Bamboo Horse Pianist III

Chapter 16

Many times, people have a kind of obsession, even if they know they can't get it, they still don't look back.

Part1
Chumo's solo concert was very successful, not only caused a huge sensation in China, but was also highly praised by "New York Tribune", one of the three major newspapers in the United States, "Yang Chumo is a young piano genius", and the world The well-known American CMN international TV station broadcasts six sets of special reports at the beginning and end of the year around the world.

In such an atmosphere, CM held a celebration banquet, and everyone in the company participated. While celebrating the success of the first and last concerts, they also celebrated that everyone worked together to complete one of the key goals of CM for the year—to cultivate a The new generation of superstars in the piano field.

At the celebration banquet, Chu Mo accompanied Liu Nian to accept the congratulations from the guests from the B City Group. Chu Mo was indeed a little excited, and drank a little too much, her little face was blushing.

Liu Nian knew that she couldn't drink like this anymore, when someone came to toast again, Chu Mo was about to toast, but Liu Nian had already taken her glass, and said to the person: "I will replace her."

The person on the opposite side was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Mr. Mu is usually a cruel and ruthless person in our eyes. I didn't expect to have such a gentle side!"

"Of course!" Another person said, "Mr. Mu's kindness is only revealed inadvertently when facing his little wife. This is a real good man!"

Fleeting laughed, he put the wine glass aside, and said slightly apologetically: "My wife is a little drunk, I will take her to rest first."

The other party immediately said politely: "Mr. Mu, please go ahead."

Liu Nian brought Chu and Mo to the sofa with few people and sat down. He touched her pink face and frowned habitually: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Chu Mo held his hand and rubbed his cheeks, "Liu Nian, I don't want to stay here, shall we go home?"

"it is good."

When a few minutes later, the guests at the banquet found that the host was missing, and asked everywhere.

After all, this kind of celebration banquet is half for celebration, and half also has social meaning. Many group CEOs hope to take this opportunity to get close to CM's young and promising president Mu.

But the banquet was only halfway through, but even Mr. Mu was nowhere to be found.

Yu Sheng, who was dazed by everyone's questions, finally couldn't help but reply: "The two couples have been busy with work since they got married, so they should leave some time for them to be sweet! Besides, Mr. CM Mu is the boss, he is going to Where, I, the vice president, can't control it... Hahahahahaha..."

Part2
After Liu Nian and Chu Mo returned home, the two drank and didn't eat anything at the banquet, so Chu and Mo decided to make dinner to reward Liu Nian.

Naturally, her craftsmanship is not as good as Fleeting Years', so she simply cooked two bowls of noodles and added two poached eggs.

Even so, Fleeting Nian ate all the noodles in the bowl to save face.

When Liu Nian finished washing in the kitchen, Chu Mo hugged him from behind.

Seeing her feeling a little depressed suddenly, Liu Nian wanted to turn around, but was held by her and couldn't move, he asked helplessly, "What's wrong?"

"I still remember the time when I was having trouble with you. I often dreamed that you were cooking for Lu Youjing in an apron, and Lu Youjing hugged you from behind with a happy face." Her voice was muffled, "I always I was awakened by the dream, and at that time I was thinking, if one day I win you back, I must hug you every day and never give other women any chance."

Liu Qing smiled, he turned around and embraced her.

Chu Mo raised his head, watching the light falling from his forehead, his brows and eyes became more handsome and delicate, and the corners of his thin lips curled into a beautiful arc, he said: "Actually, I was quite scared at that time."

"Afraid?" She didn't understand, "Why?"

"Because you always avoid me and reject me, I'm afraid you hate me."

"How come!" Chu Mo was very surprised, "Who in the whole world would hate Fleeting You? Absolutely not! And you are not such a person who has no self-confidence! You have always been noble and glamorous in front of people, Full of aura! I still remember the way when the company's top management did something wrong and you blamed them..."

Chumo suddenly left Liunian and stood up, straightened his expression, imitating Liunian's usual serious and unsmiling expression, and said: "The cooperation with Mu's Group, if I remember correctly, was originally discussed in a ratio of 7:3. , Why did it become 6:4 in the end? What do you think? Does it mean that future contracts can only be signed according to what you think?"

Looking at Chu Mo imitating his serious but funny expression, Liu Nian laughed: "Chu Mo, no one has ever made me lose confidence, except you."

"Because I love you." He whispered in her ear.

That night, they embraced and slept together, with the faint scent of lemon on his body, and cuddled in his arms at the beginning and the end. At this moment, it felt so real that she had really become his wife.

Part3
On Monday, after work, Zhou Bai suddenly told her that he was going to resign, which surprised her.

When she asked him why, Zhou Bai suddenly put a teacher's certificate in front of her, which made Chu Mo even more incomprehensible: "You mean...you want to be a teacher?"

Zhou Bai nodded, indicating that your answer is correct.

"Kindergarten teacher?"

"..." Regarding the contempt at the beginning and the end, Zhou Bai raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that I am only at this level in your heart?"

Nodding at the beginning and the end also means that you answered correctly.

Zhou Bai was speechless for a moment, and then took out a degree certificate and a passing certificate, which seemed to say a doctorate degree and a certificate of level [-] in English.

"This..." Chu Mo opened her mouth in surprise, but couldn't say a word for a moment.

"How?" Zhou Bai made a very proud expression, and amidst his self-satisfaction, Chu Mo asked, "Could it be that you spent money to find someone to make it fake?"

"..." If there was a knife at this time, Zhou Bai would be so angry that he stabbed the woman in front of him to death. He said, "Yang Chumo, am I that uneducated in your eyes?"

Chu Mo put away her unscrupulous expression, and said with a smile: "Just kidding, I just don't understand why you have such a high degree of education and how good your English is, but you chose to open such a small music media company, and your major is not the same as yours. Right?"

Zhou Bai said, "Remember what I told you, I have a girl I've liked since childhood?"

"Remember... ah... did you start this company for her?" Immediately, Zhou Bai was the only company that recruited her the fastest after she submitted her resume, and after she entered the company, Quickly praised her...Could it be Zhou Bai...

Chu Mo looked at the man in front of her, shook her head...it was incredible: "Could it be...you established Starlight Media for me?"

"Almost." Zhou Bai replied coolly.

"Ah..." Chu Mo's face suddenly turned red, and she said awkwardly, "Zhou Bai... Is the person you like? But I didn't know you when I was young?"

Zhou Bai's complexion changed, no matter how good his temper was, he was smitten by the femininity in front of him: "Yang Chumo, can you stop being so narcissistic! Who said I like you?"

"Ah..." Chu Mo opened her mouth slightly, as if accepting that he didn't like her, which surprised her more than he liked her.

"Ah what!" Zhou Baibai glanced at her, "How could Liunian like such a stupid woman like you, staying by my side for so long, I don't even know who she likes!"

"How would I know if you didn't tell me? You never revealed it to me!" Chu Mo thought hard, "Could it be that you like Lu Youjing? That's why you founded Starlight Media. After being acquired by CM, you will You can get in close contact with Lu Youjing!"

"..." Zhou Bai heaved a long sigh, "Yang Chumo, you'd better disappear in front of me right now, otherwise I will die young from your anger!"

"It's not Lu Youjing? Then there is another girl beside me..." Chu Mo thought about it, and finally looked at Zhou Bai with wide eyes, and said, "No, it can't be Tutu, right?"

Zhou Bai glanced at her, nodded, and gave an affirmative gesture that you finally answered correctly.

Beginning and end: "..."

Zhou Bai: "..."

After a moment of silence for both parties, Chu Mo asked with some seriousness: "You know she has someone she likes, right?"

"Ah."

"...So you took this teacher qualification certificate just for Tutu?" Chu Mo suddenly realized, "Because the person she likes is a university professor, so you plan to change careers for her?"

"Ah."

"Zhou Bai...you are so great!" Chu Mo sighed, "But why didn't you confess your love to her earlier? It took so long and wasted time?"

"I've been preparing!" Zhou Bai said, "I always want to confess my love to her when I have my teacher qualification certificate, so the probability of success should be higher, right?"

"So, are you going to confess your love to her now?"

"Yes, so I need your help..." Zhou Bai magically took out a bag from behind, "Give this to Xiatu for me, and tell her that at six o'clock tomorrow night, someone is waiting for you at the western restaurant of the Sophia Hotel. She, before she sees me, don't tell her that that person is me..."

"..." After being speechless for a while, Chu Mo said, "Why can't you tell her in advance? Zhou Bai, you are such an awkward man!"

But awkwardness is awkwardness, Zhou Bai's liking for Xiatu has changed from shock to acceptance very quickly.

From another point of view, this is a happy event.

I don't know how Xia Tu feels about Zhou Bai at the beginning and the end, but if we can really be together with Zhou Bai in the end, it might be something worth celebrating. After all, Zhou Bai is still very good among single men.

Chu Mo remembered asking Zhou Bai when he left for the last time: "Why have you been hiding your feelings for so long, and now you suddenly think of confessing?"

Zhou Bai said, "Do you still remember what Xia Tu said to you on the day you got married? I was just outside the door and heard..."

After thinking about it for a while, I understand.

At that time, Xia Tu said: "I didn't feel it before. I always felt that it's okay to live alone for the rest of my life. It's so tiring to talk about love. But just now when I opened the door and saw you wearing a wedding dress, I thought, maybe find someone It is also a good choice for someone who loves himself to get married once. Every woman has a dream of a wedding dress, and I have it too... I also want to work hard, find a man who loves me as soon as possible, as long as he proposes to me, I will agree!"

Maybe no matter how good everyone is, they will become unconfident in front of the person they like, afraid that they are not good enough to be accepted by her, and they value it because they like it, and they are so uneasy because they value it.Some people may have regrets all their lives because of such anxiety; some people will give themselves a chance to make a brave choice for their feelings.I'm glad that Zhou Bai is the latter.

Part4
In order to make Zhou Bai's date go smoothly, the day before Chu Mo took a peek at the contents of the box, it was a very delicate and beautiful dress.

She made an appointment with Xia Tu in advance. She had an important date on the weekend and needed Xia Tu to accompany her. Xia Tu agreed without any doubt.

When Chu Mo came to Xia Tu's house with big bags and small bags the next afternoon, Xia Tu looked at the things in her hand in surprise: "What are these?"

"Isn't there an important date with you at night? I have to dress you up!"

Xia Tu was even more puzzled: "I'm just going with you... What are you dressing me up for?"

"Oh!" Chumo realized that she had said something wrong, and quickly corrected it, "It's not dressing you up, it's dressing us up!"

After finishing speaking, afraid that he would reveal too much, he dragged Xia Tu to the dressing table: "From now on, don't talk, just watch me do your makeup for you!"

Xia Tu: "..."

Three hours later, Xia Tu looked at herself in the mirror: "Do you really have to dress up so exaggeratedly?" She touched the wig on her head... said a little awkwardly.

"Why are you exaggerating? It's beautiful, isn't it!" Chu Mo took the skirt aside, "Come, come, change into this skirt!"

"Is this all prepared?"

"Of course! It's guaranteed to be safe!" Chumo pushed her to the fitting room, "Hurry up and change it, come out and show me!"

"..."

After pushing Xia Tu into the fitting room to change clothes, Chu Mo sat on the sofa outside, already sketching the scene of Zhou Bai confessing to Xia Tu in his mind, Xia Tu's reaction must be as surprised as her, right?
At this moment, Xia Tu's phone on the coffee table rang, Chu Mo took the mobile phone and said to Xia Tu in the fitting room: "Tutu, your phone number!"

"Oh, pick it up for me. It might be a courier. I bought something online the day before yesterday. It should arrive today!"

"Okay..." Chu Mo answered, and picked up the phone...

In Xiatu's past life, she seldom wore this kind of fresh white dress, so when she changed it out, she lowered her head and fiddled with her skirt while asking Chu Mo: "Can I really do this? Will it?" Felt like a boy in his girlfriend's clothes?"

After a while, there was no response.

Xia Tu looked at her strangely, but saw Chu Mo standing outside the door with her mobile phone looking at her.

Seeing that something was wrong with her complexion, Xia Tu asked, "What's wrong?" When she saw the mobile phone in Chumo's hand, she suddenly understood, and her complexion turned pale.

Chumo pursed her lips, and handed her the phone: "Just now, Su Ye's wife called, saying that Su Ye was home from drinking too much, and still had a high fever, no one to take care of him, let you go over."

Xia Tu took the phone, turned around and walked into the room.

"Xia Tu!" Chu Mo called her loudly, Xia Tu stopped and did not turn around.

Chumo walked up to her, looked at her, and asked, "How long has this been going on?"

Xia Tu remained silent.

Chumo had already lost her patience. It was the first time she asked her friend in such a questioning tone: "Let me ask you, how long has this been going on? Why did Su Ye have a high fever, and his wife didn't take care of her, but called her?" Looking for you?"

What I didn't ask at the beginning and the end was that since Su Ye's wife made the phone call so naturally, it meant that Xia Tu had never broken contact with Su Ye before, and most importantly, she was still in Su Ye. Every time you are sick, or in a bad state, run to take care of him!What is this?
"Chumo, if you're my good friend, don't ask, okay?" Finally, Xiatu said painfully.

"It is precisely because I am your good friend that I want to ask you, Tutu, do you know that Su Ye is married now, you are not someone like him, he has a wife when he is sick, and even parents if he is not good, why do you want to marry him?" Are you going to take care of him?"

"I wanted it myself." Xia Tu said, "At the beginning, Su Ye's parents forced him to marry. After marriage, he lived unhappy every day, and within a month he divorced his wife, because his parents have been Forced him to get married, he resented them, refused to meet his parents at all, shut himself at home after work every day, and refused to see a doctor even if he was sick. They had no choice, so they found me, hope I can take good care of him."

"Take good care of him? Is he a child? If he needs your care so much, why did he go?" Chumo disagreed with Xiatu's point of view. She said, "Tutu, you forgot that when I got married, Did you say that? If you have been entangled with Su Ye all your life, how could you find the right person?"

"At the end of the month, I really tried to give up on him and fall in love with someone else, but I couldn't do it. As soon as I heard that he had something to do, I wanted to be by his side immediately. You know? When I was on a blind date with someone else, On the way, I received a call from his ex-wife, saying that he was hospitalized with a high fever, and I ran to the hospital without saying a word! As long as I heard something happened to Su Ye, even if there was a big fire blocking me, I would rush over! Your life is over, so leave me alone!"

After speaking, Xiatu took the bag from the bedroom and ran outside.

"Xiatu!" Chumo held her unwillingly, "If you still consider me a good friend, then don't go! Do you know what day it is today? It's Zhou——"

"I'm sorry!" Before Chumo finished speaking, Xia Tu shook off her hand and rushed out the door.

Many times, people have a kind of obsession, even if they know they can't get it, they still don't look back.

Part5
Sofia's western restaurant is very empty today, on such a special day, there is only one customer in the restaurant.

The female waiters were quietly talking about the identity of the guest, he must be a wealthy person to do such a romantic thing as booking the entire western restaurant just to confess to the girl he loves, right?
When everyone was looking forward to the appearance of the happy heroine, time passed by every minute and every second, when the day gradually turned into night; when the traffic on the road gradually changed from congested to scarce; when the cake shop opposite was closed... The heroine never appeared.

The restaurant waiter who was waiting at the side finally couldn't hold back and stepped forward, and asked politely: "Mr. Zhou, our hotel is about to close, do you still have to wait?"

Zhou Bai looked at the watch on his wrist: "It's so late before I know it...Thank you, I don't need it anymore."

He got up and walked outside.

Open the door of the hotel, under the night, the whole city seems to have become quiet.

At the door, there was a figure who had been waiting for a long time but did not enter.

He was slightly surprised, approached her, and called out, "Chu Mo?"

Chu Mo was taken aback, turned around, smiled awkwardly, looked at the restaurant behind him with the lights off and asked, "Is the restaurant closed so early?"

"It's getting late...it's already ten o'clock." Zhou Bai asked, "What are you doing here? Why don't you go in?"

"Uh...I'm waiting for someone."

"Who are you waiting for? Xiatu?"

"Hmm..." Chumo knew that now, she couldn't hide it any longer, she said, "I'm sorry, Zhou Bai, I thought I could bring Tutu to see you...but something happened temporarily..." Said After that, she hurriedly said, as if she was afraid that Zhou Bai would not believe it, "I didn't lie to you, really, I helped Xia Tu dress up just to meet you! It's just that something happened temporarily, and I have already sent Xia Tu I gave you the address, just wait a little longer, maybe she will come..."

"Has she gone to see Su Ye?" Before Chu and Mo finished speaking, Zhou Bai said indifferently.

Chu Mo was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "How do you know?"

"Guess." Zhou Bai smiled slightly, and patted Chu Mo on the shoulder, "Okay, there's no need to wait, she won't come."

After finishing speaking, he took the lead to cross the beginning and the end, and walked towards the garage.

Chu Mo reluctantly called out to him from behind: "Zhou Bai, wait a little longer, maybe she will come soon."

"No." Zhou Bai stopped in his tracks, turned around and said to her, "At the beginning and end of the year, you should understand how it feels when you like someone too much, just like all these years, I have tried to accept other women, but my heart is always With her position, I can never convince myself to really give up until the most desperate time. Now Xia Tu is just like me back then. Even if she came to the appointment today and Su Ye made a phone call, she would still put everything down and go to find him."

"Zhou Bai..." For a moment, Chu Mo felt sorry for the person in front of him, and didn't know what to say, as if she had helped Xia Tu dress up for an afternoon, but Xia Tu was wearing the dress Zhou Bai gave her to meet another... man.

"Don't feel sorry for me." Zhou Bai seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a smile, "You don't need to comfort me, it's not a big deal. When I came here, I was mentally prepared. I did this just to give I have been secretly in love for so many years, let me make an end."

"Why the end? It was just a failed date, maybe next time..."

"There will be no next time. At the beginning and the end, not everyone is as persistent as you. People like me have only one bravery. Once it is used up, there will be no more."

"Zhou Bai..."

"Can you promise me something?" Zhou Bai asked suddenly.

"You said."

"Don't tell Xia Tu what happened today."

"Why? In this way, Xia Tu will never know that the person you have always liked is her..."

Facing the first and last questions, Zhou Bai smiled and said, "You are such a forgetful girl. As I said just now, a person like me is only brave once. I will confess my determination today. If she doesn't come, then let's go Pretend it never happened. Just let her never know that there is someone like me who liked her, which is a good thing for me and her."

"Do you really want this?"

"Yes."

Although Chu Mo very much hoped that Zhou Bai and Xia Tu could be together, the relationship between the two of them was not something that could be achieved only by her own wish.

In the end, she could only nod helplessly: "Okay, I promise you."

That day, Chumo and Zhou Bai went to a nearby bar to sit for a while, and the two of them chatted, inevitably they would talk about the past.

Chu Mo asked, "How did you know Xia Tu?"

"Actually, it's because of a very simple thing." Zhou Bai said with a smile. Under the hazy yellow light, he felt a little embarrassed, "I was very stupid when I was young, and I couldn't learn anything well. I was punished by my mother to stand downstairs in the community. At that time, Xia Tu stood there for a long time with her schoolbag on her back. Seeing that I was not moving, she came over and asked me what was wrong. I told her the reason, and she took the failed one from me. I looked at the test paper and said, "Why don't you know such simple grammar? I'll teach you! That day, she helped me explain all the wrong questions on the test paper. When I left, I wondered that she was not a child of this community." , she said, those who can live here are rich people! My family is not so rich!"

"It was only later that I found out that Xiatu would come here every day after school to take a look, and her family lived in the opposite dilapidated street full of hair salons. She often told me that she hoped that one day she could become a rich man." People, living in such a clean and beautiful community, she can come to see it every day, which can become her motivation."

When Zhou Bai said this, Chu Mo couldn't help but recall the scene when he went to Xia Tu's house for the first time when he was in college, and both sides were indeed full of hair salons.At that time, she was standing on one side of the steps waiting for Xiatu, and above her head was the sky covered by the eaves on both sides of the street, leaving only two parallel lines, like an endless rectangle, stretching all the way to the end of the road, far away, You can still see the floor of the high-end residential area where the sky is towering when you come.At that time, Xia Tu pointed to the high-rise building and said to her enviously: "All those who can live in it are rich people!"

At the beginning and end of thinking, Zhou Bai should be talking about that community!
"And then?" She couldn't help asking.

"Later, I was taken abroad by my parents and lived abroad for a long time, so I never saw Xia Tu again."

"So, did you meet again when Starlight Media first started?"

"No, I went back to China from time to time and looked for her. I knew that she was in B University and had someone I liked... until I saw that she had gone through so much and still couldn't let go of that man, I thought that maybe in this life I have no chance."

"But you still founded Starlight Media, the purpose is to let me find you, contact Xiatu through me, right?"

"Yes." Zhou Bai admitted generously, "Even if I know there is no chance, I still have some expectations deep down in my heart. People, this kind of contradiction exists."

It is said that a person will meet 2910 million people in his life, and the probability of two people falling in love is 0.000049, so there must be a person in this world. You meet him, you fall in love with him, and you talk about giving up on him countless times , but after all, you are still reluctant, because you always think about whether you and him are the so-called probability of 0.000049.

"I still remember the time when Tutu went to Su Ye's wedding, and you called me and said that she didn't go on a business trip... At that time, you should be very worried about her, right? That's why you called me, but Your reason at that time was so real that I didn't notice any clues."

"Of course." Zhou Bai said, "When I'm not fully prepared, I won't let anyone know my feelings for Xia Tu. After all, I don't want me to be too embarrassed to meet her in the future..."

"But……"

Chu Mo wanted to say something else, Zhou Bai interrupted, he pointed to a black Bentley that had just parked outside, and said, "Okay, Fleeting Time will pick you up, you should go home."

Chu Mo looked at the familiar car outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, her heart warmed up, and she said, "Then I'm leaving, can you be alone?"

"What's wrong, it's been a long time, didn't you all come here alone?"

"Well, then I'm leaving, and you should go back earlier."

"it is good."

Chu Mo walked two steps, suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked Zhou Bai: "Then are you still leaving CM?"

"Of course..." Zhou Bai said, "I handed over all my resignation letters."

"Then are you still a teacher?"

"I don't know about this at the moment." He said, "I'll talk about it later. Right now, I just want to go home and have a good sleep. Tomorrow is another day!"

Who said, don't lose yourself in front of anything, even if it's dogma, even if it's someone else's gaze, even if it's love... Chu Mo knows that Zhou Bai has always been sober, what happened tonight may make him sad, But that's all for tonight, he has always been a man of his own, he always knows where he should go in life, even if he gets lost occasionally, he can quickly find his way.

Part6
Chumo opened the co-pilot's door, and when she got into the car, the man beside her was answering the phone.

He just came back from overtime at the company, and he still smelled of tobacco, and he always looked so serious when he answered the phone.

Chu Mo suddenly became playful, she leaned over and pressed a kiss on his cheek.

Fleeting Nian, who was answering the phone, turned his eyes and gave her a "don't make trouble" look.

But she was disobedient, and hugged him like a koala with a smile, playing with his free hand. The five fingers were long and slender, but she was a legendary piano master!

After Liu Nian hung up the phone, he looked at her flushed face helplessly and asked, "Drinking again?"

"Just a little bit." She said, "Liu Nian, you are the same, you didn't do what you promised me!"

thing?What's up?Fleeting Nian raised his eyebrows and asked, "What?"

"You promised me not to smoke in the future, and we made a hook..." She rubbed his arm and said softly, "I know sometimes you have to do it because of your own reasons, but try to smoke as little as possible in the future, okay? I I want to have a healthy body in the fleeting time and be with me for the rest of my life."

The black eyes paused for a moment, and there was a hint of tenderness and softness in his deep voice: "...Okay."

(End of this chapter)