C9

Su Fann had no choice but to bring her brother to eat breakfast at the snack street outside the school.

"Why are you up so late?" Su Fann asked as she looked at her younger brother eating.

"I studied late last night, so I slept late." "Yes," my brother replied.

Su Fann did not know if what her brother said was true or not. Before she could ask, her brother retorted, "Sis, that man from that night, is he really your colleague?"

"What for?" Su Fann was stunned for a moment before she asked.

"Nothing. That's right, I feel that person is very powerful. The police are so careful with their words in front of him — — "Su Zijie said.

"I haven't asked you, why did you go to that place? "And smoking and drinking —" Su Fann interrupted her brother.

"Aiya, it's so tiring to study normally, so I went out to relax." Su Zijie stared at his sister, "Sis, don't be so old-fashioned. Look at you, you won't get married."

"You relax and go to that place? Do you know how messy it is? " Su Fann said.

"Stop talking about me. Hey, Sis, is that person your boyfriend?" Su Zijie was obviously more interested in Huo Shuqing and kept asking.

"Don't spout nonsense, he's just a colleague." Su Fann denied.

"Sis, don't be like this. Tell me the truth — —" Su Zijie showed the expression of begging his sister as a child.

"Don't try that!" Su Fann said, "You're about to graduate, why are you still so careless?"

"Alright, alright, sister, stop teaching — —" Su Zijie was obviously a bit impatient and stopped listening to his sister's words. At this moment, he saw a classmate, so he got up and walked out of the snack bar, ignoring his sister.

Su Fann had no choice but to recall Huo Shuqing's words as she looked at her younger brother's disappearing figure.

It wasn't that she was lacking in principles, but what was the use of her principles?

Sighing, she walked out of the campus.

Because of Huo Shuqing's niece's birthday present, Su Fann agreed to treat Shao Ruixue to a meal, and the two of them made an appointment to go shopping.

The weekend always passed by so quickly.

When the sun set on Sunday, Su Fann wanted to go back to school.

While reading, I wanted to work, and after working I envied the carefree way I went to school. People are always like this, having things that they never feel good about.

In the following week, Su Fann did not receive any calls from Huo Shuqing, so naturally, she did not take the initiative to contact him. Huo Shuqing was indeed very busy. After his appointment, both units would have to go through the handover process. There were also a few farewells and welcoming parties. It was almost 11 PM when he returned home every night. As for the weekend, he still had to participate in a simple welcoming banquet held for him by the Cloud City Committee's Standing Committee.

Although we all live on the same planet, time is a completely different path for everyone. Everyone is doing their own thing along their own time trajectory, so intersecting is not an easy thing.

For Huo Shuqing, new jobs face many challenges. First of all, he had never run a separate government, even as deputy secretary general of the provincial council, which was too simple a job to run a municipal government. Secondly, Cloud City was the leading city of the entire province, the center of political and economic culture. The work of the Mayor involved all sorts of aspects, and the factors that needed to be considered were also very complicated. Not only must they be responsible, they must also act in accordance with the interests of the people. In the end, of course, it was the management of the working relationship. The party and government relations in Yuncheng were notoriously difficult to deal with throughout the province. Especially now that he was in charge of the government, it was very difficult for the Mayor to do anything.

Speaking of the secretary of the Cloud City, Zhao Qiming, Huo Shuqing, was quite familiar with him in the past. Perhaps Zhao Qiming had already predicted that Huo Shuqing and he would be together in the Cloud City, so the two of them were neither cold nor hot. Unlike the other provincial leaders of the city or bureau, Huo Shuqing was closer. However, only Huo Shuqing knew how close they were.

Su Fann's dorm room didn't have any television, and she could only find out about Huo Shuqing's situation from the local newspapers and the internet. Perhaps it was to emphasize the image of the new leader, but after seeing those reports, Su Fann had a feeling that he didn't even have time to sleep. No wonder the people had such a comment about "News Correspondence": Leaders are very busy! Yes, the Leader is indeed busy!

It had been almost half a month since Huo Shuqing had taken office, and she never returned to Jiang Prefecture. However, as New Year's Day was approaching, he still called his wife, Sun Mann, to find some time to come to Cloud City. Because this year was his first year in the Cloud City, some of his colleagues came and went, and he still needed his wife to do it.

Sun Mann had promised him that she would come to Cloud City on December 20th, just in time for the two of them to spend Christmas together.

Yeah, it's almost Christmas!

Listening to his wife's words, Huo Shuqing noticed the Christmas decorations on the roadside, as well as the couples walking along the roadside.

When did Christmas become like Valentine's Day?

"Little Li, stop the car." He said something, and the driver quickly found an empty spot to pull over to the side of the road.

Huo Shuqing opened the car door and her secretary Feng Jihai quickly got off and gave her Mayor's Wind Robe to him.

"I'll go first. You guys wait for me at the next intersection." Huo Shuqing said to Feng Jihai as she put on her windbreaker.

In front of the mall, there was a tall statue of Santa with a sleigh on its back. When he got closer, he saw the flickering lights of Santa and the reindeer, and Christmas songs were constantly ringing in his ears.

In the past, Sun Mann had always told him that the white Christmas was only Christmas. The snow had blocked their way out, so they could only stay in the house and roast and sing. This was Christmas. It never snowed in Jiang Prefecture in winter, but even if Cloud City had a white Christmas, Sun Mann still wouldn't be willing to come and live with him. Perhaps, she was no longer the Sun Mann from before!

So, will it snow this year?

Huo Shuqing raised her head and looked at the deep night sky.

Ye Zichen felt a little cold on his face. It really was snowing.

Snow, soon to become bigger, big flaps of snowflakes with happy Christmas song to float down to the world.

As he slowly walked forward, the snowflakes slowly fell onto the top of his hair.

In the window of the shopping mall, Santas amiable smile was plastered on her face. Huo Shuqing turned her head to look at him.

Santa smiled at him, and the smile seemed to come back to him.

Yes, he had to laugh, but over the years, he had long since forgotten who or what made him laugh.

He smiled into the window, but it was gone. Even without looking in the mirror, he knew that his smile had no warmth.

At this moment, another smiling face appeared in the window. It was not Santa, but —

Huo Shuqing smiled helplessly. That's right. That girl seemed to not have heard from anyone for a very long time. He had been too busy recently, and, moreover, everyone had their own lives, so why bother others?

At this moment, Su Fann was walking on the sidewalk in the city center.

In the morning, Shao Ruixue and her boyfriend quarreled. The angry Shao Ruixue pulled Su Fann out for a walk and a meal. They cried for hours. In the end, her boyfriend called her while they were eating. After coaxing her for a while, Shao Ruixue followed him to pick up her boyfriend, who was going to atone for his sins, and left Su Fann alone.

Forget it, forget it. Friends are just friends who complain about each other. It was fine as long as she was happy with her good friend. Why did she have to care about them putting her in the dove?

Su Fann's thoughts were quite logical, but before she left, Shao Ruixue was very embarrassed. She told Su Fann to find someone to date as soon as possible. When the time came, she would accompany Su Fann and listen to her complain.

However, Su Fann was really tired when she saw Shao Ruixue and her boyfriend being so well-matched. If falling in love had to be like this, she might as well live it alone.

Su Fann felt a sudden sense of envy as she walked on the sidewalk and looked at the couples around her. How nice it would be to have someone to walk with her through this merry Christmas music?

Where was that man?

She turned her head to look at the large Santa figure in the window of the mall and thought, Grandpa, if you throw me a guy down from the sky, I'll, uh, have Christmas too. But, how could Santa Claus exist in this world? How could he hear her?

Su Fann sighed and continued walking forward.

Snowflakes gently fell from the sky, landing on the top of her head.

Huh, the person in front, isn't it, isn't it that person? How did he —

Su Fann thought for a moment, then quickly ran over to where Huo Shuqing was standing.

"Hello, Ho--" she gasped and smiled at him.

For a second or two, Huo Shuqing was completely stunned. He couldn't believe that she was standing right in front of him, and he even had a feeling that he was hallucinating. But why should he have hallucinations about a girl who was unfamiliar or unfamiliar? No reason. Since it wasn't an illusion, then …

"What a coincidence!" He smiled at her, then looked left and right to make sure she was with her companions.

"Yes, you, how did you —" she asked with a polite smile.

Why was this girl wandering alone on a night like this? Huo Shuqing could not help but feel curious.

"I went for a meal and walked to eat." He started walking in the direction that Su Fann had come from. She followed him without saying that she was going in the opposite direction.

"You're not with a friend?" he asked.

"Yes, she went back. I'll take a walk by myself." "No," she said.

He looked at her with a complicated gaze, but Su Fann didn't understand.

"How have you been lately?" he asked as he walked.

The two walked side by side, but they were naturally separated by a person's distance.

"Mmm, it's pretty good. It's like that every day anyway. How about you? Aren't you very busy? " she asked, looking at him.

"It's okay, it's like that every day." When he finished, he realized that he had said the same thing to her and shook his head.

However, the two of them didn't seem to have anything to say. They just walked on in silence.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier.