The next morning, I was severely sleep-deprived, my eyes were like two peaches, and I wrapped a handkerchief in ice and put it on my eyes for a quarter of an hour, barely looking able to see people.

I don't usually like makeup, but today is different. With a kind of compulsive positivity, I dressed myself up as a 'flower' branch, and even wore a pair of extremely flamboyant big earrings, and walked up and down, which could wake up my constantly lost mind from the confusion.

I'm such a stubborn person, the more depressed I am, the more I have to arm myself to the teeth, so that outsiders can't see my jokes. No matter how unbearable the pain is, I will only remove all my defenses in front of those who cherish me and become extremely soft. The rest of the time, I'd rather pull myself out of the mud by the hair.

When I think about it this way, in fact, I have subconsciously regarded Mouses as a close person, so much so that I have repeatedly 'revealed' my abnormal emotions in front of him, which is really unintelligent.

When I arrived at school, Jia Yi came over and smiled at me: "I haven't seen you talk to the white robes recently, have you had a conflict?"

I shook him mercilessly and retorted briskly, "Can't I have my heart for the motherland?" After all, I don't blame you, the coursework is not in a group with me, so I can only get together with lazy people. ”

Jia Yi scratched his head embarrassedly, laughed dryly, and changed the subject: "Thank you last night." ”

Last night, I was stunned, remembering what Moussa had said in my room, and my mind was a little confused: "Thank me for what?"

"Thank you for letting Lian Pian agree to come to dinner last night. Jia Yi smiled excitedly, "I also offered to take a walk to create an opportunity for me to send her back alone." ”

It dawned on me and I nodded twice. In fact, I didn't think about it at all, I just wanted to walk around and blow the wind freely.

Jia Yi happily rubbed her hands and said to me happily: "You don't know, Lian Pian was gentle with me last night, she used to see me, she wanted to run away immediately, but last night she actually supple all the way, and she spoke softly to me." He looked at me with longing in his eyes, "Min Xixi, you and Lian Pian are the best, you can help analyze it, do I have a show?"

In my opinion, he didn't have a show, but he didn't have the 'energy' to deliberately avoid him last night. Just like now, I'm not in the mood to help him analyze it clause-by-clause, so I only said superficially: "It's a bit hanging." ”

Jia Yi originally wanted to ask something, but the class bell had already rang, so he had to turn back stupidly. With the noisy ringing, I turned my head to look at the familiar corner as usual, and before I was halfway there, I suddenly remembered something, and Hitomi immediately widened my eyes and withdrew my head as if fleeing.

Yes, you have to be calm, you have to adapt, he is not here, what does it matter to me? Last night's words have been made clear enough, he is his groom's official, and I am my 'female' scholar, yes, that's it. Now, I can do a good job of shifting my eyes and listening attentively, how wonderful the geological phenomena are, and the oil resources that need to be explored urgently.

Under my repeated mental cues, I really listened to this class very 'fascinated', and even took it more seriously than ever. Because if I take even the slightest distraction, I'll be stuck in a cycle of thinking again.

After class, Professor Emmedin asked me to go to his office and say that he was going to pay my salary for the last desert survey. Not wanting to look too lonely, Jia Yi and I walked out of the classroom side by side, forcing myself not to look at that corner. But as soon as I stepped out of the classroom door, a cheerful voice suddenly sounded behind me, calling out to me, "cece!"

"Huh?" I turned my head suspiciously, and saw Ayub looking at me with a smile on his face. Glancing, Mosa was not by his side. I hid all morning, and finally I couldn't help but care about it.

Hearing someone call me, Jia Yi also stopped and waited aside.

"Is there something wrong?" I asked Ayub.

"Hmm. He nodded with interest, took out a golden invitation from his bag, and handed it to me with a smile.

"What is this?" I took the invitation, and a sense of foreboding suddenly appeared in my heart. The pattern of the invitation is very Islamic, with a sacred and solemn beauty. When I opened it, I was disturbed by a string of 'flowery' and 'jumbled' Arabic characters, and a few lines of light English were attached underneath, which read, very glaringly: Welcome to the wedding of Mr. Moussa and Miss Lemis.

Look at the time again, January 1st to January 3rd.

I raised my head and took a deep breath, the beginning of the year is really a good time to get married.

"Will you come?" said Ayub with a wink, smiling, "Reamis is my sister, and Mosa is my friend, for my sake, you must come, and it is better to bring a few more people." ”

I didn't answer, and I looked at the invitation in a daze for a long time. The golden background was so dazzling that it almost burned my eyes. My fingers trembled slightly, and I could barely restrain the strangeness of my voice, and asked him hoarsely, "This invitation was given to me by Moses?"

"It's not. Ayub didn't notice my weirdness in the slightest, and still maintained a brisk tone: "My family 'handed' me the task of sending the wedding post, and I am fully responsible. As for Musa's side, I don't know. ”

Hearing this, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, it wasn't Mouses who asked me to go to his wedding. It hurts to think about it, so why bother to sprinkle another handful of salt? Moses should not be so cruel as to be in such a situation, and at this time I want to pay homage to his newlywed happiness.

At this time, Jia Yi suddenly turned his head over, stared at the wedding card for two seconds, frowned and asked, "Why is this wedding three days?"

When he asked, I was stunned, pursed my lips, and looked up at Ayub.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you. Ayub laughed again, "This is our custom of Emirati weddings, which is probably different from yours. On the first day, the bride's family invites the female guests to show off their jewellery and clothes. On the second day, the groom's family invites the male guests of the male and female families to participate, and there will be an all-night celebration. This third day......"

"On the third day, will the male and female guests be together again?" Jia Yi asked tentatively.

Ayub nodded vigorously, "Yes." Not only invited male and female guests, but also strangers passing by can participate. Each banquet is hundreds of people, and on the third day there can be thousands of people. ”

After speaking, he asked proudly, "How is it? The wedding in the UAE sounds different from your Chinese wedding, right?"

I bowed my head lightly and squeezed out a far-fetched smile: "It's 'quite different'." ”

Different environments have different moods. Mussa's wedding was destined to be a lavish feast, with thousands of people coming to congratulate the bride and groom, and even those passing by would give them sincere blessings. A whole three-day carnival, how solemn, how enjoyable, and there will be no place for me by his side. Before, now, and in the future, there will be none.

I put the invitation in my bag, smiled and waved to Ayub, and turned to tell Jiayi to leave.

"Hey!" Ayub asked, helplessly, at my departing back, "You haven't told me if you're going?"

"It depends. Throwing down such a sentence, I hurried into the flow of people, not having the courage to look back again.

Separated from Jia Yi and Jia Yi in the office building, I went upstairs to find Professor Emmerdin. The elevator door slowly closed, and in the enclosed space, I finally couldn't hold back the trembling pain at the tip of my heart and squeezed the bag in my hand tightly. Through the thin leather surface, I could feel the sharp corners of the golden 'colored' invitation in the bag, back and forth against my fingertips, and also scratched my 'messy' heart.

No, I can't grieve. Min Xixi, raise your head, don't cry 'flower' your 'fine' makeup. When the elevator door opens, all tears should be dried.

I remembered Lian Pian's calm appearance when I broke up with Bill, took a deep breath, elegantly wiped the sourness from the corners of my eyes with my fingertips, raised my head, and tried not to be discouraged.

The elevator door opened "ding", and I ran to the "women's" bathroom on this floor first, carefully touched up my makeup, and when I came out again, I looked radiant again.

With everything in order, I calmed my mood and finally knocked on the 'door' of Professor Emmedin's office.

"Cece, you're here?" Aymerdine looked up at me, then at the time, and said casually, "I thought you would come over after class." ”

I smiled: "I was delayed by something on the way." ”

The professor nodded, took out a thick envelope from the drawer, and handed it to me: "Because the number is different for everyone, I don't put it on the bank account. This one is for you. ”

"Thank you. I took the envelope and asked politely, "Professor, is there anything else?" ”

Professor Emmedin was immersed in his work, and he shook his head subconsciously, and as soon as I retreated to the 'door', he seemed to suddenly remember something, and said, "Wait, I do have something. ”

You say. ”

Professor Aymerdin pondered for two seconds: "Isn't there another Arab who went to the desert with us, what is it called?"

"Musa. I reminded him. The name burst out from between the 'lips' and tongue, and my heart couldn't help but tremble suddenly.

"Yes, Moussa. Professor Aymerdin repeated, looking at me, "I don't have Moussa's phone number, and Singh has been helping me with this. Tell Mouses for me, and let him come to me in the next two days to get paid. ”

Hearing this, my eyes widened and I spoke in a tone of utter disbelief, "Let me tell him?"

Professor Aymedin was confused and asked, "Didn't you find him?"

"Yes......" my voice was as thin as a mosquito.

"That's it. ”

"But ......" I pondered in my heart the words of resignation, and the task of contacting Mouses must not fall on me, and I did not want to face him on any occasion. After thinking for a few seconds, I had a flash of inspiration and blurted out, "However, Musa was not originally from the project team, and he took the initiative to stay in the desert for a few more days in the event of an accident, I think it would be better for you to tell him personally, and maybe he will need to contact him in the future." ”

Professor Emmerdin thought for a moment and felt that what I had said made sense. He beckoned, asked me to walk over, and said, "My phone is out of battery, just use your phone to call him, I'll tell you the details." ”