Glass Butterfly

Tang Tu was taken aback when he received the email from Miu Kawai.He said he was asking for time to make a phone call, and asked when it was convenient, with a cautious tone.

After he replied that he could do it anytime, he received an inexplicable apology call in the evening, saying that he was very sorry for his entrustment and not taking good care of Ruan Youqing.She didn't expect this to happen, she was usually too busy to notice, but it was her fault anyway.

Tang Tu was terrified when he heard it from a bewilderment, and hurriedly interrupted the other party's endless confession: "Mr. Chuanjing, wait a minute, did something happen to Ruan Youqing? Where is he now?"

For more than a month, they had almost no contact. Ruan Youqing didn't like to talk at all. After going to Otaru, there was almost no news. He would never disturb the other party if he didn't take the initiative to speak.

"Ah, so he didn't tell you..." Kawai also sounded a little surprised, so he told him what happened recently, "I only found out last night. My assistant thought I was drunk and fell asleep. Got it, I called her friend in the living room to complain about the senior in the studio, I heard her say that the senior has been doing little tricks to young people... I thought there would be no workplace bullies in our line of work What about things like Ling... It's a very familiar person but he doesn't know that he has been doing this kind of thing... It's too bad..."

Tang Tu heaved a sigh of relief, the whole story didn't sound like anything serious, they were all annoying but innocuous little actions, like deliberately knocking over coffee to stain clothes, and pushing all my work to the other party It's too troublesome to care about it, and it's really serious to describe it as bullying.It's just that when she said that Ruan Youqing's hearing aid was thrown away, he couldn't help but get angry, and he couldn't adjust it for a long time.

Tang Tu's annoyance didn't subside after hanging up the phone, and he couldn't tell what he was angry about.He knew that it was impossible for Ruan Youqing to take these trivial matters to heart, so he shouldn't take them to heart either.After all, everyone is an adult, and Ruan Youqing doesn't need anyone's protection.

But when he first arrived in an unfamiliar environment, with language barriers, and meeting such a senior, even Ruan Youqing's free and easy temper might not be able to bear it alone, right?

Tang Tu fidgeted with his mobile phone impetuously, and found that Ruan Youqing's profile picture had rarely appeared in the circle of friends.

Sure enough, he still needs someone to comfort him.Tang Tu hurriedly refreshed his circle of friends, but found that he was still worrying too much.

Ruan Youqing actually went to the flower field alone for sightseeing, ate ice cream, bought potted plants, and finally brought a butterfly back to raise it.Tang Tu saw that the hand holding the lavender cone had a new wound, and there was a crystal clear blister on the thumb joint, which looked like a burn, and if it wasn't handled well, it would definitely leave a scar.

He laughed at himself for making a fuss out of a molehill, but he hesitated. After the conflict, he still called the phone. Although it was a bit nosy, he really wanted to comfort the young man and calm down his endless emotions by the way.

Ruan Youqing quickly picked it up, as he thought, the man avoided the important and ignored the important, and did not express any dissatisfaction, but said to him contentedly: "I like this place very much. Thank you."

Tang Tu was a little discouraged, and he didn't know why he was so full of anticipation for a complaint.He could only helplessly ask if he was wronged, but the other party immediately denied it.

"No, I haven't been wronged." Ruan Youqing asked him instead, "Tang Tu, are you in a bad mood?"

"No. Mr. Kawai told me someone was bullying you." He fell into the sofa a little irritably, "Sorry, Young Qing. I sent you there, but the distance is so far, and you can only take care of yourself. I will help you." Not on you..."

"So, are you in a bad mood because you're worried about me?" Ruan Youqing laughed softly, "That Watanabe is quite naive, I really didn't take it to heart. So don't say that. Don't be in a bad mood either, okay ?"

Tang Tu was taken aback, Ruan Youqing seldom spoke in this tone, it was like... as if the other party was comforting him... Thinking of this, his heart skipped a beat, and he regretted making this call.

"Tang Tu?" Ruan Youqing continued to speak slowly after hearing his silence, "Mr. Kawai's surname reads kawai, isn't it cute?"

"...Huh? It's..." He hadn't noticed this before.

“The rice balls at the convenience store are delicious. There is a vending machine not far from our studio, and the coffee and corn soup are hot when they come out. I haven’t been free recently, but I won’t be so busy next time, so I can go everywhere Look, Mr. Kawai said that you can use the equipment in the studio to make your own things..." He abnormally babbled about the bits and pieces in his life, with a flat tone.Tang Tu's mood calmed down following his slow and gentle description.Ruan Youqing's emotions have always been direct and frank. He is not forbearing or playing tricks. His heart and eyes are clean and transparent, and they have the same healing power as his works.

"Tang Tu." Ruan Youqing called him suddenly.

"Huh?" Tang Tu relaxed when he heard his calm voice, limply stuck in place and didn't want to move a finger.

"Are you in a better mood?" Ruan Youqing asked directly, "I'm not very good at coaxing people, you know."

"..." Tang Tu's heart skipped a beat, bringing a strong sense of weightlessness.He put himself into such a situation again, this person was really hard for him to resist, so he could only change the subject abruptly, "I saw you went out to play today, are you tired?"

"Not tired. Are you going to be busy? That won't delay you, good night." Ruan Youqing ended the conversation unexpectedly.

"...Late..." Before Tang Tu could finish speaking, he cut off the call with Convenience, as if he didn't have a trace of nostalgia, leaving him alone on the soft sofa with unfinished thoughts, and it took him a long time to get rid of the sense of loss.

It took Tang Tu a whole week to get out of the depressed state, but the instigator who made him uneasy seemed to be deliberately against him, sending small videos on Moments from time to time.What trains along the coast, glass museums, wild cats sleeping on the street.He also picked the time before he went to bed every night to post.There were only picturesque scenery in the picture, but when Tang Tu closed his eyes, he couldn't help imagining what the people in the scenery would look like.

It didn't seem to be difficult at all. The pen in his mind sketched the picture, and the young man in the picture was quiet and indifferent, but sparkling.

In the atrium of Kawai Studio, there is a not-so-tall ginkgo tree whose fan-shaped leaves change from green to golden inadvertently.In late autumn, the temperature was very low in the morning and evening. Ruan Youqing put on a fleece sweater over a thin T-shirt, and stood under a tree to read the Hokkaido strategy that Xiang Yu sent him.The page that was saved separately was marked in sevens and eights by his screenshots, and he finally got a rough overview of this fresh and simple place before winter came.In the past few weekends, he went alone to Sapporo's Art Forest Outdoor Art Museum to see outdoor sculptures, and also went to Jozankei Hot Spring Street to enjoy the fun of soaking in the red leaves.He also went to the glass workshop's public lampwork glass course to watch tourists and children who had never been in contact with glass making make their first work with the help of the staff. They solemnly engraved the time and name as a souvenir.

"Youqing, good morning." The girl was afraid of the cold, Miu Kawai and Sora Kojima were wrapped up thickly, and the long scarves almost dragged the floor when they were spread out.They ran towards him with paper bags in their hands, looking excited.

"Let's roast ginkgo!" Miha Kawai put the cassette stove for eating hotpot on the ground, laid out a brand new silver grilling net and lit the fire.

As soon as Ruan Youqing looked down, he saw that there was still a label hanging from the corner of the grill, so he quickly turned off the fire and removed the label with his bare hands.In the past few months, he has already experienced Kawai Miu's carelessness in life, so it's no wonder that she needs a personal assistant to help her take care of her life, otherwise the studio will soon be a mess.

Kojima Sora said angrily, "Teacher! You're doing something dangerous again!"

Kawai Meiyu comforted her indifferently: "It's not all right, come here, give it to me quickly." As she spoke, she snatched the paper bag from her arms, poured unprocessed ginkgo nuts on the ground, and used a knife to remove some pungent fruit. The yellow outer testa of the smell, take out the seeds with the white shell.

"Youqing, wash and dry for me, please!" Chuan Jing handed him the peeled ginkgo fruit.

They just squatted in the yard and roasted the ginkgo fruit, Kojima Sora complained about Mr. Kawai, who went outside to pick up the ginkgo fruit early in the morning, but the latter didn't care, turned around and asked Ruan Youqing: "Where are you going this weekend? "

"Hakodate."

"Are you going to see the night view! You must go, but are you alone? How can you endure loneliness in such a romantic place!" Kawai sighed, "Youqing, you are really good at traveling alone. Alone I ran to live in Hokkaido, and traveled all over these places by myself.”

"Well, it's nice to be alone."

"Why don't you find someone to accompany you?" Kojima Sora also intervened, "Is it because you don't like Japanese girls? What about the kid from the fried chicken shop nearby? Isn't it your fellow countryman? It seems that I didn't even give her the number. ..."

"You know?" Ruan Youqing was a little surprised, they seemed to know their lives well.

"Pfft...Young Qing is not like an artist at all. A foreigner came to the small place. He looks good and has a cute personality. Of course, the girls will talk about you. Every time they go shopping, they will ask me where you have been recently. What are you busy with, do you have anyone to date with?" Kojima said with a smile, "Usually you are only busy in the studio, and you spend weekends alone, I am really curious why you don't try to choose a cute girl dating."

"Yeah... Traveling alone is too lonely..." Kawai's eyebrows drooped, like a pitiful cocker spaniel.

"Fortunately, I'm used to being alone." Ruan Youqing didn't feel that much, "I'm more comfortable when I'm alone."

"That's not okay." Kawai looked at him seriously, "Don't refuse to change, you are an artist, and it is indispensable to have as much life experience as possible while maintaining your heart! How can you succumb to habits! Always try to Let’s break what should be the state... You are still young and may not be able to realize that artistic inspiration is a luxury, and to protect it requires constant change and continuous advancement.”

"It seems so." Ruan Youqing nodded, "I remember. Thank you teacher."

"So do you want to leave the phone for that girl..." Kojima Sora waited for an opportunity to interject.

"...No." Ruan Youqing smiled at her, "I have someone I like."

"Oh? So what's the reason why there are people you like but not dating?" Curiosity is the greatest quality of an artist. Kawai straightened his neck, like a high school girl gossiping.

"Actually, I don't know." Ruan Youqing squeezed open a ginkgo fruit with a slightly browned skin, took out the emerald green oval flesh and threw it into his mouth. The taste of late autumn was mellow with a hint of bitterness. "It's delicious. I'll go to work first."

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