Glass Butterfly

"Yes, yes, very good." Zhang Wenbin encouraged him from time to time, "Be careful to slow down and avoid the intersection."

After several days of practice, Ruan Youqing is already familiar with the road.He concentrated on holding the steering wheel to observe the road conditions, and circled the old industrial park with ease.Although the asphalt road has been in disrepair for a long time and is uneven, he still smoothly makes a beautiful bend along the gray and white mottled markings, and parks steadily on the side of the road.

"You drive into the yard, and then stop between those two piles of goods." Zhang Wenbin pointed to the packed glass cartons in the yard, piled up like a hill: "If you hit it, crash!" Ruan Youqing saw his right hand stretched across his throat. Everything, with a ferocious facial expression, frightened him like a child: "You may be killed by those people."

Ruan Youqing secretly sighed in her heart, feeling that Zhang Wenbin was childish that didn't match his age, and seemed to be the type well protected by his family, which easily reminded him of Xiang Yu.

He carefully used the rearview mirror to measure the distance, successfully put the car between the two rows of boxes, turned off the engine and got out of the car to check.The distance between the car and the obstacles on both sides is almost the same. Zhang Wenbin nodded with satisfaction: "The sense of space is really good. If you practice again, you can go directly to the second test."

Ruan Youqing nodded: "Then the same time tomorrow?"

"Well, I'll come over at 02:30 in the afternoon." Zhang Wenbin asked, "Can you smoke here?"

"Okay, don't go into the factory building." Ruan Youqing pointed to the open space in front of the rear container.

Zhang Wenbin lit a cigarette, took out his phone and fiddled with it.

Ruan Youqing returned to the room and found that the charging phone was on, so she walked over and opened WeChat.

There was no one in Tubai's group for a long time, and Zhang Wenbin sent several long voices in a row, expressing his dissatisfaction for not being able to go to England in a hoarse voice.

"Don't you think my visa money was wasted..." At the end he sighed, "Although Ruan Youqing is quite smart, he can basically remember it once he says it, but the boss has a big heart. I asked him before. Is it not good for him to use a Mercedes-Benz? It’s hard to calculate if the company’s car has been bumped. After he praised me for being thoughtful, he actually asked me to use his 911 to teach a novice to drive. Can you believe it! I faced this traffic before How long has it been drooling? He won't let me touch it... Sure enough, falling in love is still different, thanks to Ruan Youqing, I've had a blast in the past few days."

As soon as Ruan Youqing heard this sentence, she realized that she was removed from Tubai's group chat.He pushed open the door and saw Zhang Wenbin with a bewildered expression: "Handsome, handsome...you...did you just...start a group?"

He nodded truthfully.

"Wow... I thought you were no longer in the group...Xu Hanyi really killed me... You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you! Don't betray me!" Zhang Wenbin rushed in front of him, clasped his hands and begged road.

Ruan Youqing also just learned that this person was unable to go to England because he had to teach himself how to drive, so he couldn't help but feel sorry, so he agreed: "Okay."

"Then it's settled!!" Zhang Wenbin hugged him gratefully, "Speaking of which, have you and my boss been having trouble lately? I feel like I haven't seen you much since you signed the contract."

"No." There should be no quarrel between them, it's just a convention to keep their distance.

"It's fine if you don't have one. Boss is in a bad mood, and I'm going to suffer as well... Eh? What's that?" Zhang Wenbin stubbed out his cigarette, and pointed excitedly at the window not far from him.

The weather is gradually warming up. A few days ago, more than a dozen butterflies emerged almost at the same time, and the container became lively.Evening is the peak time for their activity, and through the big window, you can see little things flying on the branches of flowers.

Ruan Youqing said it was a butterfly.

"I know it's a butterfly, why is it in your house?" Zhang Wenbin walked towards the door of his container, as if he wanted to go in and have a close contact, "Why are there so many!" In the center of a city full of tall buildings, it is really rare to see so many butterflies.

Ruan Youqing didn't follow to help him open the door, but walked to the outside of the window and signaled Zhang Wenbin to look through the window: "It's a bit scary. Look here."

In fact, these butterflies are not incapable of seeing people, he is just not used to people stepping into his personal living space.He has lived here for a long time, neither the workers who have long been familiar with, nor Lu Zhen and his wife and Lu Keke have ever entered.

"Then I'll go first. See you tomorrow handsome guy!" Zhang Wenbin looked at it for a while and took a few photos, then turned and left satisfied. The matte black 911 was watched away by a group of people.

At night, Ruan Youqing fell into a drowsy sleep, only to be woken up by the abrupt beeping sound.

——Bubble is going to stay in England.

It's Tang Tu.He looked at the time in the upper right corner, it was past two o'clock in the morning.It should be evening in London.

That means, did someone spot and buy his rabbit at the art fair?

- Someone likes it?

He asked the other party for proof.

Tang Tu didn't continue to reply, but called back directly.

"Why are you still up so late?" The other party sounded in a good mood, and Tang Tu's smile automatically appeared in front of Ruan Youqing's eyes.

"Sleeping."

"I woke you up?" Tang Tu was a little apologetic, "There's nothing urgent, we'll talk about it after I go back."

Ruan Youqing asked him, "When are you coming back?"

"the day after tomorrow."

"Then I should treat you to dinner." Ruan Youqing said, "As a thank you."

"It's not necessary as a thank you gift. I'm just performing my duties. You don't have anything to thank me for." Tang Tu rejected him righteously.

"Hmm." Ruan Youqing didn't refute, although he felt that according to common sense, giving him an expensive suit and asking his personal assistant to teach him how to drive is not within the scope of performing his duties.

"But if it's for you to celebrate." Tang Tu seemed to smile again, "I'll ask Zhang Wenbin to order what you want to eat in advance."

Ruan Youqing is not as familiar with the ubiquitous food in this city as other young people, it seems that Tang Tu is the same.They still met at the restaurant on the first floor of Chuqing. Tang Tu arrived earlier than him and had already finished ordering: "You're not picky, so I'll make the decision for you."

Ruan Youqing checked the time and was sure that she arrived 15 minutes earlier than the agreed time.

"Waiting long?" he asked.

"No, I just arrived. I came down immediately after get off work." Tang Tu's glasses were placed by the table, pressing the table cloth with the logo.And Chu Qing's long string of pinyin passed through the transparent lens without any deformation. This is a pair of flat lenses without prescription.

Ruan Youqing looked up at the two light red broad bean-shaped indentations on the bridge of Tang Tu's nose and asked, "Why do you always wear this?"

"Huh? It's just an accessory." Tang Tu picked up his glasses and fiddled with them, "Don't you think wearing them will make you look more mature?"

Indeed.The elegant plain mirror, the shoulder pads in the suit, the tidy back, and the exquisite carved leather shoes all seem to coincidentally highlight the shrewdness of the owner, which makes Tang Tu's image convincing, making people feel that no matter what kind of problem lies This person can solve everything easily.Artists, collectors, business people, you can rest assured to deliver all the trust.

But Ruan Youqing prefers to get along with Tang Tu who occasionally loses his mind, is too scared to make a sound by the butterfly in his hand, and takes a long mouthful of porridge because he is afraid of pain and fails to get his tattoo removed.He seems to have been attracted by those imperceptible flaws since he was a child.

"Congratulations, Mr. Ruan Youqing." Tang Tu teased and raised his cup, "I was favored by many people when I participated in the exhibition for the first time. It's a pity that I only brought one of them. People other than buyers can only regret group photo."

Ruan Youqing said thank you, and accompanied him to drink the strong red wine in the goblet in one gulp.

The two dined at the same location again, but the dishes were different from last time.Although Tang Tu is still the same, he doesn’t eat hot food very much, but from the second course in front of Ruan Youqing, there are steaming salt-roasted thick-cut beef tongue, seafood stewed rice and thick soup. The warm food fills the stomach, and the sense of satisfaction makes the thoughts Relaxed, they sat lazily and didn't talk much.

"You should go back and rest." Ruan Youqing watched as Tang Tu finished the dessert made of peaches slowly. After the calculation, Tang Tu spent the night on the plane last night and then worked all day. The inner pair of long eyelashes has now become a wide parallel, it should be very tired.

"Okay, then I'll take you back." Tang Tu replied reflexively.

Ruan Youqing tapped the goblet with her fingertips, reminding him not to drive after drinking.

"That's right. Then I'll take you to the subway station." Tang Tu smiled.

They walked on the brightly lit road. In March, the branches of cherry blossoms that had withered for the winter on the roadside were covered with pink and white, and the color of the grass gradually became brighter. The flowers of early spring were sprinkled among them, so that the city was no longer colored only by neon lights. The cement forest has more lively businesses.

"Here, let's take a look." Tang Tu handed over his mobile phone.There was a video waiting to be played on the screen. Ruan Youqing pressed the play button, and the people on the screen flowed.

The scene of the art fair was crowded with people, and there were countless works as far as the eye could see.The camera is on his rabbit, and a woman with reddish-brown hair and white skin next to him.She wears a fitted professional suit and has delicate makeup on her face.

"She is the one who took Paoying away." Tang Tu said, "She wants to thank you."

The traffic on the road was noisy, and the speed of English speaking was very fast. He stared at the excited stranger on the screen, but couldn't hear what the other party was saying at all.Just talking, the woman who was only faintly excited suddenly choked up, and she burst into tears regardless of the people shaking around her, which made Ruan Youqing stunned.

"Her name is Grace, and she is the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine. She said that she is at a low point in her career, and she is so moved to see your work." Tang Tu translated in his ear: "She thinks this rabbit is her, It's a lot of people, constantly making, chasing those bubbles, but in the end they get nothing. She said she must bring this back today, especially when she heard that the creator is actually hearing-impaired. She hopes you Keep creating, and she will always pay attention to you."

After the strange woman on the screen finished her incoherent praise, she held her chest and gradually calmed down.

But across the screen, his own emotions surged, and those few uncontrollable tears deeply shook his calm heart. Are these tears shed for his works?

"I know you don't like people caring about your ears." Seeing that he remained silent, Tang Tu had a look of worry on his face: "But this is you, and this is your special feature. Art is the exchange of souls, and you Every piece of work is a part of your soul, just like your deafness is also a part of you. The fate of collectors and artworks is based on understanding, do you... mind it?"

He never minded that.Ruan Youqing turned his head to look at the people around him, his dark eyelashes swept over the frame uneasily, like a brush over the beating heartbeat in spring, he couldn't tell whether the sound of the drum beating in his ears was excitement or heartbeat .Tang Tu's eyes showed hesitation and panic. This flaw was like a rose protruding from a crevice in a rock, blown by the gentle spring breeze at night, and a thorn that hadn't yet matured lightly pierced the skin.

He just felt that this moment was the right time, and he found an outlet for his surging emotions.

Ruan Youqing took off the flat mirror for Tang Tu with one hand, turned her head slightly, and put it close to the light-colored lips.

He silently stayed in the soft and soft touch, like fine snow falling into a vast expanse of whiteness, the world was still, and the surging blood in his heart returned to calm after this moment.

In a blink of an eye, the sound of cars, people, and Tang Tu's breathing returned to normal.

"Thank you. I will do it well. Thank you, Tang Tu. Thank you for me too...Grace." He took a step back, seeing the person in front of him stunned, he put the phone back into the pocket of the other party's windbreaker on his own initiative, Put back those lightweight yet classy flat glasses.

The man stared at him for a long time before asking, "...isn't it your first kiss?"

Ruan Youqing shook his head.

Tang Tu seemed relieved, and his slightly out-of-focus eyes became clear again.

Ruan Youqing waved his hand, said good night to him, and got on the last train contentedly.He hadn't felt so flustered and happy in a long time.

Tang Tu watched his back disappear at the stairs of the subway station, and slowly leaned against a tree trunk next to him, secretly annoyed.

If I had known this wasn't the first kiss, I should have responded to him...

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Tang: Tsk, didn’t perform well...