Chapter 108.
The concert ends.
The lights on the stage went out, and the curtain slowly fell.
The applause from the audience was warm and long-lasting.
The performance was finally finished.
Zhen Zhen returned to the backstage, covering her chest and letting out a huge sigh of relief.
The conductor came over to her and said with a smile, “Great, today’s performance was a success.”
Of course Jenny knew that there were flaws in today’s performance.
But for her, she could indeed say it was a success.
So she smiled and said back, “Thank you.”
After a few words with the conductor, a group of people came backstage.
The leader of the group was naturally Shi Huai Ming, and the rest were Wen Li Shuang, several adults, and the children.
Holding a large bouquet of flowers in his arms, Mr. Huai Ming looked at Zhen Zhen and said, “Very good.”
Zhen Zhen smiled and took the flowers, accepting his recognition and praise, “Thank you.”
After the performance, and now that she was completely relaxed, Jenny realized that the children were all back.
To congratulate her on the success of her performance, those who were able to come up and give her a hug came over and gave her a hug.
But whether they gave her a hug or not, each one of them gave Zhen Zhen a round of braggy compliments, so effusive that Zhen Zhen’s mouth was almost grinning from ear to ear.
After hearing the compliments, Zhen Zhen smiled and said, “I’m almost an international virtuoso because of your praise.”
Dan Sui quickly answered, “You are the international master of music in our hearts!”
Zhen Zhen slapped her with her hand and couldn’t stop laughing.
After talking backstage for a while, it was about time for everyone to pack up and go to a restaurant for dinner.
We didn’t invite anyone else to the birthday party, but the same people from the hutongs.
The restaurant for dinner was ordered by He Ziran.
He Ziran is still the most fashionable among a bunch of children, wearing a suit with a suitable cut, leading everyone to the hotel in a straight posture, saying: “This hotel is opened by a friend of mine, the taste is not bad.”
When they entered the restaurant, there was indeed a person called the boss to personally entertain them.
The private rooms had already been arranged for them, and the boss gave them wine and fruits, which was very polite.
After the boss left, everyone sat down in the box.
The table in the box was large, with a turntable in the center, just enough to seat the fifteen of them.
He Ziran is still in charge of organizing the meal, and he looks for the waiter, while the others just sit down and eat.
And eating is actually secondary.
We have not been together for a long time, and catching up is the most important thing.
Because today’s protagonist is Zhen Zhen, the beginning of the topic is naturally centered around Zhen Zhen.
The matter of the performance had been talked about just now in the backstage, and this time, after mentioning a few more sentences, they didn’t talk about it any more.
But there are many people and many topics, nowadays everyone has their own work, study and life, so no matter who brings up a topic, it can be talked about for a long time.
Everyone here talked about their own situation.
Serving Danling and Zhou Jiming have both been promoted in their jobs over the years, and their lives are solid and stable.
Cheng Chen has done a good job in the headquarters over the years, very much appreciated by the leadership, the future is bright.
He Ziran mixed to this year to get a trading company, still running around, but has been torn off the label of no success.
Dan Sui was selected by the troupe to participate in the Spring Festival Gala this year, and will perform an original solo dance on the stage of the Gala.
He Ziyan went into the National Academy, and Doudou stayed in Kyoto to become a teacher.
The rest, Dantong and Xiao Mai, were still in school, and Mimi and Xingyu had been promoted in the army.
Halfway through the wine and food on the table, everyone had pretty much talked about their respective situations.
Glancing at Dan Sui’s face, Zhen Zhen suddenly remembered something that she hadn’t mentioned until now and had almost forgotten.
She looked at Dan Sui and asked, “You wrote back earlier, saying that you were going to bring someone back, am I remembering correctly?”
At the mention of this, everyone at the table turned their attention to Dan Sui.
Dan Sui pinched her chopsticks and froze unexpectedly, her gaze quietly scanning everyone at the table, finally locking eyes with Cheng Chen before hastily retracting it again.
She cleared her throat and smiled a little, “Yes …… yes.”
She wasn’t too young, long before she was old enough to get married, it was normal to talk about someone.
So many children, just one of her serious object and to bring back, everyone is still quite looking forward to it.
As a godmother, Li Shuang was no less concerned than Zhen Zhen.
She looked at Dan Sui again and asked, “Why didn’t you bring it back?”
Dan Sui laughed again, looked at Li Shuang and said, “Well …… actually brought back …….”
Brought back? Where is it?
Everyone’s eyes again revealed doubts.
The most is not afraid of the eyes watching Dan Sui, this will be a little embarrassed.
She smiled again and said out loud, “Why don’t …… we talk about it after dinner ……”
Serving Huai Ming said, “While it’s still not finished eating, call him over well, we all meet.”
He Shuo also followed up, “Yes, let us all meet.”
Before Dan Sui could say anything, Chen’s sister-in-law suddenly laughed again and said, “Sui Sui, if you’re in such a good condition, it’s not possible for ordinary boys to meet you, you’re both a parent and a godparent, so you have to go through a lot of hurdles.”
Listening to Mrs. Chen, Wen smiled and said, “It’s really a lot of pressure.”
If she were a child from an ordinary family, she wouldn’t even dare to enter.
Yes, it felt quite stressful.
Dan Sui lowered her head and remained silent for a moment, then lifted her gaze and swept it to the side again.
Cheng Chen did not sit in silence any longer, picked up his wine glass and stood up, saying, “Uncle, aunt, it’s me.”
The moment these words came out, there was an instant silence in the box.
Especially Chen’s sister-in-law, who had just finished speaking, had a colorful expression on her face.
A few moments later, the box exploded with a loud, “What?!”
***
In the room, in the pale light, Zhen Zhen leaned against the bed and was lost in thought.
Her mind was no longer thinking about the afternoon’s performance, and after a moment, she looked at Shui Huaiming and asked, “How much older is Cheng Chen than Spike, six or seven years old?”
Mr. Huai Ming said, “Either six or seven.”
Zhen Zhen said, “Isn’t that a bit too much?”
Servant Huai Ming grunted, “This kid, when we first moved here from the military academy, he secretly took Spike out, causing us to look for him and worry about him for half a day, and now he’s sneaking around again, I think he’s a human trafficker!”
Zhen Zhen couldn’t help but laugh out, “Then you’re disagreeing?”
Serving Huai Ming leaned back on the bed, “What do I have to agree or disagree with, these days marriage is free, let them do as they please.”
Zhen Zhen knew that he had suffered from the lack of freedom of marriage, so he definitely wouldn’t care about his child’s marriage.
Suddenly unhappy, she grunted heavily and tugged on the quilt to lie down.
Seeing her like this, Squire Huai Ming naturally asked her, “What’s wrong? You don’t agree?”
Zhen Zhen said: “I dare not agree with it, and then you will buckle a feudal patriarch hat, we are parents arranged marriage, which can not let the child to eat this bitter.”
Serving Huai Ming naturally heard the meaning of her words.
He laughed a little and said, “Who said bitter, not bitter at all, sweet.”
Zhen Zhen directly pulled the quilt over her head, “Hmph!”
***
The children all came back from vacation, and after giving Zhen Zhen her birthday, one after another they all left.
The adults didn’t say anything when the others left, but when Dan Sui and Cheng Chen left, Servant Huai Ming, He Shuo, Zhen Zhen, and Li Shuang, together asked Cheng Chen, “When are you planning to get married?”
Cheng Chen replied seriously, “When Spike is done, she’s busy with this year’s Spring Festival Gala and doesn’t have time.”
He Shuo said, “We grew up together, you know it best, how many people are in Spike’s mother’s family, in the army, we old ones will always be on top of you, you have to take good care of our Spike.”
Cheng Chen nodded: “I definitely don’t dare to let Spike suffer half a bit.”
After explaining what should be explained, he let the two go.
He met with Chen’s sister-in-law’s eyes in the air and smiled awkwardly.
Originally good neighbors, all of a sudden to become in-laws, indeed a little uncomfortable.
***
After the children left, the hutong returned to its usual tranquility.
After Zhen Zhen dreamed of the stage, she still regarded the violin as a hobby, practiced for half a day when she was free, and spent most of the rest of her time writing, contributing to the columns of newspapers and magazines.
Today, I had just finished a half-day of writing when someone knocked on the door of the courtyard.
At this hour, all the other people were still at work and had not returned, so Zhen Zhen got up and went to open the door.
Opened the door, only to see a man and a woman standing outside two young people.
The two young men directly showed their IDs and said to her, “Hello Mr. Lin, we are reporters from the Xicheng Evening News, two days ago our newspaper made an appointment with you, saying that we would do an exclusive interview with you.”
There was indeed such a thing, and Zhen Zhen hurriedly brought the people into the house and made them two cups of tea.
The two young people are very polite, even said no, and when Zhen Zhen finished sitting down, they also sat down.
In order not to delay Zhen Zhen’s time, they and Zhen Zhen chat a couple of sentences, then straight to the subject.
The female reporter chatted with Zhen Zhen and asked questions to do the interview, while the male reporter took notes on the side.
The female reporter said to Zhen Zhen: “Before our evening newspaper published your performance, many readers wrote to us, showing special interest in your deeds, so our newspaper decided to come over to give you an exclusive interview.”
Zhen Zhen’s performance that day did appear in the Evening News.
Her story is quite interesting, as the news point is, so old insisted on learning the violin for more than ten years, on his fiftieth birthday held a concert for himself, very romantic and inspirational color.
The questions for the interview were a bit more in-depth.
The female reporter asked Zhen Zhen why she thought of learning the violin, what kind of opportunity prompted her to start learning, and what kind of strength supported her to learn without any pressure, and whether there are any obstacles in terms of age.
Originally, the reporter thought that he would hear an inspirational and boring story, but unexpectedly, after listening to it, he unexpectedly found himself listening to a very sweet and romantic love story.
The answer to all the questions given by Jen was the one who loved her.
The reporter listened with a smile on his face and looked at Zhen Zhen and said emotionally, “It is really the luckiest thing in life to meet such a lover. Look at your eyes and words know that you live a very happy life.”
Zhen Zhen smiled back, “Thank you.”
The reporter continues to ask her own question, “Many readers have written to say that they take you as a role model and hope that you will continue to persevere, and would like to see one of your recitals if they have the chance, I wonder if you will start your own recitals again in the future?”
Zhen Zhen thought for a moment and said, “If there are really people who would like to see it, I would consider opening it.”
Who would refuse to shine on the stage, as long as there is an opportunity, no matter how old you are, just go ahead and shine to your heart’s content.
After the two reporters finished their interview, they took another set of photos of Zhen Zhen while practicing the piano.
Unlike her on stage, she was standing in the yard of her house, playing the violin as seriously and devotedly as she always did every day.
The sunlight poured down and hit her.