Xu Le's hand holding the phone stiffened for a moment, and then said hello very neatly. He put the mobile phone in his arms and came back to his senses. It had been twenty days since the dance party, and he and Zhang Xiaomeng had not seen each other for twenty days.
He called up the timetable and looked at it. Only then did he realize that tomorrow was the last day of December. Of course, there were no classes. Only then did he realize that the calm and loneliness of these days had been maintained for so long that he had forgotten the arrival of the New Year.
At this time, Zhang Xiaomeng was in a daze in her single apartment. She glanced at the black-rimmed glasses by her hand, and there was a trace of sorrow and struggle in her delicate face. After the Double Moon Festival dance, Tai Zhiyuan disappeared again, and she could no longer find any chance to approach that person...
The failure of this mission did not make Medellin dissatisfied. On the contrary, the loving elder like a father comforted her and asked her to pay attention to hiding her identity. At the same time, she secretly pointed out that the man named Xu Since Le's male student met Tai Zhiyuan by chance, maybe starting from there, there will be good results.
Do you want to use Xu Le to get close to that person? Zhang Xiaomeng's long eyelashes blinked twice, and immediately denied this practice. She did not want to repeat the injury after hurting the man.
On the last day of the sixty-sixth year of the thirty-seventh constitutional calendar, the Federation was immersed in the atmosphere of celebrating the New Year. Although it was light-years away, the empire that looked across the galaxy from the Xilin Region was still a shadow in the hearts of the citizens of the Federation. , but the front line is too far away after all, and everyone subconsciously does not think about that issue.
The people of the Federation, with real anxious eyes, all turned to the S2 region. After the elections in the four states around the mountains in S2, the federal government's accusations against the opposition congressmen intensified, accusing the other party that they did not really lay down their weapons, and the federal military also began to step up preparations for war. The outbreak of civil war seems to be inevitable. thing.
The Medellin MP, who was born in the anti-government army, has been successfully elected as the new member of the Federal Management Council, and has truly entered the core area of federal politics, but no matter how loudly he speaks at various conferences in the Capital Territory, he cannot put the danger of civil war. really eliminate. Because everyone knows that the Medellin Congressman can influence the people in the four states around the mountains, but he cannot influence the rebels with guns in the mountains.
After years of federal embargoes and economic sanctions, the anti-government forces in the mountains have come to the brink of collapse, and they cannot honestly wait to be suppressed by the federal army, but will inevitably choose some kind of counterattack.
Although there are so many worries, for ordinary citizens of the Commonwealth, life must go on, and these questions about politics and life and death can only make them sigh with emotion while reading electronic newspapers.
On New Year's Eve, all the famous restaurants are fully booked, and the lights and the neon of the playground begin to shine in the daytime, creating a peaceful, prosperous and happy scene. Families, loved ones, and lovers who have vacations occupy those big Ferris wheels and specialty restaurants in the world of ice and snow.
Compared with the liveliness, the towering iron tower in Linhai Prefecture has lost its charm as a tourist resort and has become extremely quiet. Because not many people are willing to run to the top of the iron tower that is ventilated everywhere in such a cold winter.
Xu Le did not take the elevator, and climbed up the tower step by step with a backpack on his back. His face was flushed, and beads of sweat seeped out of his hair. His breathing remained steady, without a trace of exhaustion. Today, he has been able to continuously exercise his nerves and muscles in his daily life, making the mysterious power in his body more peaceful and stronger.
On the sightseeing floor of the iron tower, the cold wind whistled, and the orange lanterns were pulled into lonely lines, snuggling up on the icy metal body. There was no one, except for a girl in a dark brown trench coat beside the railing in the distance, who was holding her chin and staring at the city scenery of Linhai Prefecture.
She was wearing a cute velvet hat and pink gloves, and her long eyelashes blinked in the cold wind, but she didn't seem to feel the cold, and just looked at the fence quietly.
Xu Le was a dozen meters behind her, looking at her quietly, a little dazed. He hadn't seen each other for several days, but when we met again, his state of mind returned to the original situation, which was extremely calm and peaceful.
"You're here." Zhang Xiaomeng turned around and smiled at him.
Xu Le stepped forward, smiled gently, took off the backpack behind him, threw it at her feet, stood beside her, and looked out of the bar following her previous vision. I saw a few heavy clouds floating in the snow-free sky, but on the top of the buildings in the coastal city, I could see the traces of ice and snow left over this winter. The whole city was in a New Year's atmosphere, but he still felt a little lonely.
"The scenery here is not very good." Xu Le imagined the emotions of the girl watching here before, and said, "How did you think of meeting here?"
"When I was young, my parents were very busy with work, and I didn't want to sit in those small rooms on the Ferris wheel, so I liked to go here alone to see the scenery." Zhang Xiaomeng sighed and stared blankly at the Ferris wheel in the distance. Shadow, said, "I refused to dance with you at the dance that day, I hope you don't mind."
"I said that day that I can't dance." Xu Le still squinted at the gray in the sky and said, "If you still want to say sorry today, I don't think it makes any sense. I have never been in a relationship, but I also know that there is nothing right or wrong in this kind of thing."
"You've changed a bit." Zhang Xiaomeng suddenly turned to look at him and laughed, "At that time in front of the teaching building, you were much more polite than you are now."
Xu Le also thought of that conversation, and said with a smile, "At that time, things were too simple." He turned his head and quietly looked at the brilliance in Zhang Xiaomeng's eyes, noting that the other party did not wear that today. Wearing black-rimmed glasses, he said softly, "Until today, I still think things are simple, but it seems that other than me, people in this world are always used to making simple things very complicated."
Zhang Xiaomeng didn't expect to hear such a sentence. She lowered her eyes slightly and fell into deep thought. After a long time, she said softly, "Maybe it's because I am a very complicated person, and you are a very simple person."
"No, you are a very simple person, but you want to do very complicated things." Xu Le held the railing in his hand, only to feel that the railing was as cold as ice, he withdrew his hand and sighed, and asked, "Your secret What exactly is it?"
After being silent for a long time, Zhang Xiaomeng said, "A year ago, I was doing voluntary support work in the S2 Medellin Congressman's office."
"I know that there are many young people in the Federation who go to the four states around the mountains to do this kind of work." Xu Le said: "You came back and were judged as a returnee by the government. This shouldn't be a problem."
"The problem is that until today, in fact, I'm still working for the Medellin Congressman." Zhang Xiaomeng suddenly laughed, the smile seemed a little cold.
Hearing Zhang Xiaomeng's true identity, Xu Le fell into silence, and after a long time he said softly, "Then what?"
"Although I have not received professional spy training, what I do is actually not much different from being a spy." Zhang Xiaomeng lowered her head, looked at the heavy backpack beside her feet, and said, "I went back to Ewha University. , In fact, there is only one purpose, that is to get close to Tai Zhiyuan and help the congressman reach some kind of direct contact with him."
"and then?"
Zhang Xiaomeng gave him a slightly surprised look and continued: "Except for the Double Moon Festival Ball, I have no way to approach the mysterious Tai family heir... By the way, you may not know his true identity now."
Xu Le shook his head, stopped the question, and asked calmly, "Then what?"
No matter what Zhang Xiaomeng said, Xu Le just answered her with three words: Then what? Zhang Xiaomeng looked at him quietly, took off a pink cotton glove from her hand, put it on his, lowered her head and said softly, "You don't seem surprised or angry at all. ."
"Actually... I have encountered more strange things in my life than you can imagine." Xu Le put on a glove in his left hand, and his right hand naturally held her hand, looking at her and said seriously: " I just don't understand how these things have anything to do with what's going on between us."
"I'm a spy." Zhang Xiaomeng looked at him seriously, and said with some confusion, "Don't you have a little bit of fear?"
Xu Le grumbled angrily, thinking that I was still a fugitive. He shook his head with a sigh, gently brushed away the hair under Zhang Xiaomeng's hat, looked at her smooth forehead, and said with pity: "If this is your secret... I guessed it a long time ago, but it was really true at the time. Unexpectedly, the guessed truth is the truth.”
Zhang Xiaomeng gave a wry smile, turned her head, looked at the sky outside the column, and said, "I know I hurt you, and I shouldn't have said these words. But if I don't explain it to you, I feel very sad. ."
"You wanted to get close to Tai Zhiyuan, so you left me..." Xu Le sorted out the messy information for her, and said after a moment of silence, "As a result, you now find out that I actually know Tai Zhiyuan. If you want to get close to him, stay with me. It may be more convenient to be around... You haven't looked for me for so many days, obviously you don't want to go back again."
"In this case, I come back to you, which is an insult to both you and me." Zhang Xiaomeng let go of his hand and held his face, his eyebrows and eyes were all relieved Light and firm, "I wouldn't let myself do this kind of thing."
Xu Le's mood was slightly better: "You once asked me what I think of George Carlin's theory and those people in the S2 region. I once said that I sympathized with them and was willing to support them, but I don't understand... Is it just Because of what you are willing to sacrifice for, you can sacrifice the love between us?"
Zhang Xiaomeng's nose wrinkled in distress, and sighed: "It may seem ridiculous to you, but this is my belief after all... and I will definitely return to the four states in the future, but your ideal is to become a fruit. The chief engineer of Shell Motor Corporation, the two of us have no future."
"Don't talk about the future, just talk about the present. You are here today, and it seems that the people you serve have new requirements for you." Xu Le's eyes narrowed and he said mockingly, "I respect any belief, but a You need to sacrifice your emotions and betray your emotional beliefs... In my opinion, it's really disgusting."
Zhang Xiaomeng felt his anger, and changed the subject silently: "The pressure in the four states around the mountains is too great, and the soldiers and staff living in the mountains will soon usher in the attack of the federal military... The only ones who can change the will of the federal government are those big families. Tai Zhiyuan is the heir to the Tai family in the Seven Great Families. If Medellin can gain his trust, he can help the people in the mountains through this difficult time. ."
"In your opinion, I betrayed the emotion between us, just for some illusory belief, but in fact, what I did is those living lives."
After being silent for a long time, Xu Le said, "I haven't seen Tai Zhiyuan for many days. I may not be able to help you with your affairs."
"I just want to confess all this to you." Zhang Xiaomeng looked at him with mist in his eyes.
Xu Le took her into his arms, put his hands into her brown windbreaker, pressed against her soft and warm youthful body, hugged her tightly, refused to let go, sniffed the faint body fragrance around her ears and neck, and said : "You are my first woman."
Zhang Xiaomeng fell into his arms and said, "You are my first man."
"I like you."
"I like you too."
"You really want to leave me?"
"Yes."
"Then what is between us? What is that night? Was it a charity to me, a poor man?" Xu Le's voice suddenly became angry.
Zhang Xiaomeng bowed her head and pressed his chin like a kitten, and said faintly, "If you think it's your charity to me, maybe you won't be so unhappy."
"Have you ever thought that those big figures who play politics are just taking advantage of you... Have you ever thought that you are just a girl who doesn't understand anything, you are very naive... " Xu Le stood up straight and forgot He was only a young man under twenty years old, looking at Zhang Xiaomeng's eyes melancholy.
Zhang Xiaomeng laughed, but tears started to flash in her eyes, her nasal voice was extremely heavy, and she twitched and said, "I'm still young, I have to be naive when I can."
At this moment, Xu Le knew that he could not convince the other party to leave the world he was very unfamiliar with, and vaguely understood the ideas and thoughts of some people in the world. At this moment, he began to understand the girl's stubbornness and began to appreciate the advance. Sadness to come.
So the two of them began to kiss jerky, kissing the girl's tears, right on the cold and windy iron tower. At this time, a New Year's fireworks bloomed in the sky, reflecting the figures of these two young people, looking extremely lonely.