Butterflies Fly Over Winter Chapter 43
byChapter 43 Before and After
There were very few people at the foot of the mountain early in the morning, so the six of them boldly pulled off their masks and got together to divide Nie Chuiying’s snack bag.
“Hey, hey, no one is allowed to touch my matcha!” Nie Chuiying had just finished instilling eye drops, leaning against Shi Yunshan, pulling down her sunhat to cover her eyes.
Shi Yunshan pushed her and said, “Are you really not going to get up? Your lime-flavored potato chips are about to be taken away by Yu Nianxi.”
After saying this, Nie Chuiying quickly opened her eyes and stood up straight. She reached out to take back her lime potato chips, closed her eyes again, and then stayed quiet for a while. After fumbling for a long time, she brought a honey butter flavored one to Yu Nianxi: “You’re welcome.”
“Okay.”
On the other hand, Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi were much quieter. Chu Yiqi put his sunhat on Xi Ai’s head and stopped talking.
Xi Ai smiled and continued to bite the straw with her head lowered.
Xi Ai originally planned to make some coffee early in the morning, but when she came back from looking for her own black coffee, she found that her cup had been filled with cold brew tea.
Chu Yiqi, who had done all this, hid his merit and fame, leaned on the low sofa and drank milk silently, and had his hands free to stir the honey water.
Xi Ai slightly raised the tip of her nose, feeling like osmanthus honey today.
Xi Ai said: “Teacher Xiao Chu is really the best person in the world.”
“Hmph.” Chu Yiqi was noncommittal. He stood up and put the cup in place before thinking about the wording of his answer. “Hurry up and write an 800-word article to praise Chu Yiqi from multiple angles and aspects.”
Xi Ai smiled and said, “Can you please be kind to your fans?”
Another boomerang hit him.
Chu Yiqi stopped talking.
In fact, this habit started when they lived together a long time ago.
Originally, Xi Ai would grind coffee aside from time to time when working at night. Chu Yiqi always felt that Xi Ai could not be like this all the time, so he would always take Xi Ai’s coffee and make it into a cup of sour plum soup or brown sugar ginger tea while he was writing and drawing next to Xi Ai.
When Xi Ai took her first sip and reacted, she would pause subtly, and then raise her eyes to look at Chu Yiqi. Chu Yiqi remained calm and continued to revise the unfinished song with his head down and his headphones on.
Just the slight curvature of the corners of her lips and the look in her eyes that couldn’t help but want to peek at Xi Ai’s reaction would give her away.
Xi Ai always smiled at first, and then leaned in to kiss Chu Zhizhi, bringing with it the lingering smell of sour plum soup or sweetness.
A very comfortable kiss, just a taste of it.
As for what happens after Xi Ai finishes her work, that will happen later.
Later, Xi Ai got used to it, but Chu Yiqi always came over to kiss Xi Ai after she took her first sip, and even asked Xi Ai if she enjoyed her drink today.
Miss Xi was very good at following Chu Yiqi’s wishes, often covering Chu Yiqi’s eyes, and then leaning in again to kiss him.
Like a secret agreement.
After Xi Ai bit the straw, she went to see Chu Yiqi again. Finally, she handed a sun protection jacket to Chu Yiqi and said: It might get a little hot later, so you can change to this.
Chu Yiqi looked at Xi Ai’s ice sleeves, took it, and said, “You’re welcome.”
“What am I thanking for?” Xi Ai couldn’t help but chuckle and pulled up the brim of her hat a little.
Chu Yiqi answered openly and without any pressure: “I brought you a piece of clothing.”
“You make it sound like this is my only purpose.”
“Okay, thank you, Teacher Xi.”
“You’re welcome.”
Su Luojian took care of his wheat one last time and said, “You can go, kids.”
Xi Ai started to cover Mai and Chu again in order to whisper: “Tell me, who is wearing a shirt while climbing a mountain?”
Chu Yiqi lowered his eyes and ignored Xi Ai’s hand that came over to touch his hawthorn stick. He just glanced at Shi Yunshan and Nie Chuiying again, then covered his head and said, “I don’t know. Anyway, I won’t wear my roommate’s shirt.”
Nie Chuiying’s clothes were casually dressed today, but the embroidered shirt looked like Shi Yunshan’s style.
——In fact, it is the same, but I haven’t worn it in public.
As soon as her eyes changed, Xi Ai smiled belatedly, but didn’t say anything.
Chu Yiqi understood it somehow.
Xi Ai smiled clearly because she said, “I won’t wear my roommate’s shirt anyway.”
One day, Chu Yiqi picked out Xi Ai’s suit to use.And I spent a long time in the cloakroom choosing the best-looking outfit.
And finally he shouted to Xi Ai who was choosing an event skirt: “Can you tell me how old Xi Ai is and how many pink suits she bought?”
“Eighteen-year-old Xi Ai’s coming-of-age ceremony.”
Coincidentally, that day was the day they went to Yu Nianxi’s graduation ceremony.
It’s so similar that they once stood side by side like this, and their figures overlapped in the end.
Chu Yiqi coughed slightly and did not take the initiative to talk to Xi Ai, so such a secret was only known to you and me, and no one mentioned it.
“Oops!” Chu Yiqi took a few steps back. After Xi Ai tied her shoelaces, she saw the monkey in the middle of the road not far ahead. It tilted its head and looked here.
Caught off guard, Chu Yi hoped to change his gaze and look at the small bag of peanuts in his hand, and then tilted his head to look at it as well.
Chu Yiqi had a bright smile in his eyes and said, “Hey, do you want to eat too? If you say you want it, I will give it to you.”
“You’re a little too much.” Xi Ai stood aside and turned to ask the people accompanying her, “Can I feed you?”
Yu Nianxi was bolder than them, so she answered as she walked to the roadside: “Actually, our local area calls this toll.”
Yu Nianxi opened the lid of a box of pure milk and put it aside, then quickly returned it.
The more Chu Yiqi thought about it, the more he felt that he was in a difficult position, so he carefully looked at the white one, separated out a small half and put it on the roadside, so that Nian tide was even more anxious when he retreated.
He came back and stood next to Xi Ai, letting Xi Ai block most of him, bending down and staring at the food.
Xi Ai kept Chu Yiqi behind and said, “Next, please enjoy Chu Yiqi’s observer diary.”
“Cosplaying with her teammate Xi Ai on the fence.” Chu Yiqi also laughed, so he straightened up and prepared to continue walking.
“I have a question.”
When Xi Ai heard that the source of the voice was Nie Chuiying, she thought of another word inexplicably – before and after.
It was so funny at the wrong time, Xi Ai covered it up after a short pause, and just touched Chu Yiqi. The latter understood and touched Xi Ai’s hand.
The next moment both people answered at the same time: “What’s wrong?”
“Why is Shiny always called Yi Qi by his full name or Teacher Chu? Why is he so unsociable?”
Really, it’s not important or serious to ask a fangirl.
When I asked, it was all “allusions”.
Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi actually discussed this matter and reached a consensus——
During the rainy season in Beicheng, one is always caught off guard by a heavy rain, and the raindrops seem to be mixed with ice.Xi Ai closed the window and prepared to come back and continue changing her words with Chu Yizhi.
Xi Ai had just sat down when she heard Chu Yiqi say again: “Classmate Xiaoai.”
Then at the next moment, two voices sounded in Chu Yiqi’s ears at the same time, one coming from the left and the other coming from the person he was leaning against.
“I’m here.”
“What’s wrong?”
Then Chu Yiqi looked at Xi Ai, who stared at Chu Yiqi’s mobile phone with lowered eyes.
The atmosphere was quite awkward for a moment, and it was also extremely funny. The two of them looked away to avoid being unable to stop laughing.
I don’t know how long it took, and I can’t tell who started it. Maybe it was when Chu Yiqi finally thought he was mentally prepared and raised his head. The moment the two people looked at each other, they saw smiles in each other’s eyes, and they got out of hand.
Chu Yiqi picked up his phone, manually played the audio, and then said with a smile: “No, how did you come up with it? When did I ask you to call classmate Xiao Ai?”
“Then… there are always people shouting, and I’m also wondering why you suddenly called this!” Xi Ai felt so wronged.
“By the way, why have you never been called anything else?” Chu Yiqi sat cross-legged and turned sideways to look at Xi Ai.
Xi Ai held up her chin, looked into Chu Yiqi’s eyes, and said, “Why are you here?”
“I asked first.”
Xi Ai laughed and quickly compromised: “Okay, because… that’s not the complete you.”
It is enough to say this, they can understand what follows.
Because that’s not all you, I wouldn’t choose that title.
Because it’s you, even if it’s your name, I hope you’ll be careful and take it seriously.
Chu Yiqi’s eyes curled up and he said, “Then we see the same thing.”
As for the phrase “Mr. Chu” that comes up from time to time, it is a little “sentiment” derived from the beginning of the relationship between the two people.
The first time they were in the same group was like some kind of secret rivalry. Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi would both stay in the practice room for a long time after class.
There was no communication, but later on, they inexplicably changed from practicing separately to co-writing music in sync.
Xi Ai unconsciously patted her stomach, and Chu Yiqi saw it through the mirror. He didn’t say anything, but quietly put on a coat and left.
It wasn’t serious, and she just felt a little vaguely uncomfortable for a moment.
Chu Yiqi didn’t leave for long, and appeared at the door of the practice room again about ten minutes later.
Talking to Xi Ai was still lukewarm: “Eat something first, don’t look back and fall down with a stomachache and touch me.”!
Xi Ai was stunned, but the person at the door was staring at a very beautiful face. Standing under the light, Xi Ai suddenly remembered the performance she saw for the first time. Every move she made seemed like she had come out of a painting, which was completely different from what she saw in private.
“Thank you.”
“Why don’t you go to the rooftop, otherwise it will taste a bit stuffy later.”
So the two of them stayed on the rooftop for a long time. Chu Yiqi did not continue practicing, but when Xi Ai’s movements were not good enough, he would suddenly say: “Actually, we can make some adjustments.”
Then Chu Yiqi stood up again, touching Xi Ai’s wrist with his warm fingertips, and his breathing seemed to be entangled.
“What’s the next move, Teacher Xiao Chu?” Xi Ai asked this question out of nowhere, as if she was joking, but also as if she really didn’t remember.
Chu Yiqi walked up to Xi Ai in the hazy night and turned up the music for a few seconds.
Maybe the atmosphere was too good, so no matter how I think about it later, I will feel that Chu Yiqi in music is different, full of freedom and idealism, and the accompanying resilience is just right.
Such a title has changed from a joke at first to a certain kind of ambiguity between the two people.
Xi Ai thought about whether she could compromise her expression, but she still only answered Nie Chuiying in the end: “Because I am happy.”
Shi Yunshan also wanted to side with Nie Chuiying and said: “But you will also have duplicate words when calling others, why not Qiqi?”
“But why don’t you ask Chu Yiqi to ask Xi Ai every day, Teacher Xi?” Xi Ai threw the question to Chu Yiqi, waved her hands and stood aside.
Chu Yiqi’s eyes fell on Xi Ai without any weight. He moved away again and said, “Because I just like to be called Xi Ai like this.”
“What about Teacher Xi?”
“That…because everyone on the set calls me Teacher Xi.”
Chu Yiqi went to visit the class for the first time. She was hiding in the car eating cake when she heard someone calling outside.
“Where’s Teacher Xi?”
“The director is telling Teacher Xi a story.”
Chu Yiqi suddenly wanted to laugh. After hearing Xi Ai’s teacher Chu shout every day, he finally got a chance. So when Xi Ai finally came back to rest and took a sip of milk tea, Chu Yiqi smiled and said, “Teacher Xi Ai, you have drank my milk tea.”
Xi Ai was stunned, not knowing which one had a greater impact. Finally, Xi Ai silently took another cup of milk tea, then turned around and looked into Chu Yiqi’s smiling eyes, like sunlight scattered on broken ice.
“Why are you shouting too?”
“Can’t I shout?”