White Swan

Chapter 45

After coming out of the museum, Shi Xubai abducted the ugly duckling, who was in a better mood, back to his home.

This time he didn't let Qiao Fei live in the guest room, but made an excuse to say that the bedroom had just finished painting the walls and it was not suitable for sleeping, so he finally slept with Qiao Fei in the master bedroom.He seemed to have picked up some treasure by accident, and he didn't even want to hold it in his arms, for fear of crushing him.

Shi Xubai quietly watched Qiao Fei fall asleep, but he himself did not feel sleepy.

Since the rehearsal that day, his heart has been hurting sharply. He hates himself for not telling Qiao Fei the truth, and also hates that he didn't catch Qiao Fei when he was pushed to the ground by He Haoyun.

Shi Xubai does not allow others to hurt his ugly duckling, not even himself.

He didn't fall asleep until very late, and even after falling asleep, he kept his arms lightly on Qiao Fei's body, lest it was just a dream, and the person in his arms would disappear when he woke up.

The next day was New Year's Eve, and they went to a nearby supermarket in the morning to buy materials for making dumplings.

It snowed all day yesterday, but today it cleared up. The sun shone from the clouds and reflected on the crystal clear snow.

In the supermarket, Qiao Fei stared at the snacks on the shelf for a while, obviously wanted them but restrained herself because of the need to keep fit, turned her head firmly and walked away.

Shi Xubai pushed the shopping cart behind him, taking his little tricks into his eyes, secretly amused.When Qiao Fei didn't see him, he took a bag of all the snacks he had glanced at.The ugly duckling is skinny enough, you have to feed him fatter, otherwise it won't be comfortable to hold.

Passing by the place where the fruit was sold, Shi Xubai bought two bags of oranges, and by the way gave Qiao Fei a general introduction on how to choose and which oranges are the best.

Qiao Fei listened carefully, then smiled and said that Shi Xubai should sell oranges instead of being a ballet choreographer.

In the evening they were making dumplings at home, and Qiao Fei was very good at pinching the sides of the dumplings, each and every one of them was filled to the brim, looking very pleasing.

After wrapping it up, he propped his chin and waited for Shi Xubai to roll the skin for him.Shi Xubai rolled it very slowly, holding the rolling pin with his bony hands, like holding a brush or flowers.

Qiao Fei couldn't help but feel a little regretful when she thought that she had never seen these hands dance, and that she would never have the chance again.

After eating, they went into the living room and sat on the carpet to watch the snow outside.

It was Qiao Fei who sat down first, Shi Xubai tried to pull him to the sofa but couldn't move him at all.He joked that the sofa I bought is useless at all, and you have never sat on it once.

There should be Spring Festival Gala and various TV programs tonight, but Qiao Fei didn't want to watch them, so she asked Shi Xubai in a low voice if he could chat with him.

How could Shi Xubai refuse him, he brought fruits and snacks from the kitchen like a magic trick, piled them on the coffee table, handed Qiao Fei a blanket, and sat down beside him.

Qiao Fei said that this may be the first time he has been accompanied by someone during the New Year. Wrapped in a blanket, he ate oranges in Shi Xubai's arms, looking at the mountains of snacks, his eyes were full of light.

"It's only now that I realize that spending the New Year with the person I like is really happy. I didn't think it was very interesting before."

Shi Xubai grasped the point: "Do you like me?"

"How could you not like it? The oranges you bought are so delicious. If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't know what oranges to buy."

Shi Xubai was silent for a while, then asked Qiao Fei softly: "Then do you like him?"

He didn't say who this "he" was, but both of them knew it well, because this person was a vast ocean that they couldn't cross.

The living room fell silent, Qiao Fei thought about it carefully, and finally shook her head slowly: "I don't think I've ever loved him, I'm just grateful to him, without him, I wouldn't dance in the dance troupe at all, maybe even No chance."

Shi Xubai gently stroked the back of Qiao Fei's hand with his thumb, and hugged him tighter when the boy bowed his head.

"Am I cheating?" Qiao Fei looked up at Shi Xubai, his eyes seemed a little moist, "He didn't want me to get too close to others, saying that I would be unclean."

Shi Xubai pecked Qiao Fei's lips, and comforted the shrunken ugly duckling: "Baby, don't mention him in front of me in the future, okay? Just for this night, let's pretend he doesn't exist."

"I'm sorry." Qiao Fei thought that no man would be willing to compete with another man for prey. A zebra that has been torn to pieces is always less fun for a male lion.

No matter how much he likes it, how much he likes it, maybe one day Shi Xubai will suddenly find that Qiao Fei is a canary without wings in a cage, and he can't fly away even when he opens the cage door.

He is a puppy who already has an owner, no matter how much others like him, they cannot take him away.

But Shi Xubai said: "You don't need to apologize to me, you have never done anything wrong, he is the one who did wrong, he doesn't know how to cherish the most precious treasure, so he deserves to lose you one day.

"If you really love him, I can pretend that I have never seen you and forget you, but I have seen your wounds, and I can't bear that you love him."

"I don't love him, never have." Qiao Fei replied quickly, trying to let Shi Xubai know that he would not lie to him.

Shi Xubai's voice was very low, and the hot air exhaled when he spoke in Qiao Fei's ear made his ears a little itchy. Shi Xubai asked if he was like a demon who separated the prince and the white swan, right?

"En." Qiao Fei sat between Shi Xubai's legs, leaned her back against his chest, and nodded obediently.

"Then let's not talk about him and pretend that there is no him in this world."

Shi Xubai's legs were very long. When Qiao Fei sat in the middle, he felt like a child being hugged by his parents, and he felt very safe. He didn't say anything, but just smiled to himself.

Qiao Fei suddenly remembered something, she had been curious about it for a long time, and asked Shi Xubai: "If we were a couple, would you take me to the movies?"

Shi Xubai raised his eyebrows: "Why do you ask this suddenly?"

Qiao Fei explained: "I haven't been there for a long time, and I don't know what's showing now."

"You can do whatever you want, if you want the moon, I can build a ladder and pick it off for you." Shi Xubai put his chin on the top of Qiao Fei's hair and said vaguely.

To love someone is to be able to meet all kinds of small requests for him, Shi Xubai is willing to do everything for the boy he puts on top of his heart, let alone such an ordinary thing as going to a movie.

"Then I want the biggest bucket of popcorn, with a lot of butter on top, and a little chocolate jelly beans." Qiao Fei's voice was full of yearning, almost drooling.

Shi Xubai behind him couldn't help frowning: "Baby, what kind of strange taste do you have?"

Qiao Fei got up from Shi Xubai's arms in surprise when she heard it, and looked back at him: "Haven't you eaten?"

Deep in his memory is a memory of his mother taking him to the movies. The person who packed the popcorn in the movie theater told him that it was so delicious, and Qiao Fei asked for a bucket.

He didn't eat popcorn much later, and that memory might be the last time. Qiao Fei always thought that everyone ate popcorn like this, and thought that butter and chocolate beans were an essential part of popcorn.

Shi Xubai smiled and said no, before Qiao Fei opened his mouth, he said that he didn't want to try it either, and told him not to think about it.

"Popcorn is delicious when it tastes like sea salt, why did you make it sweet?"

"Isn't popcorn sweet? How can you put sea salt in it?"

……

They babbled and chatted, and most of what they said was trivial and homely.

At eight o'clock in the evening, flowers began to bloom outside.

The two stopped talking, quietly watching the colorful fireworks blooming outside the window.A few streaks of golden light shot straight up in the night, and exploded beside the moon, brightly illuminating the night.

Looking at it, Qiao Fei curled up her knees in Shi Xubai's arms and hugged her, and then put her chin on it.

"What's the matter baby?" Shi Xubai was keenly aware of Qiao Fei's depressed mood, and snorted on his back.

Qiao Fei said something softly, and Shi Xubai only heard it when he put his ear to it.

He said I thought you really lied to me.

"What I'm most afraid of is that others will leave without saying goodbye and sneak away." Qiao Fei's voice was so small that she could hardly hear her, "I'm very, very scared."

Shi Xubai was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about something, then gently hugged Qiao Fei's shoulders and made him turn around in his arms, "As he said, you are his child, not a boyfriend, so I still have a chance to be my boyfriend, okay?"

The sound of fireworks outside was loud, Qiao Fei was not sure what she heard, opened her eyes wide, and stuttered to ask Shi Xubai what he said.

Shi Xubai changed the phrase: "Qiao Fei, I like you, and I want to always like you in the future, is that okay?"