Volume 2 Island Towns Chapter 1 Harbor Hotel
"Hello, booked room. A traveler hurried into the hotel lobby.
Haicheng is a coastal city located in the north. It is famous for its many islands and fatty seafood.
In general, the peak tourist season in seaside cities is concentrated in summer, but it is already mid-November. The hotel lobby manager stood behind the service desk with a smile, after all, it is a five-star foreign-related resort hotel, and the sense of service has not been weakened in the slightest because of the few guests. Haicheng Harbour Hotel is located opposite Haicheng Port, and you can see the whole port from the high point of the hotel.
"Hello sir, please show your ID. "The lobby manager of the Harbour Hotel is a man in his thirties with a smile on his face.
The passenger paused, then opened his suitcase and found it. The suitcase was a mess of clothes, followed by magazines in mostly English. In addition, there are some advanced ones scattered in the suitcase, mixed with clothes, documents, and daily necessities.
The hotel lobby manager stole a glance at the traveler and his suitcase. The money in the suitcase was all dollars, and it looked like it should be quite a lot. However, this traveler is also a little too low-key, so it is better to sort out so much cash.
The traveler continued to rummage through his ID card in the suitcase, and the hotel lobby manager turned his attention to the traveler. He wears a pair of sunglasses and a somewhat thin jacket, but he can be seen to be an international brand. This is a foreign-related hotel, and the hotel lobby manager can see it at a glance.
"What an interesting man, eighty percent is a nouveau riche!" the hotel lobby manager thought to himself.
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the passenger's head, which seemed to have just been traumatized or operated on. Because the customer is on his side, and he is on the side of the bar. When the customer crouched down, only the suitcase and half of the body could be seen. The hotel lobby manager was about to step sideways to take a look, when the traveler seemed to know he was watching, took a hat out of his suitcase and put it on his head.
This is when he stood up and said to the hotel lobby manager: "The ID card may be mixed in the clothes, can the passport be fine?"
The hotel lobby manager didn't react for a moment because the customer spoke in English and spoke quickly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't hear clearly, can you tell me in Chinese? ”
The passenger was stunned for a moment, and then smiled embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, but sometimes I suddenly speak foreign words." ”
"Foreign language, this person speaks English so well, this foreign language is not a foreign name!" thought the hotel lobby manager.
"Can I register my passport?" the traveler asked again. But this time it's in Chinese.
The hotel lobby manager said with a smile on his face: "Of course, thank you for your understanding, because it is the off-season for tourism, and the typhoon has landed recently." There are not many guests staying in our hotel, so many colleagues take the opportunity to take a vacation. Thank you for your kind stay. As he spoke, the hotel lobby manager took the guest's passport with both hands.
The passport is very new, it seems that it has just been processed, and the hotel lobby manager flipped through it while the registration was in between. The passport has only been out of the country once, in the U.S. state of Louisona. There are no other entry and exit records.
After registering the documents, the lobby manager folded the room card, breakfast coupon and ID together and handed them to the traveler with both hands.
"Sir, room 1024, please turn right to the tenth floor of the elevator, thank you for staying in Haicheng Harbor Hotel, I wish you a happy life. As he spoke, the hotel lobby manager made a gesture of guidance.
The passenger was aggrieved and said, "Thank you and I wish you a happy life." "It's still in English. However, this time the passenger reached out and covered his mouth, as if he didn't want to speak in English, but he didn't know what was wrong, so he said it casually.
The hotel lobby manager smiled professionally and said, "You're so polite. ”
The passenger dragged his suitcase and walked two steps in the direction of the hotel lobby manager, then turned around and said, "If the port is open, please let me know as soon as possible." After saying that, he dragged his suitcase and walked towards the elevator.
The hotel lobby manager replied to the back of the traveler: "Of course, you can rest assured that you will be notified as soon as possible." ”
After speaking, the hotel lobby manager shook his head and said to another service staff beside him: "Some people don't know who they are when they go abroad. ”
The waiter on the side chimed in: "Yes, fake foreign devil, it's so dark and he wears sunglasses." But the English is really authentic. It's exactly the same as those foreigners. ”
The hotel lobby manager looked at the wind blowing stronger and stronger outside, and the increasingly gloomy sky said thoughtfully: "The typhoon is so big, and it has come to our Haicheng." I don't think this man is here for a tourist. When you go back to the police station to inspect, check his information and don't come to a lawbreaker. ”
After speaking, he turned his head and said to the waiter, "What did you just say?"
The waiter repeated what he had just said.
The hotel lobby manager muttered to himself, "That's right, I speak English really well." ”
Ji Han's itinerary, which was completely disrupted by the typhoon in Haicheng in winter, stood behind the curtain in the hotel room and looked out the window. Although he was in the room, Ji Han still wore a pair of sunglasses, a peaked cap on his head, and the strong wind outside the window blew the flagpole on the flagpole to hula, and the road was initially clean, except for the guests who came to the hotel in a hurry, it was rare to see people on the street. The Maritime Safety Administration has also issued an early warning, all routes have been suspended, and passenger ships to Xiangyang Island will not depart until four days at the earliest, of course, it also depends on the weather.
Haicheng Harbor Hotel is located just across the road from Haicheng Harbor. At this time, all the ships in the port were docked in the port, and from the window, you could see that there was no one in front of the ticket hall. The sea is not far away, the waves are constantly lapping against the reef of the bay, and the smoke and rain are blurry in the distance.
Ji Han closed the curtains, locked the door in the room, and then took off his hat and sunglasses. He looked at himself in the bathroom mirror. Compared with myself in Hanjiang City three months ago, I have lost a lot of weight and aged a lot.
Ji Han looked at the time, it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon. After a long flight, he didn't feel hungry, but he did get a little tired. Over the course of the past month, he has experienced something even more unusual.
Ji Han turned off the light, but his eyes were open, and his tired body did not let him fall asleep. He didn't want to recall those unbelievable experiences, at the moment he just wanted to wait for the typhoon to take a quick boat to Xiangyang Island and meet people he had never seen before.
Thinking about it, he finally fell asleep.
In the dream, I looked at my parents like a child, they were so young and kind.
A slight smile appeared on the corner of Ji Han's mouth, he hadn't had a good rest for a long time.