C4

Ah, it turned out to be a car. If it wasn't for him, she probably would have bumped into it.

His face was calm, but he was also looking at her without saying anything. Her cheeks were red again, and the car just passed by her feet.

"Alright, I'm fine now." He glanced at her, let go of her arm, and strode forward.

Looking at his back, Su Fann secretly smiled at herself, and quickly followed him.

When she got to the back of the car, she went straight to the door and heard him say, "You want me to be your driver?"

Su Fann looked at him. Seeing him smile at her, she couldn't help smiling at him. Without further thought, she obediently ran to the door of the passenger seat, opened it, and sat down.

After starting the car, Huo Shuqing slowly drove the car out of the parking lot.

The lights of the night, long shadows on the glass of the car, winding, one after the other, never ending.

Su Fann looked out the window and suddenly laughed inwardly.

Huo Shuqing would occasionally glance at the girl sitting beside her, and the faint smile on her face caused him to have a strange feeling in his heart.

"Where do you live?" he asked.

"The unit's dormitory." She sat up abruptly and answered.

He glanced at her, nodded, and kept his hands on the steering wheel.

"Secretary General Huo —" She suddenly called out to him.

"What?"

"Thank you for treating me to dinner tonight, it's so delicious!" she said earnestly, turning slightly to look at him.

He looked at her and smiled. "Is it really that delicious?"

She nodded heavily and said, "Really, the wine tastes good too. Thank you so much.

As he drove, he said with a smile, "Very few people talk about food after they've eaten with me!"

"It can't be? You must have brought something delicious, she said, surprised.

"It should be!" Even though I am a petty person, it isn't necessary for me to treat others to unpalatable food! " As he finished speaking, he suddenly realized how his tone of voice had become the same as hers.

"How are you stingy?" A stingy person wouldn't treat a guest to such a high-class place. She sat up straight and said with a serious look on her face.

Huo Shuqing couldn't help but laugh. She then asked, "Then, where should we go?"

"Well, go to the roadside stall," she said after a moment's thought.

He laughed and said, "What about you? Where are you taking people to dinner? "

Her expression was very serious as she said, "Me? I heard his laughter just as I was about to speak. I'm a petty person now!"

He stopped laughing and said: "It doesn't matter, I'm a bit stingy too."

She looked at him in surprise.

Maybe it was due to the alcohol, but her brain seemed to have short circuited. She always forgot that the person in front of her was her leader, and her speech wasn't as cautious as when she was facing her leader. Huo Shuqing didn't know why she had said those words to him in such a tone. It was a bit strange but also a bit comfortable. It seemed like she hadn't felt this carefree in a long time.

Having worked in Cloud City for four years, few people had made him feel so relaxed.

Normally, he would come in contact with people either from lower levels or higher. Even if they were from the same level, everyone was very polite when speaking to him. They were not far away, and even when they were smiling, they wouldn't be able to feel the temperature. As for his friends, they were only his own university teacher, Shao Deping.

Su Fann looked at him with a smile, not saying a word.

Huo Shuqing couldn't help but sigh. "You're really —" He wanted to say that she was simple, but before he could say it, she interrupted him.

"I'm pretty stupid," she said, smiling.

"I didn't say you were stupid." He glanced at her. "Uh, what a fool."

When Su Fann heard him say this, she was first surprised, then she burst out laughing so much that tears almost flowed out.

The corners of his mouth curled up into a deep smile. Seeing her smile, he asked, "Has anyone else ever evaluated you in such a way?"

She smiled and shook her head. "You can't praise me like that. Once you go up there, I won't be able to come down."

He smiled and said nothing.

Suddenly, her cell phone rang. Su Fann quickly took it out from her bag. It was her brother.

"Zijie, what's wrong?" She turned her back to him and spoke into the phone in a low voice.

"Sis, can you give me some money?" His brother Su Zijie said loudly on the other side, as if he was very noisy on the other side.

"What?" Su Fann could not help raising her voice.

"Sis, bring me a thousand dollars. I'm at the Noble Bar on Dunhuang Road." Su Zijie hung up after saying that.

"Hello, Zijie. Hello —" Su Fann called out a few times but didn't answer.

Su Fann put the phone in her pocket and looked down at the hand holding the phone.

Huo Shuqing coughed lightly and turned her head to look at him.

"Uh, is something the matter?" he asked.

She couldn't say it out loud.

She and her brother were born in the family. Su Zijie was enrolled in an independent college at Cloud City Jiaotong University and was graduating next summer. Her brother's living expenses were provided by Su Fann, 1000 yuan per month. However, Wu Junzi always seemed to spend something for no reason. In addition to this thousand yuan, Su Zijie still asked his sister for more every few days. Fortunately, Su Fann had saved it herself and was able to afford it. However, when she saw her brother looking for a job, Su Fann couldn't help but worry for him.

"If you say it out loud, I might be able to help you!" Huo Shuqing said as she drove.

For some reason, the faint sadness that rose from her brows made his heart ache uncontrollably.

"Didn't you say that I'm not a petty person? "Don't be polite with me. I think I can still help you." "No," he said.

"I'm sorry, I want to go to the bank and collect some money to take to a place on Dunhuang Road —" She looked at him.

"How much is it?" he asked.

"A thousand."

With his left hand on the steering wheel, he reached into the pocket of his windbreaker with his right hand, took out his wallet and handed it to her. At this late hour, when the bank was already closed and the ATM wasn't safe, you were a girl, in case you ran into a bad guy — "He glanced at her, but she didn't take it.

"Secretary General Huo, thank you. But, I can't take your money — —" Su Fann quickly refused.

His gaze rested on her face, and there was something in the way he looked at her that made it impossible for her to refuse.

"It's only one thousand yuan. Return it to me when you're free." "No," he said.

Alright, since it's like this, there's no need to decline. Su Fann thought.

"Then thank you. I will take out the money another day before returning it to you. I don't have enough with me right now." she said quickly.

"It doesn't matter." He smiled faintly and looked straight ahead, "You said you want to go to Dunhuang Road?"

"Well, the Venerable," she replied, opening his wallet and not daring to glance at it. She fixed her eyes on the wad of red bills inside, took them out, counted ten, counted them twice to be sure, and returned the rest of the money to his wallet.

However, just as she closed her wallet, she caught a glimpse of a photo inside, of a woman.

It should be his wife! she thought.

Although she wanted to see what his wife looked like, Su Fann didn't open his wallet.

When she returned the wallet to him to thank him, Su Fann thought to herself, Secretary General Huo is such a good man, putting the picture of his wife in the wallet, what a good man!

Huo Shuqing had no idea what the girl beside her thought of him. She had no idea how much she held him in her heart.

The car slowly drove into Dunhuang Road.

This road was not very wide. On both sides of the road were bars and many cars were parked.

Huo Shuqing finally found a spot to park the car. When she saw Su Fann take off her seat belt, she said, "I'll go with you. It's not safe for a girl to enter that kind of place."

Su Fann nodded and followed him in the direction of the bar.

Huo Shuqing walked in front. He opened the door of the bar, and the sound of talking and music drifted into Su Fann's ears.

As she walked in, she looked around for her brother. Occasionally, a man with the smell of alcohol would pass by her, and Huo Shuqing would immediately pull her close to him so that she could avoid him.

Su Fann no longer thanked him as he kept his arm around her shoulders.

When she finally saw her brother, Su Fann rushed over to him.

Su Zijie was smoking and laughing with a few men and women. Seeing his sister, he quickly got up and walked to her side, saying, "Sis, you're nice. Did you bring the money?"

Su Fann held her backpack tightly and looked at the group of people with her brother. She said to Su Zijie, "Why are you here instead of studying in the dorm?" Seeing that her brother still had the cigarette between his fingers, she angrily grabbed it and threw it on the ground.

"Sis, what are you doing? My friend is here, give me some face! "Su Zijie said before turning around to explain to his group of friends," My sister just has a bad temper. If she had a good temper, she would have gotten married a long time ago.

The group of people all laughed.

"Kid, is this how you speak to your sister?" Huo Shuqing's voice suddenly reached Su Zijie's ears. Su Zijie and his friends stared at Huo Shuqing at the same time and realized that Su Fann didn't come alone.

Su Zijie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Sis, is this your boyfriend?"

Before Su Fann could reply, Su Zijie had already jumped to Huo Shuqing's side. He held his hand and said with a smile, "Brother, I was just joking. My sister, not only is she a good student and a good temper, she is also very beautiful, isn't she? "You must treat my sister well …"

"Su Zijie, shut up!" Seeing him spouting nonsense in front of Huo Shuqing, Su Fann hurriedly scolded her brother.

Su Zijie giggled and looked at his sister.

Su Fann was worried that her brother would talk nonsense in front of Huo Shuqing again, so she quickly took out the 1000 yuan she just borrowed from Huo Shuqing and told her brother, "This is for next month, I'll give it to you today. Don't ask me for it next month."

Su Zijie took the money and smiled: "I'll be home next month."