Butterflies Fly Over Winter Chapter 64
byChapter 64 Look up at me
Xi Yuan pulled out her chair and walked over to open the back curtain, letting in a little morning light.
Chu Yiqi was very self-conscious and picked up the hangover soup in front of him and sipped it slowly.
“你今天還是繼續出差？”
“I still have some things to do. It’s almost the end of the year and I’m quite busy. I don’t want to postpone it to the next year.”
楚以期點點頭：“要去哪嗎”
“得去一趟海城。”
“I’ll take you to the airport.”
席媛沒問楚以期來寧城乾嘛，兩個人也都很默契地沒提起昨天的對話，一個是酒勁一過就不敢這麽明目張膽，一個是刻意地避着。
Naughty and contradictory.
They obviously knew it well, but they still had to pretend to back down.
“給你傳了個文件，或許你官司能用得上。”
楚以期沒看，但是說：“謝謝。”
A few days later, Xi Ai rushed back to Beicheng early in the morning – today was the day when Chu Yiqi went to court.
但是席嫒沒去，甚至沒問，只是難得一次特別聽話跟着席老爺子一起去了場慈善晚宴。
——A “dinner party” starting at two or three o’clock in the afternoon.
席嫒沒喝酒，也沒人非要勸她酒，所以一直都端着杯果茶。
直到拍賣環節，席嫒在老爺子的盯視下，做出了唯一特別彰顯存在感的事——拍下了一條項鏈。
并且，席大小姐很理直氣壯地說：“我，自己，給錢。”
“Oh.” Mr. Xi snorted and said, “Who should I give it to?”
“What do you think?”
“Then it’ll be fine.”
Xi Ai smiled but said nothing.
楚以期那邊，下午其實就已經結束了，但不直到出于一種什麽心思吧，她在人走完之後，去了對面一家咖啡館坐着，直到有些晚了，她又出來。
——Because it’s snowing.
She looked at her phone. The latest message was from eight days ago, on the sixth day since she had not seen Xi Ai.
席嫒回了一句“我在寧市出差”。
于是楚以期當天就去找她了。
在席嫒走的前一天，說的話一字一句響在耳邊，逐漸重疊，變得聽不真切，可她又清楚地記得席嫒的每一個字，在哪裏有停頓，停頓了多久……
過了很久，楚以期更了條微博。
The moment she sent it, Xi Ai received a Weibo subscription notification.
She clicked on it and saw that it was a demo just like the one posted on Weibo every other day.
Today’s title is “Pink Sea”.
席嫒聽到開頭就想起來，這是她們在一起後兩個人好不容易湊出來三天休息，活動一完席嫒就趕緊跑着出來跟楚以期趕飛機。
For this reason, there was a photo shoot of a meal. At that time, Xi Ai, who was wearing a white dress, ran away with the hem of her skirt. There was no clear picture, but she had a good sense of light.
During those few days, Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi went to an unknown island. The timing was right. When they went diving, they saw patches of pink coral on the seabed.
During dinner, Xi Ai took out a necklace from somewhere. Coincidentally, it was a necklace embedded with pink crystals.
也是直到晚上躺下無所事事研究項鏈的時候，楚以期才注意到那也不完全是粉色，每一顆水晶的邊緣都漸變了一點藍色，很漂亮。
Like the pink coral I saw this day, melting into the deep blue sea.
Xi Ai regained her composure and heard the sentence “The crimson clouds are sinking to the bottom of the sea, and the peach snow is rushing towards the tide.”
“The silver butterfly flaps its wings.”
“能否遇見暖陽。”
Xi Ai looked at the lyrics posted by Chu Yiqi, and the next sentence should be “Maybe when the mountains and seas meet, you will come too.”
Xi Ai left the music off and looked at today’s hot searches.
The successful verdict announced in court is good news.
[I want to see you.]
When she received the news, Xi Ai was curled up in the corner of the charity dinner and scrolling through Weibo – the page stopped on the report about Chu Yiqi’s court trial.Planning how to slip away naturally and tactfully.
她很輕地勾了勾嘴角，沒回複楚以期，在人群裏找到了席老爺子，說了句：“我要去見我想見的人啦，再見喽。”
Under the car lights, every snowflake was clearly visible, falling slowly and accumulating in piles.
The moment Xi Ai stopped the car, she received a call from Chu Yiqi, but she didn’t answer it.It wasn’t until she ran over there with an umbrella and was about to walk to someone else that she picked up the phone.
“Xi Ai.”
Xi Ai calmed down and slowed down, looking like she was not in a hurry.
“Look up,” she said.
Xi Ai’s voice was very soft, but every word fell clearly on Chu Yiqi’s ears.
Chu Yiqi looked at the lighted road to one side. Xi Ai was wearing a black cheongsam and a white fox fur coat.Maybe it’s because the light behind it is particularly bright, so it’s very eye-catching in the white.
It was already night now. Chu Yiqi came out from the opposite side this afternoon and stayed here for a long time.
After thinking about it for a long time, I finally made up my mind and sent that message.只是更多更熱烈的話她說不出口了。
There is only one sentence that I want to say very much, and I can’t delay it for a moment.
Regardless of whether there is a response or not.
Just like when she and Xi Ai watched Aunt Feng’s cat winding a ball of wool, they didn’t know if there would be any results, but they were willing to give it a try.
Chu Yiqi suddenly remembered that many, many years ago in the afternoon, she had done the same thing, calling someone but not being picked up.It was that day that the people she was supposed to call mom and dad fell out.After that, Chu Yiqi didn’t like to call others. Time and time again, Xuehou walked back to the room alone with her bag on her back.
Only once, she forgot what she was sick about and felt very uncomfortable. She curled up beside the bed, hoping that her mother would answer the phone.
But no.
——But it’s different now. Chu Yiqi heard Xi Ai say: “Look up.”
事實證明，她賭對了。
Xi Ai stopped in front of her. The shadow of the black umbrella blocked the snow and some light, so Chu Yiqi could only see this person.
See very clearly.
She heard the man’s voice above her, but she always felt it was different from before: “Now you see it.”
Chu Yiqi looked at her, his eyes a little red.
It had only been a week, but she felt as if she hadn’t seen this person for a long, long time.
“Xi Ai.”
“Xi Ai…”
She called Xi Ai’s name stubbornly, hoping to get a response.
But the man in front of you said: “If you would rather build yourself into a snowman here, I won’t accompany you. You will easily die of cold.”
Half of Chu Yiqi’s face was huddled in her scarf, and her woolen coat covered almost her whole body. She was as quiet as a rabbit in the snow.
She saw Xi Ai changing her coat and holding it in one hand, and she seemed to sigh softly, but she couldn’t really hear it in the snow.
Xi Ai stretched out her hand, palm upward, and handed it to Chu Yiqi, saying, “Aren’t you leaving yet?”
Chu Yiqi blinked and slowly held Xi Ai’s hand. Without really using his strength, he stood up and walked to Xi Ai’s side.
“Where to go?”
Xi Ai said: “I don’t know.”
Even though he said that, Chu Yiqi still followed her step by step. His fingertips were curled up, but he still didn’t dare to take the initiative to hold Xi Ai’s hand.
No one spoke anymore, only the long series of footprints left behind and the slightly tilted umbrella handle in the shadow proved that they had walked side by side and walked out of here.
Xi Ai opened the passenger door and Chu Yiqi said “thank you” softly.
Xi Ai stepped aside, opened the car door, and closed the umbrella.
It’s just that no one noticed, or didn’t care—from the moment the car stopped, someone far away pressed the shutter button.
Xi Ai didn’t say anything the whole way. She drove the car to their former residence, stopped quietly and said, “Get out of the car?”
“You…” Chu Yiqi paused for a moment and said, “Aren’t you going up?”
Xi Ai seemed to be hesitating, and finally turned around and opened the car door.He unbuckled Chu Yiqi’s seat belt smoothly.
“Let’s go.”
In the darkness before he could turn on the lights, Chu Yiqi looked at Xi Ai’s silhouette, pursed his lips, deliberately stood in front of Xi Ai, and reached over her to press the switch.
Xi Ai leaned back slightly, and Chu Yiqi was stunned for a moment when he noticed this movement.
她其實很久沒有這麽慌亂過了。
——Even in court, she was quite calm.
Maybe she has been waiting for a long time, so she is calmer; or maybe she is just thinking that all this will end smoothly, and then she can go see that person, the person she has wanted to see for a long, long time, but has never dared to look directly at.
At this moment, my heart was beating very fast, as if I would fall from a tall building in the next moment.
或許從最開始她就沒選對吧……
In fact, at this moment, if Xi Ai’s reaction changed slightly, it would be like after a concert a long time ago.
It seemed to be such a snowy night – Counting on it, For 8 always has a concert in winter every year, and if you are lucky, you will catch the first snow.
It seemed to be a little late, so Chu Yiqi and Xi Ai returned to the villa.The two sneaked into Chu Yiqi’s room together.
It was Xi Ai who entered after him. He closed the door and turned around. Chu Yiqi hadn’t turned on the light yet and was reaching over Xi Ai to press the switch.
All the senses seemed to be amplified in the darkness, and the cold breath of another person spread on his face, which made him feel a little itchy.
Xi Ai was stunned for a moment, and then she laughed very softly. With a breathy voice, she took hold of Chu Yiqi’s wrist, pulled it in front of her, leaned forward, and nuzzled Chu Yiqi with the tip of her nose.
What followed was the faint intertwining of breaths in the moonlight…
As for this moment…
Chu Yiqi quickly withdrew and said, “What about that? You should rest early.”
Xi Ai nodded and said in a nonchalant manner: “You go to bed, I have to deal with some documents and look at the information.”
Chu Yiqi nodded and went to the master bedroom but still didn’t fall asleep. He sat up and looked at Xue for a long time, left a few lyrics in the memo, and stared at the light coming from the crack in the door for a long time.
After a long, long time, Xi Ai finally turned off the light, but there was no further movement. Chu Yiqi looked at his phone under the dim light of the desk lamp and saw Weibo hot searches.
The number one hot search spot is simple and clear, just five words——
“Xi Ai Chu looks forward to it”
Chu Yiqi clicked in and it was photographed when Xi Ai went to pick her up.She didn’t look at the separate pictures, but looked directly at the third group photo.
The composition of the photo is very good. The car lights in the distance are shining over. Xi Ai is surrounded by the light, which is slightly blurred. Chu Yiqi is sitting on the side. There seems to be a dividing line between the two people, demarcating the light and darkness.
The next scene showed Xi Ai standing in front of her, and she just looked up. Only the street lights were dim, and there was a piece of warm snow.
Then, Xi Ai stretched out her hand and said, “Why don’t you leave yet?”
楚以期自己把接下來的場景補完了。
The photo at the back shows them walking side by side to the brightest place.Originally, Chu Yiqi was so nervous and could only think about Xi Ai that he didn’t notice it. It wasn’t until he looked at this photo that he realized that Xi Ai’s umbrella handle was actually very off.
Some people are always like this, saying they don’t care and pretending to be cold and indifferent, but in fact they are more thoughtful and care more than anyone else.
It’s been like this since they met, nothing has changed
After reading Weibo for a while, she didn’t rush to say anything to Su Luojian. She just walked out quietly again and looked at Xi Ai by the sofa.
Obviously the two scenes were not related, but at this moment Chu Yiqi remembered Xi Ai’s words, “Look up – you have seen it now.”
——In the thirty seconds or so before Xi Ai answered the phone, Chu Yiqi actually felt unsure.
During that period of time, the snow seemed to be falling very heavily, just like many, many years ago.
Chu Zhizhi must have had a fever that day, or that time of appendicitis. She curled up beside the bed, her hands seemed to be trembling a little, and she called her mother.
Wasn’t picked up.