Glass Butterfly

"Then see you next time." Tang Tu and Kawai Miu solemnly bid farewell at the door of the studio.

"You don't want to come over tomorrow, Mr. Tang. It's rare for Mr. Tang to come and go for a walk." Kawai hugged Tang Tu politely, and hurried back, "I went to the hospital to see, and I sent a message to Kojima and he didn't reply, no I know what's going on with Yucai."

They watched the petite woman walk away before turning around. Ruan Youqing was worried that Kawaii would slip easily in high heels, and at the same time put Tang Tu's hand into the pocket of his down jacket.Tang Tu's hands were always cold, even if they were hidden in the sleeves of the cashmere coat, so he opened a hand warmer and threw it in his pocket where he was not afraid of the heat.

The cold hands were quickly warmed and softened, and Ruan Youqing suddenly found that Tang Tu's neck was empty when he walked to the door of the apartment, and then remembered that his scarf had been thrown on the back of the studio chair and forgot to bring it back.

"Wait for me, I'll help you get it back." Fortunately, it's not far away, half an hour alone is enough for him to go back and forth.

"Let's go together...it's okay anyway." They originally had less than two days left to spend together, and they said they would arrange a time to meet again, but once they got busy with work, they couldn't say for certain.Tang Tu seemed to be sure that Ruan Youqing would reject him, so he opened his mouth and blocked his words: "I want to stay with you for a while."

Ruan Youqing had no choice but to swallow the refusal, and walked back slowly with him.It was getting dark, but the gate was still unlocked, and it seemed that Watanabe was still there.Ruan Youqing knew that Tang Tu didn't like that kind of person and didn't want to cause trouble, so he asked him to wait at the door and went to the office alone.

Who would have thought that just after entering the door, they heard a loud sound of glass shattering from the direction of the atrium.

Ruan Youqing was taken aback.

Before they left, Watanabe wasn't in the right state. Although he didn't care much about Watanabe, it's okay to smash the plates and cups, but don't get hurt or have accidents in the studio, let alone artists. What a terrible competitive relationship, the two will continue to work together in the future.So he put down his scarf and walked quickly to the work area.

When he entered the door, he happened to bump into the shoulder of Watanabe who ran out in a panic.Watanabe looked at him as if he had seen a ghost, and staggered back a few steps.

In the corner behind the man, the glass was broken into irregular shapes and spread on the ground, and the facets shone like gemstones under the light.

The amakusa jellyfish in the corner suffered from something, its wrists were cut off, its tentacles were shattered, the edge of the umbrella cap climbed up the cracks, and spread to the top, and the dying mollusk crawled in the white reflection of the ground, which was desolate. asphyxia.

Watanabe actually smashed the work he was waiting to submit.

Tang Tu didn't know when he appeared behind him, maybe he came in after being startled by the loud noise.

The man gasped, and suddenly strode in front of Watanabe Minato like a gust of wind, stretched out his hand to grab Watanabe's neckline, and pushed him back by inertia, Watanabe couldn't stand still and leaned on his buttocks to get to work table edge.

Tang Tu gritted his teeth tightly, suppressing the trembling of his cheeks, the corners of his eyes were red, like sharp arrows, condescending, as if he wanted to shoot Watanabe to death.

His hands were clenched into fists, and the knuckles were all white because of too much force, and no blood could flow in.

"You'd better have a reasonable explanation." The action was very imposing, but the voice was unbearably choked.

It was only then that Ruan Youqing recovered from the shock, and stepped forward to try to make Tang Tu let go: "Calm down."

Tang Tu turned his head sharply and stared at him. Before he could close his sharp eyes, a bloodshot line appeared at the corner of his eyes, separating the clean white eyeballs.

Ruan Youqing shook his clenched fist and took several deep breaths in her heart.

Things happened after all, and no one would be calm in the face of damaged works, and he was no exception.

It's just that he was a little more psychologically prepared than Tang Tu.He always felt that something was going to happen between him and Minato Watanabe.

This is probably the magic power of jealousy, which will distort a person more and more.Watanabe Minato's negative emotions these days were forced to hide in the illusion of security, but today it was completely broken.When they first met, there was obviously a lot of fear and regret in each other's eyes, presumably it was vented out of impulse.

"Calm down, I'll tell him myself." Ruan Youqing forcefully pushed Tang Tu out of the workshop, locked the door from the inside, and faced Watanabe Minato face to face.

He thought over and over again, and still chose to be more straightforward: "I think you may not be suitable for being an artist."

Originally caught straight, Watanabe was still in a panic.But hearing Ruan Youqing's words, he seemed to be irritated, and stood up straight: "What did you say?"

"I know you are bitter about Mr. Kawai who didn't propose you to participate in the Kanazawa Award. But it's useless. Even if there is no me, there will be others. There are hundreds of contestants, and it is not terrible to be considered without talent. Artists just need to feel at ease Just focus on your own expression. But you are too jealous. Today you feel pain because you are jealous of me. You destroy my work by hand, and you can destroy others tomorrow. But unless you destroy yourself, this pain There is no end." His Japanese expression was not so smooth, but the other party must have understood.

"Ha." Watanabe Minato smiled sinisterly, "You said I have no talent."

"It's you who think you don't have talent, not me." Ruan Youqing pointed to the messy corner, "Jellyfish, I can continue to do it. This year is too late to participate in the Jinze Award and next year. I left, and others will come , art is everywhere, so are artists, and they will never stop making works that make you crazy with envy. So, you are not suitable to be an artist.”

He calmly looked straight at Watanabe Minato's astonished gaze, but the other party avoided it first.Watanabe Minato clenched his mouth tightly, and there were a few strange, suppressed sounds in his throat.

After finishing what he wanted to say, Ruan Youqing took another look at the shattered but still beautiful jellyfish corpses, turned and walked away.

Sitting at his desk waiting for him, Tang Tu felt much calmer.But the bloodshot eyes still didn't disappear, instead there were two more.

"It's okay, I can make something better than that." He squatted beside the chair to comfort Tang Tu.

"Yeah." Tang Tu rubbed his side face, "Just now, did it scare you?"

"You're quite strong... I didn't expect you to fight with someone..." Ruan Youqing smiled, pressing the back of the hand on her cheek.

"I'm dizzy...I never thought you'd be forced to spend so long with this kind of person. Why...don't you tell me..." Tang Tu sighed, "Go back later. Mr. Kawai Come right back, I'm calling the police."

Ruan Youqing was taken aback: "But he seems to be friends with Mr. Kawai for many years..."

Reporting to the police can easily spread the word.

Tang Tu deliberately blocked his way out. With such a criminal record, where there are studios and galleries willing to cooperate with him, he will not be able to easily raise his head in the circle in his life.

"It's not important." Tang Tu frowned, not hiding his disgust, "Everyone must be responsible for his actions, he is not worthy of the status of an artist. I know you are afraid of causing trouble for Mr. Kawai, but if If you continue to let such people not get a lesson and stay in the studio, it may hurt more people in the future, and it will also affect Mr. Kawai.”

Kawai came more slowly than the police.Watanabe still denied it at first, but he hesitated and couldn't make up a decent reason. He said that the thing fell down by itself, and then said that he didn't see it clearly.And when the police learned of the price of Ruan Youyou's past works, they proposed to check the fingerprints.

"I did it. I just wanted to see it, but I accidentally knocked it down." Minato Watanabe couldn't stand the interrogation in the end.

"Watanabe, I've seen the jellyfish before. It's very stable standing against the wall, and it won't be knocked down casually... Besides, it's broken like that. It's just as strong as being thrown on the ground." Kikawa Kawai I had to cry, and naturally I didn't have the slightest intention to protect him, "You are really...too bad. It's a pity that I excused you for you before... Anyway, I will not admit what you did , and will not give you the opportunity to continue studying here."

She turned to Ruan Youqing in disappointment, apologizing with red eyes, "I'm sorry, Youqing...it took so much effort to make it right..."

Ruan Youqing shook his head, and a group of people surrounded the fragments in silence, as if they were mourning silently, but after a moment of annoyance, he didn't feel any pain in his heart.

"Jellyfish, how long have you been doing it..." After sending off the policeman, Chuai also left in a hurry.Tang Tu squatted down slowly, and stretched out his hand to a large piece of glass shards.

"Don't touch it." Ruan Youqing stopped him, "It didn't take long. Stay away, I'll clean it up."

Ruan Youqing went to the utility room to get cleaning tools. They swept up the large pieces of glass shards on the ground, threw them into thickened garbage bags and packed them firmly.

Tang Tu's face was sullen, and he sighed again and again when he heard the crisp crash of glass shards.

"...he will pay for it..." Ruan Youqing wrapped the scarf around his neck for him, "Mr. Kawai said the fine is very high."

"Youqing, do you want to go back with me?" Tang Tu asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Aren't they going back now...

"I asked Xu Hanyi to book another plane ticket. You will return to China with me and I will open your own studio. No one will bother you. You can concentrate on making works without facing such malice..."

"...Tang Tu... calm down, I'm fine." Ruan Youqing locked the door, he could see that Tang Tu was blaming himself, so he tried to comfort him, "It's someone else who did something wrong, don't blame yourself .”

The other party habitually bit his lips until he was bloodless, but this time Ruan Youqing didn't stop him, he knew it was Tang Tu's self-adjustment.

"Besides, if you are sorry for those two jellyfish and Kanazawa... I think I still have time. There are still three weeks, I know what to do." He smiled from the bottom of his heart, "Trust Watanabe It's a blessing."

Tang Tu was stunned for a moment, and his brows also unfolded with his smile: "What..."

"I don't know yet." Ruan Youqing glanced at the corner that had been cleaned up, and just saw the messy jellyfish corpses, she was suddenly inspired, "You will know when it's done, but I probably won't be able to accompany you tomorrow..."

"It's ok. I'll stay with you in the studio." Tang Tu said, "It just so happens that I have a backlog of work to deal with after I've been away."

Ruan Youqing seemed to be caught in some kind of conjecture, and she was in a daze all night, not saying much.Tang Tu went out alone and packed his favorite soup curry and carried it upstairs, watching him draw sketches that he couldn't understand.

"Good night." Tang Tu turned off the ceiling light in the bedroom, and the moonlight from the curtains shone on the quilt. Ruan Youqing's eyes were round and round, like two obsidian stones, moist and lively.Tang Tu probably guessed that he was constructing in his mind not to disturb anything, so he got under the quilt and fell asleep.Waking up thirsty in the middle of the night, I got up lightly and poured water.

"Will you drink water? It's next to you." Ruan Youqing's voice suddenly came from beside her ear.Shocked, Tang Tu woke up with a fright, and saw a half glass of water on the bedside table.

"Why are you still awake..." With lingering fear in his heart, he tapped the screen of his phone to check the time. With dry mouth and tongue, he fanned the front of his clothes and poured half a glass of water into his astringent throat.

"Huh?" Ruan Youqing didn't seem to hear clearly, and when he saw him lying down again, he leaned into his ear and asked, "You told Mr. Kawai where you live today..."

"Furukawa Hotel. What?"

"You are very confident when you lie, you can't see it."

Ruan Youqing's voice was very low, and it was very itchy on the back of his neck.But I don't know if it's because he's too tired these days, his arms are sore and he doesn't even bother to move: "I didn't lie."

The room was reserved by Xu Hanyi a long time ago, so there is no way to cancel it, otherwise God knows how those guys from Tubai will play tricks to mock him after returning to China.

"So I planned to live there before I came here..." Ruan Youqing sighed while gently lifting his pajamas up a few inches.

"Yeah." Tang Tu was very sleepy, and said weakly, "Otherwise, I just want to see you, see your work environment, and by the way, visit Chuan, whom I haven't seen for a long time... hiss..."

In the past two days, Ruan Youqing's hand has always been subconsciously placed on his lower back and spine, sometimes she pressed it obediently, and sometimes she was restless, even rubbing the surrounding skin.Originally, Tang Tu didn't think he was ticklish, but for some reason, he always became more sensitive when he moved his hands and feet like this.

The hand on the back didn't move in response to the sound, leaving only the fingertips lightly touching the butterfly wings, which made people unable to ignore it, and the clamor in their hearts grew louder.He was so dazed by the artist's finger, and finally made up his mind to turn around and stick to it, but the owner of that hand was breathing evenly, and fell asleep...

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It's okay, there will be more jellyfish in the future!