winter in greenland

Chapter 52

Dan's first reaction was to subconsciously look at Xia Zuo beside him. Xia Zuo met his gaze. Although he didn't understand what was going on, he still smiled at him very "Xia Zuo".

All this is not so good in the eyes of August opposite.His vacation was originally very short. He waited here for more than a week, and went to the port station for an hour every day. Followed by another person.

When Dan and Xia Zuo came out of the old port, he happened to walk to the door, and just watched the man take Dan's arm and lead him into the famous Kopar restaurant nearby.The buildings in Iceland are generally not high, so even if he stood on the street outside, he could still see clearly the behavior of the two people on the second floor of the restaurant, including the rose specially brought up by the waiter.

But at this moment, with the four eyes facing each other, Dan's first reaction was to look at the strange man next to him. In August's eyes, this action turned into a complete guilty conscience and cover-up. With an ambiguous and doting smile——

At that moment, August couldn't tell whether he was more angry or more wronged.

I came here on vacation to clear things up with you, and you ended up dating someone else like nothing happened.

He pursed his lips, turned his eyes around Dan and Xia Zuo, and still didn't say anything, turned around and left neatly.

Here, just as Dan was about to say hello, he saw the back of the other party without delay.For some reason, August's last look always made him feel flustered.

"Who is that?" Xia Zuo showed a curious expression at the right time.

"A former friend of mine probably has something to do with me. I'll go and have a look first. You go back first, Xia Zuo. I'll think about what you said." Dan explained vaguely, turned around and wanted to rush across the street.

"Oh? I said two things, which one are you referring to?" Xia Zuo's voice was a little awkward.

Dan looked back with some warning, didn't say much, and was about to take a step forward, when a sightseeing bus on the left passed by, the driver saw that he had stepped off the curb, and hurriedly stepped on the brakes, and at the same time A horn sounded sharply.

"Hey, be careful!" Sacco grabbed Dan's arm next to him.

Dan also realized his recklessness, and waved to the driver repeatedly in front of the stopped bus to apologize.When the bus drove away and he looked across the street again, there was no sign of August.

Dan was a little discouraged, and Xia Zuo saw that his expression was not right, and kindly reminded him, "He has already left".

Dan waved his hand listlessly to signal that he knew: "Go back first, I will walk by myself." He still walked across the street.

"Hey, I'll accompany you..." Xia Zuo shouted resolutely and wanted to catch up, but Sacco grabbed him by the side: "Didn't you see that he is not in a good mood, let him walk by himself. You, come with me for a drink."

Xia Zuo: "..."

Shaco's grip on him didn't loosen at all, and he just dragged and dragged him to the harbor steward's hut.

"I said Uncle Sacco, didn't you see that I want to chase Dan?" Xia Zuo sat on the sofa, his voice somewhat dissatisfied.

Sacco was busy adding firewood to the fireplace: "I don't understand about you young people." While talking, he put the teapot for boiling water on the fireplace.

"Did you do it on purpose?" Xia Zuo complained while helping him take out the tea leaves.

Sacco looked back at him, with a smile of "I don't know anything" on his face: "Oh, you have misunderstood me."

Xia Zuo leaned forward towards the fire, thoughtfully: "Uncle Sacco, you are the port administrator of the Old Port, and Dan has been working here. You have known him for a long time, right?"

Sacco glanced at him: "Why, do you want to get news from me?"

Xia Zuo had a flattering smile on his face: "Didn't I just say that I want to pursue him, of course I need to know more about him, so you can just chat casually and ask about anything about him, anything is fine."

Sacco rolled his eyes: "It's been a long time since anyone has accompanied me to drink some authentic rum."

"I'm here tonight. You can drink as much as you want with you. Which one do you want? I'll buy it." Xia Zuo said and stood up.

Sacco held him down with some amusement: "No need, I have wine here, and I have to be on duty today, if you don't think I'm nagging, then I'll chat with you."

Xia Zuo smiled obsequiously: "How could it be, you can say whatever you want."

Sacco took out a half-drunk bottle of rum from the cupboard beside him, poured half a glass each for Xia Zuo and himself, sat down on the sofa, and stretched his legs comfortably: "What about me, though I haven’t been with Dana for a long time, but I can see that he is a down-to-earth young man. He has been here for more than a year or almost two years. Don’t think he can laugh and chat with anyone, but I am in Old Port Having been an administrator for so long, at least I have some knack for reading people. In this person's eyes," he said and pointed to his own eyes, "there is a story."

Xia Zuo became a little interested: "Story? Have you asked him?"

Sacco squinted at him: "Some things don't need to be asked. You just need to look at his working state, and his attitude towards people and things is very clear. Do you think you are the first person who wants to pursue him? So two In [-], he took tourists out to sea, and every month, he saw girls wanting to ask him out for dinner, but none of them succeeded. He can smile at everyone during working hours, and you don’t want to take up any of his private time when you get off the boat. I I’ve seen too many sailors who are having fun for themselves. The girl brought out in a week can be the same every day, but Dan is different. I’ve seen people who are worried about things, and they can be roughly divided into two types. One kind of death The other is to push yourself to death, and Dan is the second. If it weren't for those little people and facts that you can't let go of, who wouldn't want to live a chic and happy life?"

Dan walked aimlessly on the street for an unknown distance, and he didn't see any shadow of August along the way.No matter how much I try to convince myself that "he doesn't necessarily mean anything when he comes here", disappointment is still disappointment after all.

This street is not the main street, it has already passed 10 pm, although it is still a long white night, there are almost no pedestrians on the road.Dan didn't want to go back to the apartment either. He put his hands in his pockets and was walking forward with his head down, when a voice with some uncertainty came from behind him——

"Dan...?" He turned his head instinctively, his thoughts still couldn't move away from August, and his face was still a little dazed, so that he couldn't immediately recognize the person behind him.

About ten meters behind him stood two girls, one was tall and slender, with long brown hair pulled into neat ponytails behind his head, exposing a smooth forehead, the other was shorter, with a The red hair was braided into a ponytail hanging on his chest, and the gray-blue eyes were full of disbelief.

"... Mia?" Dan was stunned for a second and then recognized the other party, feeling a little dazed for a moment.Ralph had mentioned to him before that Mia was studying the organ in Hallgrims Cathedral. Although it was only half a month before he met Ralph, the successive incidents made him completely abandon this matter. At the back of his head, seeing Mia standing in front of him at this moment, he suddenly felt a vague sense of unreality.

Mia walked forward slowly, as if she didn't know what to say, she paused before speaking: "I didn't expect to meet you here."

The girl next to her looked at Dan curiously, then turned her head to look at Mia, and stretched out her hand first: "Hi, my name is Catherine, and I'm Mia's classmate."

Dan reached out and shook her hand: "Hi, my name is Dan, Mia's... friend."

When he said the word "friend", the expression on Mia's face shook, and she seemed to have mixed feelings. She turned her head and said apologetically to Catherine: "I'm sorry Cathy, Dan and I... We have a lot I haven't seen you for a year, and I may not be able to go to the bar with you tonight."

Catherine shrugged and showed a sly smile: "It's okay, but do you still remember the handsome guy I told you about at the airport? If I meet him at the bar tonight, don't blame me for not giving Your chance to compete."

Mia forced a smile and gently pushed her: "I'm not interested."

Catherine laughed: "I know, I know, you guys talk, I'll go first."

Until her figure disappeared at the corner not far away, the atmosphere between Mia and Dan was a little silent.

"Your years..."

"are you doing okay?"

The two spoke almost at the same time, their eyes widened for a few seconds, and they both laughed at the same time.

"Tell me first, why did you come to Reykjavik? Is it because of a mission?" After laughing enough, Mia spoke first.

Dan shook his head: "No, I'm retired."

"Retired? Did something happen?" Mia was a little surprised, and then her tone became a little worried.

Dan looked at the sky, turned his eyes back to Mia, and sighed with some emotion: "This is a very long story. How about you, how have you been... in the past few years?"

Mia looked at the cathedral not far away in a daze, and after a while, she slowly said: "It's not good or bad, right? In fact, time flies by without knowing it."

There was another half hour of silence.

"sorry--"

"sorry--"

The two spoke in unison again. This time, neither of them smiled. Mia looked at Dan with a slightly sentimental look: "You don't need to apologize. I am the one who should say sorry."

Dan didn't want to see her eyes like this, and pointed to the Hallgrims Cathedral not far away: "Can you take me around? Although I have been here for almost two years, I have never had the chance to go Look in there."

"Two years?" Mia was surprised, and then joked: "We haven't met in such a long time, but today... It seems that I have to believe in things like fate."

Dan heard other meanings in her words, and immediately realized that today was Jason's death day.

"It's been almost a year since I've been here. In the past, I would visit him on this day every year. This year, it seems that I can only pray in the church." Mia said, leading Dan to the cathedral.

"Mia, I'm sorry..."

"You don't need to apologize," Mia interrupted him, looking at him with gray-blue eyes, "You've said enough sorry. I'm no longer the ignorant little girl I was back then. I understand that if it wasn't for you, I would probably have died that night with Jason and would never have stood here. Haven't experienced death hanging by a thread, would never have known how lucky it is to be alive matter."

The author says:

August: Huh! !

Because of the Chinese New Year this week, the update needs to be slightly adjusted (please forgive me). Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, that is, Wednesday and Thursday, please take two days off (maybe make up a short small theater), and then I will take August Te and Dan will come back together to spend the New Year with the cuties~ After that, there will be more updates on Sundays~ Normal updates will resume next Monday~