Flowers and dances

Chapter 16

The beginning of spring has passed, and the temperature in N City has slowly picked up. Looking at the fine weather, people downstairs came out to dry their quilts one after another.Chu Wu thought of sleeping on the cold quilt last night, and their dormitory was in the shade. She woke up several times in the night, and decided to dry the quilt as well. She lives on the fifth floor, and drying the quilt is a big project. After going back and forth three times, I finally took off the bedding.

It was around 9 o'clock, and the sunlight was not strong enough at this time. She was wearing cotton slippers, leaning against the railing beside her, panting and patting the thin quilt. Controlled shaking.After resting for a while, she finally regained her composure, turned around and prepared to go upstairs, and with a slight glance, she saw a black car parked at the iron gate of the dormitory, and she glanced lightly at it.

When she walked to the door of the dormitory, she heard her mobile phone ringing from inside.She quickly opened the door, took out the mobile phone from her bag, picked it up and saw that there was another series of unsigned numbers on the screen of the mobile phone. She didn't save Xi Haoze's number, but she kept it in her heart.She frowned and looked at the flickering screen, hesitated for more than ten seconds before picking it up.

"Hello, who is it?" There was no sound from there.Chu Wu gave another feed, she thought it was someone's prank, Wei Wei was annoyed and was about to hang up when a voice finally came from the other side, it was a woman's voice, the voice was gentle, "Xiao Wu, it's me."

Chu Wu was taken aback suddenly, the soft and soft voice Chu Wu couldn't hear very clearly.

Nan Shumei pinched her hands, her pretty face was a little dark.She didn't dare to say the word "Mom", she was afraid that she would reject her, and she didn't even dare to make this call.

Both ends are silent.

After a long time, Nan Shumei coughed slightly, "I'm at the door of your apartment now, waiting for you."

After hanging up the phone, Chu Wu took a weak breath.She only felt pain in her heart, and her body became weaker and weaker, like a deflated balloon, and finally sat down on the bed. The bed shook violently, she covered her face with her hands, and closed her eyes in pain.

It wasn't until half an hour later that she stood up, put on her clothes and shoes, and prepared to go to a company for an interview with her resume.

The black car was still there, and she had already brushed against the people in the car. As she approached step by step, her expression became more and more calm like water, but her heart was churning like a raging wave.She told herself not to look, not to think, just walk over.

After a few steps, her feet were as heavy as lead, unable to take a step.

The people in the car also spotted her, and when the car door opened, Nan Shumei hurriedly walked to Chu Wu with a faint joy on her face, the corners of her mouth twitched, "Xiao Wu, let's find a place to talk. After waiting for more than half an hour, she thought that Chu Wu would not see her, but when she saw her figure just now, the joy at that moment was indescribable.Seeing her close in front of her eyes, she couldn't help reaching out her hand to touch her, but when she stretched out her hand in a daze, Chu Wu quickly avoided it with a quick glance, and she withdrew her hand in frustration.

Chu Wu smelled a faint fragrance, Nan Shumei was wearing a purple hat, covering most of her face, Chu Wu pursed her lips dryly, no matter how she came to see her, she had to cover it up.Her heart twitched, and she stepped forward.Seeing that she was going to leave, Nan Shumei was a little anxious, and grabbed her hand in a panic. Chu Wu's mind went blank for an instant, and she stopped.

"Can you spare a moment for me?"

Chu Wu slowly raised her head to look at her, the bright sunlight hurt her eyes.She saw her uneasiness, her pleading.

Chu Wu didn't speak, and got into her car without making a sound. The car was awkwardly silent. The two of them hadn't spoken for a long time. They were originally a pair of close mother and daughter, but now they were like strangers.Everything is so ironic.

She stared straight at the bushes in front of her. Nan Shumei looked at Chu Wu with no expression, and asked dryly, "Have you had breakfast?"

"Just say what you have to say."

"You haven't had breakfast yet, I'll take you outside to eat some." She didn't seem to hear Chu Wu's words, and hurriedly started the car.

Chu Wu stared at the fleeting scenery outside the window, her eyes slowly getting wet and blurred.Nan Shumei took her to a private restaurant in the city, and the waiter in the lobby greeted them as soon as they entered, and led them into the box respectfully and politely.

"Xiao Wu, what do you want to eat?" Nan Shumei handed the delicate menu in front of her.

Chuwu didn't look at Nan Shumei's face from the beginning to the end. She had thought about this face thousands of times, and now seeing her again is all in vain. Eat." She wants to hear what she has to say to her now.

"Here's a bird's nest porridge, glutinous rice and lotus root, crispy taro seedlings, and by the way, soup dumplings." Nan Shumei seemed to think of something, and the corner of her mouth lightly twitched, "You liked soup dumplings the most when you were young, I remember that time... "

"Enough." She yelled sadly, pulling the corners of her mouth, "I don't like to eat." She only felt pain when mentioning this.

The man at the side looked at Chu Wu in amazement, whether this young girl knew who she was talking to.

Nan Shumei waved her hand lightly, "Take these first."

After the snacks came out, Nan Shumei enthusiastically brought a soup dumpling for Chu Wu. With a smile on her face, she deliberately flattered her, "You have a taste."

"I told you, I don't want to eat."

Nan Shumei froze, "Eat more, skipping breakfast is not good for your health."

Chu Wu smiled coldly, and only now came to care, where have you been for the past ten years?When she was in a daze with a fever and a fever, no one came to take care of her. Where was she?

She had an appendicitis attack in the middle of the night, and she was in so much pain that she ran to the hospital alone for surgery, where was she?

"I know you blame me, but I also have difficulties."

Chu Wu suddenly raised her head and looked directly at her. With this beautiful face and light makeup, who could tell that she was 45 years old this year.Chu Wu bit her lower lip and said word by word, "Your difficulty? Ha! It's because my dad can't give you a bungalow, can't drive you a luxury car, can't let you eat delicacies, or can't satisfy your selfish desires. ?”

"Xiao Wu, no." Nan Shumei shook her head in a panic, with tears in her eyes, her soft and weak appearance really made people feel pity. "You're my daughter you can't say that - me."

"Daughter?" She bit her lip, repeated these two words, and asked with a choked voice, "Do you regard me as your daughter? I was born but not raised, and I abandoned my husband and daughter. A daughter is probably nothing in your heart." Not as good."

Suddenly she giggled, "I forgot, my mother's name is Nan Shumei, how can I be compared with you, Shu Nan, a dignified female teacher, a great artist. I don't have such a good life to be your daughter. Eat, people can't mistakenly recognize it."

Nan Shumei leaned weakly on the seat facing her daughter's thorny words.The whole person seemed to be lost, crying silently.After a long time, she said in a hoarse voice, "Xiao Wu, I'm here this time to tell you about your graduation job. You are studying dance, and the art troupe is very suitable for you."

Chu Wu stood up suddenly, and fell down with the seat in anger, and hit the floor tiles with a "bang".She clenched her hands tightly, her nails sank into the tender flesh of her palms, her heart suddenly filled with despair, so desperate that her heart was broken, she seemed to cry and laughed, "Art troupe?"

"There are special recruits every year. You have won the national dance competition championship, and you meet all the requirements."

Chu Wu blinked her eyes, as if she didn't hear what she said just now, "Do you know why I keep dancing?" She leaned softly on the back chair, the pain in her palm covered up the pain in her heart.She didn't look at Nan Shumei again.

"Because my family has no money, I have been participating in performances everywhere since elementary school, just for that little subsidy." She kept smiling.

Nan Shumei couldn't believe it. Although the Han family was not a well-off family, it wouldn't make Chu Wu work so hard. "I don't know, I thought you were going to be fine. Your dad—"

"Don't mention my dad, you are not qualified. Of course you don't know. Grandpa—" she gritted her teeth, "Grandpa's health was not good after you left. How many battles have been fought for a person like him? In the end, someone poked his back, because of his good daughter-in-law. He was so depressed that he died with regret."

The hatred in Chu Wu's dark eyes seemed to penetrate Nan Shumei's heart.Nan Shumei covered her mouth, whimpered and trembled.

"I hate dancing."

The word "hate" blasted straight into her heart like a knife, Nan Shumei's eyes widened, she hated not dancing, but hated her.

Chu Wu took a breath and stood up abruptly, "Mr. Shu, I can't bear your kindness." The moment she stood up, her eyes were pale, and the stars were shining brightly.After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the door.

When Nan Shumei came to her senses, she saw the open door.She quickly wiped away her tears and hurriedly chased after him.

"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu." She chased after her, her high-heeled shoes hit the marble tiles with a "clack" and grabbed her hand.

Chu Wu's eyes were red.

Nan Shumei trembled with the temperature in her palm, subconsciously increased the strength of her hand, she squirmed her lips, "Xiao Wu, I—"

"Teacher Shu—" a Qingyue woman called out.

Nan Shumei slowly let go of Chuwu's hand, her expression calmed down for a moment.

The visitor smiled, "I just thought I saw the wrong person, I haven't seen you for a long time." When her eyes fell on Chu Wu's face, she couldn't hide her surprise.

Chu Wu took a look at her. It turned out that the person she met at Sun's house on the sixth day of the lunar new year was Sun's mother's old classmate.

"Sorry, I still have something to talk about." Nan Shumei walked out.

Zhao Man looked at the two who left in a hurry, and doubts arose in his heart.

(End of this chapter)