Glass Butterfly

The day before their return journey, they took a gondola ride in the evening.

The twilight was overwhelming, and after passing the Bridge of Sighs, the boatman slowed down the speed of the boat as a routine, and the ripples spread to the walls on both sides to dissipate. They kissed under the bridge hole unavoidably. Like all lovers, they expect the ancient legends to come true, and they can take this kiss Unswerving until death.

When they were packing their luggage at night, they received a small water increase notice from the hotel.

Venice is often flooded, but mostly during the rainy season in autumn and winter, which is really rare.

When they went out by boat in the early morning, they found that almost all the roads were flooded by sea water, but the locals were not panicked and walked through the city wearing rain boots as usual.

The drizzle continued, and they gradually moved away. Seeing the city submerged in the sea getting farther and farther away, they felt a feeling of escaping the desolation of the end of the world.

Ruan Youqing was wearing a transparent thin poncho, looking in the direction of St. Mark's Basilica, and suddenly realized that it would not be a pity to witness the doomsday with the people around him.

After not returning home for a long time, Tang Tu took the lead to enter the door, but was stunned at the door.Ruan Youqing didn't stop and bumped into his back.

"What's wrong?" he asked subconsciously.

Tang Tu didn't answer, but stood quietly with his head up, watching the living room filled with crystal clear objects.The lighting on the first floor is excellent, and it is the moment when the morning sun is bright but not strong. The light penetrates the polished glass and falls on the ground, and the edges show a gradual rainbow color.

Ruan Youqing silently took the other suitcase in his hand and carried it upstairs together, opened the suitcase alone and arranged the clothes step by step.

Not long after, Tang Tu followed, changed his clothes, made a cup of coffee and brought it to him: "Why are you so lethargic?"

Ruan Youqing didn't know how to explain it. His current depression was not because of blame, but because he remembered his mood when he saw those things.Just as he was about to speak, there was a sudden noise downstairs. Tang Tu put the coffee beside him: "Maybe Auntie is here, I'll take a look."

After speaking, he casually touched a small box from his luggage. It was a glass souvenir brought back from Venice. Judging from the size, it should be a glass candlestick.

"Oh, Mr. Tang is back." Auntie seemed surprised when she saw that it was Tang Tu who came downstairs.

"Long time no see." Tang Tu stepped forward and handed the box to the other party, "A small gift from Italy."

"Thank you." They had known each other for a long time, and the auntie did not pretend to be polite, and generously accepted it and asked, "Can you open it now?"

"Of course." Tang Tu led her to the table and motioned her to sit down and open it.

"This is for scented candles, right? The color is so pretty." Auntie exclaimed, rubbed the colorful candlesticks and looked like she really liked it.

"Then I'll go up first." Tang Tu turned to leave.

"Hey wait!" Auntie seemed to remember something, and hurriedly called him, "I left some things when I was cleaning the house that day. I don't know if it was broken or it was designed that way, so I didn't dare Throw it away, Mr. Tang, come and take a look?" She opened the balcony door and pointed to the small flower bed that Ruan Youqing planted by herself, the baby blue hydrangea swayed in the breeze, and it was still a flower bud when she left.

Tang Tu approached and found two or three glass snowflakes bigger than a palm buried in the pebbles in the flower bed. The layered ice cracks made them more realistic and vivid.He randomly picked up a huge hexagonal snowflake, and found that it was not buried, but only half of it remained, and the fracture was not very regular, as if it had been broken.He looked back at his aunt in surprise, and the other party asked him again: "I think that some of the things Mr. Ruan made in the past seem to be missing a little corner... I don't know much about art, and I don't know that this is design. Okay, it was broken just like the others, so it’s a pity to throw it away if it’s so beautiful, so let’s put it in the flower bed first.”

Tang Tu frowned: "Same as others? Did something else break?"

The aunt was taken aback, glanced into the room, seemed to realize that she had said something wrong, and smiled awkwardly: "I don't know very well. But... it's the first time I saw Mr. Ruan like that, it's kind of scary .”

Seeing that she was a little uncomfortable, Tang Tu guessed maybe, so he smiled at her: "We're fine now. We're reconciled. Don't worry."

"It's fine as long as it's fine." Auntie breathed a sigh of relief, "Looking at the quiet and gentle boy, it's frightening to death when he makes a fuss. That morning I saw broken glass and blood all over the place, and I thought Someone robbed him and injured him, so he called the police and called an ambulance, but he suddenly got up from the ground, and I was scared out of my wits."

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This was a little different from what he had guessed... Tang Tu followed her aunt into the house calmly and watched her wipe the sofa with a special cleaner.

"It's not that serious." Tang Tu pretended to tease, "You're exaggerating."

"I'm not exaggerating. At that time, there were small cuts on the fingers and forehead. The big cut in the palm of the hand was bleeding a lot. At first I thought it was because he couldn't think about something, so I chatted with him for a while. I found out that it was not, I was accidentally scratched by the glass when the things were broken. It’s a pity for those things that are ready..."

Under normal circumstances, Tang Tu would leave after simply exchanging greetings with his aunt, so as not to disturb other people's work.But today Ruan Youqing packed all her luggage and took a shower, but no one came upstairs yet.He went downstairs curiously and found that the two were still talking.He didn't wear a hearing aid after taking a shower, and he couldn't hear clearly, so he didn't bother them. He went back to the bedroom cloakroom and sorted the dirty clothes he had worn by color and texture. The suits needed to be dry-cleaned and hung on a separate clothes rail. Take it away by the way.Throwing the rest into the laundry basket, he squatted down and picked up the soft rattan basket and was about to go out when Tang Tu opened the sliding door from the outside. The man blocked the door and locked the sliding door with his backhand. Throwing it to the ground, he took his right hand and opened it, holding the latest scar and sighing.

Seeing his reaction, Ruan Youqing finally understood why they chatted downstairs for so long.

He forgot to tell his aunt to help him keep the secret...

"It doesn't hurt anymore." He held Tang Tu's finger with his backhand.

The other party looked up at him, raised his other hand to hold his face and gently kissed him a few times: "I'm sorry." After speaking, they hugged him vigorously, and the two of them sat down in the corner next to the cabinet.Tang Tu hugged his head and stroked his hair repeatedly.

Ruan Youqing closed his eyes comfortably: "Didn't I say that I won't say sorry anymore." He curled his lips helplessly, "And I did it myself..."

"I...I didn't expect you to be so sad..." Tang Tu whispered in his ear.

"Well, because you always feel that I won't love you that much." Ruan Youqing could not help complaining in her tone.Hearing what he said, Tang Tu let go of him and got up. Ruan Youqing saw the silent accusation on her face from his eyes, and quickly pursed her lips to change her expression.

"I was wrong." Tang Tu smiled and rubbed his cheeks. For some reason, the haze between his brows suddenly disappeared, "It's my fault. It turns out that we young people can act like a baby."

"I..." He was about to deny it, but after thinking about it, he gave up. Seeing Tang Tu so happy, there's no need to worry about these details.

In the evening of early summer, they were lying side by side on the floor of the living room, the balcony door was wide open, and the unique summer wind, with the smell of flowers and trees, came in. Those suspended snowflakes, ice candies and butterflies collided gently with each other, and the thin ding dong Ruan Youqing couldn't hear the sound but could imagine it.It was like a large kaleidoscope in front of him, reminding him of the first time he experienced the wind and snow, the first time he saw the butterfly tattoo on Tang Tu's back, and even remembered his childhood.

In the twilight, those irregular sections shone faintly. Ruan Youqing turned his head and found Tang Tu looking at him. Those spots of light falling on his face reddened by the setting sun cast a wonderful illusion on the real world.

"What are you thinking?" Tang Tu asked.

"I remember when I was young, those children went to the reception room of the kiln to beg for sweets." Ruan Youqing remembered that the children who were given yellow candies would always have a bitter face in the end, and they would tear open the plastic packaging with everyone and eat the sour lemon candies.

Tang Tu suddenly jumped up from the floor without warning, and Ruan Youqing was startled by him: "What's wrong?"

The other party didn't speak, and immediately touched the tablet on the sofa to open the drawing tool, and drew a boxy space with a few strokes, as well as the angle of the internal lighting.Then many thin wires hung from the ceiling, each with a cross at the end, and a chair was placed in the center of the room.

Tang Tu opened his mouth slowly after finishing the painting. He pointed upwards: "This can be made into an interactive installation and placed in an art gallery. Especially in places where it doesn't snow. The ceiling is pure white, the walls, the floor, everything in the room It's all white, and only one person can enter at a time." He spread his palms to catch the colorful shadow of a small piece of glass: "It's like there is only one you left in the world of ice and snow, and you who are not disturbed by anyone. This short moment is to escape During the process, when the body and mind are completely relaxed and become pure white like snow, people can usually associate the simplest and happiest memories.”

Ruan Youqing was fascinated by what he said, and nodded immediately: "It's great." He looked down at the sketch, "However, these are not enough." He pointed to the large broken snowflakes in the yard, "You can also put some on the ground." , in the corner. "

Tang Tu was a man of action, and when he had an idea, it was like realizing it quickly. They moved a ladder to remove everything from the ceiling one by one, and moved them to the small pure white exhibition hall on the third floor to adjust the lighting and test the effect, and they were busy until midnight.

The next day when Tang Tu went to Tubai, Ruan Youqing stayed at home to draw pictures and burn glass.When he was in Venice, he had a new idea. It happened that last night Tang Tu proposed to organize a new solo exhibition for him in the month of his birthday, so he made a plan carefully, going to bed early and getting up early every day to work hard. Also buy an elliptical machine or other aerobic exercise equipment, and supervise Tang Tu to exercise for half an hour every day to enhance cardiopulmonary function.That night in Rome, Tang Tu's overbreathing really left him with some psychological shadows...

"... Ruan Youqing... what is this..." Tang Tu hadn't called his full name so seriously for a long time.

"Rowing machine."

"...Of course I know it's a rowing machine, I was asking why...in our living room..."

"Doing a little aerobic exercise every day is good for your health." Ruan Youqing watched as Tang Tu's face slowly turned red.

"I, I... I'm not in good health..." Tang Tu didn't have much confidence in what he said.

Ruan Youqing didn't expose him, but pushed him upstairs to change his sports clothes: "Come and try it. It's fun."

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