C261 Footsteps
C261 Footsteps
Yang Chen walked into the bedroom. Suddenly, he saw snowflakes floating outside the wide French windows that looked like velvet.
In this big city in Jiangnan, snow was not common, but it wasn't unusual either. After all, they were at the edge of the sea, and the sudden drop in temperature caused the water to quickly condense.
"It's almost -7 to 8 degrees celsius!" Yang Chen mumbled. It was already midnight, so the temperature should be very low.
Suddenly, his phone vibrated. Yang Chen picked up the phone. It was Mo Qianni.
This woman was always so independent that she would never coquettishly call him. Something must have happened to her.
"Did you see that, my dear?"
"What?"
"Snow."
"Are you excited?"
"No, just a little disappointed," Mo Qianni said.
"Why?" Yang Chen asked with a smile.
Mo Qianni was silent for a moment. "It's snowing, which means it's really cold."
The strong feeling of loneliness in his voice made Yang Chen feel a little sad.
"I'll go to your house to accompany you." Yang Chen said.
Mo Qianni lived alone in a small apartment. She should be very lonely, especially on a snowy night like this in the steel woods.
"Don't come anymore, I'm going to sleep soon. I'm not a little girl anymore. I'm not that young anymore." Mo Qianni giggled.
"Ah, what should we do? My Little Qianqian is always facing me like a strong woman. When can I hug you and sleep?" Yang Chen joked.
Mo Qiannijiao snorted. "That's the real reason why you wanted to come here."
"Hee hee …" Yang Chen smiled without saying a word.
Mo Qianni was silent for a moment and asked, "Yang Chen, are you free to work on Friday?"
"What's wrong?"
"I want you to accompany me to a party," Mo Qianni said.
Yang Chen smiled bitterly, "It's a banquet by Liu Family, right."
"How do you know?" Mo Qianni asked in surprise.
"Because Ruoxi said she would take me with her." Yang Chen said.
Mo Qianni sighed on the phone, "Ruoxi has never been there before. It seems like she did it for you."
"Yes, she does this sort of thing once in a while, and it makes me feel that she's a contradictory person." Yang Chen said with a smile.
"She knows that her husband is cheating outside. Do you think it's possible for an ordinary woman to do something like this?" Mo Qianni said.
"That's why she's a contradictory person."
Mo Qianni said faintly, "Then I won't be going. If I don't have someone to stay with, it will be very awkward going there."
Hearing the loneliness in Mo Qianni's tone, Yang Chen felt a pang in his heart. He looked out the window at the inky night and the snow shining like silver. He said, "Dearest, tomorrow, this city will be covered by snow, right?"
"Mm …" "What's wrong?"
"Although I can't accompany you out on Friday, let's go on a date tomorrow. Just treat it as my apology and leave you in the cold." Yang Chen said.
Mo Qianni chuckled. "Do you really think you're the emperor or a love saint?"
"Go ahead, I beg of you." Yang Chen said with a smile.
"En, alright then. I reluctantly agree to your request, but let me choose a location." Mo Qianni said.
Thinking of the strange place he walked with Mo Qianni, Yang Chen's heart palpitated, but he still agreed, "We'll have lunch together tomorrow and then we'll leave, no matter where you're going."
Early the next morning, the whole Zhong Hai was dressed in silver. The moment Yang Chen stepped out of the house, he felt the cold wind on his face. It seemed that winter had come.
Yang Chen was wearing a blue turtleneck shirt with a black coat and a grey knitted scarf. Although he wasn't cold, at least he looked like he was wearing normal outfits.
After going to the market to buy breakfast, he went to the company's PR department and found that many of the employees were late for work. Obviously, the heavy snow had brought many inconvenience to the traffic.
When he came out of the PR Department, Yang Chen went straight to Yu Lei Entertainment.
Although he didn't do any substantive work, he still paid attention to the operation of the company. That way, it wouldn't make Zhao Teng and Wang Jie feel cold.
As soon as Yang Chen entered Wang Jie's office, he saw Wang Jie happily hang up the phone. Seeing Yang Chen enter, Wang Jie immediately stood up and said happily, "Director, the company you mentioned for investment has decided to come tomorrow to discuss the project cooperation in detail. I never thought that Zhong Hai would have such an obscure company with strong financial resources."
Yang Chen smiled. It had to be the shell of a company that Qiangwei bought. Qiangwei's efficiency was also a bit faster.
"The road is already paved, so I won't participate much in the process of walking." Yang Chen said with a smile.
"This is already a very big achievement. Even if you have a bank loan, because our company has just been established, you can't get a 100 million yuan loan," Wang Jie said excitedly.
After discussing the future cooperation plan with Wang Jie for a while, Yang Chen left the company as it was almost time for the restaurant.
After calling Mo Qianni, Yang Chen drove the car to the roadside of Yu Lei Building and picked up Mo Qianni.
Mo Qianni's hair was let down and neatly combed to the side of her face. She wore a brown windbreaker with a low-necked orange blouse underneath. Even though she wore a full body of tight winter clothes, it was unable to conceal her voluptuous figure.
It was Yang Chen's first time seeing Mo Qianni's fashionable winter attire, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Mo Qianni was slightly pleased with herself. "Are the clothes beautiful?"
"Your clothes aren't beautiful, but you are." Yang Chen said.
Mo Qianni covered her mouth and laughed. "You really know how to talk. I'll reward you one."
As she said that, she leaned over to kiss Yang Chen's face.
Yang Chen seized the opportunity to give her a kiss back, causing her to pout coquettishly, "Say it, where should we go to eat first?"
"I'll point the way, you drive." Mo Qianni didn't give a name.
Yang Chen twitched his mouth. It seemed like it was going to be a weird place again.
Under Mo Qianni's instructions, Yang Chen drove for more than half an hour, leaving the Zhonghai City area. After another forty minutes, the car drove through a long stretch of highway and arrived at a coastal mountain area in the northern part of Zhong Hai.
Yang Chen was stunned to see that the two sides of the highway were filled with endless farmland. At this moment, it was already covered by a layer of white snow, which reflected a dazzling brilliance under the sunlight.
Under Mo Qianni's guidance, Yang Chen drove into a small farm.
This kind of farm was a speciality restaurant set up by local farmers. People in the city liked to eat in this kind of countryside when they had nothing better to do. It was quiet and pure.
Looking at the bamboo and wood buildings, there were less than a dozen rows of houses. Other than the restaurants, there were also hotels that were unique to the farmers. There were only a few cars in the parking lot. There weren't many customers due to the weekdays.
Yang Chen asked Mo Qianni in confusion, "How do you know this place?"
"When a person is bored, they sometimes think about driving aimlessly to relieve the boredom, so they find out about it," Mo Qianni said, smiling.
Looking at Mo Qianni's smiling face, Yang Chen thought to himself: She should be very happy. She didn't come here alone, there's someone accompanying her.
The food in the farmhouse restaurant wasn't fancy, but it was real. Yang Chen and Mo Qianni didn't drink, so they ordered four dishes and a soup. They sat in the small heating booth and ate a hot lunch.
After they finished eating, Yang Chen asked Mo Qianni, "Where are you going this afternoon?"
Mo Qianni pointed at the hills and lands outside the window. Within the white mist, the soil that was not considered tall carried a strong natural scent.
"You want to climb the mountain?"
Mo Qianni nodded. "Yes, when we used to come here, we heard from the farmers here that we could go up the mountain and see the sea. But when you're alone, you're always afraid. That's when you suddenly think of it today. "
Yang Chen smiled. "Do you have something to be afraid of?"
"Can't I?" Mo Qianni rolled her eyes at him. "Or do you want me to be unafraid of anything, being a woman?"
"Uh, dear Little Qianqian, let's go climb the mountain." Yang Chen immediately stood up and said.
Because it was only hills, and not really a mountain, the road up the mountain was not very steep. Although there were no specially constructed mountain paths, there were actually winding mountain paths that appeared all year round.
Due to the wilting of the leaves, the dense forest was somewhat barren. However, the pine and cypress trees still exuded a dark green vitality.
Walking on the stumbling mountain road, because of the snow, the friction between the shoes and the ground made a "kacha kacha" sound.
Yang Chen walked in front and glanced back from time to time. Mo Qianni followed closely behind, walking at a fast pace.
Mo Qianni stroked her messy hair and said while exhaling the white smoke, "Yang Chen, I really like this voice."
"What is that sound?" Yang Chen asked.
"Your footsteps, my footsteps, the sound of the snow scraping against the snow," Mo Qianni said.
Yang Chen smiled, "What's so special about that?"
"On a cold day, in a barren mountain, this seems to be an isolated place. In addition to my footsteps, there was another person's footsteps. I can listen to the man's footsteps and walk down the mountain behind him with my head down. " Mo Qianni said with a smile.
Yang Chen paused in his steps and turned around. He was lost in thought as he looked at the girl who was like a delicate flower blooming in the snow.
"You've been to my hometown. The Kunshan stronghold is all mountains. When I was young, I walked along a mountain road full of snow. All I could hear was my own footsteps. I was so scared, no matter how hard I tried to breathe, I could hear my own breathing, even the sound of my heart beating. Feeling that I'm the only one left in the world, Mo Qianni smiled and said, "Now that's good, I can finally hear someone else's footsteps."
"Idiot." Yang Chen looked at her tenderly, "It's still early, let's go quickly. It's useless to think about it."
Mo Qianni wrinkled her nose and quickly followed Yang Chen.