn’t leave, then paused for a long time and said the second half of the sentence, “Don’t stay up too late.”
You should probably drink less alcohol.
Although this didn’t affect anything, Chu Yiqi just didn’t want Xi Ai to drink too much.
It’s funny to say that she is really a person who is lenient to herself but strict to others. It is obvious that she has not had a regular schedule in the past two years.
Including but not limited to trying spicy food even though they obviously can’t eat spicy food; or imitating Xi Ai’s example and pretending to be impeccable; or trying some wine from time to time, trying to find a familiar taste. Later, Nadia took her to a bar, and the bartender made a special drink for Chu Yiqi, and the taste was particularly similar.
So when Chu Yiqi felt a little depressed, he ran there, and then sat in a less crowded place and sipped wine bit by bit.
Of course, Chu Yiqi never thought that the person in front of him looking at him calmly would know all these things.
Even the tavern, the bartender, and the special drink that was not on the menu were all arranged by Xi Ai, with the joint help of Xi Yuchuan and Nadia – one was responsible for running the tavern, and the other was responsible for taking Chu to the destination.
What a great drama without anyone noticing.
Xi Ai watched Chu Yi wish to leave, and for no reason suddenly remembered when Nadia told her about this matter.
In fact, she didn’t pry too much into Chu Yiqi’s life, but Nadia suddenly felt strange that day because Chu Yiqi stopped in front of the wine rack while visiting the supermarket. After looking at it for a long time, he chose a bottle of green jasmine with a slightly higher alcohol content.
“I thought it was strange at the time. Didn’t she keep saying that she doesn’t like drinking? I thought something was wrong with her.”
Xi Ai felt moved, and then said to Nadia: “I may know the reason, and it’s probably fine.”
Then a few days later, Xi Ai suddenly sent a voice message to Nadia: “Please help me take Chu to the tavern owned by Xi Yuchuan. It’s not far from Huangyi. Xi Yuchuan will give you the location.”
Xi Ai gained six points from Nadia.
Not long after, Xi Ai received another follow-up comment from Nadia: “Wow, all the wine from Qiqi’s house is gone. Why doesn’t the bartender you hired give me the same drink? I’m giving you a bad review.”
Xi Ai followed the same method and gave her six points in return.
As for Chu Yiqi, class had just ended and she had just wrapped herself in the blue-pink gradient scarf. She had just taken one foot out of the school gate when she heard Nadia calling her.
“What’s wrong? What’s wrong?” Chu Yiqi trotted over, pulling on his scarf as he ran.
Nadia pretended to be mysterious: “I was socializing with them yesterday, and there was a bar. I tasted it and it tasted good. So… can a big star with a beautiful heart and a kind heart accompany me? I didn’t have a good meal yesterday.” Chu Yiqi happened to be fine that day, so he asked her: “Is it far?”
“I won’t come to drag you if you are far away.”
“Okay.”
Then that day Chu Yiqi sat on a high stool, sipping wine and not speaking for a long time.
Chu Yiqi didn’t have any expectations, so he told the bartender: “Just play with it as you like, just don’t make it too high.”
“Miss, do you like fruity food?” She spoke very standard English with no accent.
Chu Yiqi nodded subconsciously, completely responding to the drunken taste of the bottle.
When I got it, it was exactly the same.
She suddenly wanted to see Xi Ai very much.