Chapter 40 Heartbeat and palpitations
She was like a beggar walking alone on a snowy night, starving and cold, on the verge of death, when suddenly a hand reached out to her.
He gave her a cup of hot tea and a winter coat, took her hand, led her into a magnificent manor, and whispered in her ear that from now on, this would be her home.
The uncontrollable heartbeat accelerated again, and Jiang Cha clearly felt the blood flowing in his veins heating up and boiling.
She couldn't help but indulge in Huo Jingchuan's tenderness.
"I'm tired and I want to rest."
Huo Jingchuan put the bookmark on a new page, closed the book, and put it back in its place.
"I'll push you back to your room and wait for Aunt Ye to come back, then you can go back to sleep."
Jiang Cha lay on his bed, his eyes fixed on the wooden beams below the roof.
Huo Jingchuan closed her door, but did not lock it, so someone outside could open it with a push.
Jiang Cha didn't even dare to look at Huo Jingchuan's back.
This strange feeling made her panic.
"Jiang Cha, what on earth are you thinking about? He's your brother!"
That's right.
He was just her brother.
How can you get so excited and your heart beat faster when you see him?
No, this is not heartbeat.
It was just that Huo Jingchuan had saved her many times and pulled her out of the abyss, and she felt a momentary throbbing of gratitude towards her benefactor.
She would have reacted the same way if it were anyone else.
Yes, that's it.
It must be like this!
The next day, Jiang Cha waited until Huo Jingchuan went to work before she got up.
The pain in his body eased a lot, and Jiang Cha tried to wash and eat by himself.
By the time she finally finished her breakfast, it was already 9:30 in the morning.
Ye Surong was grinding medicinal powder, and Jiang Cha sat beside her and watched her work.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door.
"Excuse me, does Comrade Jiang Cha live here?"
Jiang Cha knew it was Chen Feifei's voice as soon as he heard it.
"I am here!"
Jiang Cha was a little happy, "Mom, go open the door quickly, a colleague is here to see me!"
"You made good friends in the art troupe so quickly?"
Ye Surong put down the work in her hands, wiped her hands, took off her apron as she walked, and then went to open the door.
There are more people coming than just Chen Feifei.
With her were Yang Wenbin and Cai Yulan.
"You are all Jiang Cha's colleagues, right? Please come in, Jiang Cha is inside now."
Ye Surong led the person into the house with confidence.
"Leader, Director? Feifei, why are you all here?"
Yang Wenbin carried a can of malted milk, Cai Yulan carried two cans of food, and Chen Feifei carried a box of mung bean cakes. The three of them walked in restrainedly and put the things on the coffee table.
"Why did you bring so many things? It's so expensive!"
Ye Surong brewed three cups of flower tea. In the beautiful glass cups, the flowers she carefully blended danced in the bright yellow liquid. The taste was mellow and exceptionally beautiful.
"You guys came unexpectedly, and I wasn't prepared. Captain, Director, Feifei, have some tea and stay for dinner later!"
"No, no, Comrade Jiang Cha encountered this disaster on her way home from get off work. The perpetrator was a colleague from the same department. This was all due to my negligence. I came here today to apologize to Comrade Jiang Cha. From now on, I will strengthen the political cultivation and ideological education of the comrades in the art troupe and will never allow such a terrible thing to happen again."
Cai Yulan also apologized repeatedly, "I'm also wrong. You and Chi Jun are both my subordinates. I didn't play a good role in guiding him, which led him astray and caused you to suffer so much. I'm really sorry!"
The apologies of these two people were more sincere than each other.
These two people should indeed bear part of the responsibility for allowing Chi Jun to run rampant in the art troupe for two or three years.
If the person who encountered this incident today was not Jiang Cha, if the Huo family had not investigated the Chi family's affairs, if Jiang Cha was just an unknown little person with no one to support her, they might not have made this trip today.
For the first time, Jiang Cha realized the true meaning of the saying, "home is a person's safe haven."
While she was afraid of troubling Uncle Huo and her two brothers, she had already become inseparable from them the first second she followed her mother to the family compound.
Chen Feifei squatted in front of Jiang Cha's wheelchair and took out a letter from her bag.
"This is a letter of apology from the dance club. They apologize for isolating you earlier. We hope you can forgive us. We're all waiting for your return."
Jiang Cha's hands were not convenient to use, so Chen Feifei opened the envelope for her and showed the thin letter paper in front of Jiang Cha.
Twenty-four sorrys.
Different handwriting, the same three words, filling up half a sheet of letter paper.
"If I'm just serving ginger tea today and have nothing to do with the Huo family, will I never get an apology from you?"
Huo Jingchuan said that in the Huo family, she could do whatever she wanted and say whatever she wanted.
After enduring so many years, Jiang Cha really doesn't want to pretend to be an easy-going and obedient girl anymore.
She expressed all her resentment.
"That's not the case."
Chen Wenbin placed the scented tea in his hand on the coffee table. Cai Yulan followed closely behind him, standing beside Chen Wenbin and in front of Jiang Cha.
"It's my fault. I was forced by the Chi family's pressure. Even though I knew Chi Jun was the cancer of the art troupe, I didn't dare to punish him. Many people were wronged because of this. But I have my considerations. I didn't dare to ask you to understand me, but I hope you don't have prejudice against the entire art troupe because of my mistakes."
It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm.
Even Yang Wenbin didn't dare to offend the Chi family. How many ordinary employees in the art troupe dared to mess with Chi Jun, the local tyrant?
They have to live too!
"I'm sorry, Captain Yang, I was a little extreme just now. I just feel that I may not be able to adapt to the work of the art troupe. I will ask my brother to send my resignation letter to the art troupe, and I hope the leadership will approve it."
"You want to resign?" Chen Feifei didn't expect Jiang Cha to make such a decision.
Cai Yulan quickly said, "That's not the case. You dance really well. I plan to give you the lead dancer position once you're better."
"So, in your eyes, I've become the second Chi Jun now, right?"
"That's not what I meant."
The more Cai Yulan tried to explain, the more unclear it became.
"Director Cai, I wonder if you've noticed the people under your command. Chen Feifei has good overall abilities and almost no weaknesses. She might be more suitable for leading the dance. Zhu Xiaoyan has good flexibility and is quiet and elegant. She's more suited to classical dance. Hua Fen's ballet is the best of all..."
Jiang Cha listed the strengths of many people in one breath. Although she had only been working in the art troupe for a few days, her observations seemed to be more detailed than Director Cai, who had been leading them for several years.
"Being the lead dancer isn't just about having a better background or a stronger backing. As the director of the dance department, you should have an eye for beauty and develop the strengths of each dancer, giving them the opportunity to shine on stage and showcase their talents."
The art troupe here is completely different from what she imagined.
She doesn't like it!
Chen Feifei stood up, stood in front of Chen Wenbin, looked up at him with a fierce look.
"Uncle, please listen to the people's voices! If our art troupe doesn't get rectified, all the talent will flee!"
Jiangcha crashed, "Uncle?"
Cai Yulan was also shocked.
"When did you become the leader's niece?"
Chen Feifei smiled awkwardly.
"My mother is Captain Yang's biological sister!"
My goodness, what’s wrong with Captain Yang?
My aunt worked as a cleaner in the art troupe, hiding her identity.
Your niece is bullied by Chi Jun in the dance club, but you have to swallow your anger and hide your identity?
Jiang Cha's mouth twitched. "Captain Yang, isn't there anyone in the art troupe who is a relative of yours that no one knows about?"
“No more, no more!”
Yang Wenbin waved his hands repeatedly.
"Comrade Jiang Cha, you're right. The Art Troupe belongs to all employees and shouldn't be dominated by one person. I will accept your opinion and reform the policies of the Art Troupe. As the head of the troupe, I hope you can continue to work in the Art Troupe, oversee its reforms, and constantly urge us to be fair, just, and make progress together."
Jiang Cha is not an unreasonable person. Anyway, she didn't have anything important to do before the college entrance examination was resumed. Working in the art troupe was actually not bad.
"I will carefully consider your advice, Captain. I have received all of your apologies. This matter ends here. As for whether I will return to the art troupe, I will give you an answer after I have considered it."
"Oh, okay!"
Yang Wenbin finally smiled.
Cai Yulan's eyes would occasionally wander over Ye Surong's body.
She prided herself on being elegant, but it was not until she met Ye Surong today that she finally understood what true elegance was.
Beauty is only a small part of it. A truly elegant person should be like Ye Surong. Even when doing small things like serving tea and pouring water, her every move has unique style and charm.
Even if she just stood aside and didn't say anything, it was hard to ignore her presence.
Her elegance is still too deliberate and superficial!
Cai Yulan had no idea that her thoughts had gone astray.
Cai Yulan didn't hear a word Yang Wenbin said to Ye Surong. Her mind was full of questions: how could someone look so good no matter what they did?
Chen Feifei leaned close to Jiang Cha's ear and whispered crickets.
"Cha Cha, my uncle doesn't actually have any bad intentions. He's just timid and afraid of offending others. He came to apologize to you today with all his heart. If you don't forgive him, he'll definitely go home tonight and hug my aunt and cry."
"Is this true?" Jiang Cha found it hard to believe the sight of Captain Yang returning home and hugging his wife and crying.
"Of course it's true." Chen Feifei was very sure. "And Director Cai, she likes all good-looking people. After a while, you'll find out that she is actually very funny!"
Ginger tea: “…”
"If you don't believe me, just look at Director Cai. When she looked at Auntie, her eyes widened. She must have been thinking, how could someone in this world look so good no matter what they do? This is true elegance!"
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