White Swan

Chapter 18

Today, the rehearsal in the dance troupe is the part where King Leontes arrests Queen Hermione. The king attacks his beloved wife because he suspects that the child in the queen's belly is not his own.

Shi Xubai was dissatisfied with the rehearsal effect and made the actors dance over and over again.The group dancers need to express extreme sadness and surprise in this scene, after all, the queen has never betrayed the king.

As the lead dancer, Qiao Fei played the role of a royal duke, dancing in the middle of the stage.

She didn't eat anything in the morning, and because she didn't sleep well last night, Qiao Fei felt weaker and weaker.

After he stumbled a few times, Shi Xubai single-handedly called out several main dancers to rehearse their dance steps and let the group of dancers take a break.

Qiao Fei felt a little bit sorry, he was afraid that he was dragging down the overall progress and effect of the group of dancers, so instead of sitting and resting like everyone else, he was doing the rehearsed dance steps by himself in a corner of the dance hall.

It was almost seven o'clock when the rehearsal ended.Qiao Fei packed his things and took out his phone to see if he missed anything important, but when he turned on the phone, he only glanced at the information on the screen and was stunned.

"Aren't you going home?" Luo Ziwen asked Qiao Fei after packing his bags and seeing Qiao Fei still playing with his mobile phone.

Qiao Fei took a few beats to react, and smiled at Luo Ziwen, with a slightly stiff expression on her face: "Well, I will stay for a while, and I want to go through the new part of today, you go first."

Luo Ziwen shrugged, muttered "so desperately" in a low voice, and left.

After most of the dance troupe's performers left, Qiao Fei slowly moved out. A cold message was displayed on the mobile phone he was holding tightly:

[Why don't I know when I have a younger brother.Kari sent you some extra money, don't come back tonight, find a hotel by yourself. 】

After 2 minutes, the phone rang again.Qiao Fei glanced at it cautiously, he didn't dare to expect He Haoyun to show mercy and let him go home.

Sure enough: [Be obedient, I will take you to a good meal next time. 】

He Haoyun had brought others home several times before and kicked him out, but this time at least his conscience found out, and he cared to let him find a hotel.

Qiao Fei laughed at herself, when did she become so humble.

It's just that he didn't bring the credit card that He Haoyun gave him at all, and if He Haoyun checks the balance in the card sometime, he will find that the money on it has never been moved, because until now, that card is still lying in Joe's pocket. The corner of the drawer.

Although Qiao Fei doesn't get a lot of salary in the dance troupe, he doesn't want to use He Haoyun's penny, the money is not clean, he is already very dirty, if He Haoyun's money is used, he may become even dirtier.

He blamed everything on his pathetic self-esteem, and wanted to hold his head high and act like a swan even after he was covered in mud, but He Haoyun pulled out his wings so that he could no longer fly.

He may be more a loach in a swamp than a swan.

Qiao Fei walked out of the theater and wandered around the street aimlessly.It was still raining lightly outside, and there was no one on the road.

He didn't bring a coat, and the thin sweater on his body couldn't resist the biting cold of an October night.After hesitating for a moment, Qiao Fei sat down on the curb, put the umbrella on her shoulders, and curled herself into a tight ball.

He Haoyun, you are so fucking inhuman.

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Shi Xubai would stay in the dance hall for a longer period of time every evening these days, using this empty and quiet atmosphere to perfect the next part of the dance.A former principal dancer with a ballet company, he is more at home in a rehearsal hall than anywhere else in the world.

It may also be because he is nostalgic for the feeling of waiting for everyone to leave and staying alone to practice dancing, the feeling of loneliness that seems to be the only one in the world who is silently working hard.

He walked slowly through the dance steps that needed to be choreographed later, and when he remembered to check the time, he realized that nearly an hour had passed.

Two days ago, Ji An posted a few songs in Moments, and even sent him a message so that he could listen to them when he was not inspired.Shi Xubai hadn't had time to reply, thinking that now is the right time to listen.

But when Xubai opened WeChat, he lost his mind after seeing the latest Moments.

It was sent by Qiao Fei, with only one photo and one sentence.

The photo shows the sky from under a transparent umbrella, with raindrops hanging on the top of the umbrella and a few little yellow ducks printed on the side of the umbrella. The bright yellow cartoon ducks look lively and playful under a gray sky.

There is a word written on the photo.

Today's cloud feels that life is boring, so it jumps down and turns into rain.

Shi Xubai recognized the building in the corner of the photo as the theater, and he hurried to the window to look out.

There were raindrops on the window, which somewhat blurred the scene outside, but Shi Xubai still saw Qiao Fei sitting on the side of the street at a glance.

The boy didn't wear a coat, only a thin sweater on his body. He put the bag under his buttocks and was sitting on the curb with an umbrella. He probably sat there for a while, and the back of the sweater was wet from the rain .

The gray down of the ugly duckling was wet by the rain tonight, and it looked really embarrassed.

The ugly duckling seemed to be in a bad mood today. Shi Xubai found that he was not feeling well during the rehearsal, so he let the group of dancers rest and rehearse the leading role alone.

But he didn't expect that Qiao Fei would work so hard, and when she had time to rest, she would practice dancing silently by herself.Shi Xubai felt even more firmly that his decision to let him be the lead dancer was not wrong.

I don't know why the boy didn't come home so late.

Shi Xubai had no intention of staying in the dance hall anymore, he stuffed all his notebooks that he had spread out on the piano into his bag, and planned to go home.

He turned back before going downstairs, leaving his motorcycle helmet in a locker in the locker room.

Qiao Fei sat alone on the side of the street, maybe because of fear, or maybe because of the cold, she wrapped her arms around her and hugged herself tightly, her thin back looked lonely and helpless.

The sound of raindrops hitting the umbrella was a bit loud, and Qiao Fei didn't hear Shi Xubai's footsteps coming over.

When Shi Xubai was a few steps away from him, he took off his coat and wanted to put it on for him, but when he came up to him, he was afraid of scaring him, so he hesitated, and finally put the coat back on himself silently.

He might not even have the qualifications to care about him, so he could only ask plainly, "Are you waiting for someone?"

Qiao Fei was still taken aback, turned around abruptly, raised her umbrella and looked up at Shi Xubai in confusion, shook her head, but immediately nodded again.The little yellow duck beside the umbrella is cute and cute, which matches the expression on his face.

His gray sweater had an oversized collar, revealing a small protruding collarbone and pale chest.

A little disappointed in his heart, Shi Xubai had no choice but to say kindly: "Go inside and wait, the rain won't stop for a while."

"It's okay, he may... be here in a while." Qiao Fei's voice trembled slightly.

Shi Xubai didn't believe him, but he had no choice but to say: "Well, then don't sit on the ground, it's too cold, and it's cold, so wear more tomorrow." His eyes paused on Qiao Fei's exposed skin , and added, "If you catch a cold, you will delay the rehearsal."

He turned to leave, but heard a small voice behind him.

"Wait..." Qiao Fei stood up from the ground, looking pitiful with her head down.

Shi Xubai looked back at him, a few drops of rain fell from the tilted transparent umbrella and landed on Qiao Fei's shoulder.

His voice was very small, almost covered by the sound of rain, but Shi Xubai could still hear him clearly, he said that I have nowhere to go.

The poor doll had a hole and was thrown out by the owner, so Shi Xubai asked him, "Are you going to my house?"

Qiao Fei didn't answer, but just took small steps to rub against Shi Xubai's side, lowering her head and not daring to look at him.He seemed to feel ashamed of himself, and shrunk himself into a small ball, taking up as little space as possible.

Shi Xubai didn't say anything, he took the umbrella in Qiao Fei's hand to support the two of them, and helped him make a decision: "Let's go."

He took a few steps forward, and when he turned around, he realized that the ugly duckling hadn't followed.

"You don't have to be afraid, I'm not a big bad wolf, and I won't eat you up." But even this kind of silly joke couldn't make the ugly duckling with its drooping head look up.

Qiao Fei watched Shi Xubai stop a taxi, and when he opened the door, he suddenly remembered something, and asked him, "Where's your motorcycle?"

Shi Xubai smiled and didn't look at him, "I didn't ride today, I took a taxi."

He doesn't like to lie, but for this boy, it's worth it.