Chapter 203 - 203 New Year's Eve
203 New Year’s Eve
When more and more red elements appeared on the street, and the smiles and greetings on people’s faces were filled with enthusiasm, Chuchu knew that the new year was coming.
This also meant that winter vacation was coming.
Chuchu was very happy last year.
Chen En’s mother had specially prepared this for him. Chen En had said that adults had their New Year’s Eve dinner, and children should have their own. Mrs. Chen felt that it made sense, so she asked him to invite his classmates to the class. She also wanted to prepare a New Year’s Eve dinner for her son. This way, her son’s friends would have one table, and her friends would have one table.
Song Mei’s sister was also here, and many of her classmates were also here. They had a common language when playing, so she didn’t want to be angry with Huang Qing and be too happy.
This year, Chen En had even invited her to have a New Year’s Eve dinner with him.
Chen En’s mother had specially prepared this for him. Chen En had said that adults had their New Year’s Eve dinner, and children should have their own. Mrs. Chen felt that it made sense, so she asked him to invite his classmates to the class. She also wanted to prepare a New Year’s Eve dinner for her son. This way, her son’s friends would have one table, and her friends would have one table. The first person Chen En invited was Chuchu, and the first person Mrs. Chen invited was Qu Zhi.
The two families had become good friends. It was a pity that Chen En’s father would only be back for a day during the new year. After the new year, he would be returning to Taiwan, so Liang Wen could not get to know him properly.
While they were eating, Chuchu was still confused. There were so many people in Chen En’s house, but why was it still so empty? Everyone was polite and no one spoke loudly.
Chen En’s older sister sat at the adults’ table with a dark expression on her face. Hearing Mrs. Chen’s soft voice as she greeted the guests, she only felt disgusted and could not even take a bite of her food.
Fortunately, Mrs. Chen didn’t want to have the New Year’s Eve dinner as a party. The weather was cold, so everyone could rest early.
Mrs. Chen didn’t have many friends. Most of the people who came this time were either customers or colleagues. The only one she could call a friend was probably Qu Zhi.
Mrs. Chen was still smiling when she saw the others off, but when it came to Qu Zhi, her expression finally relaxed a little. She frowned slightly and thought for a while before she apologized, “I’m sorry, Manager Qu. I really don’t know how to organize a banquet.” In the past, they had always hired professionals to book a private room in the hotel. This year, for the sake of their son, they had arranged for it to be held at home. Moreover, she prepared it herself, so it must be a little crude. She had wanted to open a bottle of champagne, but she had been so busy that she had forgotten about it.
Qu Zhi patted her. “What are you talking about? I’m having fun. There was good wine and food, and there were also excellent and talkative artists, so the atmosphere was very comfortable.”
Moreover, as time went on, this place would be different.
If this New Year’s Eve dinner had been a little longer, the freshness and passion that people had when they first met would have disappeared. Qu Zhi heard them talk a lot, but she said very little. She knew the people sitting next to her would not have the chance to meet each other except for a quick meeting in the gallery.
Only she and Mrs. Chen really knew each other.
Before she left, Chuchu was still a little unsatisfied. Chen En was still too shy in front of children! They would beat the drum and pass the flowers, and whomever it reached would sing or perform anything. However, when it reached Chen En’s turn, he lowered his head and blushed. He could not say anything.
Chuchu translated for Chen En, as if she was speaking up for her sister. “He wants to play the violin.”
Chen En nodded. He covered his face and went upstairs to get the violin. Then, he ran down slowly, his face as red as a tomato. After seeing everyone, he forgot what he was going to do and hugged his violin, not knowing what to do.
All the children at the table were laughing. Chen En was too timid.
Only Chuchu was not smiling. She knew how Chen En felt. She had been a little nervous the first time she appeared on television. take a deep breath. “You can do it,” she whispered into Chen En’s ear. At that time, his mother had encouraged her in this way.
Chen En obediently took a deep breath and played the song “Twinkle Little Star”. All the children were so shocked that they were speechless. Why did the song that they had heard countless times become so different in Chen En’s hands?
Chuchu was the first to applaud. She did not know that Chen En could play the violin so well! The children also applauded along with her. The game of beating the drum and passing the flowers could go on again.
Chuchu played for the whole night and was so tired that she couldn’t even open her eyes. When she returned home, her steps languished.
When she woke up, she realized she was already in bed. She could vaguely hear the sound of the television outside. When she walked out, the countdown had just ended. The emcee on the TV smiled at her and shouted, “Happy New Year!”
Firecrackers were set off outside.
Chuchu had grown a year older.