winter in greenland

That night Dan had a dream.

In the dream, it was cold November.Streets of Belfast in the evening.

In front of the Art Hall Square at the waterside pier by the Lagen River, he held a camera in his hand and greeted the people in front of him: "Mia, get closer to Jason, yes, that's it. One—two—three— -alright."

In the camera, a girl with red hair is smiling brightly. The man beside her is tall and his golden curly hair is blown a little messy by the wind. He puts his left hand on her shoulder with a tense expression on his face, and puts it by his side His right hand hangs stiffly.

Returning the camera to Mia, he patted the man on the shoulder, and while Mia was looking at the photo, he lowered his voice: "Hey buddy, take it easy, have you prepared what I asked you to prepare? The concert will start soon gone."

Jason patted his pants pocket nervously: "I brought it."

He nodded reassuringly: "Don't be stage fright, remember what I told you before, Mia likes you, I can tell."

When he said this, Jason seemed to be more nervous. He stammered: "It's... Actually, I plan to propose to Mia directly today."

Dan was stunned for a second, and then whistled: "It's a blockbuster."

Startled, Mia turned her head to look at them with curiosity in her eyes: "What are you talking about?"

Dan shook his head: "It's nothing, I was telling Jason that we are going to enter the venue, it's almost time."

This is a tour of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In the first half, a famous Norwegian cellist played Dvořák's "Cello Concerto in B Minor", and in the second half he played Beiqi.Jason specially booked the best box ticket on the second floor, but he didn't sit next to Mia, and the two of them sandwiched Dan in the middle.

During the interval between performances, Dan caught a glimpse of Jason's two big hands rubbing back and forth on his trousers from the corner of his eye. Sen's direction said: "For God's sake, stop Jason! Do you want to wear a pair of suit pants that are wrinkled like cabbage fermented for two months to confess to Mia?"

Jason glanced at him in surprise, and didn't continue to wipe his sweat. Almost as soon as the bell rang at the end of the first half, he ran away to the bathroom.

Mia looked at the direction he went out with some doubts: "What's wrong with Jason."

Dan smiled without changing his face: "I don't know, it probably hurt my stomach."

The look on Mia's face was a bit worried: "Then why don't we go back, anyway, they come to perform every year."

Dan laughed a few times: "No, no, I just said it casually, maybe not, haha."

Mia looked at him suspiciously: "Dan, are you hiding something from me?"

Dan held up his hands. "No, I swear on my honor."

Mia rolled her eyes: "You have a reputation?"

Dan looked serious: "Why don't we discuss the piece just now. My dear teacher Mia, do you still prefer the second movement?"

Mia's attention was distracted by him, and she glanced thoughtfully at the audience downstairs: "No, I really like the first movement performed by the cellist tonight. There is a section that reminds me of flying." Valkyrie."

Dan raised his eyebrows: "As far as I know, the topic of Jason's recent lecture at the university happened to be "The Ring of the Nibelung*."

Mia blushed slightly, turned her head away, and stopped talking to Dan.

Jason just came in at this time, noticing the awkward atmosphere in the box, he looked at Dan with some doubts: "What's wrong?"

Dan had a consistent smile on his face. He deliberately glanced at Mia and shrugged: "I don't know."

Mia sat more sideways and said nothing.Dan moved to the side, giving Jason the middle spot.

In the second half, Bei Qi was as cheerful as ever, and they performed the fourth movement with a whirlwind speed.The never-ending rotation swept the audience, just like Dionysus's carnival. Whenever you thought a climax was about to come to an end, the next piece of music would always bring you to a more magnificent and novel realm of joy.

At the end of the performance, not only Mia, but Jason's cheeks were flushed. He stood up from his seat, hugged Mia next to him tightly, his eyes sparkled with excitement: "It's really incredible!"

Mia was stunned for a second by his embrace, and then raised her hand to wrap his arms around his back.Jason noticed it, and his movements immediately became cramped, trying to let go of Mia, but Mia did not let go uncharacteristically.Dan winked at Jason from a direction that Mia couldn't see, and said "good start" with his lips.

The two didn't let go of each other until the applause downstairs gradually died down and the orchestra began to return.Mia was still blushing, but one hand was firmly held by Jason.Dan saw all this in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up in a happy arc.

It was past 10 o'clock when the encore ended. Just as Dan stood up from his seat, Jason stood up suddenly.He raised his eyebrows, took two steps back, and stood at the door of the box with his arms folded.

Jason turned and knelt down in front of Mia. Mia seemed to have a premonition, and slowly stood up from her seat.

"Mia, I...I..." Jason opened his mouth twice, but it seemed that something was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Mia didn't urge him, and stood quietly, her gray-blue eyes fixed on the man in front of her, waiting patiently for him to continue.

Jason closed his eyes, took out a box from the pocket of his suit, and said loudly with a determination as if he was close to death: "Mia, will you marry me?"

The box was silent for a second, and even the air seemed to freeze. Jason still closed his eyes, not daring to see Mia's reaction.

Until he felt like a century had passed, Mia's suppressed laughter sounded in his ears: "Jason, is this the only way you will propose marriage?"

He opened his eyes, and found that what he was holding was not the diamond ring box he had prepared long ago, but... his own glasses case.

Dan by the door had a horrible expression on his face and covered his face.

He threw away the box in his hand like a hot potato, frantically rummaged through his pockets, and stammered an explanation: "No... no, I took the wrong one, the ring, the ring is here."

Finally, he finally took out a brown square box, a beautiful square diamond ring lying quietly on the black velvet padding.

He raised the ring, still looking at Mia nervously, waiting for her reply.

Mia's eyes were filled with tears at some point, she nodded slowly, her voice hoarse: "I am willing."

Jason gently lifted her left hand, put the diamond ring on her ring finger devoutly, and finally kissed solemnly on that white knuckle.

They walked out of the concert hall with the last crowd. The night air had dropped below zero, but Mia and Jason still had flushed cheeks.

Dan watched Jason take off his scarf and wrapped it around Mia's neck carefully, and couldn't help complaining: "Do you have to do this? Anyway, I'm still here, and I don't have a scarf."

Jason grinned: "You are too picky. From the students of our school to Mia's students, how many girls have been broken by you?"

Dan waved his hand: "You can go around me."

Mia gave him a sly look: "I remember Dan said that he is looking for a soul mate, how can those girls satisfy him?"

Jason seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and his expression became a little serious: "To be honest, Dan, do you like the same sex?"

Dan almost choked on his own saliva: "What the hell did you think of that?"

Jason looked serious: "I'm not joking. We have known each other for so long, you have never gone out with any girl, no matter what kind of date. If you really like the same sex, you don't have to shy away from us. As friends, we support any decision of yours."

Dan really smiled wryly this time: "I really didn't think that much. I just..." He scratched his head, as if looking for a suitable explanation: "I just don't know how to get along with them, let alone my mind. Not on this. I think it’s good to be single for the rest of your life, without the shackles of marriage, and you can do whatever you want. Freedom. Well, yes, it’s freedom.”

Mia glared at him and said to Jason, "Forget it, let him pursue freedom."

Dan rolled his eyes: "But if you have a daughter as lovely as Mia in the future, I can consider it."

Mia continued to stare at him: "You think beautifully."

Jason shook his head dumbfounded. Just as he was about to say something, there was a sudden commotion from the crowd in front of him, and a group of people rushed towards them. Jason was pushed back two steps.

They were located at the main entrance of the concert hall, because just during the annual art festival, there were still many people in the square who did not leave.An ominous premonition suddenly surged in Dan's heart for no reason. He turned around to isolate Jason and Mia from the crowd behind him, and said in a low voice, "Get out of here first."

Jason didn't hear what he was saying. He half turned his body to protect Mia, and looked back at Dan: "What did you say?"

Dan increased his volume a little: "I said, get out of here first, there are too many people."

Jason nodded, and the three of them had just squeezed forward a few steps when a muffled "plop" sound suddenly came from Dan's ear.

He was so familiar with the voice, he jumped forward without thinking, pressed Jason and Mia to the ground, and yelled: "There are snipers! Get down!"

However, it was too late.

When he put his hands on the ground, he didn't feel the cold floor tiles in his palms, but instead felt warm and sticky.

A somewhat worn-out rectangular glasses case fell by his hand.

The hairs on the back of his neck stood up, and he lowered his head almost in disbelief. Jason and Mia were still pressed to the ground by him, and a pool of dark red blood was slowly bleeding from the place where they fell. Gradually expand.

His pupils widened slightly, and he almost didn't dare to confirm whether it was Jason's blood or Mia's blood for a moment.He pinched his palm hard, forced himself to calm down, turned his head and frantically searched for something in the surrounding crowd.

Someone had already seen the blood on the ground, besides the yelling of some drunk people, there were people screaming, there was chaos everywhere, people were everywhere, he suddenly realized that he didn't know what he was looking for.

The last clear image in sight was Mia's eyes, full of disbelief and horror, looking up at him from the ground.

Until an anxious voice came from the radio channel embedded in the pinna, that voice seemed to be mixed with countless noises, with echoes, somewhat distant and vague——

"Dan? Dan! What are you doing?! Help!"

No...I can't move...I don't have a gun...I don't know...Who?who is it?Mia?Jason?Are they still alive?what do I do?

……

"Dan? Dan?! Wake up, you're having a nightmare." A steady voice brought him back to reality.

Dan sat up in his sleeping bag, nearly bumping into August's forehead.

The moment he woke up, he suddenly met those gray-blue eyes, almost drowning in them again.

August noticed his abnormality, held his shoulder with one hand, and frowned slightly: "Okay?"

Dan propped himself on the ground with one hand, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with the other, avoided his eyes, and forced a smile: "I'm fine."

He turned over and sat up from his sleeping bag: "What time is it?"

"It's just after midnight, you can rest a little longer."

"No need. I'll keep watch. You can rest." Before Auguste could say anything, he almost escaped out of the tent.