"Mother, you're finally here, I thought you wouldn't be able to catch up." Rita trotted up to her mother, grabbed her mother's hand, and said.

"Slow down my baby, you're such a big person, and you're so reckless, you're the protagonist of the show today. Do you think it's like that when you were a kid? When you were a kid, it was a real headache, and I remember one time you ....... The mother took Rita's hand and said with a doting expression.

"Mother! Please, it's not at home, there are so many people around. Hearing that her mother began to blame herself again, and reminded her of some embarrassing things from her childhood, Rita blushed, held her mother's hand tightly, and hurriedly opened her mouth to stop her, while also cautiously glancing around, as if she was afraid that others would overhear.

"Okay, okay, if you don't say it, you won't say it." Mother Rose winked at her and teased, "Then you mean you can just go home and say whatever you want?" ”

"Mother...... Mother, I... That's not what I meant!! I didn't expect that the usually gentle Sven mother would have such a lively side, and the caught Rita said angrily.

"Okay, okay, I'm not going to tease you." Mother Rita also put away her joke, looked at Rita intently, and then complimented: "Come and let Mother take a good look, well, Rita you look so beautiful today, like an angel." ”

Hearing her mother praise herself, Rita should have been happy, but when she heard that she was praised as an angel, the smile on her face suddenly froze, as if the warm spring was frozen for a moment, but she recovered in an instant.

Even her mother, Rise, who was standing in front of her, didn't notice it, only Koeller, who was always watching her, noticed the pause.

"By the way, mother, what about father? Did Father stay outside and not come in with you? Rita asked, looking around.

"There was something happening at the factory that needed my father to deal with it immediately, so he just left halfway through." The mother looked at Rita apologetically and explained, "Father asked me to tell you sorry for him, he regrets that he couldn't come over because of something." ”

"Didn't he say yes a long time ago? How can this be, is work more important than his daughter? Hearing that her father Sean couldn't come to watch her performance, Rita immediately said sullenly, and her mood also fell.

"Rita, in fact, my father is also very much looking forward to your performance, and I am very sad that I can't come to see my father." Mother comforted.

"Hmm." Rita replied in a low voice.

Rita took this performance very seriously, so she invested a lot of time and effort in rehearsing the show, so that she could have a good performance at the year-end party in Green Town.

So she very much hopes to be able to share this effort and joy with the people closest to her, otherwise she wouldn't remind Gong Bing about her performance every now and then.

Seeing her daughter like this, her mother Rose also understood very well and continued to comfort: "Rita, don't be so upset, father said that as soon as the matter is dealt with, he will come over as soon as possible." ”

Ever since Rita was a child, her father would always miss out on what she thought was important because of all kinds of work problems.

However, the disappointment again and again has strengthened her immunity, and she has become more or less accustomed to it.

So after hearing her mother's comfort at this time, Rita shook her head and said to her mother: "Mother is fine, I have grown up, I can understand my father's difficulties, don't worry about me." ”

Hearing her daughter's insincere answer, her mother Ress had no choice but to smile bitterly in her heart, but as Rita's mother, she never lacked ways to divert her daughter's attention.

So, her mother, Rise, shifted her gaze to Koller and Kidd, who had been silent since the beginning.

"So, are these two your new friends? Why don't you introduce your mother? Rita. ”

Hearing her mother Reese mention Koller, Rita was immediately distracted, and her whole person suddenly became nervous.

"Uh, this ......"

The person named by Kohler was also inexplicably a little weak-hearted, and when he looked up to meet Ress's gaze, he saw the scrutinizing gaze of Rita's mother and a meaningful smile.

Koller seemed to understand something immediately, and his heart couldn't help but become even more flustered.

Kidd, on the other hand, was very calm, completely watching a play, only to see his two cheeks bulging high, obviously holding back a smile.

However, Kidd immediately put away his smile, stepped forward, bowed slightly to Rise, and smiled: "Hello this lady, my name is Kidd Welbeck, and I am a friend of Rita. ”

Kidd then elbowed Kohler, who was still stunned, and the latter reacted and greeted Rita's mother as he did.

Even Korler, who couldn't be stage frightened when he spoke in front of hundreds of people, was like a young man with a stammer, and Kidd had never seen his friend so helpless.

And Rita is no better than Koller, with the same look of weakness and nervousness.

Mother Ress nodded politely to the two, and then looked back at Rita, and as soon as her mother's narrow gaze came, Rita sighed in her heart, as if she had fallen under some kind of spell, and suddenly lost her bearings, not knowing how to react.

And Rita's low mood just now due to her father's absence has long since disappeared.

"My daughter, I really didn't know that you made two good friends in college, it seems that your mother usually doesn't care enough about you, I'm really ashamed.

Rita might as well introduce her mother to her. ”

"Uh... Mother... Mother ......" Rita suddenly showed a look of embarrassment.

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Because most of the residents go to Greentown University or other places where large shows are held, the usually lively pandan trail is very quiet at this time, and there is an occasional lonely shadow passing by in front of the closed shop, like a ghost wandering at night in the orange light.

At this time, the lantern bar around the corner is still shining, and it is one of the few shops on Pandan Lane that is still open, but there are not many customers inside, only elderly people in twos and threes, or at the small round table in the corner, or in front of the long bar to get drunk.

In a room behind the bar, several men and women were gathered here, standing or sitting, silent as if waiting for something.

It wasn't long before the door of the room was opened from the outside, and Sean, still dressed in a black suit, walked in.

"I couldn't tell you on the phone just now, Yasi, what happened to me in such a hurry to come over?"

Obviously, he was in a bit of a hurry when he came over, so Sean's breath was still a little short at this time, but Sean, who was anxious about his daughter's performance, didn't wait for his breath to relax and asked a woman in the room straight to the point.