Chapter 250 Square Dance Competition

The older men and women who had been chatting amongst themselves began to discuss the matter.

"Little Chen Mo, whose child is that?"

"You don't know? It's from the Chen family in Unit 3."

"That boy is successful, he's already driving a Mercedes."

"I knew that boy would be successful back then; his brain was always so sharp, and he was always at the top of his class when he was little."

"I wonder if Little Chen Mo is seeing anyone. My sister's daughter is about his age."

"…"

Hearing the loud voices behind him, Chen Mo stiffened for a moment before turning around with a smile.

"Aunt Wang, are you busy here?"

"Busy with what? Just chatting with them. Where are you coming back from?"

Aunt Wang asked, cracking melon seeds as she spoke.

"From Jiangcheng."

As he spoke, Chen Mo took the New Year's goods out of the trunk and closed it again.

"That's not close. It must be over a four-hour drive, right?"

"Taking the highway, it only takes over three hours. Aunt, I'm going home first."

"Go on then, come visit my place when you have time!"

"Sure!"

After saying this, Chen Mo hurried away with the New Year's goods. As for visiting, it was just polite talk; no one took it seriously.

He arrived at his front door and knocked.

His father, Chen Jingrui, opened the door. It wasn't a day off, so his mother was still on duty at the county government office.

"You're back. Come inside and warm up. Your mother made dumplings for you in advance, they're already in the pot."

His father spoke slowly, taking the New Year's goods from his hands.

"There's still stuff in the car; I need to make two more trips."

Chen Mo left the New Year's goods at the door and went back downstairs to bring up the rest of the goods and his luggage.

Naturally, he had to endure another round of questioning from those older men and women.

He returned home and ate a plate of dumplings.

Every time he came home, the family would make dumplings for him.

In their older generation's time, life was hard, and having a meal of dumplings was very difficult.

There was even a saying: Nothing tastes better than dumplings…

Time passed, and soon it was evening. His mother had also returned from work at the county government office.

"Old Chen, do you think this necklace looks good?"

His mother, Yang Xiulian, was wearing a gold necklace, showing it off in front of his father.

The necklace was a gift he had bought for his mother. It cost nearly 20,000 yuan, but since it was for his mother, he naturally didn't begrudge the money.

Of course, when he first brought out the necklace, he was criticized for squandering money.

Besides buying a gold necklace for his mother, he also bought a tea set and tea leaves for his father, as he knew his father liked such things.

At the same time, he also bought two outfits for both of them.

"It looks good!"

His father glanced at his mother casually and began to fiddle with the tableware in his hands.

His mother looked at his father and snorted coldly.

"What kind of lousy tea set costs several thousand yuan?"

"What do you know!"

His father retorted irritably and continued fiddling with the teapot.

Chen Mo watched from the side and walked away with a smile.

The next day, the Little New Year.

The family prepared a table full of delicious food.

"Son, there's a performance at the square later, let's go see it; it's quite lively."

At the dining table, his mother said slowly.

Chen Mo thought for a moment; there was nothing interesting to do at home, so he nodded and agreed.

After finishing the meal, he went straight out.

The square wasn't very far away, so he didn't choose to drive.

"Chen Mo?"

Just as he arrived at the square, he heard someone calling from behind.

Chen Mo looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man wearing a down jacket looking at him with surprise.

"It really is you, Chen Mo! I thought you looked familiar."

"Wang Bin?"

Chen Mo looked carefully and then asked in confusion.

In his memory, this should be his elementary and junior high school classmate.

"That's right."

Wang Bin walked over quickly.

"Ever since you went to that key high school, I haven't seen you. How are things? Where are you working now?"

"Currently in Jiangcheng."

Chen Mo smiled awkwardly. In elementary and junior high school, he really hadn't interacted much with his classmates.

After all, although he had the body of a teenager back then, his soul was that of an adult.

Watching those childish behaviors, it was hard for him to fit in.

So, ever since he started high school, he hadn't kept in touch with these classmates.

"Jiangcheng is a good place. The cost of living isn't high, and there isn't that much pressure."

Wang Bin said with a smile.

"By the way, there's an old classmate reunion after the New Year at a hotel in the county. You should come too; we were just talking about you in the group chat a couple of days ago."

Listening to Wang Bin's words, Chen Mo thought about it and nodded in agreement.

They were classmates, after all; refusing just like that wouldn't be very nice.

"Alright, I'll be there on the day of the reunion."

"Great! Let me add you to the group chat first. Most of our childhood classmates are in there now. We'll post notices about the reunion in the group."

"Sure!"

The two took out their phones and exchanged contact information, and then Wang Bin added him directly to a group chat.

"Everyone look at who I've added to the group—the top student Chen!"

Just after entering the group and changing his nickname, he saw this message sent by Wang Bin.

"No way, it really is the top student Chen."

"Top student Chen, it's been so many years. Where have you been making your fortune?"

"Wang Bin, you're good, you managed to pull the top student Chen in."

"…"

Looking at the messages in the group, Chen Mo smiled helplessly and then greeted everyone in the group.

To be honest, having not been in touch for so many years, he didn't even remember many of the people in the group.

"Chen Mo, you wouldn't know, but that guy Luo Xiao is impressive; he's making movies now."

"He's coming back for this reunion too. I'm definitely going to get him to arrange a role for me so I can get on TV."

Putting away his phone, Wang Bin said with emotion.

Luo Xiao?

Chen Mo thought for a moment and then had a slight recollection.

This person had good grades back then; if it weren't for him, the title of "top student" would have been Luo Xiao's.

Moreover, during school, Luo Xiao's family seemed very wealthy; he was often picked up and dropped off by car. Back then, having a car meant the family was exceptionally well-off.

I didn't expect him to have become a director now; it must be very profitable.

When he scrolled through short videos, he often saw that such-and-such movie had broken hundreds of millions in box office revenue.

That was much more profitable than him relying on the system and racking his brains for settlements.

As they chatted, they arrived at the outskirts of the square.

At this moment, several rows of people were already standing neatly inside the square. He took a simple glance.

Those people's costumes clearly indicated they were the performers for later.

However, what surprised Chen Mo was that these performers were all older men and women.

What was going on?

But soon, Wang Bin, who was beside him, cleared up his confusion.

"The competition starts in 10 minutes."

"Competition? Wasn't it supposed to be a performance?"

Chen Mo was even more confused; his mother had personally said it was a program performance.