White Swan

Chapter 70

Qiao Fei woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, and subconsciously went to grab Shi Xubai's hand, but when she stretched out her hand, she only touched the cold sheet, and there was no one on the bed beside her.He suddenly panicked, for a moment, he thought he was still in He Haoyun's villa, while Shi Xubai was in the distant America.

I don't know when he became so fragile and vulnerable, as if he couldn't live without Shi Xubai.

He turned on the watch on the bedside table. It was a little past two o'clock in the morning, and the room was pitch black.

Qiao Fei climbed down from the bed, touched the crutches beside the bed, and walked out in the dark. The room was too dark to see anything. He accidentally kicked the door frame with his bare feet, and his thumbs were sore. .

Tears welled up in his eyes instantly, and he blinked hard twice before holding back the tears from falling.

There was no one in the living room and dining room, and none of the lights were turned on. The entire apartment was dark.Qiao Fei's heartbeat gradually became faster, and she looked around the apartment blankly, even glanced at the door, wondering if he didn't want her anymore.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw Shi Xubai on the terrace through the floor-to-ceiling windows.Qiao Fei's heart gradually calmed down, and she limped to the sliding door and went out to find him.

Shi Xubai didn't seem to realize that Qiao Fei was behind him, he didn't turn around until the boy touched his shoulder.He clenched something tightly in his hands, his fists hanging by his side, he looked a little at a loss like a child who was caught doing something wrong.

Qiao Fei asked him what's the matter softly, and touched Shi Xubai's hand with the back of her hand, and then Shi Xubai slowly spread out his palm, showing him what he was holding tightly, and lying in the palm was Qiao Fei. The little gray pebble that Fey had given him.

That stone has been with Shi Xubai since he went to look for his uncle, and Qiao Fei almost forgot about it.

When he looked up at Xu Bai, his eyes were a little puzzled.

"Actually... I also had such a small stone. It was about the same size and darker in color. There may be small pits and cracks on it. It should be uglier than this one, but I lost it." Shi Xubai's voice was a little hoarse.

Qiao Fei struggled to stand on one leg, Shi Xubai took his crutch, gently hugged the man over, let him lean on him, bearing half of his weight.

"I'll tell you another story, do you still want to hear it?"

Qiao Fei nodded slowly, wrapping her arms around Shi Xubai's waist naturally.

Shi Xubai moved when he was 11 years old, and a five-year-old little brother lived on the third floor of a building next to him.

The first time he saw him was because the fire alarm in the residential building was triggered somehow, and the people in the whole building were forced to gather downstairs in the middle of the night.

Waking up at night, everyone had a bad temper, Shi Xubai followed his parents and stood at the back of the crowd, listening to the noisy noise of neighbors cursing.

A little to the right of the crowd was a five or six-year-old boy. The child pulled his mother by the corner of his clothes. When he raised his eyes, he saw Shi Xubai smiling obediently at him, with two small dimples on his cheeks.

He was still holding a little rabbit doll in his arms, and before going upstairs, he waved a small hand at Shi Xubai.

Shi Xubai only thinks that the little brother next door is very cute, with a chubby face, and a pair of round eyes that stare at everything, which looks surprisingly big.

After that, he often saw this beautiful boy like a doll. He often squatted downstairs and played with mud by himself, making his face dirty and his clothes full of mud stars.

The first time they talked was next to Shi Xubai's elementary school.He didn't expect that the child was also in the kindergarten next to his school.After Shi Xubai left school, he saw the child sitting alone on the curb. Every time a car passed by, he looked around for a long time, and finally drooped his head in disappointment.

The elementary school and kindergarten are very close to the community where they live, two streets away, but it is still too far for a child in a kindergarten class.

Shi Xubai couldn't help but walked over, wanting to ask him if he wanted to go home together.

The boy blinked a pair of deer-like eyes and told Shi Xubai that he was waiting for his mother, his voice was a bit aggrieved, and it seemed that he was crying a little bit when he listened carefully.

It's been a long time.

In the end, Shi Xubai didn't leave, and sat on the side of the road with the child.

The child is very well-behaved and took the initiative to introduce himself to him.

"My name is Qiao Fei, and the word is pronounced fei." The child's voice was waxy, and he said every word seriously, "It's not an airplane."

Shi Xubai was almost amused, and suddenly wanted to ask his mother if he would consider having a younger brother.

"My name is Shi Xubai."

"White……"

Shi Xubai looked at his confused look, thought for a while, and explained: "It means the white sun."

Qiao Fei laughed when she heard that, narrowed her eyes, and looked up to the sun in the sky: "Can the sun still be white?"

Shi Xubai quickly stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, thinking about why the child was so dumb, saying that he couldn't look directly at the sun, hurting his eyes, and finally replied: "You will understand when you grow up."

Later they often met downstairs.

Qiao Fei likes this big brother who is five or six years older than him, and when she sees him, she will follow him, calling her big brother to take me to play together.

He remembered that the big brother's back was always straighter than anyone he had ever seen.

He remembered that his elder brother said that his father was not good to his mother, very fierce.

He still remembered that his elder brother said that when he gets married in the future, he must treat his wife well.

Qiao Fei is too young to know what to marry or not to get married, but she just smiles foolishly, thinking that the big brother's serious look looks good.

He and his elder brother have a game competition, which is to find the pebbles, and whoever finds the pebbles will win.

I don't know why, but the stones Qiao Fei finds are always better than those of her big brother, and Shi Xubai has never won.The stones he found were either cracked or dull in color, and they were always a bit worse than what Qiao Fei found.

It took a long time for Qiao Fei to know that her elder brother was a ballet dancer. He said that he wanted to dance too, and that his back could be as straight as his elder brother.

Shi Xubai did not encourage him as Qiao Fei imagined, but just said, don't jump, it hurts.

Later, the building next to Qiao Fei caught fire, and he heard from his mother that a person died on the fifth floor.

After the fire broke out, Shi Xubai told Qiao Fei that he was going to move out, his eyes were a little red when he said this, Qiao Fei had never seen him like this.Before leaving, they sat on the edge of the flower bed downstairs and said goodbye to each other.

Shi Xubai raised his hand and rubbed Qiao Fei's little head, and said, "If you want to dance ballet, go for it. You have to be responsible for your dreams."

"You're gone... What if I forget you in the future? I won't recognize you when I see you again."

"I will never forget, as long as you want to remember, I will never forget." Shi Xubai picked up a stone from the flower bed and handed it to Qiao Fei, "I will give you all my good luck, and I will make a wish on it in the future , will definitely come true.”

Qiao Fei picked and picked among the stones on the ground, and finally chose the ugliest one, put it in Shi Xubai's palm with great care, and said, "This way you won't forget me."

But when Shi Xubai went abroad, he lost the pebble. He had never been to the airport before he was 11 years old, and he walked around the maze-like terminal building alone. The pebbles in his pockets were unknown. When did it fall out.

Afterwards, the two never met again, until Shi Xubai saw Qiao Fei's stone a few months ago, and he remembered some memories of his childhood.

On the terrace of the top-floor apartment outside the city, Qiao Fei leaned close to Shi Xubai's side, tears wet a small piece of the clothes in front of him.

It turns out that you have been my white sun since I was five years old.

Shi Xubai replied, so you have been my ugly duckling since I was 11 years old.

Qiao Fei lifted her chin towards the stone in his hand: "Then what wish did you make?"

Shi Xubai didn't speak, his eyes just casually glanced at Qiao Fei's injured leg.

When he couldn't dance, he felt that the world was meaningless, because ballet used to be his whole world.But now I can't dance anymore, it's no big deal, the world is still the same, just a little less colorful.

Now that Qiao Fei is injured, he feels that the world should not be cruel enough to take away this kind boy's qualification to dance, which is too unfair.But he had no other choice but to make a wish with stones, praying silently in his heart.

He can't watch the ugly duckling never turn into a white swan, but he can't do anything.

Qiao Fei didn't wait for Shi Xubai's answer, and turned to look at him with a questioning look in her eyes.

"Can making a wish on it really come true?" Shi Xubai still didn't answer Qiao Fei's question in the end, and lightly weighed the gray stone in his hand.

"Well, at least... I think so."

Shi Xubai didn't speak anymore, he just held the stone tighter and stared at the scenic lake in the center of the community with ecstasy.

Qiao Fei said: "Then let me give it to you, so that your wish may come true."

Half a minute later, Shi Xubai shook his head, put the stone back into Qiao Fei's hand, looked at him with a little affection, and finally leaned over and kissed him on the lips.

I have you enough.

He lost a pebble and found an ugly duckling.