White Swan

Chapter 46

For a moment, Qiao Fei thought she had heard wrong, but just stared at Shi Xubai dumbly, not daring to speak.The sound of fireworks outside was very loud, but the living room was so quiet that Qiao Fei could hear five different voices in her head.

No one has ever told him that he likes him, and Qiao Fei never thought that anyone would like him.

He still doesn't know whether he is worthy of being liked or not.

He didn't know how to respond to Shi Xubai, his eyes wandered, and finally he only said one sentence: "I don't know you well enough."

"What do you want to know?" Shi Xubai was very patient, holding Qiao Fei's hand gently, leaning on the sofa and looking at him.

Qiao Fei thought about it seriously, but before he could think of any questions to ask, Shi Xubai said, "I like to eat kiwi fruit with the skin on, raw chestnuts, and dates outside of walnuts."

This was not quite what Qiao Fei had imagined. He was dissatisfied with the answer, and asked Shi Xubai, "Why are they all eaten?" He thought of a question himself, and asked, "What color do you like?"

This question made Shi Xubai amused, and said with a smile: "Baby, what you asked is really innovative."

Qiao Fei refused to let go, and asked again.

"Dusk." Shi Xubai looked at Qiao Fei with serious eyes.

"That's not a color."

"Isn't it?"

Qiao Fei said stubbornly, "If I say no, then I won't."

"I also like the five-color sunset at the seaside, and I like the orange layer inside the most." Shi Xubai narrowed his gentle eyes, looking a bit like a cat basking in the sun.

Qiao Fei summed it up, and the final conclusion was that Shi Xubai liked orange and was finally satisfied.

He told Shi Xubai that he likes snow and pebbles, and also likes to dance alone while listening to music.

After all, Shi Xubai still had no answer to the question he asked him in the end.

The fireworks outside the window changed a variety, from bright colors to water colors, and a layer of lavender was reflected on the white sofa behind.

When Xubai was looking out the window, Qiao Fei took this opportunity to secretly look at his profile.Every time he met Shi Xubai, he felt very lucky. He met him on that warm noon, accepted the oranges he gave him, and there were so many opportunities to meet him later.Qiao Fei's world is not big, but in his whole world, Shi Xubai is the gentlest and prettiest person he has ever met.

He has been caressed by the sun's rays on the planet, and his skin has a temperature that Qiao Fei can't refuse.

"Have you seen enough?" Shi Xubai said abruptly, startling Qiao Fei who was in a daze.

Shi Xubai looked at Qiao Fei with a half-smile at the corner of his mouth, "Why don't you watch the fireworks? I'm prettier than the fireworks, right?"

You are prettier than fireworks.

Qiao Fei didn't speak, she turned her head with a blushing face, ignoring Shi Xubai.

They kiss at midnight, making promises to each other like young couples in love for the first time.

"Do you have the habit of making wishes, baby?" Shi Xubai asked Qiao Fei softly after twelve o'clock at night.

Qiao Fei thought about it seriously, and finally shook her head.

Sometimes when he couldn't sleep late at night, he would make a wish on the koi pond in front of He Haoyun's house.The pool was just under the window of his room, and he could see it when he opened the window.Qiao Fei doesn't know if his wish will come true, he only knows that the koi pond is the only scenery outside his window.

This was the happiest night for Qiao Fei in the past two years. It didn't matter to him whether he made a wish or not.

"Make a new year's wish, baby." Shi Xubai played with Qiao Fei's soft short hair with his fingertips, his voice was very soft.

Qiao Fei shook her head: "You promise first."

Shi Xubai didn't have to think about it at all, and said bluntly: "Then I wish to arrange a ballet. I don't need the stories made up by others. I want to write and choreograph by myself, and do everything by myself."

He glanced at Qiao Fei, thought of something, and said, "It would be perfect if you could be the protagonist of a dance drama."

"That's impossible, I can't be the protagonist." Qiao Fei naturally denied it.

Shi Xubai looked at him quietly, and changed the subject: "That night in the theater, why did you dance the white swan dance?"

He was referring to the day when Qiao Fei got herself drunk in the dressing room. Qiao Fei danced alone on the stage as a dying white swan. The devil took away her beloved prince and chose to die on a cliff.

Qiao Fei didn't seem to want to say it, but Shi Xubai had been waiting quietly, and when he wanted to curl up, he clenched his hand tightly.

Shi Xubai patiently waited for the little snail to stretch out its tentacles, he would not poke him viciously with his fingers, but would just quietly wait for the little snail to crawl into his palm and carefully hold him up.

So the little snail gradually has a sense of security and regards him as his own safe shell.

"When I was a child, I thought white swans could be danced by both boys and girls." Qiao Fei leaned half on Shi Xubai's body, and spoke slowly. He was a little embarrassed, and his voice was very low.

He said that when he was a child, he learned to dance outside through the door of a professional academy. The dancers inside were all girls, and they all learned dance dramas that only actresses would dance.At that time, Qiao Fei didn't know anything about white swans, black swans, and princes. He only knew that the girls in the dance room danced the only dance he could learn, so he had to ignore everything and try to dance with them.

To this day, the dying white swan is one of his favorite ballets.

He said that the prince will go to death with the white swan, no matter it is hell or heaven after that, they will be together, and that is enough.

And as long as you are with the one you love, hell is not hell, it is heaven.

Shi Xubai listened silently, his heart throbbing with pain, he hugged Qiao Fei beside him, and gently stroked his arm: "It's your turn to make a wish, baby."

Unlike Shi Xubai, Qiao Fei closed his eyes and thought for a long time, until Shi Xubai couldn't help poking him curiously: "What did you promise?"

Qiao Fei opened his eyes, and Xu Bai poked his hand when he avoided it, smiling like a little fox: "I can't tell you, the wish won't come true if you say it."

"small thing."

The two of them couldn't finish talking, and they didn't feel sleepy until two o'clock in the morning.

The lights of the distant city outside gradually dimmed, and the night became a little darker.

The penthouse has a large terrace with a direct view to the sky.Qiao Fei raised her head inadvertently, and what came into view was a starry sky full of stars.

He took a breath in a low voice, before Xu Bai called him to stop, he had already opened the balcony door and ran out, lying on the railing and looking out.

It is rare to be able to see stars in the city now, the lights are too bright, covering the faint light of distant stars, that is, Shi Xubai's residence is close to the outside of the city to see clearly.

The apartment has a high floor and is on a hillside. Qiao Fei even felt that she could touch the stars in the sky with her hands.

Shi Xubai came out after Qiao Fei, hugged him from behind, and looked up at the sky with him.

"I haven't seen the stars for a long time." Qiao Fei leaned half of her body out of the balcony railing and looked up without blinking.

Shi Xubai looked down at Qiao Fei, and the ugly duckling looked up at the sky, with its mouth slightly open, staying motionless in Shi Xubai's arms, as quiet as a statue.

The boy in his arms was very relaxed, the soft hair on the top of his head was a little messed up by the breeze, and a few strands of hair hung down to his forehead.

The sky is full of stars, but he is looking at him.

The moonlight shone down and just shone on the balcony.

The early morning night is beautiful, but the only thought in Shi Xubai's mind is that Qiao Fei is wearing moonlight, like an evening dress.

Shi Xubai couldn't hold back and lightly touched Qiao Fei's cheek, and used the knuckle of his index finger to sweep over the outline of his jaw.

His skin was as hot as a human torch.

Shi Xubai felt that he should have been a moth in his previous life.

He has seen Qiao Fei in the most embarrassing and miserable state, but he still likes it very much.

"Do you know what constellation is that?" Qiao Fei leaned on the balcony railing and pointed to the brightest stars in the distance, "I only know one Big Dipper, and Ursa Major and Ursa Minor."

Qiao Fei opened his mouth to speak and pulled Shi Xubai out of his thoughts.He froze for a moment, and returned to his usual smile.

"I know." Shi Xubai deliberately elongated his tone, playing off Qiao Fei's temperament.The boy looked at him instantly full of admiration, and pulled Shi Xubai's sleeve to let him speak quickly.

"Isn't there big stars and small stars?" Shi Xubai laughed out loud looking at Qiao Fei's rolled eyes.

It was very cold outside, and the white breath exhaled by the two lingered in the air for a long time before dissipating.

"It's time to go to bed, baby, or I'll become a little panda tomorrow." Shi Xubai hugged Qiao Fei by his side, fearing that he would catch a cold, and tightened his coat tightly.

"Do you have a sleeping bag at home?" Qiao Fei suddenly remembered something, turned her head suddenly, and almost missed Shi Xubai's nose.

Shi Xubai was taken aback by his question: "My God, what are you doing baby?"

Qiao Fei said that he didn't want to go back to the bedroom to sleep, he had never seen such a beautiful sky, and asked Shi Xubai if he could watch the stars outside.The terrace was too cold, it was impossible to stay outside for too long, Shi Xubai gently rejected Qiao Fei's request.

But back in the house, Qiao Fei was still lying in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and looking out, her eyes full of nostalgia.

Shi Xubai couldn't even hug him.

"I want to sleep under the stars." Qiao Fei raised her head and blinked at Shi Xubai, looking up at him from under her eyelashes.

The boy is very good at acting like a baby, and knows how to make his round eyes appear innocent and pitiful.

Unable to resist him, Shi Xubai brought pillows and several quilts, and made a floor covering on the thick carpet in the living room, fulfilling the cute little wish of the ugly duckling.

After Qiao Fei lay down, she naturally got into Shi Xubai's arms, buried her head in his chest, and listened to his heartbeat.

The people around me carry the warmth of the sun, he is the warm sun that melts the snow in early spring.

Before Qiao Fei fell asleep, he heard Shi Xubai say something in his ear, treat the stars as bread crumbs, follow them, and you will find me before the sun rises.