The lightness of the world of mortals

There is no direct flight from Haicheng to Damai, Mingyu changed into a summer outfit when he transited in Dubai.

The facilities of Damai Airport are a bit like the inland city airports of the mainland in the 80s, but not necessarily. Its architectural style and interiors are dominated by a crowded and nondescript "luxury" aesthetic. It is not really luxurious, but you can It can be seen that it is trying to be luxurious but congenitally does not understand what luxury is.

This country, which has just gotten rid of the British colonial rule for not many years, has traces of "mixed blood" everywhere, and it is different from the "mixed blood" of Haicheng. Haicheng quickly found its roots, but Dong Suo couldn't find it. It’s similar; the Chinese know how to leave blank space, and the Haicheng people are even more careful not to make it into a funny “Gangboning” aesthetic, but the Dongsuo people don’t have this muscle, they can pile up all the elements that they think look good. , leaving you breathless.

For a time, the gorgeous curved surfaces of the Baroque, the elaborate details of the Rococo, and the colorful colors of red, orange, yellow, and green in the African land...all were transplanted into one building.The airport is just a vaccination. After living in the city for a few days, the aesthetic tolerance will increase.

Mingyu searched for Abadu among the dazzling colors, and held up a huge playing card with the words: Miss Ming, my beauty Mingyu.

Mingyu raised his forehead and went to see the man holding the cards. His latte-colored skin was by no means as black as the locals. Abado was of mixed Chinese-African race, so he was right.

She didn't want to show off, lest the people in the arrival hall would match up the funny pick-up sign with herself, quietly walked to the side of Abadu, "Hi, I'm ming."

Abadu looked at her for a while, and seemed to meet the face in a certain photo in his heart, a smile burst out instantly, "Oh, hi! I'm Abadu! Welcome to Damai!"

"Hello, Abado, thank you for coming to pick me up. I'm sorry for the next few days." Ming Yu shook hands with him.

Abadu took the pick-up card, looked at Ming Yue's suitcase, and carried it on his shoulder without saying a word.

"Hey?" Ming Yu chased after him, "You don't need to work so hard, there are wheels below here to drag..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was blocked by Abado's smile back, which seemed to say, you are such a fool.

Mingyu shut his mouth and followed him. When he got to the door, he finally knew why Abadu was carrying the box. There was no concrete road at the door, and the dirt road was muddy due to the rain not long ago. The local people stepped on it with bare feet. On the top, it is also chic.

Abadu is obviously more upscale than these people, he wears high top leather boots.

"Miss Ming, just wait here, I'll be right back." Abadu said as he glanced at the clean and delicate light-colored loafers on Mingyu's feet.

What Mingyu wanted to say, Abadu had already carried the box into the mud. He was a tall and thin man, and with the weight of the box, the footprints he stepped on were deeper than others.

Ming Yu watched him walk across the dirt road, took out the key and opened the door of a half-worn Dodge sedan, put the suitcase and pick-up card inside, locked the door, turned and walked towards himself.

Ming Yue had an ominous premonition in his heart, thinking that he was going to bring a pair of shoe covers or something, but he came empty-handed...

Sure enough, the brain had not yet figured out how Abadu would rescue her, and her body had lost her balance and was suspended in the air. In the next second, she was hugged by the African bodyguard princess Chen Xilin was very relieved of.Ming Yu opened his eyes wide and opened his mouth to accuse, but felt that the other party would probably ignore her, so he froze his body and let him hug her.

She put the blame on Chen Xilin for the time being.

At the side of the car, Abadu seemed to want to perform the stunt of opening the door with one hand, Ming Yue coughed lightly, "I think I can get down now."

Abadu lowered his head to check the ground, grinned, and put her down.He has long hair, his facial features are different from the locals because of his mixed race, his eyes are not so big, his nose is not so collapsed, when he is not smiling, he feels like he can beat you all over the place in minutes, oh, his teeth and As white as the locals.

"Thank you." Ming Yue reluctantly acknowledged.

"My honor!" Abadu climbed up the precarious pole thrown by Mingyu, and opened the rear door for her, with a respectful gesture as if he was opening the door of a black emblem ghost.

After Mingyu got into the car, Abado asked again: "Miss Ming, can I go?"

Ming Yu quietly rolled his eyes, and didn't know to ask when he picked him up, but now he became more polite, "yes, please."

The pick-up sign was put on the back seat by Abadu, right next to Mingyu. She looked at the words on it, and couldn't laugh or cry, "Abadu, did you write the words on this sign?"

"I wrote it, and my boss taught me to write it."

"boss?"

"Yes, my boss, Miss Lynn."

Ming Yu turned his head and looked out the window, resting his chin on his palm, covering most of his face with a few slender fingers, but a smile overflowed from his fingers.She turned around again, took out her mobile phone, took a picture of the words on the pick-up sign, and sent it to Chen Xilin.

Soon the phone call came, "Are you here?" There were only three words, but there was a smile.

Ask knowingly, "Yes, guess who wrote this pick-up sign?"

"Abado."

"He has betrayed you."

The other end of the phone laughed, "How is it? Is everything going well?"

"Smooth~Abadu sure enough... the service is comprehensive, and he is going to the hotel now."

"Did you sleep on the plane?"

"Sleep for a while. How are you doing?"

"Temporary calm."

The hotel is a five-star hotel in Damai. The architectural style has removed some excessive extravagance, and the interior is probably at the standard of three to four stars in Europe and America.

Fortunately, there was a cement road at the door, so Abado didn't have the chance to perform that thrilling princess hug again. He helped Mingyu move the luggage and a bundle of mineral water to the room, and checked the time. It was two o'clock in the afternoon.

"Miss Ming, what is the next plan?"

Ming Yu looked at the room, plastic flowers were placed in every corner, the weather was very hot, and the old air conditioner was blowing loudly.

"I'll clean up first," Ming Yu looked at his watch, "I'm going downstairs at a quarter to three, and you take me to the nearby streets."

Abadu blinked his eyes, "Okay, Miss Ming, please bring mineral water down, the boss does not allow you to buy local water to drink."

"Not allowed..." Ming Yu muttered, and rolled his eyes again, "Understood."

Abadu left the room, and Mingyu took his clothes to take a shower.The interview will be held tomorrow morning, and she decides to spend half a day wandering around Damai.

When she went downstairs on time, Abadu was standing respectfully at the door waiting, Mingyu was startled, luckily he didn't plan to sleep and let him wait for him to have dinner...

Abadu's eyes found the mineral water bottle in Mingyu's hand, and he nodded with satisfaction, Mingyu couldn't laugh or cry.

The sun in Africa makes everything very vivid, including the bright colors in the sun, the white blouse, the magenta swing skirt, the white and tender toes in the flip flops and the red Kodan.

"Miss Ming, do you want me to take a photo for you?"

"Okay," Ming Yu thought for a while, and gave him his own mobile phone, "Use this to take pictures."

In some places, the air comes with its own filter, so you can take a photo and it becomes a postcard. Mingyu looked at the photo on the phone, and the beauty was that the straw hat covered most of her face, revealing only her happy and upturned lips. She sent the photo to Chen Xilin, with words: here'sthesmile.

In the morning in California, Chen Xilin was wrapped in a bathrobe and sitting by the blue window, when her phone rang, she put down her coffee cup to check, and the handful of sunlight shone into the room through the screen.

wishi were there... After typing this sentence, she went back and deleted it.

Ming Yue walked a little bit forward, took out his phone and looked at it, but Chen Xilin didn't reply, so she shrugged.

Something flashed past her at a high speed. Before Mingyu could react, he was pulled aside by Abado, and while holding his hat, he looked in the direction where the sound disappeared. It turned out to be a motorcycle with a car on the back seat. A chubby woman, it doesn't matter, there is a tall wooden barrel on the woman's head.Motorcyclists flew over like participating in a GP race.

"That's our Damai taxi." Abado explained.

Ming Yue widened his eyes in disbelief, and then looked around, isn't it? There are desperate motorcycles everywhere, rampant, and a delicate balance has been born between the local people and these motorcycles. Motorcycles know how to avoid people in critical moments. People also know how not to be hit by motorcycles, probably due to the unique ecological balance developed on this land.

There was a row of mutilated stone heads lined up on the side of the road. Ming Yue turned on the complicated camera, adjusted the data, and snapped a few pictures. Suddenly, two teenagers jumped out of the side, speaking proficient but grammatically weird English: "This is the national treasure of the Dongsuo Kingdom. Take a picture of five Suoli. Ma'am, you took five pictures just now, and the total is 25 Suoli." As he spoke, he stretched out his pink palm, two furry black heads Looking up, there are black and round eyes rolling above.

Mingyu almost wanted to take a picture of the two of them, black and white eyes, bright white teeth, palms with dark lines in the powder... There are so many African Americans in the United States, but they have survived the unacceptable environment. After the test, the vividness of these aborigines on the land of Africa disappeared.

Abadu straightened his chest muscles and punched his two heads, crossed his arms, and didn't say a word.The two children looked up at him again, and Sa Yazi ran away, shouting the local language while running.

Ming Yu bent his waist with a smile.

"Miss Ming, are you still laughing? If it wasn't for me, Abadu, you would have been blackmailed by those two little bastards!"

Ming Yu still laughed, and it was really not much money after calculating 25 cords, maybe [-] US dollars, but the reaction of the two children after seeing Abadu was like seeing a ghost, their eyes almost popped out, and they ran away. Faster than a rabbit.

"Abadu, how did Lynn find you?" Ming Yu asked with a smile.After a short while, she felt that it should not be easy to find a trustworthy person in Dong Suo, who was unfamiliar with the place, especially a bodyguard who dared to entrust your life to him.

"Me? I stole from her."

"What?" Ming Yu thought he heard it wrong.

"Well, I stole from her, a long time ago," Abado rolled his eyes and calculated, "15 years ago, when I was nine years old, my mother abandoned me, so I cheated on the street. Money, stealing, anyway, I will do anything that can make a living, just like those two brats just now."

Ming Yu was a little startled, and nodded.

"I went to 'work' on the street that day, and saw two well-dressed ladies, one of whom was holding a slender bag under his arm. According to our experience, money is usually put in this kind of bag, so I followed the two of them until they sat down in a restaurant, you know that the restaurants on the street here are generally related to blind people, they don’t care if we go in and steal from customers, and we cover them if something happens to them.”

Ming Yu frowned, she was just about to turn into a "fish shop" on the side of the street, when she heard what Abadu said, she stood still at the door.

Abado laughed, "Miss Ming, you don't have to be afraid, I, Abado, am here." He opened the front of the front to reveal a section of the gun handle, and quickly closed it again.

Ming Yu raised his eyebrows, "And then?"

"I stole the lady's bag, but she found out before I left the restaurant. Yes, she is the boss Lynn. She chased her out, and the lady who was with her also chased her out. I went to' Laowo'run, at that time, a group of us children had an old nest, and there was a leader in the nest. This kind of person was called Kata in our local dialect. Give him half of it."

Really organized and disciplined, Ming Yu thought.

"She called me from behind, but I wouldn't stop to listen to her. Seeing that I was approaching the 'old nest', I slowed down and heard her say that I would give me all the money and leave her passport and card. I thought she was Chinese or Japanese, but she speaks with a strong British accent, you know Dongso has been colonized by the British for many years, and we are in awe of the British accent in our bones."

Ming Yu wondered, when did Chen Xilin speak with a British accent?

"So I opened her bag and found her passport. It turned out to be British. I was a little scared. At this time, Kata came out and asked me what I was going to do. I said to return her ID to her. Kata looked at her I looked at Boss Lynn and the woman next to her, and said that it is okay to ask for a certificate, but you must give us all the jewelry and clothes on your body."

"clothing?"

"We were so poor at the time. At that time, we estimated that the clothes on the two of them might sell for several hundred pounds. That was a windfall for us. We couldn't earn that much money a year!"

"and after?"

"They gave us jewelry, but they wouldn't take off their clothes. You know it's a shame for women. I couldn't see it anymore. They took money and jewelry. To be honest, we didn't realize it at the time. How much are those jewelry worth? Later I found out that they were expensive brand names. I said let’s forget about the clothes, but Kata disagreed, and I proposed to find some shabby clothes for them to cover their bodies. Not only did he want those clothes, but he also wanted to see them take off their clothes, so I was a little annoyed, so I spoke for them."

"...It's really... righteous."

Abado laughed loudly, "Boss Lynn was still very young at the time, like a college student, and she was about to cry."

"And the one with her?"

"She is older and much older. She has been hugging Boss Lynn to comfort her."

Ming Yu had a gossiping heart, and felt that something was wrong, so he hesitated before asking, "Is it her family?"

Abadu thought for a while, then shook his head.

Mingyu is not satisfied with this answer, but it is not easy to ask again.

"They just wanted to give up. I heard the friend of Lynn's boss say, go to the embassy to make up for it."

"Is she English too?"

Abado shook his head again, "She is American."

Ming Yue bit his lip, this conversation felt like Tai Chi, but one was intentional and the other was unintentional.

"But Kata didn't want to, so he insisted that the two ladies take off their clothes. At this time, two gangsters came, and we were all in the same group. I pleaded for them, and I said I don't want my share. , let them go, Kata became more energetic, and said to bet with me, if I can withstand the fists of those two brothers, I will let them go and return their documents. If I beg for mercy, not only will I not Let them go, and I won't be able to stay in the 'old den' any longer."

"You agree?"

"I agreed. Allah, that beat me up... Tsk tsk, anyway, I gritted my teeth desperately and didn't beg for mercy. In the end, Kata was scared, afraid that I would be beaten to death, so he wrapped his money and jewelry and ran away."

"And then Lynn saved you?"

"She and her friends sent me to the hospital and paid for my medical bills. At that time, I had no money on me. If it weren't for them, they would have died on the street."

"Well... it was your kindness first. What happened later? Did you know each other already?"

"They left after paying the medical expenses. To be honest, what can they do with a person who robs them of their money and makes them bankrupt and almost..."

"Okay... what happened then? How did you become Lynn's bodyguard?"

"This story is going to jump four and a half years ago."

"Four and a half years? Were the intervening years uninvolved?"

"No, Miss Ming. Four and a half years ago, I worked in an arsenal. I worked very hard and earned little money. After work that day, I strolled on the street as usual. It was interesting. A little gangster followed a lady, you know , like me, who grew up in a gang of gangsters, I knew what he was going to do at a glance. But that day I took a second look at that lady, East Asian, slim, tall, beautiful, with a small and straight nose, beautiful lips, Eyes as beautiful as lake water..."

"Is it Lynn?"

"Although her hair is shorter and more mature, I still recognize her."

"Where are her friends?"

"I never saw her again. That day I went up to drive away the gangster who followed her, and asked her if she still recognized me, and she looked at me blankly."

"At a loss?" Mingyu looked at Abadu thoughtfully.

"Yeah, Miss Ming, she was very unhappy. She looked at me for a long time and shook her head. But it's okay, I told her, ma'am, I'm the bad guy Abba who robbed you of your money ten years ago and was rescued by you Spend."

"Did she recognize you?"

"It's better to remember than to recognize, and then she almost cried... Boss Lynn was very emotional at that time, but Miss Ming, did I take it too far, anyway, she recognized me, she said she would come often I’m on a business trip here, and I’ve been hired as a bodyguard every time I come and go.”

Abadu finished telling the story, untied the backpack from behind, and took out a roll of blankets and a bottle of water from it as if by magic.He spread the blanket on the ground first, then turned on the water and washed his hands.

"I'm sorry, Miss Ming, please allow me to pray, I want to thank Allah for allowing me to meet Boss Lynn."

Mingyu took two steps back, leaned against the wall, and watched Abado kneel down piously on the blanket, and buried himself deeply.She looked away, this simple ceremony made her awed, respected its solemnity, and feared its persistence.

After Abadu finished the ceremony with three prostrations and five kowtows, and rolled up the blanket and water bottle and put them in the bag, Ming Yue seemed to have undergone a baptism. The smile in her eyes was no longer as straightforward as before. She stood up straight from the wall. Body, "Abadu, why did Lynn establish this foundation?"

She thought of Chen Xilin telling her that it was for one homeless person before, but now it is for all homeless people.Who is that homeless man?Obviously not Abado.

Abadu scratched his head, "For the suffering poor here, I can take you to the south of the city to see the refugee camps there, almost all of them were built with money donated by Boss Lynn."

The jeep drives through the city through the mud and dust, and when you reach the desolate suburbs, you miss the funny and gaudy urban buildings.

Everything is rickety.

On the yellow sand, there are some skinny skeletons sitting or lying, whether they are living or dead, and occasionally soldiers with guns meandering past on motorcycles, as if their only mission is not to hit the ground. A skeleton.

Not far away is a gray and white two-story building. They are like props in a symbolic movie. At a glance, there is no end to them.

"Did you see that, Miss Ming?" Abadu pointed to the house, "Boss Lynn donated money to build these. They accommodated tens of thousands of refugees from Dongsuo and Xisuo. Boss Lynn not only gave They live in different places, and they find doctors to see them, and give them food, water and clothes."

Ming Yue closed one eye and looked at this very different world through the lens.

Her vision blurred.