Butterfly and Whale - Chapter 5

Hu Die crossed the road as she stepped on the green light to count down the seconds, and the surging wind kept blowing her long hair and skirt.

She walked up to the boy, smiled very lightly, and her tone was also very light: “Jing Yue.”

“En.” Jing Yue felt his throat dry in response, subconsciously coughed lightly and said, “You’ve been waiting here for me?”

“That’s right, I was afraid that you would avoid me, so I came here first on my own.” Hu Die has a pair of twinkling peach blossom eyes, and her smile is moist, which is particularly attractive.

She lifted the hair sticking to the side of her face, and said, “It seems that this method is still effective.”

Jing Yu didn’t know what to say, so he said “um” again.

“Then you are free today, right?” Hu Die looked around: “I seldom eat around here, is there anything you want to eat?”

“Go to my house.”

“Ah?” Hu Die turned her head to look at him, her expression gradually becoming vigilant.

Jing Yue smiled lightly, which made the faint sense of depression lessened a bit, “My friend and I are going to have a barbecue at home at night, if you don’t mind, let’s go together.”

“But that doesn’t count as my asking you.”

Jing Yu also raised his head and looked around, caught a glimpse of the department store on the corner of the street, and said, “Then you are in charge of the drinks tonight?”

“Yes.” Hu Die followed him forward.

The two walked into the supermarket one after the other. Jing Yu moved a case of beer and several bottles of orange soda, and asked, “What are you drinking?”

“This.” Hu Die took a box of yogurt from the shelf beside her, “Do you have anything else to buy?”

“It’s gone.” Jing Yu leaned against the glass counter of the cash register and pointed to the payment code on the side: “Scan here.”

“Oh.” Hu Die handed the yogurt to the proprietress, and after she finished scanning the QR code, she took out her mobile phone and scanned the payment QR code, “How much?”

The proprietress: “Seventy-six.”

She lowered her head to operate, and the receipt reminder in the store rang immediately: “Alipay received seventy-six yuan.”

Jing Yu picked up the beer and went to pick up the soda bag with his hands free, but Hu Die picked it up before him: “Let me do it.”

The soda is in glass bottles, and seven or eight bottles stacked together are not light, and it is a bit heavy to carry, so Hu Die simply hugged her in her arms: “Let’s go?”

“Wait.” Jing Yue put down the beer in his hand, reached out to pick up the bag she was holding in her arms, and turned around to hug the beer on the table: “Let’s go.”

Hu Die followed his footsteps, “I can handle it.”

“Um.”

“I can really handle it.”

“I know.” Jing Yue said, “I can handle it too.”

“…” Hu Die kept a similar pace with him, “Are you a native of Rongcheng?”

“Yes, and no.” Jing Yue took short steps, and the glass bottles clinked together in the bag, “My ancestral home is here, but my parents have always settled in City B, and I have lived there since I was a child. “

“Oh.”

“Are you?”

“I am, I am a native of Rongcheng.” Hu Die said, “Then you came to Rongcheng for summer vacation?”

“Um.”

“so good.”

Jing Yue glanced sideways at the girl and didn’t ask any further questions.

The house Jing Yue lives in now is the old house left by his grandparents, a two-story building hidden in an alley, with a large yard.

A banyan tree was planted in the courtyard, and creepers covered the entire wall. The vines of the gazebo fell in the air, and the oleander swayed in the shadow of the corner.

There was also a cool well under the banyan tree, and Shao Yun’s barbecue grill was set up beside it. When Hu Die followed Jing Yue into the yard, he was busy.

“Mo Hai, Mo Hai! Hurry up, move out the fan for brother, it’s so hot.” Shao Yun just lit the charcoal fire, and the courtyard was smoky.

Hu Die coughed from the smoke.

When Shao Yun heard the movement, he raised his head and saw Jing Yue: “You are back, why is this thing—”

When he saw the girl standing behind Jing Yue, he paused and said, “Your friend?”

“Yeah.” Jing Yue came over, picked up the cattail leaf fan on the side and slammed it against the charcoal fire a few times, and the flames sprang up successfully.

He gently shook the cattail fan and introduced them, “Hu Die—”

Shao Yun didn’t react, his eyes flicked around, “Butterflies? Where are the butterflies?”

“…” Jing Yu took a deep breath: “Her name is Hu Die.”

Hu Die then raised her hand to greet Shao Yun: “Hello.”

Shao Yun chuckled: “Hi, my name is Shao Yun, Shuanger Shao, the Yun next to the Japanese character, is Butterfly your stage name?”

“My real name is Hu Die, Gu Yuehu.”

“Oh.” Shao Yun said with a smile: “The names of you two are interesting. Those who fly in the sky and those who swim under the sea don’t sound like human names.”

Hu Die: “…”

Jing Yue: “…”

Shao Yun scratched his head and smiled: “Just kidding, don’t mind.”

Afraid of his embarrassment, Hu Die said indifferently, “It’s okay, I’m used to it.”

Shao Yun is an acquaintance, and he didn’t feel any embarrassment at all, “How did you know Jing Yue?”

“None of your business.” Jing Yu shoved the cattail fan into his hand, “Look at the fire.”

“Okay, you are the uncle.” Shao Yun couldn’t say no to Jing Yue, so he poured all his anger into the fire, and his hands moved quickly and violently, fanning the flames straight up.

Jing Yue, who hadn’t walked away, kicked him on the knee: “Small it.”

“Yes, yes, I understand, my ancestor.” Shao Yun winked at Hu Die: “Is he annoying?”

Jing Yu looked over abruptly: “I’m not deaf.”

Shao Yun choked and stopped talking.

Hu Die couldn’t help laughing, and walked over to Jing Yue and asked, “Is there anything I can do for you?”

“No need.” Jing Yu remembered something, washed his hands, took out yogurt and a bottle of orange soda from the bag, “Come with me.”

Hu Die didn’t know why, so she followed him into the house.

The TV in the living room was on, and a little boy was sitting there.

Hu Die watched Jing Yue walk over, and heard him call: “Mo Hai.”

The little boy turned his head: “Brother, you are back.”

Jing Yue patted his head: “Brother Shao Yun called you outside for help, why don’t you go?”

Mo Hai stared at the TV and muttered, “He’s too stupid, I don’t want to help him.”

“Okay, he’s stupid, let’s ignore him, that brother will give you a new task.” Jing Yue got up and motioned Hu Die to approach, “This is sister Hu Die, she came to our house as a guest today, can you entertain her for brother ?”

Hu Die raised her hand: “Hi.”

“Hello, sister.” Mo Hai stood up, picked up the pillow on the sofa, and said politely, “Please sit down.”

“Thank you.” Hu Die sat down as he said, and he sat back and continued watching TV.

Jing Yu handed the yogurt in his hand to Hu Die: “You watch TV with him for a while, and I’ll call you when it’s ready.”

“Oh.” Hu Die took the yogurt, and the outside box was stained with the moisture from the boy’s hand, and she wiped it unconsciously.

Jing Yu found the bottle opener on the table, pried off the lid of the soda bottle, and handed the soda to Mo Hai: “Treat my sister well.”

“understood.”

He looked at Hu Die again: “I’m going out to work first.”

Hu Die nodded: “Okay.”

The cartoon “Bear Infested” was playing on the TV, Mo Hai raised his head and gulped down the soda, then got up and put the soda bottle into the plastic basket in the corner.

The basket is already half full of empty bottles.

He came back, and instead of sitting on the ground, he sat on the sofa with Hu Die. After a long silence, he suddenly asked, “Aren’t you going to drink?”

“What?” Hu Die reacted: “Do you want a drink?”

“No, my brother gave it to you.” He said no, but his eyes did not move away.

Hu Die plugged in the straw and handed it over: “I’m not thirsty, drink it.”

Mo Hai hesitated for a while before reaching out to take it: “Thank you.”

Hu Die smiled: “You’re welcome.”

As it was getting late, Hu Die called Jiang Man and said that she would go back later today, and Jiang Man asked her where she was.

“At Jing Yu’s house.” Hu Die explained briefly.

Jiang Man warned: “Come back early, don’t trouble people too much, and send me the location later.”

“I see.” After hanging up the phone, Hu Die sent Jiang Man her location on WeChat, and then clicked on the shooting function, preparing to take a short video and send it over.

She pressed the camera button, and the camera turned to the right, just in time to capture Jing Yue who stepped into the house.

In the video, the boy put on a black headband at some point, exposing his forehead with thick eyebrows and sharp eyes. Under the light, the contours of the facial features are particularly clear.

The sleeves of the T-shirt are rolled up high by him, and the upper arm has obvious but not exaggerated muscle lines. The few scars on the right arm that do not fade away are like fine lines cracked on suet white jade, losing the beauty it should have.

He still maintained the posture of having one foot inside the house and the other outside the house. Seeing Hu Die holding the phone, he subconsciously covered his face.