The Outcast

Chapter 112: new Year's gift

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After the fireworks bloomed, Xu Le and Zhang Xiaomeng walked down the tower. The stairs were so long, but they wished they could be longer. Just as the New Year's bell rang, they warmed to each other and held hands. They were truly like a couple walking on the lively streets of Linhaizhou without thinking or thinking about anything. When they walked to the big screen at the crossroads in the city center with freshly baked bread in their hands, it happened to be the last minute of the countdown time in the sixty-sixth year of the constitutional calendar. May the young people with expressions all stare at the constantly changing numbers on the light screen.

Xu Le laughed, glanced at Zhang Xiaomeng in his arms, and said, "Did you see it? In fact, most people's lives are so ordinary and fulfilling." Zhang Xiaomeng took off his hat and said, "But you can't just look at the surface all the time."

The two were silent at the same time in the crowd of people, quietly snuggling together. It's amazing to say that this young man and woman are always used to being silent when they are in front of people, and only when they are with each other will they appear to have more words and expressions.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven..." As the numbers on the huge light curtain changed, the people in the street square began to count down loudly. bright moon.

The numbers finally returned to zero, and the sixty-sixth year of the constitutional calendar took its last step. The second hand of the New Year greeted the cheers of countless people and the ribbons on the square.

"Happy New Year!"

"Happy sixty-seven years!"

People happily wave their scarves or hats and blow horns to add noise to the New Year's atmosphere. The companions began to hug each other, and the young men began to bravely embrace the girls they did not know by taking advantage of the New Year atmosphere.

Zhang Xiaomeng held back a smile and was dragged away from this noisy and "dangerous" area by Xu Le. At certain moments, the possessiveness and jealousy shown by young men will actually look extremely cute, making girls' hearts sweet. It was just that the sweetness turned into calmness and a sense of loss in an instant. She looked at Xu Le quietly and said, "My mission failed, and it was over, so it would be meaningless to stay at Ewha University. Probably the day after tomorrow, I will will go back to S2."

Xu Le was silent, and didn't say anything about waiting for her. After this farewell, I don't know when we will see you again, and he didn't try to keep her. The situation around the mountains and the four prefectures was too critical, and she must return. Go where she misses and fight with those strangers.

"Be safe." He lowered his head, put the glove back on her hand, and shook it gently. Then gave her a New Year's hug.

Suddenly, his gaze shifted from Zhang Xiaomeng's shoulder to the light curtain, because he found that the head of Jian Shui'er, who was doing New Year's greetings on the Federal Television Station, suddenly disappeared, replaced by the familiar one. news anchor.

At the same time, Xu Le was not the only one who noticed the change of the light curtain. People in the street square cast their doubtful eyes on the light curtain.

The female news anchor looked a little flustered and said, "Now I'll insert a piece of news that this station just received..." After saying this, the good news literacy calmed the female anchor immediately. Information from sources corroborates…”

Federal television news often has breaking news events, but there is no doubt that it is very important to have special occasions in the new year. The people in the street square were quiet, looking at the huge light curtain with a little unease, listening to the voice of the news anchorwoman resounding in the air.

The news anchorwoman's voice was a little hurried, but there was an uncontrollable joy in her brows and eyes. The people in the entire federation who watched this news broadcast immediately felt relieved. It seems that it was not the assassination of the president, nor the empire that took advantage of the opportunity of the federation's new year to brazenly launch an invasion. What kind of good news would make the director of the federal television station make the decision to broadcast in the first time

"Just half an hour ago, the transport plane taken by Mr. Pabble, a member of the Federal Management Committee, had landed at Qinglongshan Airport in the S2 area. Qinglongshan Airport is the only air passage between Qinglongshan and the outside world, and it is still under the control of rebels. In the control of , the following is the screen just received by this station."

The people in the street square looked at the picture on the light curtain in disbelief. I saw a tall man in a gray trench coat, under the protection of several staff attendants, walked down the gangway of a dilapidated transport plane. Under the transport plane, several leaders of the anti-government army were greeted with serious expressions.

The tall man's complexion was a little dark, and the lines on his face were as sharp as knife cuts, revealing the man's determined character, and his lips were a little thick. The popularly supported MP Pabble.

In the news screen of the light curtain, Senator Pabble's broad right hand and the hands of the leading members of the Anti-Government Military Council were tightly clasped together.

At the same time, the voiceover of the news anchor of the Federal Television Station continued to sound: "We don't know when Congressman Pabble left the Capital Territory and went to the Qinglongshan military-controlled area, but according to a press release sent by the Congressman's office, Congressman Pabble This trip was invited by the Nanshui Committee, the leader of the anti-government army, to negotiate a settlement agreement."

"According to the latest news, the two sides have reached an agreement on the specific details of the agreement. Within the next 48 hours, the anti-government forces will fully withdraw from the four states around the mountains and maintain an effective zone of calm with the government forces."

"The office of Senator Pabble publicly called for the government and military to exercise restraint before the signing of the settlement agreement. At the same time, it stated that the specific provisions of the settlement agreement will be sent to the management committee and the office of the president in the shortest possible time... Senator Pabble believes that , this settlement agreement will definitely meet the dignity and demands of all parties.”

"According to this station's reporter in the four states around the mountains, the anti-government forces had already started to retreat before 8 o'clock yesterday evening, but no one expected it to welcome the sudden visit of Senator Pabble."

"According to analysts, the reason why MP Pabble's office showed such confidence in the press release is that Mr. MP has obtained some kind of promise from the rebel leader Nan Shui, who will make a great deal in the negotiations. Big concessions and acceptance of three key conditions proposed by the government."

The crowd listening to the news quietly in the street square finally burst into cheers at this moment. Whether it was from the news or from the busy lobbying operations of the Medellin Congressmen, people in the federation had guessed that the military operation in the S2 region was about to start, and the civil war was about to break out. This fact casts a shadow over this new year. However, just after the New Year, Senator Pabble, who ventured to the anti-government area on a transport plane, brought people such a big surprise that people couldn't help but cheer.

"The Presidential Spokesperson has just responded, welcoming the willingness to be peaceful by the rebels in the new year, and grateful to Senator Pabble for his tireless efforts for peace and for Senator Pabble's risk of going to the mountains in person. But The spokesperson also said that Mr. President has not yet been able to understand the specific content of the agreement and cannot make a specific evaluation."

"The management committee has remained silent for the time being. An unnamed liaison officer of the MP's office expressed doubts about the true intention of MP Pabble's visit, and he insisted that the good offices action not authorized by the president and the management committee did not Unlawful, the purported settlement has no legal effect."

There was an extremely harsh boo from the crowd in the square. At a moment like this, if the Federal Governing Council dares to pour cold water on this hard-won peace process, it will only arouse the dissatisfaction of all the federal people. The official, who dared not reveal his identity, was obviously a member of parliament who was unwilling to serve himself, and was ruthlessly abandoned by the angry people in the next election.

The news screen on the light screen was replaced by the picture of the withdrawal of the anti-government troops that the TV station had just received. Those anti-government troops in dark military uniforms rode in armored vehicles in an orderly manner, along the rugged mountain road, and retreated into the deep mountains and jungles.

Then the news anchor's voice rang again: "The Ministry of Defense has not yet officially responded. According to analysts, the federal military has been planning for the spring offensive for two years. The reconciliation agreement reached by the military has slowed down the pace of preparations for the war. The Ministry of Defense spokesman, because today is a public holiday, declined the interview request of this station... "

When it came to this point, the female anchor's expression was very serious, but her voice paused deliberately, obviously to accept the ridiculous excuse of the Ministry of Defense to accept the boos of all the federal people.

"General Zou Yingxing, Deputy Director of the Logistics Department of the Ministry of Defense, said in his personal capacity in an interview with this station that as a loyal federal soldier, he will firmly implement every order of the President and the Management Committee, but he is more Willing to dump the mechs and bullets of the federal army on the land of the Empire... He is very optimistic about the future prospects of this settlement agreement."

"There are various indications that Senator Pabble's adventure has yielded fruitful results. Peace may come, and civil war may not start..." The news anchorwoman on the light screen said, looking at the camera, with a smile : "There is no doubt that this is the sixty-seventh year of the constitutional calendar, the best New Year's gift given by Senator Pabble to all the federal people."

Listening to the cheers all around and shouting the voice of Senator Pabble, Xu Le withdrew his gaze towards the light curtain, some couldn't believe his ears, and laughed happily. He looked at Zhang Xiaomeng beside him and said, "It looks like you don't have to rush back."

Zhang Xiaomeng looked at the pictures on the light screen in disbelief, and said in surprise and doubt, "Why didn't there be any rumors beforehand? The congressman doesn't seem to know about it."

At this moment, Xu Le's phone rang, and there was a familiar voice that he hadn't heard in a few days, and the voice was full of exhaustion and faint satisfaction: "My work is done, you are here. Where, have a drink with me."

On the first day of the new year, Xu Le heard Shi Qinghai's voice and was very happy.