winter in greenland

When Xia Zuo's words fell, Dan seemed to feel something warm touch his ear, he stepped aside abruptly, and looked back at Xia Zuo with a slight frown.

Xia Zuo took off the hand that covered his eyes, and the smile on his face remained unchanged: "How is it? Did you hear that?"

Dan frowned and looked at him for a few seconds, as if he wanted to say something, and finally just nodded: "Yeah."

"Let's go, we should go down, I will be miserable if Fei Qi sees me soon." Xia Zuo said, turned and walked out first.

Dan stood there for two seconds, and his intuition told him that something was wrong, but Xia Zuo's expressions and movements were too natural. If it wasn't that his acting skills were too good, it was because he was too sensitive.

"Dan?" Seeing that no one followed, Xia Zuo yelled suspiciously in the inner room.

Dan responded and walked out.

On the evening of the fourth day, they arrived at the destination of the voyage - Svalbard.

According to the plan, the "Moby Dick" was moored at the port of Longyearbyen that day, and tourists disembarked for free activities. That night, they could choose to stay in a hotel in Longyearbyen or return to the "Moby Dick". The boat then proceeds to the island of Eji.

It was the first time for Fitch to take care of Dan, and he also gave him a day off after the tourists disembarked, allowing him to go to the island by himself.

Longyearbyen is small in size. As a small town with mining as its main economic pillar, abandoned wooden cableways can be seen everywhere here, and rows of low houses are painted in colorful colors. A lively scene emerges.

Dan had heard about this town before, but in general he was not a person who loved to travel or was very curious. After walking around the main streets of the town, he was ready to return to the port.

When passing by the snow field outside the city, he happened to see a person coming towards him on a snowmobile. Just as he thought that person looked familiar, the person stopped on the side of the road, took off his sunglasses and hit him. Say hello, "Hey, where are you going?"

It's Xia Zuo.

Dan shrugged. "Go back to the boat, it's too cold."

Xia Zuo laughed: "It's June, the time when the average temperature of the year is the highest. Come up, I'll take you to a place."

Dan hesitated and didn't speak for a moment.

Xia Zuo didn't give him a chance to refuse, he threw him a helmet and patted the seat behind him.

Dan took the helmet, put it on slowly, fastened the belt, and sat behind Xia Zuo.

In front of him where he couldn't see, the corners of Xia Zuo's mouth curled up, revealing a happy smile: "Sit still."

Xia Zuo rode all the way out of the city, and finally stopped at the foot of a gentle sloping slope. Half straight wedged into the mountain.

"Where is this?" Dan got off the back seat of the motorcycle, took off his helmet, and looked around.

Xia Zuo also took off his helmet. He pointed to the building halfway up the mountain: "Have you heard of Noah's Ark? This is it."

Dan's eyes followed the direction of his fingers. The metal reflector in front of the building reflected a somewhat dazzling light in the sun. He raised his hand to block his eyes and asked casually: "The modern Noah's Ark ?”

Xia Zuo nodded: "Svalbard Seed Bank. Do you want to go up and have a look?"

Dan looked up and shook his head: "No way, I can't get in anyway."

Xia Zuo raised his eyebrows: "You want to go in? It's not impossible to find a way."

Dan took a few steps up the hillside, turned around and looked at Xia Zuo for a while, but didn't speak.

Xia Zuo sat leaning on the motorcycle, looking back at Dan frankly, with undisguised directness in his eyes.

Dan played with the helmet in his hand for a while, and suddenly said without warning: "Mate, can I understand this as a pursuit?"

A smile slowly appeared on Xia Zuo's face, without denying it, and even with a little appreciation: "You are as smart as I thought."

Dan smiled inexplicably: "Then I'm afraid I will disappoint you."

Xia Zuo was a little surprised: "Do you have a partner?"

"No."

"Then I think you might be able to reject me less quickly."

"We've only known each other for less than a week."

"Time can pass quickly if you want to."

Dan looked at him and shook his head: "I don't have a partner, but I already have a lover."

Xia Zuo was stunned for a few seconds before he figured out the meaning of his words, and the smile on his face became playful: "Since I'm not a 'partner', does that mean I still have a chance to compete fairly?"

Dan sighed in his heart, not intending to play verbal games with him, he walked up to Xia Zuo, and handed back the helmet in Xia Zuo's hand: "Your Excellency, you said that you were destined to float on the sea, but I prefer the sense of security on land." As he spoke, he turned and walked towards the direction they came from.

There was no sign of discouragement on Xia Zuo's face, but he looked at Dan's back with interest until he disappeared around the corner at the end, then turned his head to look at the seed bank on the mountainside, and hung Dan's helmet on the handlebar , started the motorcycle.

In the next few days, apart from the normal shift handover and other work, Dan deliberately alienated Xia Zuo's attitude. On the contrary, Xia Zuo, like a normal person, did not deliberately approach or over-please, as if what happened that day in Langyi What happened in Ercheng was just a normal episode.

On the evening of the 10th day of the voyage, the "Moby Whale" berthed into the Old Port Wharf. Dan was packing his things in the cabin after paying the last flight. Xia Zuo knocked on the door and walked in: "Are you leaving?"

Dan stood up straight: “Yes, thank you for your care these days.”

Xia Zuo didn't intend to let him go. He rolled his eyes and showed a somewhat sly expression: "Now that the boat is docked, it should belong to your 'domain', right? Are you going to buy me a drink?"

In fact, Dan didn't dislike Xia Zuo, so he simply agreed with a smile: "Okay, let's go now?"

"We have 3 days of vacation after docking, let's go. Where are you going to take me?"

The expression on Dan's face also became a little sly: "The game must always retain a little bit of mystery."

As soon as the two of them walked out of the gate of the old port, Xia Zuo directly said "I'm hungry" and dragged Dan into a restaurant on the main street nearby, without giving him any chance to express his opinion.By the time he realized it, they were already sitting at a table on the second floor of the restaurant. The Old Harbor and the Harpa Concert Hall could be seen from the window. Red rose.

Dan looked at the rose with some dew on the petals and raised his eyebrows: "Did he misunderstand something?"

Xia Zuo smiled very gentlemanly: "No, I said it before, fair competition."

Dan: "..." He raised his hand and tried to explain: "This is not the same thing Xia Zuo, I appreciate you as a friend, but I also said that I have a lover."

"But you're still single."

Dan: "..."

"So in other words, you can be pursued. You don't need to respond to me right away, just treat me as a friend and enjoy our time together. I believe I can wait until the day you are willing to promise me. "Xia Zuo's tone was firm.

Dan wanted to say something more, but Xia Zuo interrupted him with a smile and raised his hand: "Okay, now it's time for dinner."

Dan: "..."

"Kopar's seafood is very good, I ordered a KOPARADVENTURE, you should like it."

Dan's character is never twitchy, he has already refused, but Xia Zuo is still so persistent, he is no longer hypocritical, just like Xia Zuo said, it's like going out to dinner with a friend, and he starts to try to relax and enjoy the two. Personal time together.

Different from August's seriousness, Xia Zuo is actually a very funny person. Years of sailing experience requires him to be able to deal with all kinds of people, and skillfully mediate between tourists who may appear at any time or between tourists and tourists. Conflict among the crew.In this respect, he and Dan are very similar.After a meal, the two chatted unexpectedly speculatively.

"Actually, there is another thing to ask you out for dinner today."

Dan took a sip of his red wine and motioned for him to continue.

"Fitch is very satisfied with your job. He asked my opinion. I also think you are very suitable for the job on the 'Moby Dick'. He wants to ask if you have any intention to sign a short-term contract with us. The time is up. In September of this year, the tourist season will end. Of course, the salary will be higher than your current one."

Dan was a little surprised: "Then your former assistant?"

Xia Zuo shook his head: "Fei Qi wasn't very satisfied with him in the first place. The young man came to us three times last year, and he has been deducted nearly one-third of his salary for various reasons. If you want , let’s go back and talk with him, you don’t have to worry.”

Dan was a little hesitant. He didn't have any permanent job here, and he didn't think about how long he would stay here. Fitch paid him a good salary, and in all fairness, his job on the "Moby Dick" was not bad. It's easy.If Fitch and the others are willing to sign this short-term contract with him, that would be a good choice.

"I... think about it again."

Xia Zuo was also straightforward: "Don't worry, you go back and think about it, just tell me before the day after tomorrow."

It was already past 9 o'clock when the two came out after eating, the sky was still bright, and there was no shadow of night at all.

Xia Zuo looked at his watch: "I heard that Harpa Concert Hall has a performance tonight, do you want to go and see it?"

Dan laughed: "You really regard me as the object of pursuit?"

Xia Zuo raised his eyebrows: "You think I'm joking?"

Just as Dan was about to speak, a voice behind him interrupted him: "Dan? Are you back?"

The two turned their heads and saw that the port administrator, Sako, was standing not far behind them. It seemed that he was going to take a shift at the port.

"Yes, Uncle Sacco." Dan greeted him with a smile.

The old man stepped forward: "By the way, didn't you say that someone might come to you the day before you left? Someone really came."

Dan was a little surprised: "When? Who?"

Sacco waved his hand: "It's about 3 or 4 days after you left the port. He is a young man I don't know. He looks pretty handsome, but he looks a little serious with a straight face. He asked me about your situation. Voyage, when will I come back, and then I will leave. But these days I can see him every day, the time is not fixed, sometimes earlier and sometimes later, he will always come to the port here to wait. It is you friends?"

An unbelievable conjecture popped up in Dan's mind. He collected himself and asked, "Has he been here today?"

Sacco scratched his head: "I'm not sure, I'm on the night shift today." He looked around while talking, and suddenly caught a figure across the street, and pointed happily: "Here, look , isn't this right there?"

Dan looked in the direction of his finger, and felt his heart skip a beat when he saw the man across the street clearly——

August was standing under a lamppost across the street, his figure was as tall and straight as ever, and the black windbreaker made him look taller and longer.I don't know how long he stood there, his eyes were fixed on this side, his face was a bit gloomy, and he didn't say hello to Shang Dan's gaze, making it hard to figure out what he was thinking.

The author says:

August: What should I do if I see my wife dating another man? Wait online, urgent!