winter in greenland

Chapter 64

A week later, Reykjavik.

As soon as the ship docked, all the crew members on the "Moby Dick" were taken away by an investigation team jointly formed by the shipping company and relevant seaport departments.Fortunately, although the ship sank, there were no reports of casualties. The ordinary crew members were released after two rounds of questioning, leaving only the captain, first mate, second mate and relevant responsible persons.

I was locked up in the small building where the investigation team was temporarily stationed for a few days, which made people feel the value of being able to breathe fresh air.

Dan turned on the phone, and several messages popped up on the screen in an instant. He checked them one by one. In addition to the news from the shipyard that he could pick up the boat, there were also some miscellaneous advertisements. According to Ster's information, it was four days ago——

"The isolation review of the base has begun. During the period, we are required not to communicate with the outside world. Wait for my news."

Dan frowned. It stands to reason that such a routine review is usually just a formality. On the one hand, it will not take too long, and on the other hand, it will not require the isolation of relevant personnel. However, after this message, August has no more news came.

He scrolled down with his fingers, and the most recent message was from Mia, and it was three days ago——

"Dan, because the volcanic activity school ended our study tour early, I have already returned to Northern Ireland. I haven't been able to contact you for the past few days. Please let me know when you see the news."

After thinking about it, he called Mia first.

After the call was connected, the background on the other end was a bit noisy, and Dan could barely hear Mia's "Hello" clearly. After a bit of harsh electrical sound, the voice on the other side was much clearer.

"Dan? Where have you been these days? I heard there was a shipwreck in the port. Are you okay?"

Dan smiled slightly: "To be precise, it is our ship, but don't worry, there are no casualties, I have returned to Reykjavik now, and I have been undergoing internal investigations for the past few days, so you can't contact me. "

Mia let out a sigh of relief: "As long as you're fine, I just want to tell you that we're leaving early. I wanted to wait for you to come back and show you around our church."

"Didn't the volcanic eruption affect the flight? You left by boat?"

Mia said "Yes": "The sea transportation is still normal. The school sent an emergency notice the next day after the volcano erupted, asking all our overseas students to take the next day's ferry to return home."

"Are all your classmates with you?"

"Well, don't worry, Catherine is with me, and there are about 4 or 5 students from the seminary, everyone is together."

"Well, that's fine."

"How long are you going to stay there? Has the internal review been over?"

Dan hesitated for a few seconds, and decided not to talk about himself and August. Instead of answering her, he asked insincerely: "Uh, Mia, I remember you said before that you and your brother have been together all these years. It's August, who has been in touch?"

Mia was a little alert: "There is a connection, why did you suddenly mention him?"

"It's nothing, I was just thinking that you haven't seen each other for so many years, and you can't always communicate by email in the future." Dan's voice was a little vague.

Mia paused, and smiled softly: "I really want to meet him, but in order to avoid other unnecessary troubles... you know, forget it. It is best to have the opportunity to meet him, if No chance, it's good to know he's fine. Ah—be careful!"

Dan was taken aback by her: "What's wrong?"

The phone on Mia's end should have been taken away, and I could only hear a few sporadic words of sorry, I didn't burn you, and so on.

After a while, her voice reappeared in the receiver: "It's nothing, I accidentally bumped into someone just now, and all the coffee he was carrying spilled. It looks like I have to change clothes. Let's do it first, Dan. I'm going to Belfa. I'll be in touch with you later. Bye."

After Dan hung up the phone, he stared at the phone screen for a while, feeling a little troubled in his heart.He has never mentioned the matter of Mia with August. Of course he knows that August cannot let go of this only family member, but once he mentions it, his service experience in Belfast back then, he went to Sirius The causes and consequences of the situation will inevitably be put on the table.

Apart from some secret thoughts, he didn't want August to know about these things. Another reason was the accident that happened to Mia's fiancé, Jason.Mia once said that she didn't want August to know about it, and he thought the same out of his own selfishness.

That person has already carried a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and his responsibility is destined to make him sacrifice something. Dan once heard him recall the past with his own ears, and he doesn't want to see the same pain appear in that person's eyes again .

Some secrets never need to be told.In order to protect those important people, who is not going forward with a heavy burden.

Dazed for a while, he scanned the address book and dialed August's number.

However, what responded to him was a cold mechanical electronic female voice: "Hello, the user you dialed is temporarily unavailable. After a beep, you will be transferred to voicemail..."

He didn't leave a message, and hung up the phone directly. Feeling a little anxious for no reason, he simply walked towards Harvey's bar.

It’s almost mid-July, and the tourist season in Reykjavik has not yet passed. The streets are sunny in the afternoon, and the tourists who come and go have smiles on their faces.

Correna's street-facing seats were filled as usual, and Dan pushed open the bar door and walked in.

The wind chime on the door made a series of crisp sounds. Harvey raised his head from behind the bar and smiled after seeing the person coming: "Finally back."

Dan also smiled and walked over to give him a high five: "Give me a glass of ice water."

Harvey poured him a glass of water, and threw a mint leaf into it: "How about this trip? It's safe and sound?"

Dan took it and took a sip: "Well, it's just a pity for the 'Moby Dick'. According to the normal year estimate, it should still be in service for another 5 to 7 years."

"It's the greatest luck that there are no casualties, otherwise I guess your captain will really be overwhelmed."

Dan sighed. "They're still under scrutiny."

Harvey glanced at him: "Don't worry, it won't be a big deal, it's just a routine procedure."

Seeing that Dan didn't make a sound, Harvey stopped what he was doing, looked him around carefully, and raised his eyebrows: "It seems that you have something else to gain from this trip."

Dan was a little absent-minded: "What other gains?"

Harvey leaned on the bar, leaned in front of him, and said with interest: "How is the major, sir? I heard that he seems to be on the 'Moby Dick' this time?"

Dan coughed unnaturally, unable to hide the smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's nothing."

Harvey saw his expression clearly and snapped his fingers: "Hey, it looks like I won."

Dan wondered: "What won?"

"Are you sure about the relationship?"

"……Yes."

"That's good. Joe made a bet with me before, betting that your Excellency will be driven back by you in despair, and me, betting that the two of you will be together. I won."

Dan was speechless: "...I didn't know you guys still had this hobby."

"--what? What did you say?" Before Dan finished speaking, Joe just opened the door and came in. He rushed to the bar like a cannonball and grabbed Dan's hand: "You're back! Wait! That's not what I want to say !Of course I'm glad you're back! All I want to ask is, what did you just say? Why did Harvey say he won?"

Dan was taken aback, but before he could react, he subconsciously said, "...I'm with August."

Joe looked shocked: "But how is it possible? You are not..."

Harvey coughed and interrupted him: "Okay, Joe, they are sure about their relationship, and they are willing to bet."

Joe glared at Harvey angrily, and then let go of Dan after a long while, lying listlessly on the bar: "It's over, it's over, I saved a little money with great difficulty, and now I'm going to be wiped out by you again."

Harvey gave him a meaningful look: "I don't remember that I didn't seem to say that chips are money."

Joe glanced at him: "My house is rented from you. I have nothing else but my salary. What more do you want?"

Harvey smiled and said nothing.

"No! Wait! Are you guys going to cheat me together? Dan, be honest, why did you suddenly decide to be with that person? How did Harvey guess this development?" Joe suddenly jumped from the bar He straightened up and stared at Dan covetously.

Harvey laughed, turned his head to himself, and raised an index finger: "I'll answer this question for you. It's actually very simple. I guessed it after Dan beat up those yellow-haired boys that night."

Dan was helpless: "Stop making trouble with Harvey, I only met him at that time, how could you know."

Harvey shook his finger: "No, no, it's a reunion to be precise. Let me ask you a question: There is such a person, if you can't see him being unhappy, frowning, or working hard, What do you think is the reason why you can’t see other people’s criticisms of him? There is only one answer, that is, you love him. Would you feel sorry for someone who has nothing to do with him? No. So the conclusion is that you love this person. If you still love him, then everything behind is easy to explain."

Dan: "..." He suddenly felt that what Harvey said made sense.

Joe stared at them for a while, then fell down in discouragement, and looked at Dan with bright eyes after a while: "If you lose, you lose. I'm still happy for you. I always remember the first time I met you. The first piece, is it called "Liebesleid"? I don't want to listen to such a sad tune again."

Dan couldn't help but also laughed, and said sincerely, "Thank you."

It was almost evening when he left Corena, and just as he walked out of Laugowig Street, a familiar voice behind him stopped him: "Dan?"

He turned around and saw Ralph riding on a bicycle with one foot on the ground. After seeing that it was indeed Dan, he breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you are fine. The local news has been spreading 'Moby Dick' for the past few days." The news of the wreck, your photos are all on the TV station.”

Dan walks over to him: "Hey, I'm fine. And you, how are you doing?"

Ralph shrugged: "It's the same, it's hard to change life here."

"I...Actually, I met Mia a few days ago." Dan thought about it and said, "Before I went to sea. Today I received a message from her that all of their group of overseas students have returned to China. I thought you……"

Ralph smiled: "You think I'll go back with her?"

Dan keenly sensed other meanings in his words, and didn't answer for a moment.

Ralph simply parked his bicycle to the side of the road: "I'm on duty at the farm today, and there's no one at night. Go for a drink?"

Dan nodded.

Different from the first time I came here more than a month ago, all kinds of flowers on the farm in mid-July are in full bloom, as if I know that the end of summer is approaching, purple and yellow pansies mixed with fiery red poppies are all over the place. Oncoming hillside.After going around the hillside and entering the wooden fence gate, you can see several neatly divided open-air flower gardens. White, light yellow, light pink, orange, deep red and sky blue lupines are blooming enthusiastically, and the air is mixed with Sweet floral scent.

"This way." Ralph parked his bicycle on the side of the flower garden, and led Dan into the glass sun room next to him.

"What's for a drink?" said Ralph, rummaging in the cupboard.

Dan looked around. The hut was not big. There was a birch table and a few chairs in the middle. Transparent glass surrounded the whole farm.

"Usually everyone eats and rests here at noon, let me see...there's not much wine, how about whiskey?"

Dan agreed, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Ralph washed two clean glasses, poured a third of the wine for each of them, raised the glasses first, took a sip, and said: "I plan to go to Langyi next month after the contract with the farm expires. The boss told me that Denmark has applied for a research project in cooperation with Iceland. Regarding plants, it needs to go to Svalbard for about three months of sampling. Their scientific research team needs some mercenaries, probably as bodyguards Kind of job, my application has been submitted, and if there is no accident, it will be approved this week."

The author says:

A little more in advance~ There is still a little cutie, do you remember the hard-working Ralph...

Also, there will be an update in the afternoon~