White Swan

Chapter 49

With the cold wind blowing outside, Qiao Fei couldn't get used to it when she went out, and shivered violently.

There were scattered people standing in front of the theater who had finished watching the show and hadn't had time to leave. It was a bit noisy.

Qiao Fei avoided the crowd and found a quieter roadside to take a taxi home. When she turned her head inadvertently, she saw a familiar figure.

Shi Xubai was sitting on the high steps on the west side of the theater, with his back leaning against a wall of the theater, one long leg propped up, his arms neatly resting on his knees, playing with something in his hands.

Qiao Fei laughed all of a sudden, skipped over and greeted Shi Xubai: "Why didn't you reply to my message? I thought you were gone."

"Didn't leave, come out to get some air." Shi Xubai saw Qiao Fei and smiled at him.

"I didn't even look at the floor, I kept looking at the middle of the auditorium." Qiao Fei supported the high platform with both hands, trying to sit on it like Shi Xubai, but he was not as tall as Shi Xubai, so he couldn't get up all of a sudden, and fell again down.

Shi Xubai curled the corners of his lips, and took Qiao Fei's elbow to help him climb up the steps.

After going up, Qiao Fei leaned next to Shi Xubai, and continued, "You know I'm not nervous. After the whole dance, I imagined that all the audience were naked, which almost made me laugh."

"I danced really well. This may be my best dance in two years. I guess part of the audience's applause is for me." Qiao Fei said a lot in one breath, sitting next to Shi Xubai and waiting. The eyes are full of stars in the night sky.

"Well, I know you're fine baby."

But Shi Xubai didn't show his signature gentle smile as Qiao Fei imagined, he seemed a little absent-minded and didn't know what he was thinking.

Even though he had been listening to his speech and responded, Qiao Fei still keenly noticed that his mood was a little low, and he seemed to have something in his heart.

He remembered that Shi Xubai hadn't even watched the performance, hadn't seen him from the beginning, and didn't show up until he took the stage to receive flowers at the curtain call, and he didn't seem to be sitting in the auditorium either.

"What's the matter? I didn't find you just now." Qiao Fei became quieter, glanced at the phone in Shi Xubai's hand, and asked him hesitantly, "Did something happen?"

Hearing what Qiao Fei said, Shi Xubai shook his head, trying to make himself look a little more relaxed: "It's okay baby, don't worry."

Qiao Fei was a little unhappy at once, and put her dangling legs back up, crossed her legs and faced him, and said in a slightly displeased tone, "Didn't you say you won't lie to me?"

Shi Xubai was silent for a while, then sighed helplessly, raised his hand and snorted at the top of his hair: "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I won't lie to you."

He put down his phone, took something from his side, and showed it to Qiao Fei.

It was a dance magazine, the same one that Qiao Fei bought at the magazine stand, with a silhouette of a female dancer on the cover, and the title was "Above the Pointe".

"You said that all the domestic ballet magazines are now sold to the United States." Shi Xubai opened the magazine to the fifth page, on which was his photo, and below it was an interview about the dance drama "A Winter's Tale".

Qiao Fei took the magazine and read it carefully.It said that after Shi Xubai retired, he decided to work as a choreographer and director of dance dramas, and his debut work was about to be staged in City Ballet, which was favored by critics.

It was an ordinary interview, nothing special.

The title was written at the top of the interview, and a row of large black characters read [Shi Xubai, the famous top principal of the International Santa Maria Ballet, is about to stage the dance drama "Winter's Tale"].

Qiao Fei didn't quite understand Shi Xubai's meaning, and read the interview again with a frown. He read halfway through, and suddenly reacted.The problem is not what was written in the interview, but Shi Xubai appeared in the magazine.

"Your uncle... did you see it abroad?" Qiao Fei hesitated.

It seems that he was right, Shi Xubai nodded slowly, took the magazine in Qiao Fei's hand and threw it aside, "He wants me to go back and continue to see a doctor, and he said that the leg should be treated if it cannot be cured."

Qiao Fei swallowed, and asked tentatively, "Then what did you... tell him?"

Just as Shi Xubai was about to answer, the phone rang. He picked it up and looked at it, frowned, closed his eyes and leaned his head against the wall, but didn't answer.

Knowing who it was, Qiao Fei stretched her neck to take a look, and sure enough, "Uncle" was displayed on the screen.

The phone rang for a while, then cut off, but it rang again immediately, Shi Xubai turned off the sound directly this time, looked at the caller's name on the screen irritably, his face couldn't see what he was thinking.

Qiao Fei stretched out her hand, gently turned the phone upside down, and said, "It's okay, if you don't want to answer it, just don't answer it."

Shi Xubai seemed to have just remembered that Qiao Fei was beside him, looked at him blankly, and whispered: "He is my only relative in the world."

The bouquet of purple irises was placed on the edge of the high platform, probably because the weather was too cold, and it was already a little defeated. The edges of the roan-colored petals were yellowed and curled up slightly.

"Will you go back?" Qiao Fei asked softly.

It began to snow again in the sky, and snowflakes floated down one after another, piling up on the snow that hadn't melted in the past few days.

Qiao Fei remembered that when he looked at the weather forecast in the morning, he didn't say it would snow. It seemed that spring was coming, but now that the temperature had dropped significantly, he began to complain about the weather forecast.

"Don't worry, I won't leave. The dance drama just started, and I can't leave either." Shi Xubai smiled at Qiao Fei, comforting him.

That's what he said, but when Qiao Fei saw Xu Bai kept turning the phone in his hand, his eyes were clearly looking at him, but his attention didn't seem to be here at all.

Shi Xubai's back was slightly curved, and he looked tired even leaning against the wall.

Even if his white sun can no longer dance, he is still the prince of the ballet world, at least in his heart forever, Qiao Fei does not allow anyone to bend his straight back.

Seeing that Qiao Fei didn't speak, Shi Xubai continued, as if he was comforting Qiao Fei, but also as if he was convincing himself: "What should I do if I leave the dance drama? Later..."

"You go back." Qiao Fei interrupted him softly, "It's okay, just tell your uncle clearly, and the misunderstanding will be resolved."

This sentence was a bit unexpected, Shi Xubai looked up at Qiao Fei in surprise, not knowing how to respond.After deliberating for a while, he tentatively asked, "Are you willing to let me go?"

"How could you be willing." Qiao Fei smiled and rolled her eyes.

You are my white sun.

He continued: "But I don't want to see you unhappy. You haven't smiled these days. Do you know that your frown is very ugly?"

Only then did Shi Xubai loosen his slightly frowning brows, and smiled softly.

"I think he may just miss you. He is your only family member, and you may also be his only family member." Qiao Fei babbled, not knowing who he was comforting. Untie, even if you hate him, you should talk to him, it might be good to talk more.

"You probably miss him too."

Qiao Fei has never had a family member, and she doesn't know how to clarify when there is a misunderstanding. She just thinks that if Shi Xubai's uncle is his only relative, then no matter what, he can't let him lose him.

After he finished speaking, he was quiet for a while, and finally added: "But I really want to go to the United States with you, meet your uncle, tell him that you have worked hard, and let him stop bothering you."

When Shi Xubai heard it, he raised his head slowly and looked carefully into Qiao Fei's eyes, as if he was looking for something.He felt that this boy was a treasure given to him by the gods in the sky, a ray of light when he was confused.

He thought he might love him, madly in love.

After a moment of silence, Shi Xubai took out his mobile phone and tapped on it for a while. After a few minutes, he turned the mobile phone over and showed it to Qiao Fei: "The confirmation information of the ticket."

Feeling a little uneasy, Qiao Fei took the phone hesitantly, Shi Xubai's name was written on the electronic itinerary, it was a round-trip ticket, and he left tomorrow.

He paid the most attention to the date written on it, and quickly found the information written on the corner of the ticket. After seeing it, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

"Only three days?" Qiao Fei's voice could not conceal surprise, "Really? That's pretty fast, I'll see you again after three days of sleep, I thought you'd be gone for a long time .”

"sorry baby."

Qiao Fei shook her head, "You don't need to apologize to me, you didn't do anything wrong." He said slowly, "Don't blame your uncle, I believe he is not a bad person."

When Shi Xubai heard it, he smiled wryly, and said, "Actually, you don't need to help him speak, he's not a bad person, but...he's really not a good person either."

"It's okay, I can forgive him."

Shi Xubai was a little puzzled, and asked, "Why?"

Qiao Fei smiled, narrowed her eyes slightly, like a cat that just had a full sleep, and replied easily, "Because he is your family."