Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 815 Happy Duet

Liu Xiaoli walked down the stairs holding the handrail, with Liu Yifei supporting her on the right, and Chu Xuan walking in front.

Liu Xiaoli felt safer only when she could not see the road and was wearing high heels and had to go downstairs in this way.

Suddenly, Liu Xiaoli smelled a smell in the air: "They also made cuttlefish stewed with tripe strips. They put too much pepper. Who made this dish today?"

Chu Xuan turned his head and looked at Liu Yifei. The couple were both convinced. It must be that his mother had a sharp nose. Even though she was ten meters away from the kitchen, she could still smell what the dish was by the faint aroma.

Not only that, but she can also make the comment “too much pepper”. Does this mom have some special abilities?

"Brother Dong made it." Chu Xuan did not reveal the existence of his aunt and uncle, and took all the credit for cooking on Dong Zhihua, so as not to reduce his mother's surprise after discovering the existence of her family.

Who would have thought that Liu Xiaoli would smile and say something that surprised Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei: "Brother Dong is a Beijing native. His cooking is not so strong. Could it be your aunt's cooking? She is the only one who likes to add more seasonings and ingredients to the dishes. They are definitely strong in taste."

Chu Xuan turned his head and looked at Liu Yifei again. Their mother's guess really shocked them. Could she even guess this?
The couple could not help but smile silently and kept silent. This old lady was really too shrewd. They didn't dare to respond for fear of saying something wrong and exposing more.

"You two were talking, why are you silent? Did I guess it right? Are you afraid to admit it? Or, is it that grandma and the others' arrival was a surprise for me?" Liu Xiaoli asked with interest, following the clues to get to the bottom of the matter.

"Oh, Mom, don't ask. You'll know soon." Liu Yifei shook her mother's arm slightly and acted a little coquettishly on purpose in an attempt to suppress her mother's high IQ.

Liu Xiaoli refused to give in. She had finally got some clues, and it seemed that she had guessed it right. Thinking of how these two little guys had been deceiving her from beginning to end, she became playful and prepared to outsmart these two kids again.

Haven't you always treated me as the devil queen? Now let me show you the wisdom of the devil queen.

She teased, "Xiaoxuan, you asked me what kind of food I like to eat some time ago. Was that also a surprise you prepared for me today? You lied to me that you were going to Century Culture in the morning, but you should have gone home to learn how to cook from your aunt, right?"

Chu Xuan walked down the last step, turned around and looked at Liu Yifei. The couple looked at each other, completely convinced.

This old lady is so amazing. She could guess this by following the clues. No one else can do this.

I can only say that the person who understands her children best is the mother. Their little thoughts can be completely cracked by the taste of a dish. It is true that the one who understands children best is the mother.

Walking down the stairs, we were closer to the restaurant. The aroma of the cuttlefish stewed with tripe was indeed very strong, and the aroma of other dishes mixed in it was also highlighted as we got closer.

"There really is Buddha Jumping Over the Wall..."

"Mom, stop guessing, stop guessing, let's go out first."

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were a little scared by their mother's ability to smell the scent. Seeing their mother's high interest, the couple hurriedly took her out of the house.

Liu Xiaoli's face was full of amusement. She played a trick of taking the initiative with the two children, which was quite interesting at this moment.

There is air conditioning in the house, but when I walked outside, I was hit by a wave of heat, as if the house and outside were two different worlds.

"It's so hot, you won't eat on the lawn, will you? Ask your family to come inside and eat."

"I know, it's none of your business."

Liu Yifei said this, and she and Chu Xuan had a ridiculous expression on their faces.

The old lady is addicted to taking the initiative to arrange things. It's obvious that they are the ones preparing the surprise, but the mom actually took the initiative to arrange it. The most important thing is that the mom knows nothing and is just making guesses. This is really funny.

The noise coming from this side attracted the attention of three groups of people in the audience.

At night, with the lights off, the teachers in the garden, the friends in the big villa, and the family members on the lawn, each holding a cell phone with dim light, walked slowly and silently over. They all had interesting smiles on their faces, waiting to watch the show.

"Let's go to the lawn." Liu Xiaoli was led away, and she felt the texture of the ground change. She knew in her heart that she was being led to the lawn by the two children: "The surprise will either be on the lawn or in the garden. With your imagination, it will probably be just some lights, balloons, or something like that."

With a "puff", a laugh came from the darkness, probably because Liu Xiaoli was amused by complaining about Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.

"Who? Su Chang? I knew it was you as soon as I heard the voice." Liu Xiaoli looked when she heard the voice. Although she couldn't see anything, she guessed that it was Su Chang's laughter.

In the darkness five or six meters away on the left, Jiang Xin pinched Su Chang's waist, blaming her for exposing the secret.

Su Chang raised his hand to cover his mouth to prevent himself from making any sound.

Wang Jinhua, Dong Zhihua, Li Qiaoqiao, Ren Quan and others watched with great interest. This way of giving surprises was very unique. Moreover, they didn't know what the surprise would look like, so they were all looking forward to it.

In the darkness about seven or eight meters ahead, Han Sanping, Chen Kaige and others walked out of the garden and stopped, all looking happy, waiting to witness the surprise moment.

In the darkness three or four meters away on the right, grandma, aunt and other family members were smiling, one because they were waiting for a surprise, and the other because they wanted to see Liu Xiaoli's reaction.

"Mom is right here, wait a moment." Liu Yifei asked her mother to stop and looked at Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan understood, turned his head towards the direction of the big villa, and then coughed twice loudly.

Wen Muye was operating a laptop in the big villa. The computer and LED screen were connected through the Internet so that they could be operated remotely. When he heard Chu Xuan's cough command, a warm yellow-orange light suddenly appeared on the lawn under his operation.

On the lawn, Liu Yifei took off her mother's blindfold.

The warm light came from all directions, making Liu Xiaoli stunned.

She looked around curiously and found herself surrounded by a circle of light with a diameter of ten meters.

Looking around, I realized that the word "surrounded" was not appropriate.

To be precise, the whole world seemed to be rendered in warm light.

She saw clearly that the light source came from the LED screen, and there were many of them, and even five layers.

I don’t know how the five-layer LED screen was built, forming a... seemingly inverted cone.

It was like a gymnasium that had been shrunk many times. She was on the playground. No matter where she looked, all she could see were the auditoriums, and these auditoriums were the LED screens in front of her. Only the large hole at the top could reveal the stars, and the rest of the space was filled with the warm light emitted by the LEDs.

"OK?"

She didn't understand what kind of surprise was this?
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei smiled but did not answer. The reason why it was warm light was because using white light might cause damage to the eyes.

And there is a little thought here. The more confused my mother feels, the better the effect may be when she sees the surprise in an instant.

The next moment, the warm light began to change and gradually became brighter, but the base color was still warm, with the main purpose of protecting the eyes.

As the lights gradually brightened, the figures of teachers, friends and family members appeared around us.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaoli smiled and shook her head. She had thought that only a few family members from her mother's side were there, but she didn't expect that her sister Zhou Wenqiong and her family had also come all the way from Los Angeles. She thought that was it, but when she heard Su Chang laugh, she guessed that perhaps some of the two children's friends were there too.

But now, I never expected that Li Qiaoqiao, Hu Jun and others, as well as Han Sanping, Chen Kaige, and Zhang Jizhong were all present.

It's just a birthday, why is it so serious?

Liu Xiaoli was speechless about the couple's arrangement, but she also felt warmed by the thoughtfulness behind it.

"you……"

Liu Xiaoli was just about to greet the newcomers when the LED screen that she had temporarily ignored suddenly changed, leaving her stunned on the spot.

I saw that huge photos, about one meter wide and one and a half meters high, were displayed one by one on an unknown number of LED screens, and they were displayed smoothly.

The first photo is of a baby-like child with a mark on the picture: 1 year old.

Liu Xiaoli recalled in astonishment, this was her, no doubt, but this photo should have been in black and white, how come it became a color photo?

She looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei and gave them a meaningful smile. It must be these two guys who did it.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei smiled and said nothing, waiting for their mother to finish reading the surprise.

Surprised, Liu Xiaoli didn't say anything for the moment and continued to look at the next LED screen.

After the first photo stayed for 3 seconds, the second photo slowly appeared. It was still her, and she was 2 years old.

Liu Xiaoli's expression softened. She had figured out a pattern. She estimated that these "stadium auditorium"-like stepped screens had been gradually filling up as she grew older, starting when she was one year old.

As she expected, photos of her from the past that were no longer in her memory due to her young age emerged one by one, when she was 1 year old, 2 years old, 3 years old.

The teachers watched, the friends looked on, the family members smiled, and they all followed today's protagonist Liu Xiaoli to savor it carefully.

Because she had lost her memories due to her young age, and her childhood was too long ago, these childish photos in front of her only gave her memories but did not stir her heart.

It was not until she was in her teens that the scene of her first dance career as a teenager appeared in her mind. Her heart was moved and her eyes couldn't help but mist up.

16 years old, 17 years old, 18 years old... In each picture, the stage she appears on becomes bigger and bigger, representing her growth and also telling the story of that passionate youth. She can't help but raise her hands to lightly cover her nose and lips, and the crystal in the corners of her eyes unconsciously slides down her cheeks.

Later, at the age of 22, 23, 24... In the picture, she graduated from university and came to Wuhan with the song and dance troupe to make her mark. Her graceful figure and ancient charm were captured in the hearts of Wuhan people and gradually spread across the country. The Northern Youth Network even praised her for her "superb dancing skills".

Later, at the age of 27, 28, 29... She joined Wuhan Theater and settled here. Her fame grew as her dance steps improved. During this period, she met Ankang and gave birth to Sissi at the age of 29.

Looking at the photo of herself holding her baby Xixi on the hospital bed after giving birth, Liu Xiaoli's tearful but gentle face showed a little embarrassment, and she muttered: "Why did you get this photo? It's so ugly."

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei tried to hold back their laughter. One of them put his arm around his mother's shoulder, and the other held her hand, and they continued to watch without saying a word.

33, 34, 35 years old... She looks more mature in the pictures and more energetic in dancing. Her solid skills and abundant stage experience made her famous at the age of 35. In the same year, she and teacher Yang Liping won the two top national dance awards, the "Five One Project Award" and the "Wenhua Performance Award".

Going a step further, she is a national first-class dancer. Liu Xiaoli in the north and Yang Liping in the south may not be a joke.

However, the world is unpredictable and life is unpredictable.

36 years old, 37 years old, 38 years old... She is no longer in the pictures of dancing, but a series of simple photos, as if representing that she faded out of the dance circle at the age of 36, and at the age of 38, she took the 10-year-old Sissi to another country, thus completely giving up her dream that many people did not know the reason for. It was also the "self-destruction of her future" before her career was about to reach its peak that made the industry sigh.

Only one sentence remained on People's Daily: "She is a soul dancer, an artist who interprets dance with her life", which proved that she once existed and put an end to her dream, which made her peers regretful and the media reminisce, but she had no regrets.

40, 41, 42 years old... She still has the temperament and spirit in the pictures, but the "spirit" in her eyes no longer has the glory of the artist in the past. Instead, it is an unspeakable sustenance and a motherly love for Sissi that is so strong that she is fearless of everything, with a determination that "If anyone hurts my daughter, I will pay with my life."

45, 46, 47 years old... Her demeanor in the photos has changed again. Maybe it's because she has a good son-in-law, or maybe it's because her daughter has a strong harbor. Compared with the fearless eyes and vigilant heart in previous years, it has softened. The calm, warm and soft glow seems to reveal her change of mood, having returned to being an ordinary mother.

48 years old, 49 years old... Perhaps it is because this change in state of mind has gradually deepened. The relaxed and comfortable posture makes her look younger and easier-going. The maternal glow in her eyes is still there, but it is more of a far-sighted look into the future that is full of yearning and longing as she lets go of the burden.

In just two or three minutes, 49 photos interpreted the past, depicted the past, and also witnessed a series of wonderful lives.

Pursuing dreams in your teens is a form of persistence with no regrets.

Dancing with youth in your twenties is a time of light and glory.

Then we got married and had a child. It was also a fate after all. Although this fate was not complete, it was our own choice after all.

Later, when her life was about to reach its peak, her dream and her daughter opened a window and a door for her. She walked into her daughter's door, and the so-called dream closed the window.

Some people said she was stubborn and stubborn, while others said she shouldn't be like this...

However, if giving up on dreams is heading towards the darkness that annihilates everyone, then isn't nurturing a daughter and letting her shine also heading towards the bright and happy light of life?

Besides, she found a good son-in-law along the way, which allowed her to have a relatively perfect family of three, and they are happy and joyful. Isn't this an enviable direction of life?

She has never regretted anything in her life.

And at the age of 50...the last LED screen shows herself, her present self at this moment.

It was obvious that there was a camera broadcasting live, otherwise she would not have entered the screen at this moment.

Liu Xiaoli covered her face with her hands and blew her nose. Tears had already flowed over the backs of her hands, but the expression on her face was full of warmth and emotion.

She didn't know where the couple found these photos. Not to mention the photos taken when she was too young, each of the photos taken later on was a memory for her and the most wonderful moment of her corresponding age.

Liu Xiaoli put down her hands, turned around and smiled gently at the two children, then raised her hands to embrace the couple, rubbed her daughter's hair, and patted her son-in-law on the back: "Thank you for preparing this surprise for me. I am very happy. The last photo is of us at this moment, which means that we will get better and better in the future, right?"

"Yeah." Perhaps because of the mother-daughter bond, Liu Yifei couldn't help but choke up.

"That's right." Chu Xuan said, helping his mother adjust the crown on her head: "Happy birthday, Mom."

At one side, Wang Jinhua cheered for the performance, clapped her hands and shouted to everyone: "Come on, 1, 2, 3..."

As she counted down to 3, teachers, friends and family members all smiled and said in unison, "Happy birthday to Ms. Liu Xiaoli!!"

(End of this chapter)