Cen Ning hardly ever traveled far, but she didn't tell Wei Pinfang about this trip to Tibet.
If photographers are Wei Pinfang's deathbed, then Tibet is her forbidden place.
Because once, her father died there.
Cen Ning doesn't have so many forbidden places in her heart, even because of her father, she yearns for that place even more. She wanted to know what kind of place made her father so relentless.
Before departure, Cen Ning made a lot of preparations and strategies, and also followed the team to the hospital for a physical test.
The day before her departure, she could hardly sleep all night, for no reason, but her heart beat faster, as if something was waiting for her.
One must go to Lhasa in this lifetime.
Some people say that Lhasa is a place that can only be experienced personally and cannot be imagined by photos or pictures. There is a sky and sunshine that you have never seen in your life, as well as palaces and mountains that instantly purify your mind...
All of this is true, assuming, of course, that you don't get dizzy and have trouble breathing as soon as you get there.
Cen Ning and his team of seven are a small branch of the Eternal Camera Club that chooses to work in Tibet. When they arrived at the scheduled inn, four people in the group felt discomfort to varying degrees, but surprisingly, Cen Ning was not one of the four people.
"Cen Ning." After putting down her luggage and resting in her room, someone knocked on her door.
After Cen Ning opened the door, he saw Dabei and Xiao Sheng, another boy in the team.
Dabei: "Are you okay?"
Cen Ning shook his head: "I don't feel it, it's just that Xixi and the others are not feeling well and are still resting."
"Well, let them rest first. By the way, the two of us are going to have a look outside now. Do you want to go together?"
Cen Ning was eager to go out for a walk, but she was embarrassed to fall behind because everyone didn't act just now: "Okay, I'll go get a camera."
"Um."
The three of them took their cameras and set off. They had no destination, but just walked on the street casually, feeling the taste of this place. When you see the scenery you like, you take out your camera and take a few pictures.
Cen Ning and Dabei carried their heads on their backs. With short guns and short guns, wearing jeans and white shirts and other modern clothes, they stepped into this simple and solemn place, as if they had come to another world.
Later, the three of them walked into Barkhor Street. At dusk, the golden light fell on the monks and nuns sitting on the ground, shining a quiet and ancient charm.
Cen Ning raised his hand and pressed the shutter button uncontrollably.
After taking a few photos, looking back at the previous photos, Cen Ning paused slightly when he swipe across a certain one. In the image, a few nuns dressed in red robes, twirling the prayer wheel, humming with their eyes closed.
The image is silent, but at a glance, it seems that they can hear them humming a distant divine song.
Cen Ning was inexplicably touched, put away the camera, and stood watching for a long time.
"Tsk, I asked you to buy something for so long, so it turned out to be secretly smoking!"
"I didn't waste time, I just bought a pack by the way."
"You... eh, be careful!"
There were more and more tourists coming and going on the street. Cen Ning was holding his camera in a daze when he was suddenly bumped into.
She staggered and almost fell, but fortunately, the man grabbed her with quick eyesight and hands.
"Sorry, are you okay?"
Cen Ning was startled, and looked up at the person who was pulling her.
A young man was wearing a jacket and a hat, his exposed skin was a little tanned.
Cen Ning guessed that he was also a tourist, because he was also out of tune with the surrounding area.
"It's okay." There were many people on the street, and she was standing in the middle, so she couldn't blame others for accidentally bumping into her.
"Well, that's good, girl, be careful." The young man said shyly.
Cen Ning nodded.
"Okay, let's go." Another person beside him pulled him.
The young man smiled apologetically at Cen Ning, then followed his friend away.
Cen Ning subconsciously looked at the two of them, only to see them walking side by side against the setting sun.
"They are waiting in front, slowly, be careful that brother Yan will cut you later."
"Hey, don't say I smoke later."
"Oh, you still know you're afraid."
…
Cen Ning stood where he was, his pupils shrank slightly. But those two people had gone far away, and their voices could no longer be heard.
Brother Yan
"Cen Ning, why are you still here? I've been looking for you for a long time." Dabei and the others returned the same way, and finally saw Cen Ning standing on the road in a daze, "What are you looking at?"
Cen Ning came back to his senses: "No, this place is very strange, I'll take a closer look."
"Then go further?"
"Well, let's go."
Cen Ning followed Dabei and the others and walked forward. After walking a few steps, she looked back again. At this moment, the backs of the two young men were no longer visible.
Cen Ning suddenly smiled, and shook his head somewhat self-deprecatingly.
What was she thinking, when she heard a name like his, she thought it was him
But how could he appear here.
**
In the next two days, Cen Ning followed the team to several other places in Tibet. Later, because they each had their own ideas and themes, they split into two groups on the third day.
Cen Ning, Dabei, Xiao Sheng, and Xixi were in one car, and the other three members of the team were in one car.
Cen Ning and the others drove west without any particular destination, they just drove and stopped along the road.
This place seems to be completely cut off from the outside world. In front of them is an endless road, with magnificent and magnificent plateau snow-capped mountains on the side, and a sky as blue as if painted with paint. When passing through no-man's land, you can occasionally see wild Tibetan antelopes and yellow sheep passing by in groups.
Empty, as if there is nothing, and it seems to have everything.
Fifteen hours on and off, these photographers were all shocked beyond measure.
But after getting out of the car for the last time to take pictures, the car would not start when I got in the car again.
"Dabei, what's going on?" Xiao Sheng, a boy among the four, asked.
Dabei looked around for a while: "It's strange, why is there something wrong with the engine, has the car rental company checked it?"
"Huh? Can't open it?"
Dabei was also anxious. He looked around and found that there was still an hour away from the town in front of him, and the surrounding area was empty. Except for the road, there was an endless wilderness. There was really nowhere to ask for help.
Dabei: "I have driven this line three times, and this is the first time I have encountered this kind of problem."
Cen Ning: "Then shall we call for help?"
Dabei: "You try."
"Okay." Cen Ning took out his mobile phone, but when he was about to make a call, he found that the signal here was extremely poor, "You guys try too, I can't make a call."
"Oops, it just stopped at a signal weakness."
Later, the four were looking for signals and checking the car. But after tossing for an hour, there was nothing I could do.
Dabei: "It's not an option to wait here. There are too few cars here. Otherwise, we will split into two routes. Two people stay here, and two people go to Pulan County ahead..."
Another girl wondered: "How can this be done? It takes more than an hour to drive. How long do we have to walk?"
"Then what else can you do?"
"I… "
During the stalemate, the four of them were all sad.
It was getting dark, and if they couldn't make it to the next foothold before dark, it would be dangerous and scary for them to be in this wilderness with four people in one car.
"What should I do?" Xixi said with a tear in her voice.
Cen Ning said: "Since this is the case, let's do what Dabei said. The two of you went to the front to ask for help, and the two of you waited in place."
Da Bei: "That's the only way to go, then who of us—"
"Hey wait! There is a car! There is a car coming." Suddenly, Xiao Sheng's eyes lit up, and he pointed to a black spot not far away and said in surprise.
Dabei: "... Really or not."
The three of them looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, in the direction they came from, an off-road vehicle slowly approached.
"Stop it!!"
The four of them seemed to see a spot of light in the darkness, and hurried to the side of the road to wave their hands.
At this moment in the off-road vehicle, the man sitting in the co-pilot squinted his eyes and patted the person in the driver's seat: "Hey, there is someone in front."
"I can see it."
"What's the matter, is there something wrong with the car?"
"Guess so."
"Then what to do."
After asking this question, the people in the main driver and the co-pilot looked at the people in the back seat in unison.
Co-pilot: "Brother Yan, do you want to stop?"
At this time, the one who was cleaning the gun on the back seat was exactly what he said and did during the mission. He raised his eyes when he heard the sound, and glanced at the figures not far away.
But with a casual glance, he lowered his eyes again: "Stop."
"yes."
Their destination this time is Baga Township in Purang County, Ngari Prefecture, which is a border county where the three countries meet and is also one of the border ports of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Tang Zheng's large army had already infiltrated, and he came a day late because he had to communicate with the outside world.
They are naturally in a hurry, but they can't turn a blind eye to people who are in trouble.
The car stopped, without raising his head in words or deeds, he said, "Ask what's going on, and fix it quickly."
"OK."
The co-pilot went down, and continued with his head down, but because the window was wide open, he could hear the conversation outside clearly.
The whole sound is not bad, it is nothing more than the car broke down, I hope to take their car to the Baga Township in front to ask for an ambulance.
It was very common at first, until I heard a familiar voice between words and deeds.
He froze for a moment, a little unbelievable and a little unbelievable.
Dabei was negotiating with the people who got off the car. Seeing this, Cen Ning stepped forward and confessed their identities, hoping that the other party would be kind enough to help.
The man who got out of the car nodded and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go back and ask my companion."
"Well, okay."
As soon as the man turned around and walked away, the person in the back seat of the car had already got off by himself.
All the people present looked at him, and with just one glance, Dabei and the others knew that it was this person's consent that should be sought first. As for Cen Ning, when he saw the person getting off from the car, he was so shocked that he forgot to react.
The person who got out of the car was wearing ordinary clothes, black pants, black t-shirt, and a dark jacket. His eyes were slightly cold, looking cold and majestic. In such an empty no-man's land, his eyes suddenly made people feel fearful.
Dabei and the others looked at each other, the hesitation and vigilance in their eyes was self-evident.
"Brother Yan, their car broke down, and they asked us if we could take a ride." The man who was sitting in the co-pilot said, "We can still take two in our car, or we can take two to the countryside."
Unexpectedly, there was no immediate answer from Words and Deeds.
His eyes swept over the four of them, and finally fell on Cen Ning. Then, everyone heard him say coldly, "All the photos are taken here."
Cen Ning: "..."
Everyone: "???"
"Get in the car." After saying a few words and deeds, he went back without saying a word.
Cen Ning was inexplicably frightened, wondering if he was still angry because of what happened a while ago
The male co-pilot said: "Our brother Yan agrees, it's ok, which one of you will get in the car?"
Cen Ning said without thinking, "Me."
Xixi from the team quickly stopped her: "Ningning, what... is it unsafe?"
These words were a little impolite, but the man in front of him was not angry at all: "Girl, don't worry, we have some business to do when we go to Baga Township this time, and my brothers are all serious Chinese citizens. You see , we all met by chance, and you were the first to ask for help, no matter how you think about it, we are not bad people."
Cen Ning glanced at the person who spoke, and understood that he was unwilling to reveal his true identity. Because in this case, if they showed proof that they were soldiers, Xixi would definitely feel at ease, but he didn't.
This shows that it is necessary for them to hide their identities.
Cen Ning turned around and comforted: "It's okay, Xixi, they don't look like bad people. Besides, we really need their help now, we are in danger without them. Don't worry, I will come back as soon as possible."
"Can-"
"Cen Ning, I'll go with you." Xiao Sheng said, "We also have a companion."
Cen Ning nodded: "Okay, Dabei, you two just wait here."
"Okay," Dabei knew it was the best way, "Then you two go back early."
"Um."
**
The road was unobstructed, and the car was going fast. Xiao Sheng sat on Cen Ning's left side, while her right side was the words and deeds.
"Leave immediately after the car is repaired." Words and deeds cast a glance at Cen Ning, "Don't come to such a dangerous place in the future."
Cen Ning: "...not dangerous."
"It's your luck that you don't feel unwell now. If you suddenly feel unwell, there is no hospital nearby to save you."
Cen Ning lowered his head and responded in a low voice.
The man in the driver's seat glanced at the rearview mirror, secretly cursing in his heart, why is brother Yan so caring today.
"Then why are you here?" Cen Ning asked.
Before he could answer his words and deeds, the man in the passenger seat turned around and said, "It's about business, otherwise who would come to such a remote place, right?"
The two people in the front row didn't know Cen Ning's understanding of words and deeds, so they were still lying until now, but suddenly said in words and deeds: "It's not convenient to say more."
From what he said, Cen Ning understood that it was probably a secret again, so she nodded and said nothing more.
Only after a while, she secretly reached out and grabbed Yan Zhizhi's sleeve.
The book of words and deeds looked out the window, and after being disturbed by the movement of the little girl next to him, he glanced sideways. Seeing his gaze turn, the latter reached out and patted the camera bag on her lap.
"Your." Cen Ning silently said with his mouth.
The eyes of words and deeds were slightly concentrated, and then glanced at her again, only to see that the person next to him looked half sorry and half wronged: "Last time, I'm sorry."
Her fingers were still grabbing his sleeve, her slender white fingers were slender, sneaky but she never let go.
The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the wind is blowing all the way.
His words and deeds softened a lot somehow.
He thought, why can't he always see her pitiful appearance.