Du Heng sat on the boat, looking a little dazed. She didn't know why, at the last moment, she couldn't resist going to Europe. She persuaded herself, but she just wanted to take this opportunity to go abroad to see the scenery of a different place, after all, the opportunity is rare. But she knew very clearly that she wanted to see the Grand Place in Brussels, which is said to be the most beautiful square in Europe, and she was far less excited than she was when she thought of that person.

It was this irrepressible surge that kept her awake all night, and finally found Editor-in-Chief Zhong to ask for a ticket, go through the visa and other procedures, and get on the boat. Two other colleagues were also responsible for following up on the process of the World Expo. It takes more than 20 days to travel from Shanghai to Europe by boat. The two colleagues first watched the scenery all the way, but after two days, they got tired of the monotonous scenery with only the sea level, and began to chat with the foreigners on the ship in broken French. And Du Heng just looked at the sea quietly, sometimes reading a book, it was really boring, so he picked up the manuscript paper casually, wrote something, sometimes wrote something he had seen and heard, and sometimes recalled the interesting things of his childhood, and wrote them down. All the words, but none of them are related to Zhao Shinan, her heart will hurt.

The boring itinerary of more than 20 days finally ended, when he set foot in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, facing the bright sunshine, exotic customs, and foreigners walking in a hurry, Du Heng lost his mind for a moment, and the world outside China turned out to be like this. is not as fond of the two colleagues as he is, Du Heng's heart is more at a loss. After receiving the telegram from Editor-in-Chief Zhong, some colleagues from other newspapers who had already been stationed at the meeting met met first, picked up Du Heng and two colleagues, and arranged a hotel, where most of the reporters from the various newspapers stationed at the meeting stayed there.

While taking them to the hotel, they introduced the sights of Brussels, the Grand Place, the Swan Café, and the Atomium built for the World Expo.

The other two colleagues chatted happily, and Du Heng asked the colleague who arrived first in a low voice: "Is there any other place to live?"

"What do you mean——?" The peer was a little puzzled, everyone stayed in the same hotel, and it was convenient to take care of it.

Du Heng thought about it and didn't want to hide it, and said: "There is a fellow villager of mine who came to participate in the World Exposition this time, but I don't want him to know that I am here, and there is some conflict between us. ”

Du Heng's two colleagues were also a little stunned when they heard it, and the colleague thought for a while and said: "There are some hotels next to the hotel, which are also good, but the location may not be on the street, and it is not very convenient to travel." I can help you get in touch there if you need it. ”

Du Heng nodded and thanked: "Then trouble you." He looked at his colleague and said, "If someone asks about me, say I didn't come." Du Heng's words made everyone look at each other, but they still nodded and responded: "Okay, you live outside alone, you have to be careful, if you have anything, remember to come to the hotel to find us." Before leaving, Editor-in-Chief Zhong instructed us to take care of each other. ”

After the peers led Du Heng's colleagues to the hotel to settle down, they took Du Heng to the hotel behind the hotel, and then returned to the hotel. The hostel is not far from the hotel, just two blocks away, and nearby are the residences of residents. The condition of the hotel is also good, clean and tidy. After Du Heng packed up his things, he wore a lotus-colored cheongsam, a knee-high beige windbreaker, high heels on his feet, and a yang hat on his head, and walked out on the streets of Brussels.

When she sees something new in the window, she can't help but stop and take a look, which is really good. Thinking that Zhao Shinan might also be walking back and forth in this small town, if one day in the future, he talked to her about foreign things in Brussels, she had also seen it. I won't listen to his description. Thinking of this, Du Heng's heart warmed. But when I think about it, will I ever see you again in this life?

At this time, Zhao Shinan was not wandering on the street. He arrived a day earlier than Du Heng, and as soon as he arrived in Brussels, he was dragged to the expo by the commissioner of the preparatory group of the World Exposition who accompanied him to register at the exposition and go through the relevant display procedures. Zhao Shinan was already in a heartbeat, and he couldn't wait to leave. It was easy to complete the formalities under the stiffness of the commissioner, and threw down the jackal feather to be responsible for slowly spreading the Cheng Yuejin brought in the booth, and Zhao Shinan was already asking around the exhibition hall where the reporter of the popular newspaper was. The first thing he said when he found it was, "Is Marsin here?"

He was told that there was no Marsin among the first people to come. But tomorrow the second batch of reporters will come, and Massin does not know if he is among them. If it's not there, then it's not there anymore.

Zhao Shinan spent the night anxiously, and hurriedly ran over the next morning to find out if the second group of reporters had arrived. After asking back and forth several times, the man couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhao Shinan: "You are too anxious." Today, there are another group of reporters, and now that they are at the hotel, it is estimated that they will not come to the venue today. In this way, seeing how hard you are asking, I will make an exception and give you the address of the hotel, and you will go to the hotel and ask?"

Zhao Shinan said with some excitement: "That's great!" Saying that, he took the address handed by the man, specially asked the officials of the expo preparation team to help him find a Chinese who was familiar with Brussels, took him to the hotel where the reporter was stationed, and found Du Heng's colleague.

"Is Ma Xin here?" Zhao Shinan's voice was a little unstable.

Du Heng's colleague was stunned for a moment, this was probably the countryman who Ma Xin said would come to her with some entanglements. A colleague covered up: "Marcin didn't come. ”

"How is that possible?" Zhao Shinan was a little anxious: "Your editor-in-chief said that Ma Xin came by boat, and there were two groups of reporters from the Dazhong Daily, and those ones didn't come, and this one didn't come either?"

Another colleague picked up and said, "When Massin got on the boat, something happened and went back. Not this time. ”

Zhao Shinan's heart, if it was said that it was scorching on the fire a moment ago, this sentence made his heart immediately fall to the glacier, cold and thorough. Ma Xin didn't come, so what did he do? The eagerness on Zhao Shinan's face instantly froze in one place, and his heart felt as if it had been plucked, empty. Is there a boat tomorrow, if so, take a boat back, the exhibition here will be a few months away, what is there to wait?

Seeing Zhao Shinan's depressed face, the first colleague's mouth opened, and he wanted to say something but held back. Zhao Shinan was so shrewd, his eyes instantly caught the wisp of wanting to speak, and his heart sprouted like bamboo shoots, hooking his lips and smiling lightly: "You said that Ma Xin didn't come, right?"

Du Heng's two colleagues both nodded, and the corners of Zhao Shinan's eyebrows and eyes were a little cold: "I will send a telegram to ask someone to check whether there is any record of Ma Xin's exit in China, if there is, but now she is not here, I will go to the embassy to report her disappearance, you two, you can't get out of it if you want to." ”

Now the two colleagues panicked, if this really made a fuss, the embassy was alerted to ask them for questioning and investigation, and they couldn't even report the meeting back and forth. The first colleague was originally quick to talk, and Zhao Shinan's voice had just fallen for a minute, and he was afraid of causing trouble, and he had already thrown out his words like a cannon: "We are all white, and Ma Xin is going to leave by himself." The other tugged at the corner of his coat and didn't stop him, "Massin went to Brussels with us, but she didn't want to live here, saying that there was a fellow countryman with whom she didn't want to see her." It's none of our business. We don't know where she lives. ”

When Zhao Shinan heard this, her heart was surging like a torrent, she came and didn't want to see him. What could be happier than this, and what could be more sorrowful? He and she were in the same city, a small city in Europe, and I believed that they would not be very far apart, but in this way she still did not want to see him.

Zhao Shinan's voice trembled slightly: "Tell me where she is, I won't disturb her, let me take a look at her." ”

"We don't really know about that. The other, a little more calm, said, "Another peer brought her to find her." The man was in charge of reception, and he didn't know where he had gone. Why don't you wait for him to come back and ask him? ”

Zhao Shinan's heart was a little empty, and he said calmly: "Thank you." Turning away, the back was a little desolate. Du Heng's two colleagues forgot to glance at each other, and said calmly: "Just your mouth." Why is your mouth so loose?"

The first one pouted: "Don't let go of the lawsuit, you won't accept the manuscript?" Besides, you see that the man mentioned that Ma Xin's eyes lit up, it won't hurt her." Who could she be, a lover, a friend?"

The other sneered: "You really should be reincarnated as a woman." A look of right and wrong. ”

Zhao Shinan came out of the hotel and walked on the street. Du Heng was avoiding him, and he didn't know why he was sad. He should have thought of it, and he should have gotten used to it, she had been hiding from him for five years, and if she wanted to see him, she would have seen him earlier. It's that he wants to see her, he wants to see her like crazy, but why is he so close, and he still can't catch her?

He didn't know that he had turned a few streets in this foreigner's city, passing by the shop window, and seeing something fun, he couldn't help but stop, take a look at it, and if Du Heng talked to him in the future, he wouldn't stare stupidly. But will there ever be a day when she will still be like a chatter talking to herself like she did eight years ago?

Zhao Shinan was wandering around the street, and suddenly saw a silhouette, wearing a trench coat and stepping on high heels, yes, it was just a silhouette, but for the two people who were once like glue, a silhouette was enough, isn't it? Zhao Shinan's heart almost jumped out, and he followed with a meteor.

The silhouette wandered around, looking at the window for a while, and walking around the store for a while, Zhao Shinan followed so unhurriedly, the more he followed, the more flustered his heart became, and he almost lost his regularity. She hasn't changed much, she is still so delicate, she is still so delicate, she can't see her face, but the silhouette of her side face is still so gentle as porcelain. That's his balance.