Thousand Islands

Chapter 3: No pole (3)

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Ye Fei watched him walking like flying, so he followed his appearance and went to the awning in the backyard to carry the diving cylinder. The silver-white gas cylinder was nearly half a person tall. She held the bottleneck with both hands and lifted it up, only to find that the gas cylinder was much heavier than she thought. She straightened her waist, tucked her belly, braced her arms in front of her, and reluctantly pulled up a gas cylinder, staggered forward, and the soles of her feet were hurt by the sand and rocks. After finally walking to the store, Wenka had already put two gas cylinders on the shelf, and saw that she quickly turned around and took the gas cylinders over.

"Let me try it." Ye Fei insisted.

Wenka repeated "No" again.

"Give it to Wenka." Chen Jiajun's cold voice sounded, "Did I tell you what to do?"

"You made me work." Ye Fei put down the gas cylinder and met his gaze.

"I haven't said what to do." His expression was quite serious. "Don't do things that you haven't explained. Don't touch things that you haven't let you touch, OK?"

"O, K." Ye Fei replied through gritted teeth.

"You are too weak." Chen Jiajun looked at her from head to toe. "If you drop the cylinder and hit your toe, no one will pay for your medical expenses. Do you understand?"

Ye Fei nodded, feeling quite upset.

He continued: "You are already an illegal worker, don't trouble me anymore."

Ye Fei was a little aggrieved, raised his head and looked at him angrily: "Do you think I want to?"

Chloe walked by holding the equipment. Although he couldn't understand the Chinese conversation between the two, he knew that Ye Fei had been scorned by his expressions. She stopped and leaned back exaggeratedly: "Mr. Serious is just kidding." The ending sound is long and the tone is brisk.

Chen Jiajun glared at Chloe, she giggled, humming and left. He frowned, shook his head, pointed to the broomstick in the corner, and said to Ye Fei: "Sweep it in the morning and keep it clean afterwards. There is a rag on the side of the pool. Remember to wipe the tables and chairs clean later."

"That's it?" Ye Fei asked, thinking, what is the difference from working in a bar

Chen Jiajun glanced at her: "Well, I can only do these for the time being, do you understand the others?"

He showed that mocking look again, Ye Fei suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, and replied roughly, "I will learn!"

In addition to Scar and Chloe, several other staff members also arrived. Some young men seemed to be reprimanded by Scar because they were late. After eight o'clock, there were more students and guests, and the shop became lively and busy. Some people put on equipment, some discussed diving plans, and everyone ran around the shop, asking which boat they took, storing packages, brewing coffee, borrowing sunscreen and toothpaste. Ye Fei didn't know why some people borrowed toothpaste to brush their teeth after breakfast? Sure enough, as Chen Jiajun said, she didn't understand anything. So holding a broom, standing quietly beside the porch, watching how the staff in the store solved one by one.

After more than half an hour, the divers put on their gear and walked across the trestle bridge on the beach one after another. The motors of the two speedboats roared, splitting blue waves, and white waves splashed behind the boat. After they left, the shop suddenly became quiet. Papers, pens and coffee cups were scattered on the table, and chairs were placed on the terrace. There were a lot of sand and footprints on the ground. Chen Jiajun was stubborn, and Ye Fei was very acquainted. He walked over to organize the table, arrange the seats, clean the ground, and then took the coffee cups to the sink for cleaning.

She wanted to ask the boss what else she would like to explain, but when she turned around, she didn't see Chen Jiajun.

Ye Fei waved the drops of water on his hands and walked to the store. After the divers left, the TV in the hall on the first floor was still on, and a diving video was playing: a group of colorful tropical fish passed by in front of the camera, and Ye Fei could not be named. Then there was a sea turtle, lying on a large piece of coral, chewing hard, against the cliffs on the bottom of the sea, four or five sharks per person patrolled past, the nearest one was almost close to the camera, and it was clearly seen that it was showing a fierce light. , The eyes seem to have been staring at the camera. Ye Fei shivered and took a step back.

At this time, the camera shook towards the vast and boundless blue water, and the soundtrack became deep and deep, accompanied by the rhythm of a heartbeat drum, and then came the ethereal female voice, chanting in a low voice: "Love love is verb, love is a doing word. "There is a trace of mystery in the melodious melody. In the vast light gray blue, a vague and huge figure gradually emerges. Its head is flat and square, with white dots on its dark blue back. The camera slowly swayed along the streamlined body. It seemed that it took a long time to see the softly swinging tail fin. This is a huge monster, with countless small fishes swimming around it.

Ye Fei didn't recognize it, but felt that it was huge, and compared to the surrounding divers, it looked like a small boat. But it has no sense of oppression. Although it has a huge mouth, it can't see sharp teeth. The sun shines through the ripples on the water surface, drawing a net-like spot on its back. It travels freely, cruising freely in the water, with a night starry sky on its back.

Ye Fei stood ignorantly in front of the screen, almost forgetting to breathe. This was the most elegant creature she had ever seen, and it seemed to exist only in delicate picture books or in ethereal dreams. She just felt that her heartbeat was in line with the beat of the song, and tears were gushing from the bottom of her eyes.

She felt someone standing by her side and asked in a vicissitudes of life: "It's amazing, isn't it? (It's amazing, isn't it?)"

Ye Fei turned around and saw an old man with silver hair. His face was covered with wrinkles, but his deep blue eyes were still clear.

She nodded: "It's the most amazing animal I have ever seen."

The old man smiled: "You work here?"

Ye Fei was taken aback, and replied, "Forget it."

"Are whale sharks often seen here?"

Because of the "whale" in the name, Ye Fei quickly understood that the gentle giant in the video is the whale shark in the old population. She shook her head: "This... I really don't know."

Chen Jiajun’s footsteps came from the wooden stairs. He walked down the second floor and said hello to the old man: “Hello, I’m the coach KC here. She just came to the store. Just ask me if you have anything to do.”

"Hi, my name is Paul. I saw the video when I was passing by, so I came over to say hello." The old man pointed to the TV, "Is it filmed here?"

Chen Jiajun nodded: "The films from the previous years. This is not a regular route for whale shark migration, so it is not common. You know, if you can see whale sharks, everyone dare not pack a ticket."

"Yes. You took this?" Paul sighed, "I have been diving for more than 20 years. Of course, I only dive a few times a year, but I have never seen a whale shark."

Chen Jiajun nodded: "You know it is in the sea, but you don't know where it is."

"It's just like love, isn't it?" Paul laughed. "You know it exists, but you don't know where to find it." He looked around the dive shop and said, "I haven't dived for seven or eight years. I don't know if it can Do a review course, and then go to sea with you."

"If your health is in good condition, of course there is no problem." Chen Jiajun asked the old man about his physical condition in detail and worked out a two-day review and diving plan for him.

Paul pointed to Ye Fei: "This young lady, do you want to go with me?"

She waved her hand quickly and met Chen Jiajun's gaze. He rarely showed a mocking look: "Faey has to look after the store. We will make arrangements according to the coach's time. They are all experienced, you can rest assured."

After Paul left, Chen Jiajun stood in front of the whiteboard with his arms folded, studying the diving plan for the next day. Ye Fei came over and asked, "Boss, is there anything else I want to do?"

"Of course." He pointed to the two books that he had just taken from the second floor. "Read them when you have time. So that you don't say you work here, and you don't understand anything when the guests ask."

Ye Fei walked over and read, one is an introductory textbook for diving, and the other is an atlas of tropical coral reef organisms. She suddenly realized: "I said how you saved me face just now."

Chen Jiajun replied disdainfully: "I will save you face? If I tell customers, my employees don't know anything, it would be a shame."

Ye Fei was behind him, wrinkled his nose, stuck out his tongue, raised the book in his hand, and waved twice at his back.

He seemed to have eyes on his back: "Don't make faces. Ugly."

Ye Fei sat at the wooden table under the porch, and first opened the biological atlas. Except for some fish with distinctive shapes, the others seemed to her to have different colors. Most of them were colorful. I couldn't remember the name, but how many The tail is like the yellow croaker and hairtail seen in the market, and there seems to be grouper. Thinking of her shyness in her pocket, she sighed, put the atlas aside, and changed the introductory textbook to read. She flipped it over. The content of the physics part is relatively simple. It is the most basic formulas of buoyancy and air pressure, as well as the common sense of sound, light, and heat spreading underwater; the content of diving equipment is unheard of before, so she is resistant. Read it word by word for your temperament.

The sun is shining, and the fine and flat white sand is dazzling, but the sea breeze is blowing, and sitting in the shade can only feel comfortable. Ye Fei wakes up early in the morning, and has been busy in the morning. After reading a few pages of English, she got a little eyelid fighting. At first, she was sitting upright at the table, and the more she looked at the waist, the more she bent her waist, she first supported her chin with her left hand, and then she straightened her arm on the table, and put her face on it.

Of course, I couldn't sleep well, I was confused, always worried that the black-faced boss would stand by his side, snorted coldly and knocked her violently. Ye Fei groaned in his heart. This feeling was like returning to middle school. When taking a nap in a self-study class, he always had to beware of the class teacher who suddenly opened the door. But this comfortable temperature is like the early summer evening of the boyhood, except for exams. With the window open in the classroom, the smell of fried rice with eggs floated in, and there was also a smell of burnt green onion.

Ye Fei sniffed, his stomach grunted twice. She came back to her senses and realized that the aroma of the food was not her own imagination. Opened his eyes, there was a fried rice in front of him, which was turned into a bowl on the plate, and there were two fried chicken wings next to it. There were two tissues under the plate, so she didn't hear the sound of putting it down. Sweeping his gaze, Chen Jiajun was eating the same fried rice at the other end of the table. He took a spoon by himself, but in the plate in front of Ye Fei, there was not only a stainless steel spoon but also a pair of chopsticks.

Unexpectedly that he was still so careful, Ye Fei said sincerely: "Thank you."

"It was supposed to be you to buy the food, but when you wake up, probably people are starving to death." The other party did not lift his head, finished the meal in twos or twos, and pushed the plate forward. Return the cutlery."

When Ye Fei looked at the time, it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon. She stuck her tongue out: "Who is it back?"

"Monkey Bar continues to move forward, that Joy's Restaurant, your roommate Inda is there." Chen Jiajun drank his mouth, "Also, I told them, what you want to eat can be recorded, and the employee discount is calculated. "He tapped the edge of the plate with his fingertips. "However, the money for the meal will be deducted from your wages."

"Oh, I see." Ye Fei squashed his mouth, thinking, what about the wages? According to the boss, the capitalist's face, can you make money? Do I have to post it upside down by myself? Thinking about it this way, the pain in her ears seemed to be worse. While eating, she rubbed her chin and rubbed her ears from time to time to see if any pus came out.

After eating fried rice, Ye Fei held two plates and walked on the beach under the scorching sun. When passing by Monkey Bar, he glanced at it, and Song Xi was not there. A close friend was looking at the store and replied that his girlfriend came back today and Songxi picked her up. When we arrived at the hotel, Inda greeted us with a smile: "Roomie, how are you doing today?"

"How is today?" Ye Fei snorted, "Nothing else, it's just too long, as long as forever."

"Very busy?"

"Normal. But that boss... always seems to be angry."

"You mean Mr. Chen?" Inda tilted his head and opened his mouth. "He is a good man."

"He's a..." Ye Fei couldn't remember how a capitalist would say in English. "He is very mean."

"But he asked you to work in the dive shop."

Ye Fei rolled his eyes: "I want to go to Monkey Bar, free. It's not bad to come here."

"If I can dive and want to work in the store, the salary is much better." Inda sighed, "But, I don't understand anything."

"So don't go, you will be scolded to death. The boss has never raised his salary, I only know that I owe him two hundred dollars..." Ye Fei said, "Oh, there is still money for food."

"If we can change..." Inda said, somewhat embarrassed.

"Wait," Ye Fei leaned forward, leaning close to her face, "You don't... like someone."

"Oh, you must never go back to the dive shop and say." She covered her face.

"Isn't it... KCTan?" Ye Fei suddenly, "No wonder you say he is a good person."

"No, it's not." Inda waved his hand, "Go back quickly, go back quickly. I want to work too."

A really simple little girl, shy and unable to hide words, she was so anxious to share her thoughts with others, but she was too timid to know how to speak. Ye Fei stopped questioning, smiled, and walked out of the restaurant.

The sun was still fierce, and she smiled, but her heart cooled a little bit. It was so cold that it was frozen, and her smile was frozen on her face. When she first paid attention to Xu Pengcheng, it was not so. Although Xu Pengcheng said that after meeting her at the swimming pool, he inquired about her school and department, then checked the class schedule, and passed by outside the classroom when class was over, went to the same canteen with her, and sat near her for dinner. But Ye Fei didn't know at the time.

She found that she could always see the handsome and elegant boy in the crowd from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally. There seemed to be an unspoken tacit understanding between them. Seeing from a distance, they smiled and nodded to each other. She even felt that the other person's eyes were full of care and joy. She has a little bit of joy in her heart, she can't wait to share it with her friends, and is afraid of being affectionate.

It was such a beautiful relationship. When they appeared in front of each other, they all happened to be what each other liked the most. The beginning of the two people was nothing new. One day the library was closed. They descended the stairs on both sides and walked to the entrance of the hall at the same time. The two asked in unison: "Are you here too?"

Then, Xu Pengcheng cleared his throat: "Or, let's come together tomorrow."

A simple sentence, as well as his nervous and shy look at the time, made her want to scream with excitement. This is the most romantic scene in the memory, no matter how long it has passed, no matter where she fled to the world, she will follow her.

As he walked, tears gushed out uncontrollably, and his vision became blurred. Ye Fei stopped and kept wiping her eyes. She still didn't believe that all of this was true. She thinks that those alienation and cold war are tests that must be experienced in long-distance love, as long as they are together again, all problems will be solved. Ye Fei also wondered idiotically that whether they applied for a scholarship or were accompanied by a marriage office, they could go to the United States to reunite with Xu Pengcheng after they graduated from a master's degree. This was something they had imagined countless times.

When she was still full of hope, he quietly gave up on her, or when he was arguing with her, he had already sought comfort from others, so hypocritical and so dirty.

Ye Fei couldn't go down anymore, hiding behind the big tree by the beach, squatting with her knees on her knees, and sobbing sadly. The words of Chen Jiajun and Old Paul echoed in my ears from time to time: "Love is like a whale shark. You know it exits in the ocean, yet you don't know where to find it."

Love is like a whale shark, in the sea, knowing what it is, but not where it is.