Xu Xinghe slept for an unknown amount of time, and when he opened his eyes again, he found that it was already dark outside.
He suddenly turned over and sat up, wondering why no one came to wake him up, but when he raised his hand to check the time, it was not yet four o'clock in the afternoon.
Presumably it was because Nanjia City was located in the extreme north, so it got dark very early.
Xu Xinghe approved a coat, got up and got out of bed, and came to the window.
The sky in the distance showed a quiet and deep dark blue, just like the night at three o'clock in the morning in the city of stars, clear and quiet, spotless.
Nanjia City, which was white when we came here, instantly entered a world of feasting and colorful neon lights as the sun rose and the moon rose.
Above the blue night sky, countless colorful lights emerged.
The decorative lights inside the ice sculptures are also lit up one after another, together with the neon lights on the street, adding a brilliant color to the snow city at night.
Xu Xinghe stood alone by the window for a while, then suddenly lowered his head to look at the time, then quickly turned around and went back to the house to pack up, put on a sweater, a down jacket, a scarf, gloves, and went out wrapped tightly.
We agreed to gather in the hotel lobby at 4:15, and went to the viewing platform by the Baisong River to watch the snow scenery, and then went to a five-star restaurant in Linjiang for dinner.
Just as Xu Xinghe pushed open the door of his room, he saw a familiar figure walking out from the next room.
Xu Xinghe: "..."
Gu Nai turned around, and bumped into Xu Xinghe in the corridor, the black eyes behind the glasses flashed, and he smiled and said hello: "Good afternoon, Team Leader Xu."
Xu Xinghe asked: "You also have a single room?"
Gu Nai nodded: "Well, the team leader Conrad and I specially applied for a single room."
He seemed to see Xu Xinghe's doubts, and explained with a smile: "I snore when I sleep, so I'm afraid I'll disturb my roommate."
Xu Xinghe: "... oh."
Gu Nai asked: "Why does Team Leader Xu want a private room?"
Xu Xinghe tilted his head, and asked back: "Otherwise, who am I going to sleep with?"
Gu Nai smiled, gave him a meaningful look, and then changed the topic: "The assembly time is coming soon, let's go."
Xu Xinghe took a look at him, and with the attitude of being responsible for the safety and health of the group members as the person in charge of this trip, he kindly reminded him: "You will be cold if you go out wearing like this."
Gu Nai, who was wearing a dark blue long windbreaker, glanced at Xu Xinghe who was wrapped into a ball, and said with a half-smile: "Has Team Leader Xu never been to an extremely cold city? The cold here is different from that in Floating Star City." , in this kind of place, a few degrees below zero is nothing, you will get hot wearing it like this."
Xu Xinghe looked at him suspiciously, oscillating between listening and not listening, and finally chose not to listen.
Just kidding, the absolute physical temperature is there, can there be any tricks to be cold
But he didn't intend to continue to persuade Gu Nai, he just said: "Then if you get cold for a while, you can come back early."
Gu Nai smiled: "If you get hot for a while—" Hei Mou glanced at him, and said calmly, "You can take it off."
Xu Xinghe: "..."
The two took the elevator downstairs together, and Gu Nai asked him as they walked, "What are your plans for the next few days?"
Xu Xinghe said: "Aren't you going to climb the snow mountain together tomorrow or the day after? The day after tomorrow is free, I may rest in the hotel, or go to a nearby park to see the snow scene, oh yes, Ryan and the others even invited me to play cards .” Then he turned and asked Gu Nai, “What about you?”
Gu Nai said: "I will act together with the big army. I just want to come back early to rest today, after all, I have something to do in the next few days."
"You have plans for the day after tomorrow?"
"Um."
"What arrangement?"
Gu Nai smiled lightly: "Secret."
Xu Xinghe: "..."
When the two arrived at the magnificent hotel lobby, there were already more than a dozen people gathered in the hall.
When there are too many people, the conversation will become mixed, and the atmosphere will naturally become lively.
When everyone arrived, everyone boarded the hotel's special car and set off towards the Baisong River.
Nanjia City's technological development is far inferior to that of Floating Star City, but it has a bit more classic beauty than Floating Star City.
Many old ruins have been rebuilt and renovated, and are still preserved in their original appearance.
There is a nine-curved stone bridge on the river, which leads directly to the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
Perhaps it is because the winter has just entered, the river has not been completely frozen, and there are colorful lanterns in the shape of lotus floating on the still water, which are lifelike and graceful.
The riverside is covered with rime forests, and crystal clear snow trees and ice flowers bloom all over the ten-mile long embankment.
After everyone got out of the car, they started a crazy photo mode.
Xu Xinghe followed the large army along the river bank, occasionally stopping to take pictures of the scenery.
However, after walking for a while, he found embarrassingly that Gu Nai was right, he really wore too much.
It was several degrees below zero outside, so it must be too cold for him to go out in Xingfu City. But now when he walked around, he actually started to sweat.
Fortunately, he wasn't the only one who felt the heat. A few people took off their coats first during the chase and fight, and then someone made the first snowball and threw it towards the crowd.
Although everyone hid quickly and no one was hit, the snowball seemed to be an omen, a signal, and everyone started to follow suit. Then the situation intensified, and finally snowballs flew all over the field, and the vigorous snowball melee was officially staged.
Xu Xinghe initially planned to pretend to maintain order, but when a snowball hit him, he decided not to pretend, threw his coat away, and formally joined the snowball fight team.
The scene was once chaotic, and the snow on the branches was shaken to the point of washing and falling.
The old leader Conrad stayed where he was, speechless.
He opened his mouth a few times, but he didn't say a single word. In the end, he just quietly hid aside, lest they hurt the innocent.
As for the scenery, no one cares.
A group of people had a good time before going to Linjiang Pavilion for dinner.
Having just experienced a hearty snowball fight, as soon as the table was served, someone began to order wine.
Xu Xinghe was also a little itchy, but he hesitated again and again, but he still restrained his inner little alcohol addiction, refused his colleagues' repeated persuasion, and asked for bar juice alone.
After all, when you are away from home, you still need to have basic safety awareness. What's more, if I get drunk like that again, how will I behave in front of my colleagues
After dinner, it snowed heavily outside again, but everyone's enthusiasm remained undiminished, and they wanted to continue to find a place to sing.
In the end, the team leader Conrad ruthlessly stopped him: "Have you all forgotten that you have to climb Nanjia Snow Mountain tomorrow? You were crazy in the afternoon, and you will continue to be crazy in the evening. Can you climb up tomorrow? Hurry up and go back for a refreshment." Let’s take a bath and go to bed early, can’t we sing again when we return to Star Floating City?”
So everyone had no choice but to give up and take the car back to the hotel obediently.
However, even when they returned to the room, the excited crowd had no intention of going to sleep at all.
When Xu Xinghe came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, there were already more than 80 unread messages on the smartphone, and the group chat was still ringing non-stop.
"Is there anyone coming to "Dark Alliance"?"
"I have wine here, if you need it, come to A-519 to pick it up"
"I have anti-alcoholic medicine here, if you need it, come to C-322 to get it yourself"
"Has Team Leader Conrad quit the group?"
"Based on what I know about him, he is probably already asleep at this point."
"Then can we...?"
"Take it easy, we have to climb a snow mountain tomorrow after all."
"But I can't sleep"
"Can't sleep 1"
"I want to play cards!"
"I think so too. I haven't had enough phone calls in the car during the day."
"Xiao Xu team leader is coming? @许星河"
"Whose room are you going to fight?"
At this time, Ryan erupted: "Team leader! Can we go to your room to fight? Your room is big! @许星河"
"Chairman Xu is not going to sleep too, is he?"
"Probably not, I once sent him an email at two o'clock in the morning and he replied."
Xu Xinghe: "..."
He rarely played poker after graduation, but playing in the car today really aroused his addiction to poker. At this moment, I stared at the screen for two seconds, and finally replied: "Come on, come on, I am at A-231, we can pool two tables and play a match."
The group suddenly burst into cheers.
"I am coming!"
"Wait for me, wait for me!"
"Anyone want a drink? I'll go downstairs and buy some cans first."
Xu Xinghe: "No alcohol allowed"
"..."
"Okay, okay! No more! Playing cards is important!"
At 8:30 p.m. in Floating Star City, Ling Changfeng called Xu Xinghe on the car home.
They were now separated by a time zone, and it should have been ten thirty in the evening on his little spouse's side.
But unexpectedly, the video call rang for less than two seconds before being hung up.
There was silence in the carriage. Marshal Ling, who hadn't been hung up on the phone for more than ten years, stared at the screen for a few seconds. After repeatedly confirming that his and the other party's signals were fine, he finally confirmed that his call application was hung up by the other party. broken.
Marshal Ling, who was always vigilant, tightened his heart, and his first reaction was that Xu Xinghe might be in trouble. So he immediately called Qin Yuan and asked him to locate the specific location of Xu Xinghe and his party and confirm Xu Xinghe's personal safety.
Soon, Qin Yuan sent a reply, saying that everything is normal in Nanjia, Fang Zhou and his party have returned to the hotel safely, and are now resting in the hotel.
When Ling Changfeng received the reply, his heart was half relieved, but half of it was still hanging in the air.
He dialed Qin Yuan's number again, and immediately asked, "Then why did he hang up on me?"
Qin Yuan was choked by his question, and after a moment of silence, he said cautiously: "Is it appropriate for you to ask me this question?"
Ling Changfeng looked at him expressionlessly.
And Adjutant Qin clearly read the four characters "I'm not happy" from the face that he had seen for more than twenty years.
He quickly figured out where the parents and officials were struggling. He took stock of the many possibilities for Xu Xinghe's phone call, and then picked the most acceptable one and said, "Could he be in the shower?"
Ling Changfeng: "..."
Marshal Ling didn't know what he thought of, and his different pupils flashed suddenly.
He pondered for a moment, then said calmly, "Then I'll call him later."
At this very moment, on the other side of the distant planet, Team Leader Xu, who had hit the top of the card game and was described by Ryan as "drunk without drinking", was killing all directions in the house.
Therefore, when a sudden bell interrupted his playing cards, he hung up without even looking at the location.
"You go out." Ethan, who was bombed just now, said, "Who hit it?"
Xu Xinghe waved his hand: "I don't know, don't care! We'll talk after this round... Shunzi!"
The members of the three groups who sat at his next house and played cards with them shook their heads: "Excuse me...but what if Boss Liang called?"
Xu Xinghe uttered bold words: "Even if it's the Heavenly King Laozi calling, we have to wait until the game is over!"
"Admiration, admiration! Team leader, you are becoming more and more bossy!" Ryan cupped his hands at him, "I also exploded! How many times have you counted?"
Xu Xinghe: "..."
After fighting like this for several rounds, a card was finally approaching the end of the round.
At this moment, the smart device on Xu Xinghe's wrist rang again.
After two calls in a row, Xu Xinghe finally didn't hang up directly, but raised his hand impatiently.
With just one glance, everyone noticed that Team Leader Xu, who was still invincible just now, froze, then put down the cards lightly, and said to everyone: "Wait for me a moment."
Then quickly slipped out the door.
When he came outside the door, Xu Xinghe pressed the connect button.
With a flash of light and shadow, Ling Changfeng's holographic projection appeared in front of his eyes.
"Where are you?" As soon as the video was connected, Ling Changfeng asked, "Just returned to the room?"
"Uh, yes... What about you?" Xu Xinghe asked.
"I just got home and I'm feeding Xiaoqi." Ling Changfeng said, turning the camera around, Xiaoqi on the screen is wagging his tail and eating happily, while Aaron is guarding it without fighting or grabbing.
"How is Xiao Qi?" Xu Xinghe felt a little sorry, he was addicted to playing cards just now, and almost forgot about his precious Xiao Qi.
"Very... not bad." Ling Changfeng paused and changed his words abruptly, "I just miss you a little."
Xu Xinghe was taken aback: "Why do you miss me? I think it tastes delicious."
Ling Changfeng: "I miss you in my heart."
Xu Xinghe: "???"
He looked at Xiaoqi in a daze, and then he heard Ling Changfeng ask: "What are you doing? Why didn't you answer my call just now?"
"Uh..." Xu Xinghe was at a loss for words for a while, playing cards is not something he can't talk about, if he just missed a call, the matter can be explained, but he hung up Ling Changfeng's call because of playing cards, which is a bit It's not easy to explain.
Team Leader Xu decided to tell a white lie: "I was just taking a shower."
"Yeah." Ling Changfeng nodded with such an expression, and then frowned slightly: "Why are you standing in the corridor?"
"..." Xu Xinghe had no choice but to continue making up, "Dinner is full, let's go for a walk."
This reason is reasonable, Ling Changfeng nodded and said: "You have been traveling for a day, so go to bed early after you finish."
"Okay, okay." Xu Xinghe breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said the concluding remarks, "You work hard overtime, go to bed early, I'll..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that Ling Changfeng was looking behind him, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.
Xu Xinghe: "?"
When he turned his head, he found that the door to his room was open, and Ryan poked his head out of it.
Ryan, who originally wanted to ask him to come back to play cards, turned blue and pale at the moment. Looking at the projection of Marshal Ling in the corridor, his lips trembled twice, and he completely froze in place.
Xu Xinghe: "..."
The atmosphere suddenly fell into a strange silence.
Ling Changfeng turned his gaze back to his little spouse, and the two stared at each other speechlessly.
And Ryan didn't dare to leave, and didn't dare to stay, so pitifully froze at the door, maintaining the posture of probing, froze like a stone statue.
Perhaps it was because the three of them had been in a stalemate for too long, a voice came out of the room again: "Where are you? Ryan, what are you doing at the door? Where's Boss Xu?"
After a few seconds, another head poked out from behind Xu Xinghe's room door.
Then, like Ryan, he put on a hellish expression, and froze into a petrified duo at the door.
Ling Changfeng: "..."