Chapter 70 Lu Chaoju
Flames shot up into the sky, scarlet wood chips flew everywhere, and under the sunset glow, the herdsmen's dark green robes fluttered in the wind, with happy smiles on their rosy faces.
At the invitation of a local young girl in traditional costume, Xu Mo was caught up in the crowd.
She was wearing the local costume that Xiaoye had lent her. The sapphire blue dress fluttered in her dance steps, and the dancing flames printed out the plant-patterned lace on the hem of the skirt. The colorful bead tassels on her waistcoat and the silver buttons on her dress jingled.
The bonfire was crackling, and the atmosphere gradually became lively with the melodious sounds of the horse-head fiddle and the singing of young people.
The girl took her to dance, and she smiled and asked the beautiful girl with black hair and white skin: "How old are you this year?"
"I'm twenty-eight years old." Xu Mo tilted her head and smiled at her.
The girl smiled innocently and said, "Oh, you look only eighteen years old, why is your skin so white and delicate?"
Xu Mo was amused by her, and the corners of her eyes curved like a crescent moon in the sky: "Thank you, you are also very beautiful. How old are you this year?"
"I'm twenty-two years old." The girl pointed at the boy playing the piano in the distance. "Is he good-looking?"
Xu Mo followed her gaze and saw the young man with deep facial features and dark skin. He looked very energetic while playing the piano. She raised her eyebrows.
"That's the person I like." The girl leaned close to her and whispered.
Xu Mo turned her head to look at her, smiled, and looked at the young man again, but suddenly found someone walking behind the young man.
The man was tall and had long legs. He was wearing a graphite gray windbreaker and casual pants. Under his black sunglasses, his outline was like a tempered knife, cold and precise.
Across the bonfire, the sounds of the piano, the flute and the wind, the man and she looked at each other from afar.
Lu Chaoju didn't like crowded places, but at the strong recommendation of Xiao Ye, the owner of the B&B, he finished his trip to the viewing platform and came to the square where the bonfire party was held.
He had been in Hemu Village for two days, keeping to himself.
This was not his first time in Northern Xinjiang. He had come here every year for the past three years. The scenery here allowed him to temporarily escape from the vast sea of work and focus on his own feelings.
This time, it’s a little different from previous years.
My girlfriend of seven years broke up with me because she was too focused on herself and spent most of her time at work. She was indifferent to her need for love and romance. This made their relationship increasingly dull, and she could no longer feel her own vitality.
He also felt that the relationship had reached a stage of exhaustion and frankly agreed to his girlfriend's decision.
Fireworks rose, and the silhouette of the mountain ridge was vaguely visible under the starlight.
Lu Chaoju's gaze fell on the campfire. A woman in a sapphire blue dress was pulled by the locals to dance the Black Horse Dance. Against the backdrop of the campfire, her skin looked even more delicate, and her almond-shaped eyes were bright. The man seemed to tell her something, and the woman smiled with her eyes curved.
Lu Chaoju took two steps forward.
After the party, Xu Mo prepared to take a taxi back to the B&B, but she played too late and waited for a long time for a driver to take her.
The B&B provided a pick-up service. Xu Mo called Xiao Ye and said, "Xiao Ye, I'm at the square right now, but I can't get a taxi back..."
Xiao Ye said, "Okay, I'll drive over to pick you up, but I have something to do right now. Can you wait for me for about twenty minutes?"
It would be nice to have a car to go back, Xu Mo said: "Okay."
She was standing on the side of the road waiting for a bus. The temperature difference between day and night was large here, and the temperature at night was much lower than during the day.
Xu Mo felt a little cold and hugged her arms gently.
A low and slightly cold male voice fell into her ears.
"Where are you going?"
Xu Mo tilted her head, and even though the light was dim, she recognized that this was the man she had seen at the bonfire party.
"Xiaoye B&B." She said generously.
Lu Chaoju raised his eyebrows slightly and pointed at the SUV on the side of the road: "Can't get a taxi? I can give you a ride."
"Is it on the way?"
"We're going the same way," Lu Chaoju said. "I live in Xiaoye, too."
"Xiao Ye, I've found a car. You don't have to come to the square to pick me up..."
“…”
"Yeah, okay, bye."
After Xu Mo hung up the phone, Lu Chaoju asked, "Are you here for tourism?"
"Yeah." Xu Mo pursed her lips, "Come and relax."
Lu Chaoju nodded and stopped talking.
The car crossed the mountain road and arrived at the B&B half an hour later.
Xiao Ye came out with milk tea to greet them. Seeing the two of them coming back together, she was a little surprised: "Oh, did you go together?"
Xu Mo shook her head: "No, I just happened to meet him on my way back and he was kind enough to give me a ride."
Xiao Ye smiled, and Lu Chaoju nodded at them: "You guys chat, I'll go up first."
Xiao Ye agreed. After Lu Chaoju went upstairs, she lowered her voice and asked Xu Mo quietly, "How is he? Is he handsome?"
Xu Mo: "Is this the male guest you told me about yesterday?"
"Yeah." Xiao Ye smiled. "When he came here, he looked just like you. He was dressed like an elite from a big city. I think... you two are a good match."
Xu Mo smiled helplessly: "How do you know he doesn't have a girlfriend?"
Xiao Ye rolled his eyes and said, "If so, why didn't he come on the trip together, instead of traveling alone?"
Xu Mo looked at her and said seriously, "Xiao Ye, although I look very young, I have been married and just divorced."
Xiaoye:!
Maybe because she had so much fun at the bonfire party that night, Xu Mo slept very well.
During the time she was divorcing Lin Jingchuan, she always had dreams at night, and even when she wasn't dreaming, she always woke up and couldn't sleep through the night.
So it was rare to get a full night's sleep.
Xu Mo slept until she woke up naturally, then strolled around the neighborhood. Another day had passed.
During this time of traveling, she rarely checked social media.
Even if I'm not walking outside, I'm still quietly looking at the scenery outside the window.
Xiao Ye helped contact and arrange home visits with local people.
Passing through the birch forest, Xu Mo came to a pointed-roof wooden house. Pushing open the carved wooden door, the rich aroma of fresh milk tea hit her face.
There was no one in the house.
"Is anyone there?" Xu Mo took two steps inside and called out tentatively.
At the end of her sight, she saw a man leaning against a wooden door. In the floating shadows, his eyebrows and features were like the rocks of a mountain, with clear contours and a sharpness.
"It's you?" Lu Chaoju recognized her and raised his eyebrows.
The hostess hurried out with a copper kettle and said in accented Mandarin with a smile: "Hello! Come and try our milk."
The milk tea poured into the stoneware bowl, creating white ripples.
Xu Mo asked, "Did Xiao Ye recommend you come here?"
Lu Chaoju: "Yes."
Xu Mo smiled helplessly: "It is true."
"What's wrong?"
Xu Mo shook her head: "Nothing." She tilted her head to look at him: "What's your name?"
"You can call me Calvin."
Xu Mo nodded: "Calvin."
"And you?"
Xu Mo said: "My name is just Mo."
Lu Chaoju took the ceramic bowl from the hostess and lightly touched the rim of the bowl with his dark lips. "Mo? The Mo of jasmine? It's a very nice name."
As the sun sets, Kazakh boys and girls sing and dance in the courtyard, their fiery red skirts complement the sunset, and their silver jewelry jingles. The hostess Zhuoma brings some special delicacies, and after finishing everything, they finally sit down.
She looked at the two young men and women beside her and asked with a smile, "Do you know each other?"
Xu Mo pursed her lips and looked at him: "We all live with Xiaoye."
"Oh! So that's how it is!" Zhuoma showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, "So you are all here for tourism?"
Xu Mo nodded, and Zhuoma asked, "Why did you come here?"
Xu Mo looked at the girl dancing in a fiery red dress in the distance and took a deep breath: "Come and relax."
"Relax? Why do you want to relax? Aren't you happy?"
Lu Chaoju's gaze fell on her calm profile. A small strand of hair gently hung by her ear. She lowered her eyes, pursed her lips and said nothing.
She has very long eyelashes and extremely delicate skin. Today she is wearing a light blue dress with small flying sleeves and small white daisies printed on it.
We met twice while staying in the same B&B, which can be considered as fate.
Lu Chaoju thought calmly, and Zhuoma looked at him again: "What about you? Why are you here?"
Lu Chaoju's fingers gently brushed across the particles on the milk lumps and paused for a few seconds.
"I'm here to relax too." His gaze fell on Xu Mo's pink lips. "I have some questions that are puzzling to me, so I'll see if I can find the answers here."
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