When the Wind Returned to Garden City

Li Anzu’s Very Serious, Totally Professional Notes

(a.k.a. Abstract for “When the Wind Returned to Garden City”)



Let me be honest

I didn’t believe in any of this



No lights, No future, No hope

That was my very educated projection for Garden City



And yet~

The mayor — that guy with too-sharp cheekbones and zero sense of work-life balance

he built wind

From silence

From the ruin of things we stopped believing in

With math



Side note: while he was reinventing sustainable power and rebuilding public trust

I was microwaving leftover noodles... Twice



And then she appeared



Lu Yining

Brains, Beauty, Backbone

The kind of woman who makes a spreadsheet feel like a sonnet



She speaks in clarity walks in structure and presents quarterly growth like a goddess of ROI



Of course she ended up with him

Of course she did



And me?



Well~

I stood in a café

Waiting for what I was certain would be my moment

I had my tie straightened

I had a one-liner prepared

I was even practicing how to hold a mug with gravitas



The music shifted

The lights adjusted

And they called someone else



Her…



She walked out like morning itself

And the room forgot I existed (×﹏×)



Yes.

I drank two lattes in a row

No, I’m not proud…



If you think this story is about energy and infrastructure and the resurrection of a failing city…

you’re not wrong



But it’s also about~

Believing in people long before the numbers agree

Falling in love with someone whose brilliance burns

Watching your oldest friend become a legend

And realizing you might be the footnote in someone else’s epic



If any of that hurts~

you’re not alone



When the Wind Returned to Garden City

is a story of invention, rebirth, secrets, systems, love, and the quiet ache of not being chosen



— Li Anzu

Financial Officer (in theory)

Emotional Support Witness (in reality)

Certified Lu Yining Fan Club Vice President

Coffee Recovery Specialist ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌