Butterflies Fly Over Winter Chapter 63
byChapter 63 “Eternal Flower”
“If she can’t come out on her own initiative, no matter what I do, I won’t be able to get through.” Xi Ai’s eyes were blurred by the heat.
Her meaning was obvious: Chu Yiqi always had to take that step by himself, and this was a step she couldn’t take for Chu Yiqi.
As long as this step is taken, it is enough.Xi Ai emphasized to herself in her heart.
Mu now said nothing and had nothing to refute.
For literally an hour, the two of them talked about the general matters and were just waiting to hand over some details.
Then the two began to reminisce about old times.
After all, Mu is just going abroad to look after the branch, so Xi Ai doesn’t have to spend much time with her.
Mu Xin suddenly looked at his phone and said, “I suggest you check Weibo. There may be surprises.”
Xi Ai was doubtful, but she did see the push notification, just because she turned on mute, otherwise she would have seen it earlier than Mu Jin.
It’s Chu Yiqi’s Weibo.
Chu Yiqi posted a piece of music, which she named “Everlasting Flower”. It was incomplete, but Chu Yiqi added a video. Each frame was a clip of Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi’s unreleased travel and daily vlogs many years ago. No one appeared in the video.
Xi Ai was stunned when she saw the cover – she saw a bouquet of eternal flowers in the entrance, which were pink and had a few butterflies.
She could recognize that this was her own home only because of the few quicksand butterflies she had posted on the cabinet as decoration – and also because Chu Yiqi lived with her at that time, and the former liked butterflies very much, so the two of them went to DIY several butterflies and pasted them on the cabinet.
Xi Ai was silent for a while, but Mu now smiled and slowly opened the chat box with Chu Yiqi.
[I saw Xi Ai.]
Chu Yiqi replied quickly: [Isn’t she on a business trip?]
Mu Jin stiffened for a moment, then looked at Xi Ai, who was listening to music with headphones, so he replied: “Well, she was waiting for the plane. I came out to see her and said hello.”Feeling in a normal mood?]
Chu Yiqi looked at his phone, smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly, and replied: “Probably, do me a favor?”]
Mu now glanced at Xi Ai and quickly made a deal with Chu Yiqi.
What is a gold medal support, this is it.
Xi Ai listened for a while, and when she raised her head again, she heard the announcement, so she said with a smile: “Let’s go. Prepare for next year’s alumni meeting.”
“Be safe, big star.” Mu Xin looked at her with a smile.
Xi Ai waved her hand and walked slowly to check in the tickets.
Xi Ai was at an exchange meeting recently, but she never thought she would see Chu Yiqi here.
The latter was obviously surprised when he saw her, and then subconsciously turned his back and used the stairwell door to hide his figure.
It was clear that she came here just to see Xi Yuan, but at this moment she was trying to prevent Xi Yuan from noticing her.Or maybe she didn’t want Xi Yuan to see the embarrassment and gaffe at this moment.
Xi Yuan looked away, exchanged a few words with the people next to her in a low voice, and then asked her assistant to lead the collaborators into the venue first.
Out of the corner of his eye, Chu Yiqi noticed that the figure seemed to be coming over, and couldn’t help but close his eyes. He didn’t know why, but suddenly felt dizzy.
The woman in front of him quickly noticed the change in Chu Yiqi and continued to threaten: “If you don’t want those things to spread, just do as I ask.”
Chu Yiqi blinked and did not see Xi Yuan’s figure. He just thought that Xi Yuan was gone. For a moment, he couldn’t say that he should be happy, or he felt more disappointed.
She tried her best to keep her voice calm, just like when Xi Yuan stopped a bully for her many years ago.
“What’s going on? Do you have any evidence?” Chu Yiqi paused briefly and said, “It’s still like that year, a video that came out of nowhere.”
The woman’s face was a little yellow, especially when she spoke to Chu Yiqi with a fierce expression, which always reminded Chu Yiqi of the insults she had received time and time again.
Endless pain.
Chu Yiqi was trembling inexplicably, and he vaguely understood what she was going to say.
“Those local gangsters can’t do anything if they have money, let alone a place like a bar. Besides, you have a split personality…”
She laughed twice, and it was hard to tell whether it was ridicule or a different kind of persecution. It was particularly chilling in the cramped space of the stairwell.
“Is Miss Xi still willing to believe you now? I’ve told you before. If you want to climb a high tree, you have to look at people.”
“You are destined to be in the same world as me, and you will never be able to escape from it for the rest of your life.”
Chu Yiqi had been feeling dizzy for a long time, and it was even more difficult to support the weight of his body after he suddenly noticed the hem of his skirt flashing past behind him.
“You don’t deserve her.”
“Why are you pretending to be noble…”
The unkind comments I have heard from many people since I was a child are repeated over and over again in my ears. It becomes more and more confusing, and I can’t tell what they are talking about.
Chu Yiqi pressed his eyebrows and suddenly raised his hand for no reason. The sharp wind passed through his fingertips and fell on the side of the face opposite him, causing some pain in his palms.
Chu Yiqi didn’t recover, but he also remembered clearly that this was the first time he had fought back since he was a child.But the next moment her hair seemed to be pulled by someone, but her eyes were a little dizzy, and she seemed to see another person.
She saw Xi Yuan.
It must be an illusion.
But I really want to see her.
I don’t want to draw any boundaries with her anymore, not at all.
A chill ran across the side of her face, and Chu Yiqi couldn’t care less, but suddenly realized that what she saw seemed not to be an illusion, because she clearly felt that the person holding her let go, and another person caught her.
There is also some faint aroma, like the smell of mugwort leaves that were dried together with Xi Yuan during the Dragon Boat Festival that year.
Like Xi Yuan.
Chu Yiqi stared at Xi Yuan blankly. The tension he had felt when he faced his mother suddenly loosened, but it seemed that no adjustment was needed.
There were several security guards who followed Xi Yuan. Chu Yiqi couldn’t hear clearly what Xi Yuan said, but she saw that woman walking away reluctantly and turning back every step of the way.
Chu Yiqi still looked at Xi Yuan and said nothing.Just seeing the worry that couldn’t be concealed on Xi Yuan’s face, she suddenly wanted to laugh.It’s like grabbing straws after drowning. Even if you are not sure of the outcome, you are still happy.
After a long time, she could tell from the shape of Xi Yuan’s mouth that Xi Yuan was asking her if she had brought any medicine.
Chu Yiqi turned sideways, still leaning against Xi Yuan, took out a box of medicine and handed it to Xi Yuan.Xi Yuan read the instructions for a while, then put the medicine into her coat, then put on a mask and hat for Chu Yiqi, and walked directly upstairs with her arms in her arms.
The room was upstairs, but Chu Yiqi called Xi Yuan halfway through.
Xi Yuan looked at Chu Yiqi and answered as if accepting her fate.
“What’s wrong?”
Chu Yiqi calmed down a little, a little tired, but could hear Xi Yuan’s voice.
Chu Yiqi said: “I’m going to be exhausted.”
“It’s coming. It’s coming.”
Chu Yiqi refused to give up: “Why did you steal my medicine?”
Xi Yuan wanted to laugh: “Then ask Chu Yiqi why he drinks.”
“Fruit wine.”
“Red.”
“Wine is also fruit wine.”
“…”
Xi Yuan didn’t argue with Teacher Chu who was acting drunkenly. She waited until she entered the room and said, “I have to go to a meeting. Can you wait for me here, or do you want to leave?”
“Are you driving me away?”
Xi Ai was a little bit dumbfounded. It was obviously the person opposite who had regressed time and time again, but now he looked like a weak person. He couldn’t do anything about it, and he couldn’t say anything.
Xi Yuan was silent for a moment, but Chu Yiqi was unusually sensitive. He lowered his eyes and nodded before getting up.
Xi Yuan felt distressed and wanted to laugh at the same time. She pulled Chu Yizhu to sit back on the bed and said, “Come on, let’s have a good sleep.”
“Are you coming back?”
“Back to where?”
“Here.” Chu Yiqi pulled Xi Yuan and happened to stay close to his heart.The expression on his face was stubborn and serious, different from the avoidance and undercurrent in the past. It was hard to tell whether he was really drunk or slightly sober.
Xi Yuan took a breath, and then, like Chu Yiqi, made a pun: “If you are willing.”
“Then can you come back early?”
“Just do your best.”
In this meeting, Xi Yuan not only had necessary exchanges, but also chatted with her partners for a while.
“Is that your girlfriend?”
Xi Yuan raised her eyebrows: “Did you see it?”
Jing Wuhan smiled and said in a very polite tone: “Go back and change clothes. I saw you guys at the door.”
The two have actually been friends for a long time, and Mu is in the middle of this relationship, so Xi Yuan is not shy about it: “Yes, the relationship is very good, she is very, very good, and she loves me super! By the way, remember to keep it a secret.”
“I know, Queen Xi. Sign your name and I promise not to tell.”
“No problem.” Xi Yuan joked and brought the topic back to the meeting smoothly: “Are you going to sign the poster or sign it at the end of the contract?”
The two of them laughed and started discussing the terms of the official project.
A symposium was held from afternoon to seven o’clock in the evening. Xi Yuan arranged the dinner, and as soon as she came out, she saw a call from Chu Yiqi.
I couldn’t pick up the call because it was muted, but luckily it was only a few minutes ago.
Xi Yuan pulled back, and when Chu Yiqi spoke, there was a slight human voice beside her.
“Are you out?”
“Well, come out and go straight to the left.”
“Wait until I come.”
When Xi Yuan passed by, Chu Yiqi happened to come back, wearing a hat and a loose mask, and holding a bottle of low-alcohol jasmine in his hand.
Xi Yuan sighed, walked over, and took the bottle from Chu Yiqi without any explanation.
He must have been really drunk. When Chu Yiqi saw Xi Yuan, he reached out his hand. Without remembering that he was still a public figure, he hugged Xi Yuan and buried his head in Xi Yuan’s scarf.
“You came back so late.” Chu Yiqi’s voice was muffled, but he could still hear choking.
Xi Yuan sighed, straightened Chu Yiqi’s scarf, and said, “So you don’t plan to take medicine tomorrow?”
This made Chu Yiqi even more difficult to speak, as he was short of breath after crying.
“I’m already well, that’s why I came back to you. I don’t know why it happened suddenly.” Chu Yiqi raised his head, the tip of his nose was a little red, “But… I just want to see you.”
Xi Yuan raised her hand and responded to Chu Yiqi’s slightly unfamiliar hug.
Only when he was drunk could Chu Yiqi be able to talk a little bit about anything.
“I know, it’s okay.” Xi Yuan lowered her head and kissed Chu Yiqi’s forehead like she had done so many times before, and then to the end of her eyes, so the place where tears once flowed turned into love.
“You’ve never done anything wrong. I’m here, you saw me.”
“But if you want to leave, you avoid me.”
“Chu Yiqi.” Xi Yuan looked at her, held Chu Yiqi’s hand slowly, and walked back slowly. After a while, she answered the question again, “Today is fifteen.”
“Yeah.”
“Look up.”
Chu Yiqi raised his head. The moon was beautiful, but it was suddenly blocked by clouds.Chu Yiqi frowned and finally looked at Xi Yuan.
No one spoke as we walked back.
After a long time, Xi Yuan once again took another person’s hand to rest, but she remained half asleep until seven o’clock.
Xi Yuan turned the brightness of her phone to the lowest level before picking it up.
“It is recommended to observe Miss Chu’s condition for another day or two and be careful not to be irritated. It is still recommended to review it later.”
“OK.”
Xi Yuan turned her head and looked at Chu Yiqi again without waking her up.
Remembering that Chu Yiqi slept very well every time he got drunk, Xi Yuan got out of bed lightly and went to bring breakfast in.
Putting the sobering soup on the far side, he turned around and found that Chu Yiqi had already sat up. It seemed that he had been awake for a while.
Xi Yuan was obviously surprised, but Chu Yiqi just looked at Xi Yuan quietly, as if he was watching an unreal dream.
“When did you wake up?”
Chu Yiqi stood up, walked to the side with his slippers on, and said, “I’ll wake up as soon as you move.”
She originally thought that Xi Yuan would leave directly or leave a note, but Xi Yuan turned back again, so Chu Yiqi finally dared to open his eyes, but he didn’t want to make a sound.
She wanted to see Xi Yuan for a little longer, that’s all.