White Swan

Chapter 26

The hot pot restaurant that Shi Xubai mentioned is not far away, just a few streets away from the studio.It happened to be lunch time, and there were quite a lot of people in the restaurant.The waiter at the front desk gave them a window seat on the second floor, where they could see the street view downstairs.

There are many signature dishes in the hotpot restaurant, Qiao Fei flipped through the menu, not knowing what to order, so she looked up at Shi Xubai.He asked Qiao Fei what he likes to eat, but Qiao Fei had no objection and asked him to order casually.

After ordering, Shi Xubai put his elbows on the table and said, "Actually, if the floor wasn't slippery, you could have turned a few more times, your center of gravity is well maintained, and the height of your legs and arms is just right. Shi Xubai was afraid that Qiao Fei would not believe it, so he emphasized it again, "It's all because of the slippery floor."

Qiao Fei was taken aback: "Have you seen it all?"

"En." Shi Xubai nodded naturally.

Qiao Fei blurted out in a low voice: "Oh, I didn't want you to see it."

Shi Xubai found it funny: "What's the matter? Can they watch me if they can?"

"No." Qiao Fei quickly waved her hand, "Aren't you our choreographer? What if you see that I dance so badly and give my leading role to someone else?"

Shi Xubai paused for a moment before realizing that Qiao Fei was joking with him, and raised the corner of his mouth: "I won't, what is given to you is yours, and I won't let others replace it." He added, "And you deserve it." Got it."

Qiao Fei's face was stained with a blush, and she whispered: "Whether the floor is slippery or not, I still only turned twelve times, which is too little."

He was curious about how many laps Shi Xubai could make, and the male chief of City Ballet might only have 37 laps.

Shi Xubai made a face at Qiao Fei: "That's good enough, trust me, I'm a ballet choreographer."

Qiao Fei was amused, and the teacup she was holding in both hands spilled a few drops with the slight trembling of his fingertips.

He suddenly thought of something, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked Shi Xubai: "When I arrived, Xu Chengxi said that their studio had hired a lot of professional ballerinas and wanted them to take pictures, but they all refused because they thought the studio was too small. Not famous."

"You are..." Qiao Fei couldn't think of a better word, and said carefully, "You are so famous, why..."

"Why didn't I refuse?" Shi Xubai helped Qiao Fei finish speaking.

Qiao Fei was a little embarrassed and nodded.

"Because I know that although their studio is small and not very famous, the clothes they design are not inferior to famous brands, but not enough people have seen them.

"I used to be the prince of the ballet world, yes, but this does not mean that I can be proud of it. The applause and honor given to me by the audience is a gift from them, not a reward I ask them for."

Qiao Fei thought Shi Xubai's words were very handsome, like a beloved prince bowing humbly.

Either way, he's a prince.

Shi Xubai continued: "I talked to their boss when I went there on the first day. She said that she opened a clothing studio not for making money, but for her and her daughter's love. The little girls who took pictures in their studio They are all people who have dreams of being a top model in their hearts."

"So you went to help them?" Qiao Fei asked.

"Well, it's fun to help others."

The waiter brought the mandarin duck soup base, set fire for them, and placed all kinds of meat and vegetables around the hot pot.

During the two years with He Haoyun, Qiao Fei has never eaten hot pot with him.The first is because He Haoyun doesn't like it, and the second is because Qiao Fei thinks that hot pot should be eaten with someone who really likes it.

It is not suitable for the gold master and the canary in his cage to eat hot pot together.

Before starting to eat, Shi Xubai dug out a kraft paper bag from his bag, and passed it to Qiao Fei across the table: "I almost forgot, I bought it on the way out in the morning, and I thought I'd give it to you the next time I see you."

"For me?" Qiao Fei took the paper bag hesitantly, and opened it under Shi Xubai's encouraging eyes.

It was a small bag of orange fudge, each orange candy wrapped in translucent sugar paper, just looking at it made people like it.

Shi Xubai did not answer the question: "I know you said you don't like sugar, but if you try this, I think you will love orange flavor in everything in the future. I used to eat two bags a day, and gained three catties. was forced to quit.”

Is this a gift from Shi Xubai to him?Thinking of this, Qiao Fei was so excited that she didn't know where to put her hands. She tried her best to hold back the corners of her mouth, and said sincerely, "Thank you."

Shi Xubai looked into Qiao Fei's eyes, and it took a long time before he said, "I'll take you away, okay?"

Qiao Fei held the sugar bag in both hands, and didn't understand: "Huh?"

"Go far away and hide you so that he can never find you again."

Qiao Fei was stunned.

What is he saying?He said he wanted to take him away.

The always gloomy world was suddenly illuminated by a white sun.

Qiao Fei slowly put the paper bag in her hand on the table, not knowing how to respond.

It's not that he didn't want to, how could he not want to, Qiao Fei dreamed that one day he could escape from He Haoyun, but he knew that he had no way to leave He Haoyun.

Two years ago, Qiao Fei was brought home by He Haoyun for the first time, and lived in a cage inlaid with gold wire.He joined the dance troupe in a daze, and foolishly didn't think carefully about what kind of status he was picked up by.

Qiao Fei is very simple, if someone treats him well, she can't wait to show her heart to him.

No one loved him, but he often thought about how to love others.

In the first few months since then, He Haoyun tried to be fresh, and was also kind to Qiao Fei, giving him delicious and fun things in different ways, taking him out to play, and making him happy.Qiao Fei naively thought that He Haoyun was her boyfriend and that she had a home.

But the past few months, He Haoyun seemed to be tired of this fragile and delicate boy, he began to push Qiao Fei aside, treating him hot and cold.If you are happy, hug me and coax you, and if you are not happy, you will send it aside, saying, you are busy, don't bother.

Qiao Fei also gradually understood her position in He Haoyun's heart.

It's not that He Haoyun doesn't take time to accompany him, or bring home some tender boy, but that he hurts Qiao Fei.He was in so much pain that he couldn't move. It hurt more than any stretching or standing.However, He Haoyun ignored him, casually asked the driver to take him to the hospital, and brought him back when he was done.

That night, Qiao Fei was lying alone on the hospital bed, listening to the laughter of the patients and their families next door, but there was only a dim night light beside her, which was not enough to illuminate even half of the room.He suddenly understood, clearly realized that He Haoyun didn't love him, he was not his only one, and there was nothing between them.

Does Qiao Fei love him?It may be more gratitude and admiration than love.

When he got home, Qiao Fei carefully arranged all the luxuries and gifts that He Haoyun gave him, hugged the pillow, and sat quietly on the sofa waiting for He Haoyun to come home from the company.

He clearly remembered that there was a heavy rain outside that day, and when He Haoyun entered the door, raindrops hung on his suit, and his shoulders were wet.

Qiao Fei stepped forward to take the coat that He Haoyun took off, and said anxiously, he said, thank you for letting me join the dance troupe, but are you tired of me?It's okay, I can go, everything is packed, the ones you gave me are all new, unused, I won't take them away...

Looking at He Haoyun's face that gradually turned cold, Qiao Fei didn't notice the crisis, he just thought it was because he owed him money.

Qiao Fei wanted to apologize and said that he could pay him back with his salary from the dance troupe, but He Haoyun suddenly reached out and grabbed his neck, pushing Qiao Fei against the wall behind him.

He Haoyun's voice was very cold, like a room without heating in the morning in the twelfth lunar month of winter.

"Want to leave? If you want to leave, I will post everything that happened between us at the entrance of the theater, so that everyone in your dance company can see how you got in."

That day, Qiao Fei's wings that had just grown feathers were pulled out, and the bloody wings were trampled by He Haoyun's feet until they were bloody.The only way for Qiao Fei to leave He Haoyun is for him to let him go.So he can't run away, he has no choice.

It's okay, he's used to it.

All in all, he still does not belong to this white sun that wants to illuminate his world.

Shi Xubai waited quietly for Qiao Fei's answer, never leaving his face.

Because of dancing for many years, Qiao Fei has almost no trace of excess fat on her body, only a little flesh on her cheeks.

Looking at it, Shi Xubai stretched out his hand like a ghost, and touched Qiao Fei's face with his right knuckles, as if he was touching some fragile treasure.

Qiao Fei shrank suddenly as if she had been scalded, blinking her eyes and looking at him in confusion.

"What are you thinking?" Shi Xubai asked him.

Qiao Fei shook her head, her voice was almost inaudible: "I'm sorry...I can't..."

Shi Xubai asked softly, "Can you tell me why?"

Because the cage door was locked, the canary couldn't escape.

But the truth was so embarrassing that he couldn't say it, so Qiao Fei could only say in a roundabout way: "Their family is very powerful..."

Before he finished speaking, Shi Xubai interrupted him and said, "I don't care whether the He family is a god, a Buddha, a human or a ghost, I just know that he is not good enough for you."

"It's not like this... You think too much of me, I'm not good, I'm not what you imagined..." Qiao Fei said incoherently.

"Do you know what he told me at the banquet that night?"

"Huh?" Qiao Fei recalled the scene at the banquet.He never asked about He Haoyun's conversation with Shi Xubai that day, and He Haoyun never mentioned it to him.

But what else?Qiao Fei knew it without thinking, it was nothing more than "stay away from my things", "don't even try to touch things that don't belong to you".

Shi Xubai clenched his teeth and almost blurted out that sentence.

What He Haoyun said that day was: If you can afford his price, I can lend him to you for fun.

But he couldn't bear to say it in the end.

Qiao Fei shook her head, "I'm sorry."

If he really angered He Haoyun, he might not be the only one who suffers.He can't implicate Shi Xubai, and he doesn't deserve to be saved.

Shi Xubai is his white sun and orange candy, just look at it from a distance, so he is content.

The place on the face touched by Shi Xubai was hot and aching.But Qiao Fei was afraid that his skin would lose this warmth.

The meal was very quiet, both of them were thinking about what was in their hearts, and didn't say much.

But Qiao Fei didn't feel depressed at all, he didn't want much, and it was enough to sit at the same table with the person he looked up to and liked.

After eating, Shi Xubai accompanied Qiao Fei to wait for the car on the side of the road, and asked him, "Let me take you home."

"It's okay, I'll just take a taxi." Qiao Fei shook his head, he has troubled others enough.

Shi Xubai didn't insist, and reached out to help Qiao Fei hail a taxi.Before he got into the car, Shi Xubai stopped him.

"Qiao Fei." Shi Xubai waited for Qiao Fei to shift his gaze to him before continuing, "I will not look at you differently because of your choice, and your image in my heart will not change. No matter what, you have Any difficulty can come to me, I am always there, okay?"

To like a person is to respect his choice, not to pursue blindly.

"Thank you." In Qiao Fei's past few years, Shi Xubai was the only one who really treated him well.Qiao Fei is not greedy, this is enough.

Shi Xubai didn't answer, just said: "Be careful on the road."

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Qiao Fei didn't realize that the bag of orange candy was still in her bag when she was almost home.Originally, when rejecting someone, you shouldn't take other people's things, you should return it to Shi Xubai.But Qiao Fei didn't regret it.

He will not be willing to eat it, he wants to go home and put it in the most conspicuous place in the room.