At the end of November, the sky outside the window was overcast, and winter was finally approaching in S City.

This is my fourth winter here. Unlike the humid climate of Huaicheng, the winters here are dry and cold, with howling winds raging through the air.

Because she lives in the city and it's convenient for her to go home, Su Xun didn't bring her winter coat. However, the temperature has dropped significantly in the past few days, which is making it hard for her to cope.

Su Xun decided to go home for the weekend and called her mother during the break between classes.

The call was answered quickly.

"Hey, Xiao Xun, what's up?"

"Mom, I plan to go home on Friday afternoon to pick up some warm clothes."

"You haven't been home for almost a month. If it weren't for the cold weather, would you have waited until winter break to come back?"

The mother couldn't hide the sourness in her voice. She had thought it would be easier for her child to come home from university in the city, but it had been a month and he hadn't come home even once.

"We freshmen have a lot of activities on weekends and can't get away. I will definitely go home more often in the future."

Freshman year is indeed busy. There are various lectures to attend, plus frequent team building activities in the class and college, and freshman debate competitions. She wished she could split herself into several people. The key is that it is not easy to get leave for these activities.

Several times I planned to go home and spend time with my family, but my plans were disrupted by unexpected events.

"Okay, then I'll prepare in advance and cook a few of your favorite dishes."

"Okay, it's gotten colder these past few days, so wear more clothes."

The two exchanged a few more words before hanging up the phone.

Wen Yanyan, sitting next to Su Xun, poked his arm with her pen and said sourly, "It's so convenient to live in this city. You can go home anytime, unlike me, who can only wait until winter break."

Su Xun had heard similar remarks many times; almost every classmate who knew she lived in the city would express a few words of envy.

She smiled faintly twice and didn't say anything more.

"By the way, how are things going between you and Pei Ke lately?" Wen Yanyan suddenly leaned closer mysteriously.

Su Xun glanced at her. "It's just like that."

"So what's going on? As the first member of our 609 group to find a partner, am I not allowed to have a little hope for my long-awaited love, since I've never been in a relationship?"

“I sit with you in class every day, or I’m preparing for a debate with a few classmates, so I don’t have the kind of stories you want to hear.”

She was working like a spinning top for the debate competition for a month and finally made it to the semi-finals, but that also meant she would have to spend even more time on it later.

Every day after class, she would spend time with the temporary debate team formed by her class, practicing and reviewing their arguments. Roughly speaking, she and Pei Ke only saw each other once or twice a week, and even then, they would only manage to find some time to have a meal together. There were no romantic stories that Wen Yanyan was interested in.

"Boring." Feeling bored, Wen Yanyan turned her head back.

"Speaking of which, I think your eighteen-year single life may be coming to an end soon."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Upon hearing this, Wen Yanyan seemed to have a switch flipped, and she almost jumped up.

Seeing Wen Yanyan's face turn red, who was usually thick-skinned, Su Xun raised an eyebrow.

"What's going on between you and your minister?"

She bumped into the two of them chatting several times.

“We were talking about work. You know how much work there is in the student council.”

"Can talking about work really lead to a huge ship?"

She didn't believe it.

"Okay, I do have a tiny bit of a crush on you. We talked a bit more because we share the same interests."

Unable to withstand Su Xun's piercing gaze, Wen Yanyan finally murmured something in a low voice.

"But only a tiny bit."

The little girl was quite shy, well, she admitted that she looked even cuter this way.

Seeing Wen Yanyan's embarrassed look, Su Xun decided not to tease her any further.

The half-hour break between classes finally ended, and the two students' thoughts returned to the classroom.

On Friday, the weather finally cleared up, ending the gloomy and oppressive weather of the past few days.

There were only two classes in the afternoon. As soon as get out of class ended, Su Xun went back to her dormitory, packed a few summer clothes, neatly folded them, put them in her suitcase, and then walked downstairs to her dormitory.

My phone vibrated twice; it was a message from Pei Ke.

"I'll pick you up for lunch after class." He had no classes on Friday afternoon and spent the whole afternoon in the library. He figured Su Xun had already finished class by now, so he sent her this message.

Su Xun freed one hand and slowly typed on her phone, "I'm going home today, and I won't be back at school until Sunday afternoon."

Then she sent a cute apology emoji.

"All right."

With a picture of a pitiful kitten, Su Xun could already picture Pei Ke frowning; this guy was getting better and better at acting cute.

Ugh, my head hurts.

It was exactly 4:30 pm when she arrived at the gate. She stood in front of the iron gate and looked around. Sure enough, she saw a black Cayenne in a parking space not far away.

The driver's side window was half open, and white smoke occasionally drifted out.

Luxury cars are rarely seen on campus, and boys always have a bit of a fantasy about nice cars. Most of the boys passing by can't help but stop and look at them for a couple of seconds with curious expressions.

Su Xun recognized the familiar license plate number and walked towards the car with her small suitcase.

Yesterday, my mother called and said that Uncle He happened to have some business to take care of around here, so he came to pick her up.

Although she lived in the city, it would take more than an hour to get home, and the weather was so cold, so Su Xun didn't refuse.

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