Butterflies Fly Over Winter Chapter 65
byChapter 65 Sunset Flowers
It was a bit difficult later on. Chu Yiqi actually couldn’t remember when he was awake. He just remembered that he was in a clinic when he finally woke up. When he opened his eyes, he was scolded by the person who should call him “Mom”.
She couldn’t remember the content clearly, it was just the things that were tossed over and over, and the words that forced Chu Yiqi back into his shell bit by bit.
The scene flashed by, and the only ringtone left in Chu Yiqi’s ears was the default “beep-beep”. For a moment, Chu Yiqi couldn’t even tell whether it was the voice in his heart or the reality at this moment.
——Until that moment, Xi Ai answered the phone and heard the sound of wind and falling snow on a winter night.
It was like a black-and-white TV set that had lost signal for many years. It suddenly had a picture at that moment, making up for the long-delayed “I’m here” and a person who happened to appear in front of it.
Chu Yiqi looked at the sleeping face of the man in front of him and exhaled softly, like a long-standing stone falling into the sea, and a feather fluttering down in the palm of his hand.
Xi Ai put her coat aside. Chu Yiqi took a special look and found that there was moisture on one side. She looked at it for a long time. She was a little lucky that they had laid carpets during the decoration and there was no sound at all, which would not wake Xi Ai up.
She moved closer to Xi Ai slowly and slowly, and then separated again in the blink of an eye.
After all, Chu Yiqi never met Xi Ai.
Early the next morning.
When Xi Ai woke up, she went to the balcony to make a phone call – Su Luojian’s phone number.
“What’s wrong, Sister Luo?”
“You didn’t read the hot searches?” Su Luojian was a little anxious, but it didn’t seem like he was in a hurry.
Xi Ai clicked on Weibo and saw only a few hot searches.She silently saved the picture before responding to Su Luojian’s series of “what do you think and what does she think?”
“I don’t know what she’s thinking, she hasn’t gotten up yet.”
“You…ah?”
Xi Ai pinched her eyebrows and said, “No, it’s not a reconciliation, it’s just… well, let’s talk about it, it’s not impossible to treat her coldly.”
“I’ll ask her when she wakes up. No, I’ll ask her now. How about…”
“No, just call her yourself and hang up.”
“You! Forget it, it’s not difficult to call her for you——”
In fact, the snow has not stopped, it is just much smaller, and it will melt immediately as soon as you hold it in your hand.
Xi Ai stood there and stared for a long time, then picked up the red wine in front of her.
In fact, she hasn’t eaten yet and shouldn’t have drank.
Xi Ai shook her head and clicked on a document she had just received.
She just glanced at it for a few times and then exited.
Chu Yiqi happened to come out of the room after answering the phone. After seeing her, his eyes fell on the cup in her hand, and he seemed to frown slightly.
Xi Ai turned around and put down the cup, smiled softly, then walked over and mouthed: “Sister Luo?”
Chu Yiqi nodded and turned on the external release.
In the end, he decided to ignore the matter and not respond directly. Instead, Chu Yiqi issued a simple statement in response to another hot search – “Chu Yiqi won the lawsuit.”
Xi Ai actually read this hot search, because there were many people watching, and the verdict was pronounced in court, so the matter actually came out very quickly.
On one of the posts, Xi Ai clicked the trumpet button and liked it.
She remembered several comments very clearly——
[Who still remembers that Qi Qiu introduced himself as “Qiu Yi Qi Qi Qi” at the beginning?My poor baby.]
[I’m sorry, but my first reaction at the time was that the self-introduction was really bad. I sat up in the middle of the night last night: I really deserve to die.]
In fact, Xi Ai knew the origin of this name from the time Chu Yiqi’s parents first made trouble, so several times later she always emphasized “it shouldn’t be Qiu Yiqi’s Yiqi” intentionally or unintentionally.
——Everything can be expected in the future.
Xi Ai forwarded the email An Zai had just sent to Mr. Xi, and said a few more words before putting down the phone. The two looked at each other, unable to tell who spoke first: “What do you want to eat?”
After a while of silence, Xi Ai said, “I haven’t been here for a long time. I haven’t prepared any ingredients. Let’s go out to eat.”
Chu Yiqi nodded almost immediately.
When she came back at noon, Xi Ai had been sitting on the balcony, watching the snow while changing a plan.
Chu Yiqi was sitting on the other side, holding a notebook and writing and drawing. Even Xi Ai never looked at what Chu Yiqi was writing, but she looked up at Xi Ai from time to time.
“Are you going to the company today?”
Xi Ai put down the cup and said without raising her eyes, “I have to go, there is a meeting in the afternoon.”
“Yeah.” Chu Yiqi’s eyes fell on the bottomed glass of red wine, and he didn’t know what he was thinking.
After a while, Xi Ai noticed her gaze, picked up the cup, and finally said the remaining half of the sentence, “I’ll give it to you later.”
Xi Ai said: “Forget it, I can just go by myself.”
Chu Yiqi didn’t answer anymore and sat on the carpet next to Xi Ai, holding a butterfly pillow and changing the lyrics.
Xi Ai watched quietly for a while, sent a few messages and then went out with her coat.
When she passed by Chu Yiqi, Chu Yiqi suddenly asked her, “Well, will you come back in the afternoon?”
“Should.”
“Yes.” Chu Yiqi lowered his head, and Xi Ai almost immediately noticed what Chu Yiqi was thinking about, and what he was worried about while making up his mind.
Xi Ai sighed secretly and said, “I’m not sure when it will end, so don’t worry about me.”
The meeting actually ended quite quickly.
——Xi Ai has always seemed easy to talk to, but when it comes to work, she is always meticulous and demanding.His style is more vigorous and decisive than the old man’s.
But as soon as the meeting ended, Xi Ai pulled her good friend out to work overtime. The two of them were talking to each other, and Xi Ai said: “Master Mu, we are all back. Every time I call you, it is your voice. You are not happy to see me.”
“How is that possible? Aren’t you tired from working every day?” Mu is now a little tired – he doesn’t want to be dragged into work by his long-time friend who has relationship problems.
Xi Ai snorted lightly and said, “This time it’s really business. An Na checked with the people on my side and was quite interested in our project.”
“Then?”
“Then I didn’t reply.” Xi Ai didn’t ask, nor did she intend to ask about the details of their past. She just said, “Oh, it’s actually something else. The centennial anniversary of your No. 1 Middle School, which is the opening ceremony next year, will be the opening ceremony in two months. He is going to be an outstanding graduate.”
Mu Xin was silent for a while this time and said, “I’m not a graduate.”
“Then what’s going on? Anyway, it’s up to you. I brought the news. This is first-hand inside information.”
Mu now wanted to laugh, and said: “You are a half-year-old student. I…him…and No. 1 Middle School are all across the city. How come you know it faster than me?”
“I’m a little better informed than you.”
“Okay, let’s get down to business. Are you free tomorrow? Sign a contract.” Mu now talks a little faster when talking about business.
“I thought you would have any worries because of him, even though he doesn’t know it’s you here yet.”
Mu Xi said: “One yard is another yard. We are almost winning with great difficulty, how can we give up? But… don’t tell him.”
Xi Ai nodded and said, “Look at the time. I… have a meeting tomorrow morning.”
“Okay, at two o’clock in the afternoon, I will drop by your place to check out the situation in the AMI2 park.”
Xi Ai’s phone call took less than half an hour.
It’s only four o’clock.
Xi Ai leaned back on the chair, turned around slowly, and came back to look at a document, but she couldn’t read it for a long time.
In fact, Chu Yiqi would come here before, but he would come quietly and quietly do his own thing on the sofa. After Xi Ai finished her work, the two of them would leave together.
But Xi Ai doesn’t like to work in a disciplined manner at this time.When he had something to do, he would go to Chu Yiqi with a few documents and sit next to him. He would half-truthfully complain about “I’m so tired” and so on, and then lie to Chu in order to comfort him. Usually it would end with a kiss.
——It’s a kiss and a strange thing.
Xi Ai put down the file and prepared to make a cup of coffee, but she couldn’t find it.
Fortunately, Gu Yu came back. Before Xi Ai could formally reply to her resignation application, he might have had a quarrel with Xu Zhaoshi, so he finally came back. However, both of them were about to be transferred to the subsidiary company as vice presidents, which was considered a solution.
Gu Yu looked at Xi Ai, confused for a moment, and then said: “Um, Mr. Xi, you said before… No, Teacher Chu said not to put the coffee, but you agreed, and then you didn’t prepare any more.”
Every time Xi Ai had to drink some coffee to wake up, she always went to the tea room and came back.
Xi Ai was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses and said, “Oh, I forgot.”
“How about I make you a drink?”
“No need.” Xi Ai smiled lightly and said, “Then don’t drink.”
“Okay, I’m out?”
“Close the door, thank you.”
Xi Ai stood by the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at it for a long time. She seemed to see a familiar car, and then she smiled to herself.
Really crazy, she thought.
How could he recognize it in such a large amount of traffic?
The ringtone of the mobile phone rang. It was a piano piece, adjusted to double the speed, but you could tell that it was a piece from Chu Yiqi’s first solo album. The composer was…
It’s Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi.
Xi Ai went over, picked up the video, and said hello in French with a smile: “Long time no see.”
The old man sitting opposite looked at her with some disgust, and said in very, very standard Chinese, very slowly: “Speak well.”
“Okay.” Xi Ai switched languages smoothly.
But Mr. Xi changed it to French again: “Let’s talk business.”
“Oh.”
“What is expected? Why don’t you stay with me?”
Xi Ai blinked and said, “You asked me yesterday, and I did go to pick her up yesterday. People don’t necessarily like me, right? Why should I bother them?”
“You pretend, keep pretending!” The old man glared at her and said, “Forget it, you can figure it out yourself. An Zai, how are you going to go back to this person’s house? Although we are acquaintances, you still have to do it well.”
“It’s said that someone has been talking about this project for a long time. It’s a first-come, first-served basis, but there are other things that would be more suitable for us. I think it’s not a bad thing to give him a little benefit and show some respect.”
“It’s up to you.”
Xi Ai approved some documents and was about to go downstairs when they were done.
The pure black car downstairs was still there. Through her sunglasses, Xi Ai could clearly see a very familiar person getting out of the car.
Xi Ai was obviously stunned, but she still walked over.
As Xi Ai approached, Chu Yiqi opened the passenger door and took out a bouquet of pink flowers.
There was a smile on Xi Ai’s lips, ever since she saw Chu Yiqi.But when he got closer, he stopped laughing and said, “Don’t you mean…you’ve been waiting for a long time, right?”
“You said it, but I want to come. It won’t be long.”
If I don’t come, I always feel like I’m missing out on a lot.
In fact, when Chu Yiqi came, she always felt that something was missing, so she hesitated for a long time, and finally chose at the flower shop for a long time. The clerk almost recognized her, and she finally settled on the bouquet of eternal flowers in the corner.
Neither Xi Ai nor she likes flowers, so although there are succulents and green plants at home, there are never any flowers.
The only time flowers appeared in their hands was the day they were together.
Originally, Xi Ai should go back to the villa directly, but Chu Yiqi asked Xi Ai out in advance. It was a very suitable place to watch the sunset.
I always feel like I need something with a more ceremonial feel.
So Chu Yiqi went to see Xi Ai with flowers.
When we went back after watching the sunset that day, the two of them walked side by side. There was no overly intimate gesture, but it seemed that something was different from before.
Everyone thought they were flowers prepared by Xi Ai herself as a celebration.
It didn’t take long for the bouquet of flowers to dry up and turn into powder when pinched. The two of them stared at the flowers face to face and then at each other for a long time.
In the end, the two people came to the conclusion in a tacit understanding: “I will not buy flowers in the future. Even if I buy them, they will be eternal flowers.”