Glass Butterfly

It was already afternoon to contact a studio with a suitable distance and idle equipment. In order not to delay the normal operation of the studio, they agreed to open it to Ruan Youqing alone until noon tomorrow morning.

"When the time comes, I'll tell Tang Tu to stay with you, and let him come and meet me at about the same time, and then take him to the restaurant for dinner." Ruan Youqing copied the address of the restaurant, saved it in the map, and walked from Jiang Jilan's house Less than half an hour passed.

"Well, the studio is a bit far away, not in Manhattan. I'll ask the driver to pick you up at 05:30 tomorrow morning. When you are almost done, contact the driver yourself, and come back as soon as possible." Jiang Jilan sent him the driver's number again. He saved it.

After everything was arranged properly, Qin Xiaoran cut a plate of fruit and put it on the small coffee table, then exited Jiang Jilan's room and returned to the living room to prepare his graduation thesis.

Time is running out, in order to start work as soon as he enters the studio tomorrow, Ruan Youqing took advantage of the afternoon to start drawing the design of the collar pin.Tang Tu has always wanted to buy a tie pin that can be matched with a suit. It should be small and versatile. According to his temperament, it should be unique enough and not too ostentatious. He was not satisfied with the selection at the beginning.

Ruan Youqing was lying on the desk in Jiang Jilan's room with a pencil in her mouth and after much deliberation, she finally chose Tang Tu's favorite painter, Vincent Van Gogh.He turned on his mobile phone to roughly check the color matching, opened his notebook and picked up a pen to draw.

Jiang Jilan leaned on the single sofa and watched the online exhibition on the tablet. From time to time, she turned her head to glance at the sketches he drew casually: "Iris?"

"You can see it?" Ruan Youqing was afraid that it would be difficult to identify, "It is his favorite painting."

The platinum needle is four centimeters long, with a blue-purple glass iris inlaid on one end, and a pear-shaped crystal of about 40 points polished with the same color glass at the end of the needle plug, echoing from the beginning to the end without overwhelming the guest.He was writing and drawing on paper, and before finalizing the draft, he asked Jiang Jilan for a ruler and scissors, Jiang Jilan went to the living room to help him find it, Qin Xiaoran was opening the door for Tang Tu, and before he knew it, it was already dinner time.

"Come on, come on." Jiang Jilan panicked, subconsciously glanced at the wide open door of her room.

Tang Tu was taken aback: "Well, it was Youqing who asked me to come here at this time... Where are the others?"

Ruan Youqing had just taken off her hearing aids, so she probably couldn't hear that the recipient of the gift had already entered the door. As long as Tang Tu walked to the center of the living room and took a look inside, the surprise would disappear.

"Here, that, watching a movie in the house." Jiang Jilan pretended to be careless and walked back to her room, picked up the hearing aid on the table and stuffed it back into Ruan Youqing's ear, and said in a low voice, "Tang Tu is here, put your things away stand up."

Ruan Youqing reacted quickly, opened the shallow chest drawer, threw the draft in, quickly closed it, and walked out of the room with Jiang Jilan.

Tang Tu still stood at the entrance and did not move. Ruan Youqing went up to meet him: "Why don't you come in? I was watching an online exhibition on my brother's tablet just now, and I didn't hear you coming."

A trace of astonishment flashed clearly in Tang Tu's eyes, and he quickly regained his composure, asking casually, "What show?"

"..." Ruan Youqing was at a loss for words for a moment, he was so absorbed in drawing just now that he didn't pay attention to what was on the tablet.Those who cannot tell lies should speak less.

"The online exhibition of contemporary art at the Musée d'Orsay." Jiang Jilan hurriedly answered for him behind him.

"Oh? Aren't you watching a movie?" Tang Tu looked past Ruan Youqing and smiled at the person behind him.

"Ah, did I mention movies just now? I slipped my tongue." Jiang Jilan stepped forward and pulled them away, "Don't stand still, sit down, we're ready for dinner."

Tang Tu didn't continue to ask. After washing their hands, everyone ate and chatted as usual.

They didn't stay long after dinner, Ruan Youqing saw that it was still early, so she took Tang Tu to Times Square for a walk.

"Tomorrow night, let's eat alone, okay?" Ruan Youqing put his hand into her sweater pocket together.

"Don't you need to accompany brother? We should go back soon, we can't wait for work." Tang Tu looked up at the electronic screens all over the street.

"Okay, then you book a plane ticket. I'll just go and accompany him during the day."

"Well. Then I'll go find you at 05:30."

Looking at Tang Tu's smile, Ruan Youqing always felt a little perfunctory, wondering if what happened this afternoon aroused suspicion, this person has always been very smart.Fortunately, he only needs to hide it for another day.So he deliberately ignored Tang Tu's hesitation to speak again and again, ignored the silence between the two of them in the hotel room, and took the lead in washing up. An Anxin set the alarm clock for five o'clock in the morning, held the phone firmly in his hand, and turned it off. The ringtone only left vibrations to ensure that Tang Tu would not be woken up.

In fact, when Ruan Youqing got up quietly, Tang Tu had already been woken up.It's not that the man is fussy, but that he didn't sleep well.

It should be said that since the eerie dinner at Jiang Jilan's house yesterday, he has been inexplicably flustered, especially when he inadvertently saw that Qin Xiaoran pretending to be staring at him deeply, he felt particularly uneasy.

However, when he seeks peace of mind in front of Ruan Youqing intentionally or unintentionally, this guy turns a blind eye. He feels that his doubts are already obvious enough. Usually, Ruan Youqing must have taken the initiative to care about what happened to him and what he was thinking.

Before going to bed, he finally couldn't help asking: "What are you and Jiang Jilan doing this afternoon, it's so mysterious."

"There is no mystery. Go to bed quickly." Ruan Youqing forcefully pushed him into the bed, which seemed a bit shameful.

He saw Ruan Youqing walk to the bathroom barefoot, wash up quietly, change clothes, and tiptoe back to the bed.

Tang Tu tried his best to relax his eyelids, pretending to be still asleep.Usually, if Ruan Youqing got up earlier than him, she would gently kiss his cheek before going downstairs.But not today, the sound of breathing was right next to his ears, but the man only observed him for a while and then left, like a parent who randomly checked the child in the middle of the night to see if he was pretending to be asleep.

Hearing the door lock beep twice, Tang Tu opened his eyes and looked at the clock projection on the wall, it was only five twenty.

He shouldn't be thinking wildly, let alone suspect what Ruan Youqing is going to do.Today is her birthday, Ruan Youqing remembered, maybe she just went down to buy breakfast.

He turned over and forced himself to continue sleeping. Maybe when he opened his eyes, there would be flowers and delicious food, a gentle good morning kiss and a happy birthday.

Tossing and turning, half asleep and half awake, he procrastinated and lay down until 08:30. He couldn't sleep anymore, so he lifted the quilt and got out of bed.Nothing that was expected in the empty room happened. He couldn't help calling Ruan Youqing to ask him where he was. Ruan Youqing's answer was very concise. He just said that he was at Jiang Jilan's house and I'll see you in the afternoon.Then hastily hung up the phone.

Tang Tu drank the iced coffee in the small refrigerator, turned on the computer and started working.Cheng Mo asked him when he would return to China after he finished his business, but he couldn't answer, so he could only say: "It depends on the situation. We will return the day after tomorrow tentatively."

"You and Teacher Youqing are using public affairs for personal gain. Once you go out, you don't want to come back. It was the same last year. They said they went to Hokkaido for a week, but it took almost a month to come back." Cheng Mo teased unintentionally, but Tang Tu listened. Some are not tasteful.

"No, we'll go back when we're done."

The last time I was dazzled by the attack of love, the period of passionate love is already inseparable.They spent a lot of wasted time in Hokkaido, desperately digging out each other's secrets.

But this time, it had nothing to do with them delaying their return journey.

Nothing to mind.Tang Tu comforted herself like this many times these days.Ruan Youqing has always been a kind person who knows how to repay her kindness.He was full of gratitude and concern for Jiang Jilan.And Jiang Jilan's health is not good, it would be too cold-blooded to leave in that situation.Even if the intimacy between them always makes people feel panic, it must be because of their too sensitive.

Although Ruan Youqing is an artist, although an artist needs freshness, although reunion after a long absence is a very sparkling word, although it is a pity that there is no relationship, but he believes in Ruan Youqing.Even though he was unreasonable, looking at the frail Jiang Jilan with a victorious sense of guilt, he and Youqing did nothing wrong, let alone owed anyone, Qin Xiaoran's "give it back to him" argument is extremely absurd .

Yes, nothing to mind.In a few days, he and Ruan Youqing will go back, so it's okay for him to accompany his family.

He and Cheng Mo finally perfected the planning plan for the National Pavilion of the Venice Biennale online, and the result is only a few days away.Tu Bai is still too young, if this planning plan can be finally adopted, it will greatly enhance his reputation and status in the industry. He has always hoped to be the vane of the domestic industry.

Seeing that it was about the same time, Tang Tu changed into his clothes and went out.The wind picked up in the evening, and along the way, the trees in the green belt were blown loudly, and the shadows cast by the branches on the ground trembled violently.He stood downstairs, pressed the doorbell, and waited for the door's sensor light to turn green.

The elevator sent him to a high place, Qin Xiaoran opened the door for him, with a mysterious expression, as dazzling as yesterday.

He ignored it and walked to the center of the living room. Ruan Youqing and Jiang Jilan were not staying in the living room, and the door of the bedroom was ajar.

Or how to say it is the most expensive apartment in Manhattan, every room is bright and spacious.Jiang Jilan's bedroom is very large, the bed and wardrobe cannot be seen through the crack of the door, and half of the desk and bookcase are vaguely exposed. Ruan Youqing lay on the sofa, tugging Jiang Jilan's wrist, and the person almost fell into his arms, Ruan Youqing There was even a slight smile, and at this moment Jiang Jilan's face was naturally flushed with embarrassment.

Tang Tu turned around quickly, and Qin Xiaoran who was behind him witnessed this scene with him.

The other party lowered his head, sighed, and asked lightly: "Now are you willing to return Ruan Youqing to him?"

"Tell You Qing for me, I'll wait for him in the restaurant." Tang Tu responded with a crisp smile, turned and left.

It was only when I walked downstairs that I remembered that I hadn't had time to answer that question just now.

Of course he doesn't want to.Whenever he was asked this question, his answer was always unwilling.

But the world doesn't revolve around his wishes.

The initiative is also in the hands of Ruan Youqing, and feelings are the most difficult thing to come.

Many years ago, he saw Benito kissing someone else.There was even another person lying on Benito's bed.

He was angry, he was sad, he cried, and he left sadly.

But the sum of these pictures is no match for the one just now.

At that moment, his mind went blank, and everything in the door gap as wide as a tissue box stretched into slow motion.Ruan Youqing lifted the blindfold with one hand, half-closed the eyelids, slightly bent her fingers, and touched another person's wrist.

He turned and left before he was discovered, because he didn't allow himself to rush up and pull Jiang Jilan away, dragging Ruan Youqing away by force.That was ugly.What he couldn't do when he was 20 years old, he can't do now.

He walked to Central Park in one breath, trying to regain his composure.

At least now he understands not to make any decisions out of anger, after all seeing is not believing.

So he sat silently for a while, watching the bubble show in front of the fountain. The soap bubbles bigger than his head exploded on the ground and in the grass within a short distance.

When he almost recovered, he took out his mobile phone and looked at it. It was half an hour before their scheduled dinner time. Ruan Youqing hadn't contacted him since he left Jiang Jilan's house for such a long time.

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Seeing is not believing...

What a misunderstanding.