Flowers and dances

Chapter 13

Minutes passed by.

Chu Wu took a deep breath, and squeezed out a word from between her teeth, "Okay."

Her answer seemed to be within his expectation, the soft word "yes" brushed his heart, and he raised the corner of his mouth, "See you later."

Chu Wu put down the phone and stared at the bright lights opposite her in a daze, her eyes were confused. She didn't believe that he could really find her in such a big place, let alone so many people tonight.

Standing on the pontoon, with the flow of people and the melodious sound of the piano, for her, every minute and every second is like an unbearable torment. The corners of her eyes are staring at the numbers on the phone without blinking, and her whole heart is hanging.

Slowly, one minute, two minutes... passed by, she watched the movement of the second hand, and at the end her heart became more and more peaceful.

"Mom, I like this lamp." A childish voice awakened Chu Wu's consciousness.When Chu Wu turned around, she saw a cute little girl holding her mother's hand, and stopped in front of her, refusing to leave, her eyes fixed on her lamp.

"Girl, how much is this lamp?"

Chu Wu smiled slightly, bent down to pick up the lamp, looked at the mother and daughter, and twitched the corner of her mouth slightly, "This is what my sister got from guessing lantern riddles, I will give it to you."

The little girl's eyes were curved like crescent moons, "Thank you sister."

"That's really embarrassing, thank you."

"Thank you sister." The little girl grinned at her happily.

Chu Wu watched her bouncing away with the lamp in hand, the happy expressions of the mother and daughter were beyond words, she stared blankly, the corners of her eyes warmed up, and her thoughts couldn't help thinking of the past.She twitched the corners of her mouth, and when she looked at her phone again, she realized that there were only ten seconds to 15 minutes. It was like a few steps away from the finish line in a [-]-point race. She couldn't restrain her excitement.

Bending down to pick up the lantern, I wanted to leave here immediately, anyway, if he didn't show up and she left after 15 minutes, it didn't violate the rules.Chu Wu was secretly happy, holding the lantern in both hands.The moment he turned around, the curved arc at the corner of his mouth slowly disappeared, and his breathing stagnated.

Xi Haoze smiled, looked at her with dark eyes, and walked towards her step by step.

Chu Wu was stunned for a moment, loosened her fingers, and the lantern in her hand slowly fell to the ground.Xi Haoze walked up to her, looked at her, raised his watch, and said in a deep voice, "I said see you in 15 minutes."

"Impossible." Chu Wu muttered to herself.

Xi Haoze just smiled faintly, "Aren't you underestimating our soldiers?" He glanced at the lantern on the ground, bent over to pick it up, and unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth a little fondly, playing with the lantern at such a big age. "Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Chu Wu looked terrified, thinking about the bet he said.

Xi Haoze turned his eyes, looked at her fixedly, leaned slightly and lowered his head to get close to her, and whispered, "Stay with me."

The scorching masculine breath hit her cheek, Chu Wu stopped her pace, bit her lip and did not speak.

Xi Haoze saw her cheeks slowly blushing through the light, and suddenly laughed, "I remember someone firmly agreed just now, why do you want to go back on your word?"

"I don't want to go back on my word." Her eyes wandered around, only staring at the corner of his clothes, "I promised you, but I will never obey the law and discipline." At the end of the sentence, the more reluctant she Emboldened. "You can't force me to..."

"What can I force you to do?"

Chu Wu's face suddenly flushed red.

"Do you not trust me or are you afraid of me?"

Chu Wu shook her head.

"Let's go, walk with me." Xi Haoze, a big man with a lantern in his hand, looked a little funny.The two walked side by side along the river bank, and there was a pleasant sound of the piano by the river.Chu Wu anxiously followed him, pursed the corners of her mouth, looked at him unremarkably, and rubbed her cold fingers, "How did you find me?"

Xi Haoze twitched the corner of his mouth and stopped, "Listen."

Chu Wu was startled, and her eyes widened immediately, "Just because of this?" She curled her lips.

"Of course...not." After a pause, "I installed a bug in your phone."

"How could you do this?" Chu Wu gasped and glared at him angrily.

Xi Haoze looked at her with a smile, Chu Wu slowly realized that this man was framing her.She lifted her foot and walked forward.

Xi Haoze followed with strides, and said calmly, "I haven't celebrated the Lantern Festival like this for many years."

Chu Wu will not answer any more calls.

Xi Haoze turned his head slightly, the night wind blowing away her soft hair, under the colorful lights, the familiar side face was close at hand, as if time went back to the past, she was also like this, walking lightly on the bank of the river, he couldn't help it Raising his hand, he finally put aside his eyes and sighed softly, "You bought these?"

"Get it from guessing lantern riddles."

"Oh." He raised his voice slightly, thought for a while and said, "It seems that you are very good at guessing riddles."

Chu Wu slightly raised the corner of her mouth, "Yeah, I can basically guess it." When she was young, she wanted to buy lanterns, but Li Xiuyun would not buy them for her. Occasionally, there would be lantern riddles on the street to give away lanterns, although those gift lanterns were not bought. She is beautiful, but she is still very satisfied because she has it.

"I'll show you a few to see if you can guess it."

Chu Wu pursed the corners of her lips lightly, "Okay, tell me."

A few hints of cunning flashed across Xi Haoze's eyes, "Let's guess the name of the place first." He looked at her burningly, "Wedding night."

Chu Wu's mind was spinning rapidly, what is this place?
"do not know?"

"Is it a southern city or a northern city?"

"Well, how to sing a song, there is a Bao Qingtian."

"Kaifeng?" Chu Wu said subconsciously, and then contacted Mimian after speaking, her face turned red, she bit her lip but there was nowhere to vent, and she cursed shamelessly in her heart.

"what happened?"

Asking knowingly, Chu Wu couldn't help but roll her eyes, "I finally understand now that people who wear suits are not necessarily gentlemen, and people who wear military uniforms are not necessarily righteous, and they may also be hooligans in disguise."

"Don't jump to conclusions. People, like wine, should be tasted slowly."

"But I believe in first impressions."

"We are the same in this point, I also believe it." When he said this, he looked at her with dark eyes, but Chu Wu shivered away. "Sometimes the world is very strange, and encounters seem to be arranged by God."

"You should go to the university and teach literature."

Xi Haoze raised his eyebrows, "Why do you reject me?"

Chu Wu was startled, then shrugged and smiled.It's fine to say something at this time, "Why me?" She raised her head and looked directly into his deep eyes.

Xi Haoze restrained his expression, his eyes were indescribably far-reaching, and a strangeness flashed in his eyes, but it disappeared soon, "There is no such thing as a relationship, it's as simple as meeting and falling in love."

Chu Wu didn't understand his powerlessness when he said this, knowing that later, when they were together, she would often think of this night, and only then did she know that some people are born with acting skills, she sticks to her self-conscious heart, It wasn't until she fell in love with him slowly that she realized that he had given her a false look.

"But I don't like you, I don't know you. Your world is so different from mine, and I don't think we fit at all."

He smiled softly as he listened to her.

"You and I are not the right age."

"anything else?"

"Also, I never thought of marrying a soldier." After saying this, her eyes slowly fell silent. "You never knew me, nor my family."

"None of that matters."

Chu Wu smiled bitterly, she thought that she had read a passage.

I asked the Buddha: What should I do if I meet someone I can love, but I am afraid that I will not be able to grasp it?
The Buddha said: How much love is left in the world, and the world is ready for thousands of changes.

Do happy things with lovers.

Don't ask whether it is a calamity or a fate.

Xi Haoze gave her a warm start, but put her in a chilling world.Perhaps, this is the robbery between her and him.

When the phone rang suddenly, she suddenly put away her emotions.

"Sister, where are you? I've been waiting for you here for a long time."

She pursed her lips, and her voice was as calm as water, "Xiaochen, you go back first. I just met my classmates, and I will go back to school with them tonight."

"Well, be careful, there are too many people." After hanging up the phone, she looked at Xi Haoze, as if she had made up her mind, "I won't break our bet, one night." She was willing Bet for one night, no matter how it ends.

"Let's go."

The car moved forward smoothly.The two of them meditated in silence, the car was warm, and the surroundings were filled with a calm and masculine atmosphere. Chu Wu shrank into a small ball, absent-minded, and looked out the window indifferently without blinking.When the car stopped, she came back to her senses, and turned to look at him in surprise, with puzzlement in her eyes.

"It's getting late, go back and rest early." Xi Haoze looked back at her eyebrows, opened his hand unconsciously, and kept away when he was an inch away from Chuwu's shoulder.

When Chu Wu got out of the car, her heart felt uncomfortable, she let out a breath, but the words in her heart still didn't come out.A beam of strong light shone straight over, accompanied by a slightly shocked voice, "Xiao Wu?"

(End of this chapter)