Chapter 130 The Flower Language of Phalaenopsis
Within a few hours, topics like #Jiang Yun's extras# and #The perfect butterfly swimming genius's personality collapse# were trending. Hateful comments flooded in, with some even cursing him to "sink to the bottom of the next competition."
This online violence is eroding the public image of this rising swimming star at an alarming rate.
The comment section is full of chaos and the insults are very harsh.
Jiang Yun frowned.
The only people he should really thank for being able to break the world record and stand on the podium are Xia Lili and Coach Chen. His fans only showed up after he won the award.
"I've already sent the portrait of the organizer who picked us up at the airport to Mingzhou. I'll leave the rest to the company."
Xia Lili's cheerful voice pulled Jiang Yun back from his negative mood: "Have you finished posting your blog? Let's make a gift together!"
Jiang Yun looked up and nodded in response. He locked his phone and threw it aside. He felt that the world was quiet.
Xia Lili found the toolbox and gently placed the deformed gift box on the craft table.
Under the light, the tiny cracks on the box are clearly visible.
She carefully opened the lid of the box with her fingertips.
As the lid of the box opens, a delicate spherical glass-covered landscape lamp slowly appears.
Inside the glass cover, a lifelike monarch butterfly is about to flap its wings and fly over a sea of blue quicksand.
A few clusters of delicate Phalaenopsis orchids are dotted among them, and the metal butterfly that should have been resting on the branch is now tilted beside the base.
"What is this...?" Jiang Yun's pupils dilated slightly.
Xia Lili explained somewhat embarrassedly, "I made this butterfly landscape light. I wanted to give you a surprise..."
Her voice trailed off, her eyes fixed on the fallen butterfly.
Jiang Yun carefully picked up the metal butterfly and gently stroked the delicate lines on its wings with his fingertips.
"It's so lifelike, I thought it was a specimen." He took a closer look and found that every line on the butterfly's wings was hand-painted. The wings were also sprinkled with a layer of gold powder, which was very beautiful. "Lili, did you draw all these?"
Xia Lili nodded gently, "But it doesn't matter, just fix the butterfly back in place."
The two sat side by side, concentrating on repairing this exquisite gift under the warm yellow desk lamp.
Xia Lili's nimble fingers adjusted the branches of the Phalaenopsis, while Jiang Yun was responsible for re-fixing the metal butterfly.
Occasionally, their fingertips would touch, and they would retract their hands at the same time and smile at each other.
"alright!"
Xia Lili let out a long sigh, "Now, close your eyes."
Jiang Yun obediently closed her eyes, her thick eyelashes casting subtle shadows under the light. Xia Lili activated the smart home system with her voice to turn off the lights.
As the studio lights went out, she flipped the switch for the landscape lights.
Suddenly, the entire room seemed enchanted. Blue light waves rippled across the walls, like real ocean waves.
The silhouette of a monarch butterfly dances on the wall, and a metal mechanism makes its wings flap rhythmically, making it look lifelike.
The most amazing thing was that in the rippling waves, the silhouette of Jiang Yun standing on the podium vaguely emerged and was projected on the ceiling, as if soaring among the sea of flowers and the blue waves.
Jiang Yun slowly opened his eyes and saw the scene in the room, his maple-leaf-colored lips slightly parted.
His eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings, and the next second, his eyes were filled with crystal tears.
He turned to Xia Lili, his Adam's apple rolling slightly.
"How is it? Do you like it?"
There was anticipation in Xia Lili's almond-shaped eyes.
Jiang Yun stared at her, his eyes filled with indescribable emotions. "I like it."
His voice was a little hoarse, and he repeated: "I like it very much."
Xia Lili felt her face getting hot for some reason as she was stared at by Jiang Yun's passionate gaze.
Jiang Yun raised his hand and finally just gently rubbed the top of her head: "Little frog, thank you."
"It's been... a long time since I received a gift from my family."
In the light, the shadows of the two people were projected on the wall, and the silhouette of the monarch butterfly just happened to be resting between them.
Six o'clock the next morning.
Xia Lili was awakened by the feeling of hunger in her stomach.
She rubbed her eyes and went downstairs to find food, but suddenly stopped in front of the French window leading to the kitchen.
In the dim morning light, Jiang Yun was doing morning training in the courtyard.
The white sports vest fits tightly against his broad and firm back muscles, outlining exciting lines as he does push-ups.
Under the black sports shorts, the leg muscles were stretched into sharp curves, and beads of sweat rolled down the neck, accumulating into a pool of fine light in the depression of the collarbone.
Xia Lili unconsciously held her breath. It wasn't until Jiang Yun finished his last set of push-ups and stood up, his back muscles casting a perfect inverted triangle in the sunlight, that she realized she had been standing by the window watching the whole thing.
"Lili, you woke up so early?"
A panting voice suddenly approached. Jiang Yun grabbed a towel and wiped his neck casually, then walked in front of her.
"Why is your face so red?"
Jiang Yun suddenly leaned in close, carrying the scent of mint shower gel and lingering hormones, "Did you catch a cold last night?"
"No, no!" Xia Lili hurriedly took a half step back. "I just woke up hungry. Maybe... low blood sugar this morning?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she regretted it so much that she wanted to bite her tongue.
Jiang Yun raised his eyebrows, his sweat-soaked eyelashes turning transparent gold in the sunlight: "Shouldn't hypoglycemia cause a pale face?"
Xia Lili hesitated and hadn't come up with an excuse yet when she saw Jiang Yun wrap a towel around her neck. "Wait, I'll make you breakfast right away."
Jiang Yun took a shower, changed into a black home T-shirt, and went into the kitchen to make breakfast for Xia Lili.
Xia Lili was sitting in the living room waiting for dinner. She glanced at the bouquet of Phalaenopsis orchids and wanted to find a vase to put the flowers in. However, when she unwrapped the bouquet.
A heavy gold medal in the bouquet fell onto the coffee table with a thud, along with a greeting card.
It's the gold medal of the World Championships.
Xia Lili's fingertips trembled as she opened the greeting card.
There was a bank card inside the greeting card, with Jiang Yun's handwriting written on it in a flamboyant style.
"To the little frog."
"My glory belongs to you."
Xia Lili stroked the bank card with her fingertips. The bank card should contain Jiang Yun’s competition prize money.
The bank card password was also written at the bottom of the greeting card, which was the same as Jiang Yun’s mobile phone lock screen password.
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Xia Lili's heart trembled, and she remembered that this was the day they first met.
She turned her gaze to the hydrangeas in the bouquet. Hydrangeas are also known as Endless Summer, and their Latin name means summer that never ends.
"Lili, eat some noodles first."
As Jiang Yun's voice fell in the warmth of the kitchen, the Phalaenopsis orchid in his arms was trembling with a delicate fragrance.
The porcelain white petals stretched out in the morning light, like a group of butterflies flapping their wings, ready to fly - she suddenly remembered the language of the Phalaenopsis orchid: Happiness flies towards you.
Jiang Yun walked towards him through the morning light, holding a bowl of noodles, his outline blurred by the steaming heat.
He bent down and put down a bowl of steaming vegetable and egg noodles. Green chopped green onions were dotted among the golden egg flowers. A runny poached egg was lying on the noodles, trembling slightly with his movements.
"Thank you for your hard work. Now I'm going to start!"
"Eat it."
Xia Lili couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks.
Jiang Yun looked at her wolfing down the food, a gentle smile spreading across his eyes, and he turned back to the kitchen.
When Jiang Yun came out of the kitchen carrying the golden and crispy shrimp cakes, he bumped into Xia Xubai who had just come down the stairs.
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