Flowers and dances

Chapter 11

Chu Wu stared at her blankly, she blinked and found that she still couldn't see her face clearly.I haven't seen this face in 17 years, but when I saw it again, I was in a trance.His eyes slowly passed over the light makeup and stopped on the luxurious clothes, his eyes were dazzling, Chu Wu knew his image at the moment, his hair was fluttering around, his face was pale, the corners of his mouth were dry, and the sourness in his heart slowly swelled, It's like a tidal wave coming up.

Those black pupils were as cold as the stars on a winter night, looking at her without focus, the face in front of her eyes slowly overlapped with the person in the photo in her memory, she pursed her dry lips Jiao, silently took the orange from her hand, quickly put it in the shopping bag, her hands trembled imperceptibly, which still revealed her emotions.

"Chuwu, I..." Nan Shumei looked at her, but found that she had lost the tone to speak to her.

Chu Wu lifted the heavy bag and took a deep breath to control her choking.She passed Nan Shumei's car, glanced lightly at the license plate, her heart ached and she couldn't breathe for a moment, she tightened her bag tightly, and tried her best to straighten her back to be strong.

Nan Shumei looked at Chuwu's slender figure but was carrying such a big bag, walking forward step by step, each step weighed heavily on her heart, she covered her mouth, and finally watched her disappear into the alley , turned around and got into the car lonely.

I heard her name by accident in the clubhouse that night, and that name tore apart her beautiful life without warning.Over the years, she often dreamed of her, wrinkled when she was born, and then babbling, calling her "Mom" and "Mom" softly... But she dared not think about it, and she couldn't think about it.

Nan Shumei returned home with red eyes, and sat in the living room in a daze.For a long time, until her son came home.

"Mom—why are you sitting here?" Song Haoyu is already on winter vacation, and usually hangs out with his friends.

Nan Shumei quickly wiped the corners of her eyes, her voice was nasal, "Xiaoyu, why did you come back?"

"Mom, you are crying." Song Haoyu walked over immediately. "What happened?"

"I watched a movie in the afternoon, and my mother was a little hurt by the scene." She smiled, "Have you eaten?"

"Well, I ate outside with my friends." Song Haoyu came to her side and deliberately teased her, "Hey, give me a smile."

Nan Shumei gave a "puchi" smile, "It's not serious to learn from anyone."

"Mom, let me tell you something." He paused, "I don't want to go to military academy, please tell my dad."

Nan Shumei frowned slightly, "I don't care about this, you should discuss it with your father."

"If I dare to tell him, I won't beg you. Mom, I don't want to be a soldier."

"It's not that you don't know, your father is only your son, and he expects you to win his face."

"If I don't serve as a soldier, I can win face for him."

Nan Shumei smiled, looked into her son's eyes, and suddenly remembered Chu Wu's eyes, and couldn't help reaching out to touch her son's face.

"Mom, why are you looking at me like that?"

Nan Shumei lowered her hands and curled her mouth, "I just thought, my son is 17 years old." But she didn't see her daughter until 17 years later, and she never cared about her in the past 17 years.

Chu Wu returned home in a daze, and Li Xiuyun saw her carrying big and small bags with a smile on her face, "Xiao Wu, I bought so many things." Come over and open the bag and see the warm suit Lingerie, "Who is this for?"

"I bought a set for you and my dad. The advertisement said that this brand is warm. After a while, you can try it to see if it fits." She said calmly.

Li Xiuyun is very useful, this daughter was not raised by her, but she still knows how to be filial to herself.

"Hey, I'll try it." Her voice was obviously happy.

"Mom—" Chu Wu called out, this word made her heart ache again, "I even bought you a shawl."

Li Xiuyun immediately smiled and took the shawl.

Chu Wu put the things back one by one, Li Xiuyun came out wearing a shawl, her eyes squinted, "Xiao Wu, how about helping mom take a look?"

Chu Wu put down the things at hand and stared blankly. The woman just now was wearing a similar style of shawl, but she knew how expensive hers was, but what she bought was only a few dozen yuan.A satisfied smile appeared on Li Xiuyun's face.Chu Wu slowly withdrew her emotions, twitching the corners of her mouth and smiling, some people are always easy to satisfy, they will be very happy, such as her stepmother.In fact, such a simple life is also a kind of happiness.

"suitable for you."

"You still have a good eye." Li Xiuyun looked left and right in front of the mirror, and said after a while, "I'll go out and show them."

This year's New Year's Eve, the Han family has always had a good atmosphere.At the New Year's Eve dinner, Chu Wu drank some wine with his father. Han Dequn came back from other provinces in the afternoon at [-] o'clock. The journey was full of dust and dust, but he was very happy to be able to come back for the New Year.

In the evening, the family sat in the living room watching the Spring Festival Gala, and Han Dequn gave red envelopes to all three of them.

"Dad, the price has increased a lot this year." Han Chen cheerfully opened the red envelope and counted it.

"This time I ran far and earned more."

"Old Han, don't run overseas in the future. I heard from them last time that there are robbers on the road, with knives and guns. I was worried to death during the few days you went."

Chu Wu seldom heard Li Xiuyun say such words to his father. In fact, she knew that although Li Xiuyun was a bit mean sometimes, he really lived with his father sincerely.

"One trip is worth driving a taxi for two months, and it's worth it." Han Dequn said cheerfully.Chu Wu saw the deep lines in the corners of his eyes, and suddenly thought of Nan Shumei's delicate face in her mind.

The years have changed everything, and the most thorough change is the human heart.

She stared blankly at the sketches on TV. The actors tried their best to make the audience laugh, but she didn't smile at all.

"The Spring Festival Gala has become more and more boring in recent years." Han Chen said with a curled lip.

Chu Wu nodded, and the phone in her pocket vibrated again. She held the hot water bottle and covered her hands, guessing it was a blessing text message, and planned to wait to read it, but unexpectedly this time it vibrated non-stop.Throwing the hot water bottle to Han Chen, she took out her phone and saw that it was a string of unfamiliar numbers, and she was hesitant to answer it.

Han Chen leaned over and said, "Who is it? Sis, why didn't you pick up your date? Are you embarrassed in front of us?"

"What do you know?" Chu Wu rolled her eyes and walked back to the room.There was no one in the room, which made her shiver all of a sudden.

"Hello, who is it?"

There was silence for a few seconds, "It's me." Xi Haoze was attending the New Love Party in the army.

Chu Wu was startled and said nothing.

"Is there nothing to say?" Xi Haoze asked.

"Happy New Year."

That's right, a bland sentence, so reluctantly, it's as if I forced her.

"Let me tell you, how did you think about the things that Han Chuwu asked you to think about before?" Xi Haoze drank some wine at night, but his expression was as usual. He looked up at the night sky. Tonight the sky was clear and full of stars.

Chu Wu twisted her fingers, thinking that the matter was over, but she didn't expect him to remember it, so she didn't say anything.

"You didn't think about it these days when I was away." It seemed that he had long been forgotten.

Chu Wu didn't make a sound, and Xi Haoze suddenly became a little angry, "Well, I'll give you a hammer on your friend's matter."

Chu Wu took a breath of air-conditioning, her stomach felt cold, and she was slightly out of breath. There was a loud singing voice from the other end, and the army's New Year's Eve Gala was booming and lively.

Who doesn't want to have a good New Year's Eve, Chu Wu's bad luck, Xiao Yinya only gritted her teeth, exhaled, and said, "You are an overlord, why should others obey your orders. You think that everyone is your soldier, and everyone treats you as the boss! If you are too busy at night, run around your playground right now, don’t disturb others, and celebrate the new year! "She didn't take a breath, and the chatterbox popped out word by word.After telling Xi Haoze a lot, he quickly hung up the phone, turned off the phone, and pulled out the battery.

"Fuck you!" She had never scolded someone so happily in her life.

Xi Haoze listened to the "beep" on the phone in a daze.The shadow of the tree swayed, and he raised his hand to break a pine and cypress, thinking about something in his mind.After coming out for a while, I somehow wanted to call Chu Wu, but the little girl has a bad temper.Thinking of her angry look, he unconsciously twitched the corners of his mouth.When he goes back, he doesn't believe that he can't deal with her.

He chuckled, and suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind. Looking back, it was Xi Zhenghong who saluted neatly, "Hello, Chief!"

Xi Zhenghong looked at him coldly, "Aren't you going back at night?"

"Report to the chief, no reply."

The anger in Xi Zhenghong's heart made this son look exactly the same as his father. "Hmph!" The guard Xiao Zhou hurriedly followed, passed by Xi Haoze and quickly reported, "The head, the head and aunt asked you to go home tonight, the head came here specially to find you."

"Well, go quickly." Xi Haoze gathered his coat.

These few days during Chinese New Year is to visit relatives.

There are not many relatives in the Han family. Chuwu's grandfather passed away when Chuwu was 8 years old.On the second day of junior high school, Han Dequn took his wife and son to Li Xiuyun's natal home.

Chu Wu went there once when she was a child and never went there again. In fact, her real grandmother is still alive. In a small county in the north, that stubborn old man refuses everything and lives alone.When Chuwu was a sophomore, she had secretly visited her, but the old man had long since forgotten her as a granddaughter.

She often thinks that the fate between people has already been arranged by God, just like she and Nan Shumei, although they are mother and daughter, after all, their relationship is shallow and there is no motherhood.

When Han Dequn went, he was carrying a few boxes of nutritional supplements in his hand, and looked at Chu Wu with flickering eyes.Chu Wu smiled lightly, "Dad, you should go quickly. Otherwise, you won't be there until noon, and you'll have to wait a long time over there."

"Xiao Wu, then you should pay attention to safety at home, and call me if you have anything to do." Han Dequn's lips trembled slightly.

Chu Wu urged with a smile, "Mom is waiting in the car, Dad, go quickly." She stared at their voices fading away, and the smile on the corner of her mouth slowly sank.

She pretended to be plain, pretended not to see, pretended that everything was calm, but she still couldn't lie to herself, and she felt resentful.It's just that she doesn't have the courage, she doesn't dare to vent the grievances accumulated in her heart, because she still has to live.

(End of this chapter)