White Swan

Chapter 78

It had just rained on the night of the performance, and there was a bit of cool freshness in the air.It rarely rains in summer in this city, and what is more common is the cloudless blue sky. The occasional rain is rare and refreshing, and the green plants on the road and roadside are wet.

Shi Xubai went to the theater at six in the morning to prepare for the performance.He asked Qiao Fei to rest at home and go to the theater with other actors at four in the afternoon.

Qiao Fei couldn't sit still at home alone. She said it was a rest but it was more like suffering. After one o'clock in the afternoon, she couldn't bear it anymore and took a taxi to the theater.

The theater where the performance is performed is smaller than the theater where City Ballet is located. There are similar audience seats on the first floor, and fewer seats on the second floor.

Qiao Fei found a seat in the first row of the auditorium and sat down, watching Shi Xubai on the stage holding a clipboard and explaining the stage set to several prop masters.

He really wanted to yell, husband, come on, and wanted to see Shi Xubai make a fool of himself in front of several staff members, but he vaguely felt that he would be the one who made a fool of himself in the end.Because Shi Xubai would only tell those staff members that she was my wife, a little fool.

It was not until the night before the performance that Shi Xubai told Qiao Fei when the story of the dance drama was finished.

On the first evening when Qiao Fei was injured and hospitalized, he stayed by his bedside and stayed up all night. He wrote this story and made it into a dance, which will now be shown to the audience.

The dance drama revolves around Amel, a lonely boy who lives in the desert. He has his own small vegetable garden and grows carrots, spinach, broccoli, celery and various fruits. He has lived alone in the endless desert since he can remember. .

One day by accident, a girl broke into Amel's life. She came from a far, far away place and walked a long, long way to find him.

The girl told Amer that there were not many people left in the world, and she wanted Amer to go out of the desert with her to find the people living in the south.

Amer is not willing, he likes his current world, the vegetable garden, the cabin and his desert.Although he is a little lonely, he can see the most beautiful sunset, which may not be seen anywhere else in the world.

In order to live a comfortable and quiet life now, Amel rejected the girl and drove her out of his home.

Angrily, the girl left.

Once again Amel lived alone for a long time, getting up when the sun rose and going to sleep when the sun went down.But finally one day, he felt bitingly lonely and cold while watching the sunset, and he began to miss that girl.

So, he packed a small cloth bag, stuffed small bread and a lot of water celery in it, and went out with his few belongings.

Emer leaves the desert and follows the path she walked in order to find the girl.The girl's footprints had long since disappeared in the sea of ​​sand. He walked slowly and walked out of the desert unknowingly.

Along the way, he saw rainbows, snowflakes, storms and typhoons, as well as the sea dyed red by the morning glow, and clouds stained with violet.

He didn't find the girl in the end, but he gradually found himself on the way to find the girl, and saw the world beyond his desert and small vegetable garden.

This story is very ordinary, there is no ups and downs of the story line, and there is no thrilling plot, but it does not seem to be needed in the story, its own beauty is enough.

And Qiao Fei plays Amel, the boy whose life is changed by an accidental intrusion into his life.

The dance drama is very special, the protagonist is only Qiao Fei, except for the girl, other actors are playing the role of storm, dust and snowflakes, dancing for Qiao Fei in the background.

Qiao Fei sat in the auditorium for more than three hours, quietly watching Shi Xubai busy on the stage. At almost five o'clock, he went to the dressing room to change into the performance costume, found a makeup artist to put on makeup for himself, and prepared After that, I returned to the auditorium.

He has his own small dressing room, which is a small room dedicated to the chief or protagonist, which has a dressing table and a shower room.

After sitting for a while, the stage director came and told him that the door was about to open, and Qiao Fei got up and went backstage.

The gate of the theater opened on time at six o'clock, and the audience filed in through the gate one after another, and the whole space suddenly became lively.

Qiao Fei was standing backstage wearing her first costume, jumping up and down from time to time to ease her nervousness.

Shi Xubai was doing the final inspection with the director of lighting, when he looked up he saw the boy standing by the curtain.

The other actors were either preparing to change clothes or doing the final stretch before going on stage. Only Qiao Fei was lying on the edge of the curtain with her butt pouted, looking out from the gap, chanting words, a bit like a caster who was casting a spell. witch.

The boy wore a light green costume with tulle, and the light fabric extending from the back of the costume to his ankles swayed as he bent over and swayed.A black silk scarf was tied around his waist, hanging below his knees.

Shi Xubai stared at him for a long time, but in the end he still didn't understand what he was doing, so he handed the clipboard to the director of lighting and walked over with his hands in his pockets.

He rested his chin on the top of Qiao Fei's head, looked in the direction he was looking, and asked him, "What are you doing?"

The auditorium was almost full, and the bustling crowd was very lively. Most of the audience had already taken their seats, waiting for the show to start.

"Just want to count how many people came."

Qiao Fei has been counting for a long time but still can't figure it out. The lights in the theater are still on, and some audience members are moving around, blocking his sight from time to time.

Shi Xubai was almost amused by him, why is his baby so cute.

"No need to count, I can tell you directly."

"Don't!" Qiao Fei blocked Shi Xubai's mouth a second before he said it, "Also, forget it, and tell me after I finish dancing."

The boy suffered from insomnia the night before the performance, so he took Shi Xubai to watch the stars with him on the balcony.There were clouds in the sky and no stars could be seen, so Qiao Fei had to look down at the street lights in the community.

"I once heard the words in a song that asked if a tree fell in the forest and no one heard it, would it still make a sound.

"I was screaming, but now someone heard me."

Shi Xubai witnessed Qiao Fei striding forward step by step, and he also followed behind him, helping him to step on every step he stepped on. When the white swan was about to spread its wings and fly He blocks the wind and rain behind him.

The stage director yelled on the walkie-talkie in the background, there are still 15 minutes before the show starts, please get ready.

Shi Xubai pulled Qiao Fei to the side curtain, leaned over and kissed his lips.

"I love you more than you will ever know. And if the stars ever stop shining, that's when my love for you will end."

After Qiao Fei listened in a daze, she asked him, "What do you mean by bullying me because I don't understand English?"

His makeup is very soft, and the makeup artist painted a blue star on the end of his right eye, maybe only the audience sitting in the first row will be lucky enough to see it.

Shi Xubai wanted to lick that star off and make it into a mint-flavored candy.

His little beauty was looking up at him with questioning eyes.Shi Xubai couldn't help brushing the stars at the end of his eyes lightly with his fingertips.

"Foreigners wish the performance a success, and there is also breakaleg, which is the same as this sentence."

Qiao Fei rolled her eyes and muttered, but still couldn't understand.

Shi Xubai smiled and said, "I'll tell you after you finish dancing."

The performance was about to start, and the actors gradually began to gather backstage. Shi Xubai and Qiao Fei put a little distance away, held his hand where others could not see, and asked, "Are you nervous?"

There was a bright smile in Qiao Fei's eyes, and the corners of her mouth turned up: "I'll tell you after I finish dancing!"

The lights in the theater dimmed, the sound of the auditorium died down, and the clock struck seven.

The curtain slowly rose, he stood on the edge of the velvet curtain backstage, turned to look at Shi Xubai, the spotlight on the stage cast a small shadow for him.Qiao Fei opened her lips slightly, without saying a word, and traced a sentence with the shape of her lips, presenting it to him as a gift.

I love you.

When the music started, Qiao Fei took a breath, let it out slowly, and stepped into the dazzling lights of the stage.

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What Brother Shi said was "I will always love you more than you can imagine, if one day the stars will no longer shine, it will be the time when I will no longer love you."

The translation of Breakaleg means breaking a leg, but it actually means that foreign countries wish the show a smooth performance~