White Swan

Chapter 36

The piece of wood they passed was a passage connecting the south and north sides of the ski resort.

After following the map for a long time before arriving at the destination, Qiao Fei wanted to see the map on the way, but Shi Xubai covered it from him, saying it was a surprise.

When she got closer, Qiao Fei realized that Shi Xubai's surprise was a slippery tire.Many ski resorts have a special open space with long slopes, and you can sit on the provided tires and slide from the top to the bottom of the slope.

"What, this is only for babies." Qiao Fei looked at the children who were holding the hands of their parents, and stood there, not wanting to go forward.

Shi Xubai suppressed a smile and said to Qiao Fei, "You are just a baby yourself."

Qiao Fei couldn't hold it back, and Shi Xu gave him a blank look, ignoring his criticism: "It's so embarrassing."

"No way, who told you that you will be afraid of skiing."

Next to Xuebei is a small path to climb up, and you have to drag your tires to climb up.Shi Xubai rented a tire and helped Qiao Fei drag it up.On the way, several children watched Shi Xubai, a big man about 1.8 meters high, go to slide the tire with great interest, his jaw almost fell to the ground.

Qiao Fei was a little depressed, watching groups of children walking slowly behind Shi Xubai.

"Sir, if you want, you can sit in the same seat." The staff member kindly suggested after seeing that Xubai sent Qiao Fei up and wanted to go down the same path.

"Skating together?" Qiao Fei's eyes lit up immediately, and she looked at Shi Xubai expectantly.

Seeing the eager eyes of the ugly duckling, it was difficult for Shi Xubai to refuse, so in the end he had to sit on the tire first, and waited for Qiao Fei to sit up with his arms open.

The boy slowly sat on his lap, as if he was afraid of crushing him, and his legs stood on the ground for a while before he dared to put all the weight on him.Shi Xubai hugged the little man in his arms, holding it carefully, as if he possessed the most precious treasure in the world.

Sliding tires was more fun than expected, and the speed was just right. Xuebei designed high and low turns, going up and down for a while, which was exciting but not scary.

Shi Xubai was afraid that Qiao Fei would be thrown out, so he hugged his waist tightly, and wrapped his arms around to grab his wrist.

By the time he slid down from above, Qiao Fei had completely changed his view on sliding tires.His cheeks were stained pink with excitement, and he couldn't help but dragged Shi Xubai up to play again.

This time turned into two, three, four times...

The staff on the top of Xuebei had seen them several times, and said to Shi Xubai with a smile, it's you again.

Shi Xubai couldn't move anymore. After sliding down the slope for the seventh time with Qiao Fei in his arms, he slumped on the tire and begged Qiao Fei to let him go.

This kind of tire was originally designed for younger children. He has long legs and long hands, and it is a bit aggravating to sit on it.

Qiao Fei was dissatisfied with Shi Xubai's perfunctory treatment of him: "Let's play it two more times."

"Who said just now that babies only play?" Shi Xubai laughed at Qiao Fei, "So are you a baby?"

Qiao Fei blushed and pretended not to hear.

"Go by yourself, I'll wait for you below."

Qiao Fei didn't want to skate by herself, he felt that Shi Xubai's mat was warm and soft, like a human-shaped mat.He lingered at the bottom of the slope for a while, seeing that Xu Bai really didn't intend to go skating with him, so he dragged a tire ring up three steps at a time.

When Qiao Fei slid to the bottom, Shi Xubai took a photo of him with his mobile phone. In the photo, Qiao Fei was looking at the camera with his eyes slightly open.

The ugly duckling rushed forward to grab Shi Xubai's cell phone, but Shi Xubai held it up so that he couldn't get it, Qiao Fei was so angry that his cheeks swelled up, like a puffer fish.

In the end, the two reached an agreement that as long as Qiao Fei could not look at the floor once during the performance of "The Winter's Tale", Shi Xubai would give Qiao Fei the photos at his disposal.

Before that, Shi Xubai would set this photo as a screen saver to motivate Qiao Fei to complete the goal.

When walking back, they passed a gift shop, and the two went in casually for a stroll.

The store is beautifully decorated, and you can buy some handicrafts and other gadgets.Qiao Fei stopped in front of a basket of colorful small stones.

Inside was a polished dark blue sodalite, mixed with a little white and gray. Qiao Fei picked it up and held it in the palm of his hand to examine it carefully.A small sunflower is carved on it, the delicate petals are layered together, and the bright yellow petals and dark green leaves are painted with paint, which looks very pleasing.

"Like it?" Shi Xubai didn't know when he walked behind Qiao Fei, bent down and put his chin on his shoulder, looking at the small stone in his hand.

Qiao Fei was embarrassed to say that she liked it, and silently put the small stone back into the basket. Girls should be interested in this kind of gadget.

"No." Qiao Fei looked at the small pile of stones, and she still thought that the sunflower sodalite was the only one that looked good. The yellow color matched the dark blue of the stone itself very well.

Shi Xubai put his hand into Qiao Fei's pocket calmly, took it out with satisfaction after finding what he was looking for, and showed Qiao Fei his palm: "Where did this come from?"

Qiao Fei turned around after hearing the sound.In Shi Xubai's palm lay the small gray pebble that he had been carrying around all the time, which looked much uglier compared to the sodalite in the store.

Qiao Fei curled her lips, as if she had been discovered stealing candy: "It was given to me by a big brother when I was a child, and I always carry it with me."

For so many years, the surface of this small stone has been polished to a certain degree of smoothness. Shi Xubai held it and looked at it, feeling that there was still a little warmth from Qiao Fei's body.

"The big brother who told you not to dance ballet?"

Qiao Fei didn't expect that Shi Xubai still remembered the person he was talking about, and nodded: "Well, it's him."

"A small stone, have you carried it with you for so many years?" Shi Xubai kept looking into Qiao Fei's eyes, but his eyes were a little erratic, as if he was thinking about something far away.

"I think it can bring me good luck. Anyway, nothing bad happened when I was wearing it." Qiao Fei thought for a while, and added, "At least nothing very bad happened."

Qiao Fei stared closely at the stone in Shi Xubai's hand, as if afraid that he would snatch it away.

Shi Xubai laughed secretly, put the pebble back into Qiao Fei's pocket, closed the zipper considerately, and said, "You still say you don't like it? Your eyes are straight."

This time it was impossible to hide it, Qiao Fei held back for a while, and said with a blushing face, "What a nice little rock, it won't be broken, it won't wither like a flower, it's eternal."

The logic of this sentence is a bit strange, but Shi Xubai understood what he meant, and asked: "So you don't like flowers, but only small stones?"

Qiao Fei thought for a while, nodded, and asked Shi Xubai if this was strange.

Shi Xubai didn't answer right away, the expression on his face was a bit complicated.He looked at Qiao Fei's expectant eyes, finally smiled, and rubbed the top of his hair: "It's not surprising, I still think it's quite cute."

The two walked around the gift shop for a few times and went out. Shi Xubai asked Qiao Fei to wait for him, he was going to the bathroom.

Qiao Fei sat on the edge of the flower bed outside and waited for him. A couple walked past him talking and laughing, discussing what to eat at night.

His gaze followed them involuntarily until the two holding hands disappeared around the corner.

Qiao Fei began to imagine what it would be like to have a meal with Shi Xubai at night and then return to the same hotel room.

They will go to the western restaurant downstairs of the hotel, order lobster for one person and steak for the other, so that they can eat differently, and they can try both. The side dishes should be grilled asparagus and stew, and the final dessert should be ice cream. The Haagen-Dazs that Qiao Fei has been to.

If so, his day might be perfect, like a fruit cake with a cherry on top, except that he doesn't like cherries, he may prefer small orange oranges.

Just as he was thinking wildly, footsteps came from behind him, before Qiao Fei could turn his head, a pair of warm hands covered his eyes.

"I've been looking for you for a long time, why are you sitting here? It's so cold."

Qiao Fei turned around, Shi Xubai took his hands away from his eyes, with a gentle smile at the end of his eyes.

"Here, double the luck." Shi Xubai suddenly stretched out his hand like magic, and in the palm of his hand lay the dark blue sodalite engraved with sunflowers.

Qiao Fei's eyes widened in an instant, and she couldn't help taking a deep breath. She wanted to take the stone, but she wasn't sure if it was really for him, so she asked in a low voice, "Did you buy it? Did you give it to me? "

"Yeah." Shi Xubai passed the stone forward encouragingly, "I'll give it to you."

Qiao Fei rubbed along the lines carved on the stone, no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't put it down.

He raised his head to say thank you to Shi Xubai, his eyes sparkled.