winter in greenland

Chapter 48

Dan sat in the co-pilot and didn't say anything along the way. Most of his face was hidden in the dark, making it difficult for people to see his expression clearly.August drove steadily, and the corner of his eye glanced at Dan's face a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but finally fell silent.

It was only a ten-minute drive from the Old Port to the hotel where they were staying. As soon as the car turned into the hotel parking lot, the headlights illuminated a figure pacing back and forth near the entrance. It was Heath.

August honked the horn and slowly lowered the driver's window: "What's wrong?"

Heath rushed forward as if seeing a savior, his face full of anger: "You are back. You had a dinner appointment with the Coast Guard at noon. You said you would arrive later, but you disappeared directly. Captain Hook at least called you!" After 5 or 6 phone calls, you can’t find anyone. You also drove away in the car, and you only came back at this time, and you asked me what’s wrong?”

When Dan heard Heath's words, he glanced at August in surprise, but still didn't say anything.

August said apologetically: "I have something urgent to deal with, and my phone just ran out of battery. I will go and explain to Captain Hook in person tomorrow morning."

"Our plane leaves at 10 o'clock tomorrow." Heath reminded him, and when he was about to say something more, he saw Dan in the passenger seat, and the words turned around and turned into surprise: "Dan?"

Dan didn't want to get involved in the affairs of Sirius, and he would be seen, so he had no choice but to poke his head out and say hello: "Good evening, Captain Heath."

Heath glanced back and forth between August and Dan twice, and seemed to want to ask something more, but August didn't give him the chance: "I have something to talk to Dan about, see you at the airport tomorrow." After speaking, he raised the window, stepped on the accelerator and drove the car into the parking lot.

Heath stood there with his mouth open for a few seconds, then suddenly realized something, took out his mobile phone and dialed Newman's number: "Newman, it's me, you haven't slept yet? Then you come down, I'm in a hurry. Uh , I'll wait for you in the lounge."

Newman was already about to go to bed. After receiving the call from Heath, he thought it was an emergency. He put on his coat and hurried to the lounge next to the restaurant on the first floor. At a glance, he saw Heath sitting near the bar. After drinking a glass of white water, the expression on his face was particularly tangled.

"What's the matter? What's the matter?" He went straight over and sat down opposite Heath.

"August is finally back."

"I said that he knows what's going on, and it's good that he's fine. Anyway, he's going to deal with the contact with the Coast Guard himself." Newman shrugged indifferently, and looked at Heath carefully for a few seconds: "You call me down Just to tell me that August is back?"

The confusion on Heath's face was even worse, as if it was a bit difficult to say. He hesitated for a while, and said in a twisted way: "Do you remember what you told me when Dan applied to leave Sirius?"

Newman didn't expect him to bring this up, and he looked surprised: "Remember, why did you get involved with Dan again?"

"I have been waiting at the gate of the parking lot tonight. I finally waited until August drove back, but he took Dan with him."

Newman raised his eyebrows: "With Dan?"

Heath nodded: "And I always feel that the atmosphere between the two of them is a bit strange."

"They went up together?"

Heath was a little uncertain: "It should be... right? Otherwise, what is Dan coming here with him? Don't tell me it's a reminiscence. According to what you told me before, they have nothing to recount."

Newman looked helpless: "So what do you want to do? Go up and knock on the door and ask what they are doing?"

Heath was choked by his question, and he paused before speaking: "I don't have the guts. I just... I just" he rubbed his face: "I never fucking expected to meet Dan here again. You know what has happened to August in the past two years or so, if something unexpected happens, I..."

Newman sighed: "August knows what he's doing."

"I was just worried that he didn't count! I didn't even know what I was thinking, so I brought him back." Heath retorted with some vehemence.

Newman patted him on the shoulder: "Things are already like this, you have two options in front of you: one, go up and knock on the door to find out what they are doing; two, go upstairs and go back to the room to sleep. I don't intend to accompany you here You stay up late," he yawned, stood up and left.

Heath stared at his back, then looked at the water glass in front of him, took it up angrily and drank it in one gulp, leaned back heavily on the back of the sofa chair, and fell into a new round of entanglement.

At the same time, on the sixth floor of the hotel, in August's room.

After August entered the door, he took off his coat and threw it on the bed. Dan stood in the porch of the room, a moment of hesitation flashed across his face, and he was not in a hurry to go in.

"Take off your clothes." August's voice came from the room.

Dan: "...what did you say?"

August turned on the light in the bathroom, and bright warm yellow light poured down from overhead, illuminating the large rectangular vanity mirror to Dan's left.

August held a medicine box in his hand, and raised his chin at him: "Let me see your wound."

Only then did Dan understand what he meant, and reluctantly took off his coat, his fingers resting on the collar of the shirt inside, lingering for a few seconds, and slowly unbuttoned it.

The bruise on his shoulder has not been treated, and it was applied with ice cubes last night. At this moment, the area of ​​the bruise has expanded by at least a circle, and the entire shoulder and the upper part of the arm are a terrible purple.

"Why is it so serious?" August's voice couldn't help but tinge with anger.

Dan subconsciously lowered his head to look, and said vaguely: "Probably something is wrong after the ice compress."

"Ice compress?!"

Dan shut his mouth knowingly.

There was a moment of silence in the bathroom.There was only the rustle of August opening the medicine chest and rummaging through it.

Dan intentionally turned his body halfway, avoiding the angle where he could see August in the mirror, his eyes didn't fall, and he simply stared at the floor in the bathroom.Until a cold touch spread from the shoulder.

August dipped his fingers in the ointment and spread it on his wound bit by bit. Dan was not used to the touch of his fingers, and retracted his shoulders a little timidly.

"Don't move." August's voice was very low, and the hand that applied the medicine slightly increased his strength to hold him down.

Finally, Dan couldn't hold back, turned his head secretly, and glanced at August from the corner of his eye in the mirror. He saw that the man lowered his head slightly, his eyes were focused, and a small "Chuan" was formed between his brows. , but the movements of the hands are very gentle.

Dan had never seen August look like that.Feeling that somewhere in his heart was pulled, a feeling of soreness spread from his chest, and he blurted out: "Why?"

August raised his eyes in doubt: "Why?"

Dan regretted it almost as soon as he said it, and he suddenly realized that he wanted to ask too much.Why did you bring me back?Why should I care about my injuries?Why did you come to the Old Port to find me?Why give me these almost illusions of tenderness?

You obviously rejected me.

"Okay, take this ointment home, remember to use it twice a day. The wound itself is not serious, remember not to apply ice next time." August stood up straight and tidied up the scattered things in the medicine box Well, reached out and handed the stick of ointment to Dan.

"Why did you come to me?" Dan didn't answer, didn't put on his clothes, and looked up at him.

August put the ointment on the sink beside him, met Dan's eyes, and knew for the first time what it means to be poor.He avoided Dan's eyes in a panic: "I can't... leave you alone."

If Dan's eyes were originally full of expectation, after hearing his words, they became completely cold.

Neither of them spoke, and they were silent for a few seconds. August felt that he had to do something to break the embarrassment. He cleared his throat and was about to speak when Dan suddenly grabbed his collar.

"Why..." As soon as he uttered a syllable, he felt Dan's hand pulling his collar hard, and a shadow was suddenly cast in front of his eyes—that was Dan's enlarged eyebrows.Immediately afterwards, his lips were covered with a layer of softness.

His eyes widened in astonishment, and he didn't push away the person in front of him, but he didn't know how to react.The touch on his lips was dry and warm, and he suddenly had an urge to knock open the teeth of the person in front of him and taste the taste in his mouth.

Dan didn't let the kiss last long, letting go of August after just a few seconds.

"What I want is such a relationship. Can you give it? If not, please stay away from me. After all, I am a person who has no principles and cannot withstand any temptation." Dan's tone was full of provocation, O Inexplicably, Gust could hear such a stern smell of breaking the boat from his voice.

There was still the residual warmth of that person on his lips, and he subconsciously reached out to touch it. When he turned his head, Dan had already put on his shirt, his coat was rolled up in his hand, and walked out of the room without looking back.

When the elevator reached the first floor, there was a crisp "ding" sound. Dan hadn't recovered from the impulse just now, and walked forward with his head down without thinking, until someone grabbed his arm.

"Dan?" It was Newman. He carefully looked around Dan's face, and said with some concern: "Are you and August... all right?"

Dan cursed softly in his heart, and forced a smile: "It's okay. I'll go first, good night."

Newman stood there and looked at his back, who was almost fleeing, and then looked back at the empty elevator, frowning with some doubts.

First floor, in the lounge.

When the phone rang, Heath was still leaning on the back of the sofa chair. He took out his phone and saw August's name flashing on the screen. Gust?"

However, the other party's first sentence almost made his jaw drop: "What did you say? Are you going on vacation?"

According to the regulations of the base, each of them has nearly a month's vacation every year, and they implement rotations.August has never taken a break in the past few years. Even in March and April, when the base is at its leisure, he just stays in the office and makes a training plan for the new year.The first time he heard the word "vacation", Heath almost doubted his ears.

On the sixth floor, in the room.

Standing at the window, August could just see the familiar figure rushing out of the hotel gate, almost hastily walking onto the sidewalk, his steps were big and hasty, his coat still rolled up in his hand.

Tsk, I don't know how cold it is.

"Well, you heard me right, I'm going on vacation." He watched the figure disappear into the corner of the street fixedly, and drew the curtains casually.

"Yes, I won't go back to the base with you tomorrow... I know we have to go through the procedure, and there are some things to deal with at the base...Time? I didn't think about it, about three weeks...I know, you go first tomorrow , I will go to the headquarters to make a report, and then return to the base to hand over."

Heath didn't know what to say on the other end of the phone, and August showed a faint smile on his face: "It's nothing, just some private matters to deal with."

first floor.

Heath almost doubted his ears again. He took the phone out of his ears and looked at it, reconfirming that the other end was indeed August, and said with some uncertainty: "What are you talking about? You have private matters ? What is it about?"

August on the other end of the phone did not speak, and only clicked his tongue as an answer.

Hiss was expressionless: "...Okay, I understand, I wish you well, see you at our base."

August responded and hung up the phone.

Heath stared at the phone for a while, thinking of seeing those two people at night, he suddenly felt that what Newman said made sense.

"Meddling your own business," he muttered under his breath, standing up and walking in the direction of the elevator.