Butterfly and Whale - Chapter 11

Falling into ambush, the Rongcheng Meteorological Observatory issued a red high temperature warning, rolling heat waves swept across the entire city, and the summer sea breeze was sticky and hot.

Hu Die went out to Hairong Street in the evening, just a few steps away, and was sweating profusely from the heat. She poured down Jing Yue’s prepared cold water in one gulp, walked up to Mo Hai and asked, “Where’s your brother?”

“On the roof.” Mo Hai gave Hu Die a Transformer before he played with it. It was rare that he showed kindness this time and didn’t dismantle it.

Hu Die looked up at the stairs: “What is he doing on the roof in such a hot day?”

“I don’t know.” Mo Hai raised his head to look at her: “He won’t let me go up, and he won’t let others go up either.”

“So mysterious?” Hu Die eagerly said, “I’ll go and see.”

Mo Hai grabbed her trousers: “My brother told me that I won’t let you go up either.”

Hu Die was a little amused, and squatted in front of Mo Hai: “What benefits did your brother give you?”

“What good?”

“That is, if you stop me, what reward will he give you?”

Mo Hai thought for a while and said, “There is no reward.”

“Then why are you listening to him so much?” Hu Die said, “You let my sister go up, and my sister will buy you Transformers.”

This seemed to be an irresistible temptation, Mo Hai frowned and thought about it for a while, but he still didn’t let go: “Brother will hit me.”

“…”

Hu Die was also afraid of implicating the children, so she collapsed on the sofa by herself. The old-fashioned air conditioner in the living room was not cooling obviously, so she leaned over and turned on the floor fan next to her.

The fan leaves whirred, and Hu Die stared at the light and shadow on the ground in a daze, not even noticing when Jing Yue came up to him.

Jing Yu pressed the fan and shook his head, and asked, “When did you come here?”

Hu Die glanced at the clock on the wall, “I just arrived a while ago.”

“Are you hungry?”

“I didn’t come here to eat.” Hu Die looked at him and said dissatisfiedly, “Don’t tell me that I don’t seem to do anything but eat.”

Jing Yue had a look of disbelief: “Really.”

“…” Hu Die lay on the back of the sofa, “What are you doing on the rooftop?”

“Make something.” Yue went to the table and poured a glass of water, “Don’t ask about anything else, you’ll know when the time comes.”

Hu Die came to her senses: “So…is it my birthday present?”

Jing Yue drank the water and nodded.

Hu Die laughed: “Okay, then I won’t ask, what shall we have for dinner?”

Jing Yue leaned against the edge of the table, with a smile on his lips, tapped his fingertips against the edge of the cup twice, and said slowly: “Don’t talk about it, I don’t seem to do anything except eat.”

He raised his eyebrows lightly, and said deliberately: “Huh? Did the puppy say that?”

Hu Die couldn’t help but choked back: “It’s what Xiao Die said.”

Jing Yu snorted and put the cup on the table: “Mo Hai.”

Mo Hai, who was sitting by the side, looked up.

Jing Yu said, “Tell my sister, what do little butterflies usually eat.”

Mo Hai opened his mouth and said, “This depends on the size. The larval butterfly eats vegetables, leaves and plant buds, and the adult butterfly eats nectar and plant juice.”

Jing Yu applauded him: “Awesome.”

Hu Die was speechless by the two brothers, and sat back angrily.

Jing Yue didn’t rush to coax people when he was upset, so he went back to the house and took his clothes and went to take a shower.

Hu Die was just playing with anger, and when Jing Yue came back from the shower and asked her what to eat, she didn’t ignore him, “I’m not very hungry, just eat whatever you want, you can do it with you.”

“Row.”

Jing Yue walked to the kitchen, Hu Die stared at his back for a while, thinking of the phone call with Shao Yun last night, thinking about how to get him to go to the hospital for a systematic examination.

If she wanted to persuade Jing Yue to return to the game, she had to find out how his shoulder was recovering now, but if she just asked him to go to the hospital, it would definitely not work.

Hu Die thought about it all night, and couldn’t help staring at Jing Yue when eating, and was caught a few times, Jing Yue couldn’t help it anymore, and said with a smile: “Do I have money on my face?”

“what?”

“You’ve been staring at me all night.” Jing Yu put down the bowl and chopsticks: “What’s wrong?”

“No, I just want to see that you are handsome and eye-catching.” Hu Die took a sip of mung bean soup and continued to boast: “You still have dinner.”

Jing Yue pursed his lips, looking hesitant to speak.

Hu Die was afraid that he would notice something, so she held the bowl and looked away. She didn’t stay long after eating, and returned to the hospital before seven o’clock.

After going back to take a shower, Hu Die sat on the bed and called Shao Yun. During this time, because of Jing Yue’s affairs, she and Shao Yun talked on the phone almost every night.

“His stubborn donkey, if you tell him about the examination directly, he will definitely not be happy.” Shao Yun said: “I don’t know what else to do, I can’t beat him up and drag him to the hospital Check it out.”

“Slap?” Hu Die muttered, unconsciously caught a glimpse of the floor fan in the corner, and suddenly thought of something: “I know what to do! You wait for my news tomorrow.”

“Okay, then I’ll leave it to you. I’ve already contacted someone for what you asked me to do. I’ll arrange it on the weekend.”

“it is good.”

…

In the evening of the next day, Hu Die went to Hairong Street again. Same as yesterday, Mo Hai played in the living room and Jing Yu worked on the rooftop.

Jing Yue was used to her frequent appearances, so he took a shower as usual after work, and then went to prepare dinner.

Dinner was eaten in the yard, Hu Die didn’t eat much during the day, drank two small bowls of pork rib soup at night, satiated and leaned on the back of the chair to peek at Jing Yue.

He doesn’t talk much when he eats, and he doesn’t eat much food. He finishes two bowls of rice quickly as if completing a task.

“You don’t want to eat?” Seeing Hu Die stop her chopsticks, Jing Yue asked aloud.

“I’m full.” Hu Die stood up: “I’m a little thirsty, I’ll go get a glass of water.”

Jing Yue didn’t pay much attention, picked up the spoon to serve the soup, Hu Die entered the room, poured out a glass of water, and walked slowly towards the table.

He turned his back to her, and stood beside him with a floor fan.

Probably because she had never done this kind of thing before, Hu Die lost the importance of attacking, and when the fan hit Jing Yue’s back, she heard him groan.

“Yes, I’m sorry.” Hu Die was in a hurry, trying to help the fan, but she couldn’t empty her hands with the water glass in her hand, “Are you okay?”

Jing Yue was probably stunned by the blow, and it took him a long time to move his shoulders: “It’s okay.”

He got up and raised the fan, rubbed his shoulders and looked at her: “You…”

“I didn’t do it on purpose, I was just thinking about something and didn’t notice the wires on the ground.” Hu Die looked at him and pursed the corners of her lips: “I heard the sound seemed to be hit quite hard, or you will come with me later Check it out at the hospital.”

Jing Yu shook his head: “I’m fine.”

“But last time I was hit lightly like that, it took me a long time to bruise.” Hu Die looked at him guiltily, “…You should go and check it out, otherwise I will feel bad.”

Jing Yue sighed: “Okay.”

Hu Die walked over and whispered again: “I’m sorry.”

“I’m really fine.” Jing Yu picked up the bowl again: “If you don’t believe me, you will know after the inspection.”

“Hmm…” Hu Die lowered her head, not daring to look at him.

After dinner, Jing Yu sent Mo Hai home first before following Hu Die to the hospital. During the inspection, Hu Die was outside all the time, and the door was closed again, so she didn’t hear anything.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Jing Yu came out.

She hurriedly stood up: “how is it?”

Jing Yu pursed the corners of his lower lips and said, “The doctor said to take an X-ray.”

“so serious?”

“It’s not that serious.” Jing Yue was afraid that she would be burdened, so he comforted her, “It’s just because I was afraid that there might be some problems, so I asked her to make a film. Actually, it’s not a big deal.”

Hu Die lowered her eyes and didn’t dare to look at him, “Really.”

Jing Yue seemed to have misunderstood what she meant, and his voice became much gentler, “Well, I have to go to film, you take me there?”

Hu Die nodded, and said two sins and sins in her heart.

The CT room is on the first floor, and there is no one there at night. After 40 minutes of filming, the film was sent to the attending doctor, and the patient did not need to print it himself.

This time, Jing Yue asked Hu Die to follow him into the doctor’s office.

The doctor watched Jing Yue’s film on the computer, “Ah, there’s no big problem, just don’t put too much weight on your shoulders these two days, just rest for a few days and it will be fine.”

“Okay, thank you doctor.” Jing Yu looked at Hu Die: “Are you relieved now?”

Hu Die gave a soft “um” sound: “It’s fine.”

When the two came out of the office, Hu Die sent Jing Yue to the gate of the hospital, watched him walk away, and immediately turned around and ran back.

Hu Die asked Jiang Man to greet Jing Yue’s doctor in advance, in order to let Jing Yue do a systematic filming without being suspicious.

When she went back, Dr. Zhao had already typed Jing Yue’s film: “From the film, the injury on his shoulder has fully recovered. Logically speaking, swimming should not be affected.”

“But…”

Dr. Zhao: “I know what you mean. According to what you said, he can’t swim now. If it’s really because of the injury on his shoulder, then there are two possibilities. One is the sequelae caused by the tear, and the other is trauma. Sequelae, some patients will experience too much pain when they are injured. In the later stage of recovery, they will always respond to this pain. As long as the injured place is involved, they will subconsciously return to the scene at the time of the injury. This creates a false impression that the injury has not healed. If you want to determine which one, the best way now is to persuade him to go for a psychological evaluation.”

Hu Die was silent for a while after listening, and then said: “Okay, thank you, Dr. Zhao.”

“You’re welcome.” Dr. Zhao said again: “You should pay more attention to yourself.”

Hu Die smiled and nodded: “Well, I see, then I’ll go back first.”

“Row.”

Jing Yue’s situation was as complicated as Hu Die imagined. She could hide the truth and let him come for an examination, but she couldn’t think of how to hide it for the psychological test.

Shao Yun also had no choice, he thought for a while and said: “Well, when I go to see the man on the weekend, I will send you the things, and then we will talk to Jing Yue together.”

It seems that this is the only way to go.

Hu Die held the phone, sighed softly and said, “Okay.”

Shao Yun was very efficient, and sent the file to Hu Die on Saturday evening. She clicked on it and listened for half a minute before sending Shao Yun a message.

Butterfly: I received it, thank you Brother Shao Yun.

Butterfly: I hope this can be useful to him.

Shao: Anyway, I was very moved after hearing what they said, and I think he should be the same. When are you going to see him?

Butterfly: Just these two days, I don’t want to procrastinate.

Shao: Then I will wait for your news.

Butterfly: OK.

Hu Die originally wanted to go to Jing Yue’s house to talk about this matter with him, but the plan was far behind the changes. She didn’t go to Hairong Street because she was thinking about how to tell Jing Yue about this two days on the weekend.

Jing Yue was probably worried about her condition, and brought Mo Hai to the hospital to look for her on Sunday evening. Jiang Man and Hu Yuanheng were not there at the time. She took watermelon from the fruit basket, but searched around but couldn’t find the fruit knife.

Hu Die put down the watermelon and said, “Sit down first, I’ll borrow a knife from the nurse’s station.”

“Don’t worry about it, we just ate.” Jing Yu looked at Mo Hai who was running around in the ward, “He is arguing to come and play with you, I may go back later and come to pick him up later .”

“Okay, I’m fine here anyway.” Hu Die asked, “Mo Hai, do you want some watermelon?”

“want!”

“Wait.” Hu Die said, “Two to one, I’ll borrow the knife.”

Jing Yu smiled helplessly: “Okay.”

He watched Hu Die go out and saw Mo Hai running into the room, afraid that he would bump into something in the ward, he got up and followed: “Mo Hai, come out to play.”

On the window sill in the ward was a succulent wrapped in a coconut shell, and a smiling face was drawn on the shell.

Mo Hai was a little interested in it, so he ran over to pick it up. A few holes were poked at the bottom of the coconut shell, and after he picked it up from the plate, all the crumbs underneath fell on the small table by the window sill.

“Don’t mess with my sister’s things.” Jing Yue walked over, took the meat from him and put it back, took a tissue to wipe off the dirt on the table.

There were also some drops on the notebook beside him. He was afraid of getting it dirty, so he picked it up and shook it. When he put it back, Mo Hai took it and opened it.

“This is my sister’s stuff, don’t—” Jing Yu was about to educate him, but when he saw what was written in the notebook, he suddenly stopped.

“Brother, your name is on it.” Mo Hai pointed at the word “whale”, raised his head, and looked at Jing Yue innocently.

There wasn’t much content in the notebook, and Jing Yue quickly read through the ten lines at a glance, feeling like a beast was bumping into his chest in his heart.

He raised his hand and rubbed Mo Hai’s head: “You go to the garden downstairs to play for a while, brother will take you to buy delicious food later.”

“But I want to play with Sister Hu Die here.”

Jing Yu looked at him and said in a deep voice, “Be obedient.”

He lowered his head and clasped his hands: “Okay.”

Mo Hai stood up from the stool, ran outside and bumped into Hu Die who came back after borrowing the knife, she subconsciously raised her hand to avoid him: “You don’t want to eat watermelon?”

“Brother told me to go downstairs and wait for him first, I’ll come back tomorrow.” Mo Hai smiled and said, “Goodbye, sister!”

“Goodbye.” Hu Die walked in, didn’t see Jing Yue in the living room, suddenly thought of something, put down the fruit knife, and entered the inner room.

Jing Yue was standing by the window, her notebook was on the small table by the window sill, it had been opened at the moment, and it lay there brightly.

She took a breath, raised her eyes to look at Jing Yue.

With a calm expression, he pointed to the notebook on the table: “What is this?”

Hu Die subconsciously looked in the direction his finger was pointing at, thinking of the plan to save the whales written in the notebook, moved her lips, but didn’t say a word.

Jing Yu lowered his eyes: “So, you hit me with a fan that day, did you do it on purpose?”

Hu Die pursed her lips and found her own voice: “I just want to help you…”

“How can you help me? Can you help me train, help me compete?”

“But the test results that day showed that the injury on your shoulder has fully recovered, and your inability to go back to swimming is probably just a psychological problem.”

“So what?”

Hu Die was a little annoyed by his cold tone, and couldn’t help raising her tone: “That means, as long as you pass the hurdle in your heart, you can still go back to swim.”

Jing Yu said coldly, “What if I can’t pass?”

“You haven’t tried it, how do you know you can’t pass it?”

Jing Yu looked up at her, “How do you know I haven’t tried it?”

“So? Just tried, are you going to give up?”

Jing Yue turned his eyes away, and said without emotion: “I don’t want to be the next Mo Hai.”

There was a moment of silence and quiet in the ward.

Hu Die laughed softly, as if mocking: “So to put it bluntly, you are actually afraid of failure, but we are human, isn’t failure a normal thing?”

“After your accident, so many people were worried about you. You left City B without saying anything. What do you make your teammates, coaches, and those who care about you think? Are you worthy of them? You are so protective Is it your father?”

“You are cowardly, timid, and dare not even face a single failure.” Hu Die’s emotions surged, and her eyes turned red: “You are sorry for everyone, including yourself.”

Jing Yue seemed to be poked in the sore spot, and said angrily, “Why do you say that, who do you think you are? The savior?”

Xia Feng was dull, and everything in the past was like a mass of thick cotton wrapping tightly around Jing Yu’s heart, making him feel uncomfortable, out of control, and unscrupulous.

With red eyes, his words turned into sharp swords, and he stabbed hard at Hu Die: “You can’t even save yourself!”

…

There was a longer silence in the room.

Jing Yue realized that he had said too much, and his emotions fell like waves hitting a rock, “I…”

Hu Die lowered her eyes, and a tear fell down. She took a deep breath: “Yes, you are right, I can’t even save myself, who else can I save.”

Jing Yue watched her cry, the beast in his heart hurt his heart, he took a step forward, then stopped: “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that.”

Hu Die laughed softly, but tears still flowed non-stop: “You go, I don’t want to care about you anymore.”

The author has something to say:

Brother Whale, you are too much TvT

Seeing a child asking, “The Butterfly and the Whale” will be published together with “Fighting the Fire” and two other short stories in a physical collection. I strive to submit the manuscript as soon as possible.

The number of words in this book is not long, and it is estimated to be about 60,000 words. There are many things at the end of the year. I will try to update it every other day. I will try my best to see if I can update it every day.

Note: “Larvae butterflies eat vegetables, leaves and plant shoots, adult butterflies eat nectar and plant juice” source network