Chapter 389

Lin Zhao had no intention of joining the Art Troupe. Comrades in the Art Troupe have to run around everywhere, similar to touring, and don't come home all year round. She is attached to her home and can't bear to leave.

After rehearsing for most of the day, the girls were all hungry and left one after another. In the end, only Xie Baiwei and Su Jingqiu remained.

"I can't leave, I have to stay and practice more, annoying aunt..." Xie Baiwei didn't have resentment, just purely expressed grievance.

"I didn't say anything wrong, aunt is really stingy, I'm going back to tell my grandpa and grandma."

Su Jingqiu knew she was just saying it casually; she was closer to Director Xie than anyone else.

"You practice first, I'll go get food, and I'll come to accompany you later."

Leaving a sentence, she hurried away. If Baiwei couldn't eat what she wanted, she would be wailing all night again.

Xie Baiwei looked at her friend's departing back, her eyes becoming more and more resentful, annoying aunt, woo woo.

Lin Zhao found it funny, "I'll stay a while longer."

Xie Baiwei's eyes shone brightly, and she laughed out loud, "Can you? That's great, Comrade Zhaozhao is so good."

This laughter... is a bit magical.

"You practice, Yaobao and I won't disturb you." Lin Zhao took her daughter and sat back.

Yaobao looked up at Mom, her little milky voice light and soft, "Mom, can I applaud now?"

"You can!" The one who answered was Xie Baiwei.

She half-squatted down, touching Yaobao's soft little hand, her face full of smiles, "You could have from the beginning. Director Xie is making a mountain out of a molehill. She is targeting me, it has nothing to do with you applauding, ha, don't think too much. Receiving your applause, I feel full of strength."

Yaobao laughed happily.

Her little body leaned forward.

Suddenly she kissed Xie Baiwei's face.

She blinked her eyes, "Sister, kiss, did you receive a lot of strength?"

"Yes! I received so much!!" Xie Baiwei almost sat on the ground. What a milky little doll, I like her so much (★? ★)

"I received a lot, a lot of strength."

Yaobao's little face was red, and she burrowed into Mom's arms.

"Comrade Xie, you busy yourself, don't worry about us." Lin Zhao saw that two minutes had passed and reminded her.

"Call me Baiwei." Xie Baiwei felt that Comrade Xie was distant and was a bit unhappy.

"Okay, you can call me Zhaozhao." Lin Zhao said.

"Zhaozhao." Xie Baiwei changed her words immediately.

"Hmm." Lin Zhao responded.

Xie Baiwei was overjoyed.

Suddenly thinking that she had once had improper thoughts about Lin Zhao's husband, the smile on her face faded a little.

She pursed her lips, organized the language in her heart, and said slightly nervously, "I met Deputy Director Gu a few years ago and received his help..."

Lin Zhao's eyes were puzzled, "Hmm?"

Xie Baiwei looked at Yaobao, and the words on her lips couldn't be said at all.

What's wrong with this?

Lin Zhao put Yaobao down and let her go play by herself for a while. Yaobao kissed Mom's face, walked obediently to not far away, found a place where she could see Mom, squatted down her round body, and played by herself.

Xie Baiwei nervously picked at her hands, took a deep breath, and continued, "I didn't know Deputy Director Gu was married before, and had a wife and children, and I had improper thoughts about him. I'm sorry."

She stood up and bowed deeply to Lin Zhao, her fair face flushed red because of shame.

Although she could not say it and pretend nothing happened, but... she was sincerely making friends with Lin Zhao. After thinking about it, she bothered Jingqiu all night before deciding to confess to Lin Zhao.

"Then you now...?" Lin Zhao looked at Xie Baiwei.

"I don't!" Xie Baiwei's tone was urgent, her volume slightly raised, "I gave up after knowing Deputy Director Gu was married! I am a moral female comrade, I don't do things that would make me an orphan."

She hurriedly held Lin Zhao's hand, her eyes bright, "Zhaozhao, believe me."

"I am a girl from a good family, grew up under the love of my family, I enjoyed the glory of the family, and I will not do anything that damages the face of the Xie family. This is my pride."

Moreover, she discovered that she had fallen for Deputy Director Gu because of his face. She knew nothing about his personality, his family, his experiences... and so on. What did she like about him? She liked that momentary feeling.

After figuring it out, she didn't feel too sad in her heart.

Dad said that life will always have regrets, no matter what, it will pass. The most important thing is not to trap yourself.

Lin Zhao's expression didn't change.

"Don't worry, I didn't not believe you." She stared into Xie Baiwei's eyes and said with a smile, "I knew you were a good girl who respects and loves herself the first time I saw you. You could have not said these things, but you told me, expressed your apologies to me, dared to do and dare to act. I admire it very much, how could I misunderstand?"

"Baiwei, I know what you said. You don't need to take it to heart. Everyone has a young time. Besides, you didn't know Gu Chenghuai was married. Those who don't know are not guilty, I don't blame you."

Saying this, she said proudly, "My man is good-looking and capable. I can fancy him, and other excellent girls who don't know the situation can also fancy him. This shows my good eye. I won't think too much, and you don't take it to heart either."

Xie Baiwei hugged Lin Zhao excitedly.

"Thank you, Zhaozhao. I was so nervous before saying it. I was afraid you would misunderstand and think I was a bad girl who destroys other people's families. You are so good."

She didn't misjudge the person.

Lin Zhao curled her eyes and patted Xie Baiwei's shoulder. The little girl had shed a lot of sweat dancing before, and there was no strange smell on her body; she was fragrant.

"Five minutes have passed, don't be lazy, hurry up and practice."

Xie Baiwei: "It's okay, I'm familiar with the lines and the dance steps, half an hour at night is nothing."

She explained, "My aunt thinks I talk too much and wants to give me a small lesson to let me have a long memory, she didn't really want to punish me."

Xie Baiwei admitted that the leader is her own aunt, and she received a lot of convenience and favoritism. She wouldn't be proud, but she wouldn't feel that this couldn't be seen by others—she entered the Art Troupe by her own strength, and became the lead dancer by her own strength. As long as she is strong, she doesn't have to fear anything.

"You are living comfortably." Lin Zhao looked at the little girl's accustomed expression and said with a smile.

Xie Baiwei's bright eyes locked on her, "So... do you want to join the Art Troupe? I'll beg my aunt for you. After you join, I'll take you."

"No, I heard you have to go out to perform from time to time. I don't want to be too far away from home and the children. This job is not suitable for me."

"What a pity, I think you are very suitable. If you join the Art Troupe, you will be famous nationwide sooner or later." Xie Baiwei looked regretful.

Lin Zhao laughed, not feeling it was a pity.

"This is not what I want, so it doesn't count as a pity."

Xie Baiwei didn't persuade her anymore, just asked, "Zhaozhao, do you want to learn to dance?"

She looked at Lin Zhao, from face to neck, to shoulders, to back, and then to the overall proportion. The more she looked, the more greedy she became. It's a pity not to learn to dance with this figure.

"Why, do you want to teach me?" Lin Zhao asked amusingly.

"Right, if you want to learn, I'll teach you. Use your spare time, it won't affect serious matters. I'll teach you simple ones, you can just treat it as stretching your body. Learning to dance will make you have more temperament. You are so beautiful, you are too suitable for learning to dance."

Seeing Su Jingqiu enter the room, she continued, "Jingqiu didn't have a foundation before either, I brought her into the door. Isn't she dancing very well now?"

Su Jingqiu put down the lunch box and intervened helplessly, "Yes, yes, yes, you are the best teacher."

How long had she been away, and the two of them had already talked to here...

"Listen, I'm really good at teaching!" Xie Baiwei continued to promote herself.

Lin Zhao chuckled, "I'm certainly willing to learn to dance for free, as long as you don't find it troublesome."

"Not troublesome, not troublesome, I just like watching beauties continue to be beautiful." Xie Baiwei's smile was bright.

This hobby is rare.

Lin Zhao said, "Okay, from now on I'll listen to Teacher Xie."

She was quite moved by the point of stretching her body. After coming to the military region, with Sister Hui's help, she didn't have much to do, and she didn't have to get up early to go to work. Her body was stiff from lying down, so she had to move.

Xie Baiwei nodded seriously, "Done, tonight when we go back, we will make a plan to ensure you graduate in the shortest time."

Su Jingqiu:...? What's with the "we"? Is there something about her too?!

Xie Baiwei is a person of action. At night, she stayed at the reception with Su Jingqiu to formulate a study plan—don't care about so much, start learning from the basics.

The two of them were very attentive and even made a schedule, determined to bring Lin Zhao into the door.

Lin Zhao:... For real?

Looking at the curriculum presented in front of her, she was silent for a moment, "Thank you, sorry to trouble you."

"Not troublesome, really not troublesome, you can just treat it as me liking to be a teacher, not troublesome at all." Xie Baiwei thought of Zhaozhao's better posture, and the arc of the corners of her mouth continued to increase.

From this day on, Lin Zhao began to follow Xie and Su to learn to dance according to the curriculum.

It was very miserable at first, with uncoordinated limbs, plus the pain of a stiff body...

After a few days, the whole person was different.

Lin Zhao felt the fun and learned very actively. She never went empty-handed when going to class, hoping that the two little teachers would be slightly merciful.

She wasn't professional and couldn't handle such strict teaching.

Gu Chenghuai returned before the New Year. When he arrived home, he didn't see his wife. He only knew after asking the children that Zhaozhao had been hooked away by the two people from the Art Troupe to learn some dance.

Deputy Director Gu's eyebrows were wrinkled enough to pinch a fly to death.

Inexplicably remembering the two people he met in the family courtyard before leaving, the two people who were pulling and dragging.

He went to the military region bathhouse to take a bath, shaved off the new green stubble on his chin, changed into new clothes, and headed to the place where the Art Troupe rehearsed.

Xiang Yubao and the others hadn't seen their father (third uncle) for more than half a month. At this moment, they followed by his side like a string of big loudspeakers.

"Does your mother go every day?"

Xiang Yubao nodded, "Yes, the first few days Mom came back and said her whole body hurt. After practicing for a week, she didn't say it hurt anymore."

Gu Chenghuai knew why his wife hurt. It's very normal for people who haven't exercised for a long time to have pain in their whole body muscles after moving a little bit.

He knew the truth, but he felt distressed that Zhaozhao was suffering.

"Why suffer this bitterness..."

Gu Hangbao said, "Mom said people who learn dance have good temperament. She wants to become a person with temperament and be the school beauty when she goes to university in the future."

This was Lin Zhao teasing her son. How did she know her son would use it to answer his dad.

Gu Chenghuai:... Going out is already dazzling enough, why toss yourself?

Thinking of this, he quickened his pace.

Xiang Yubao ran to keep up, "Dad, Mom who learns to dance can't see anyone, she won't pay attention to you."

Gu Chenghuai glanced at him, "Not necessarily."

Distance makes the heart grow fonder. He had been away from home for more than half a month, his wife must miss him.

He accelerated again. His long legs took one step equal to three steps of the children. Xiang Yubao and the others simply ran to keep up.

Not long after, the group arrived at the rehearsal room.

When Gu Chenghuai arrived, he realized that there was not only his wife inside, but also other female comrades, so it was inappropriate for him to go over.

So he controlled his sons and stood below to wait.

"Dad, why don't you go up?" Gu Hangbao asked, panting, puzzled.

"I'm a big man, what's the point of breaking into a place with only female comrades? After putting on this uniform, no matter where you are, you must always keep in mind the issue of style." Gu Chenghuai said steadily.

There is no shortage of people in the army who are forced to take off this skin because of style problems.

He had always been cautious in this regard.

Zhaozhao said, a man who doesn't love himself is like rotten cabbage.

A man with male virtue never gives other female comrades a chance to get close to him.

Xiang Yubao and the others nodded, "Remembered."

They didn't wait long before Lin Zhao walked out holding Yaobao.

Seeing the figure under the tree, Lin Zhao's eyes lit up, she picked up Yaobao and ran toward the man.

"... You're back." She stood still in front of the tall figure.

Gu Chenghuai stared at his wife and took Yaobao from her arms.

"Learning to dance must be very hard, you've lost a circle."

Lin Zhao touched her face, "Really?"

"Yes." Gu Chenghuai nodded, a flash of distress appearing on his face. It was not easy to grow some meat that could keep out the cold, but he just went out for a trip, and the meat was gone.

"Did you eat less?"

Lin Zhao waved goodbye to the two teachers, Xie and Su, and set foot on the way home with her man and children.

She shook her head, "Didn't eat less, it should be the result of exercise."

Dancing is physical labor, those sweats were not shed in vain.

"I didn't practice for a long time, but I feel my limbs have become soft, and I sleep more fragrantly at night."

A smile flashed in Gu Chenghuai's eyes, "You will sleep fragrantly when your body is tired. You are not willing to go for a walk with me, but you insist on eating the bitterness of dancing."

Lin Zhao's smile was warm, "When I'm there, I can appreciate beautiful girls dancing from time to time. It's beautiful and elegant, a strange and novel field, it's simply enjoyable."

Enjoyable...

Gu Chenghuai's eyes deepened, "They invited you?"

"Right, Baiwei and Jingqiu are both enthusiastic and sincere comrades. We are already friends, friends who eat, dance, and go shopping together..." Lin Zhao said.

So fast? It seems a lot of things happened in the past half month that he didn't know about.

Gu Chenghuai never interfered with Lin Zhao's making friends, and immediately said, "As long as you are happy."

Anyway, those people in the Art Troupe will leave after the New Year, there are not many days left.

That night, Gu Chenghuai saw the bruises on Lin Zhao's legs, his thin lips suddenly tightened, and he found ointment with a dark face, silently applying medicine for his wife.

Lin Zhao:... It's over, he's angry.

"It looks serious, but it doesn't hurt." She hooked the corner of her man's clothes, "You know, my skin is like this, it really doesn't hurt. I'm not a fool, if it hurt, wouldn't I stop?"

Gu Chenghuai had something stuck in his heart. He carefully applied medicine for Lin Zhao, washed his hands, and hugged her whole body into his arms.

"I feel distressed." He said.

"I know." Lin Zhao hugged him back, acting like a spoiled child with a soft voice, "I'm bored at home, find something to do to pass the time. At most, I'll learn for another week. Baiwei and Jingqiu are leaving. When the time comes, there will be nowhere to go even if I want to learn. I promised things, it's not good to give up halfway. I promise you, I will be careful in the future, don't be angry, child's dad, Deputy Director Gu, Ah Huai..."

Gu Chenghuai couldn't stand Zhaozhao acting like a spoiled child, and his tense face instantly relaxed.

"... Fine, no more bruises allowed, I will check at night."

"Listen to you." Lin Zhao knew he was distressed for her, and her attitude was as soft as it could be. She raised her head and kissed the man's chin a few times, "What about you? Did the mission go smoothly? Didn't you get two more scars on your body?"

"Very smooth, no injuries." Gu Chenghuai lowered his head and kissed his wife's face back.

"I want to check..." Lin Zhao's fingers touched the hem of his sweater, her eyes smiling.