Chapter 49 - 049: Very Discouraging

Chapter 49: Chapter 049: Very Discouraging

“It’s settled then.” After a month of getting along, everyone was used to Sheng Ning making decisions. Seeing her so determined, they had no choice but to agree.

The next day, before dawn, Sheng Laosan got up early. He walked Sheng Ning to the town’s bus station. Before she got on the bus, he stuffed ten boiled eggs into her bag.

“Daughter, do well when you return to the Song and Dance Troupe. Don’t embarrass me,” Sheng Laosan said with eyes full of tears and great anticipation.

Sheng Ning felt the warmth of the eggs in her bag, and a wave of warmth flooded her heart. She nodded firmly: “Dad, don’t worry. I will work hard and make our family proud.”

“Good child!”

The bus started moving, and Sheng Laosan stood by the roadside, watching until the bus was out of sight.

General Union Dance Troupe Office

Yang Wenying was seriously reading the recent internal newspaper. It was filled with extensive reports about Xu Qigang’s rescue team cooperating internationally and rescuing a rainforest expedition team that had been trapped for half a month.

At the most exciting part, Yang Wenying shouted “Good” in excitement, startling Qiu Bai, who had just entered the room.

“What are you reading?”

“Look, our rescue team saved another group of people,” Yang Wenying said, pushing the newspaper in front of Qiu Bai.

Qiu Bai didn’t even glance at it. She had heard discussions about it everywhere she went today, and it was hard not to know. “Since Xu Qigang established the rescue team, hasn’t that become a regular occurrence?” She was already used to it.

“But the other party is an international rescue team, and they reached out to Xu Qigang’s rescue team for cooperation.”

Yang Wenying carefully put the newspaper away, intending to take it home for her father to see. She was caught off guard when she heard Qiu Bai say: “When do you plan to let Sheng Ning resume training?”

She almost forgot about it, “Has she returned?”

“Not yet.” Qiu Bai shook her head and said with a complex expression: “I feel like she’s not in a hurry to come back.”

“Well, it’s not up to her.” Yang Wenying estimated that the waiting time was almost over and said: “There’s one day left before the month is up. If she dares not return, call the local person in charge.”

She shouldn’t go easy on this girl.

“Okay!” Hearing that she didn’t mention the words ‘expel,’ Qiu Bai sighed in relief.

She was also at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala performance. Sheng Ning indeed had a lot of spirit. Especially those eyes, captivating and soulful, bringing out a dancer’s charm vividly. But the more talented a person is, the easier it is to be broken.

Trees standing out in a forest are often destroyed by the wind. She hoped this girl wouldn’t let them down.

Sheng Ning barely made it to the Song and Dance Troupe on the last day. She hadn’t even entered the gate when she saw Zhang Hongmei pacing back and forth in black casual clothes from a distance.

“Why hasn’t Sheng Ning returned yet? If she doesn’t come back soon, she’ll really be expelled,” Zhang Hongmei anxiously muttered. Recently, there had been rumors in the Song and Dance Troupe that Sheng Ning deliberately caused Qin Cuifen to lose face, so she was too guilty to come back.

As Zhang Hongmei turned around, she saw Sheng Ning greeting the guard with a bag on her shoulder!

“Sheng Ning, you’re finally back. You almost worried me to death,” Zhang Hongmei said excitedly, walking up and looking her up and down in surprise: “You didn’t get tanned at all after going home?”

“I’ve always been like this. No matter how much sun I get, I don’t tan,” they said as they walked.

“…” Zhang Hongmei suddenly felt like she worried for nothing. She was just too dark, and the sun made her even darker. Standing next to Sheng Ning, one was a white pearl and the other was a dung beetle.

It was a real blow.