After the race, they had another day to relax in Finland before returning home. Although they have each been to Finland a few times in the past for competitions, it is rare for them to travel together.

Before, Han Luduo slept in the hotel all day, and Xu Haoyang wandered on the street alone, but because his heart was often caught by other things, he almost never left a very deep impression on the street scene.

Finland is a small country in northern Europe, sandwiched between Sweden and Russia, with long winters and short summers, and about a third of the country's land is within the Arctic Circle, home to Santa Claus.

"Finland ......" Zhang Lei counted the characteristics of Finland, "Arelian pie, fish pie, barbecue sausage, ......"

"Can you not talk about food? Xu Haoyang rolled his eyes, "I can't eat it again." ”

"Rye bread, blueberry pie, Björk ......"

"Björk?"

"Björk, you don't even know Björk, the one who sings, has also acted in movies, hasn't he?"

“…… Björk is Icelandic. ”

“…… Icelanders, huh?"

"Icelanders. ”

"Chengcheng. Zhang Lei waved his hand, "Rye bread, blueberry pie, wooden house, lighthouse island reef...... And the aurora! Why don't you forget about the aurora!"

"In September, and the aurora?"

"I guess there is. Zijun took out his mobile phone and checked, "Yes, yes." ”

"Is there really one? September too?" Zhang Lei poked his head over.

"You don't know if you dare to love yourself, do you......" Zijun glanced at him helplessly. "Of course, it can't be compared to winter, but if there is a stronger eruption, it is said that you can see it. She said.

"Exploding that thing is an unattainable, miraculous fate. And what's terrible is that we are here to fight Africa......" Zhang Lei shook his head sadly, "Sister Han Lu, do you know it, we went to Finland at the end of November and December, in December, when you go out to the toilet and look up, you can see the aurora in December, and when you are with him, you don't even look at the aurora, we are speechless, we ......"

"You Ou, don't you see it. ”

"Haven't you heard that an African can take all Europeans to crash? We're out of luck and we're going with you. So Sister Han Lu, did you hear it, if you want to see the aurora, you must not be with him, you have to watch it secretly. ”

Aurora......

Han Lu lay on the bed in the hotel, thinking about what their teammates had said before they left Beijing.

Generally speaking, in most cases, she really doesn't have much interest in these things. Whether it's the aurora or shopping, these things will not appear on her itinerary in the past.

This time, though, she found that she didn't seem to mind going out for a walk.

Rather, she may still have some faint expectations.

The next day, after a brief lunch at the hotel, they walked outside together as if they were natural.

In September, Finland has entered a bitterly cold autumn, even the southern town of Espoo where their hotel is located, is covered with golden autumn leaves, and from a high vantage point, it seems that the whole continent is covered with endless autumn leaves, this season is called "ruska" by the Finns, and only the colorful autumn in Finland is worthy of being called "ruska" in the world.

The night before, Xu Haoyang had made some strategies, about which way to see the most beautiful autumn leaves, and where to easily see the aurora, etc., but he was a little reluctant to take it out, he didn't want to make himself seem to pay so much attention to this short leisure.

So he acted as a ...... Those who had been to Finland for the competition tried to tell Han Lu in a casual and casual tone that they could take a boat ride on a road in the middle of the lake, and from the boat, they could see the lake and the forest that could not be seen on the city streets.

Finland has a large number of lakes, and ancient glaciers swept all the way across the surface when they moved, forming lakes that can be found throughout the country. The water of the lake is unusually clear, and you can see the golden shadows of the trees falling into the water, being scattered by the waves, and then gathering again.

"In addition to the aurora, Finland also has white nights. Xu Haoyang said to Han Lu, "It's in the summer, from May to August." The midnight sun is very strong in summer, and the farther north you go, the higher it rises above the horizon and the longer it stays. ”

Han Lu didn't answer, it didn't seem like she needed anything to respond. As they sat together in a small boat, the waters of the Finnish lake were so calm that it seemed that even the leaves could make a sound when they fell on the water, making people feel that they should not even breathe too hard, for fear of disturbing the rare tranquility of this area.

"In the middle of the night, the sun briefly sets below the horizon and then rises again very quickly. Xu continued, "The line between night and dawn is blurred, and it makes people want to revisit the concept of time. ”

"I can't see it now. Han Lu said.

"Hmm. It can only be seen in the summer. In winter, it's the polar night. ”

"I haven't seen much of this before. ”

"Really?"

"What time does the sun set and what time does it rise...... Autumn and winter, I haven't even noticed it. Han Lu took a deep breath of the cold Finnish air in September. "It's all like it's just going by. ”

Xu Haoyang was silent for a moment.

It's all just going through, and he thinks he understands it.

"Where's the aurora?" he asked, after a silence.

"Nope. Han Lu said, "It's not so much that I haven't seen it...... Or maybe I didn't think about it. ”

"Then why don't you wait and see?" Xu Haoyang proposed, "It's just a season like this, so there's no guarantee that you can see it." ”

"It doesn't matter. Han Lu said, "Wait, I'm optimistic." ”

The aurora usually occurs at two times, at 8 p.m. at nightfall, or at 4 a.m. at dawn. Its duration is indefinite, and after the first aurora disappears, it may not appear a second time throughout the night, but it is possible that it will reappear in another place after a while.

Predicting the aurora is much more difficult than predicting the weather, because it is extremely fast, and the location, time, direction and speed of change are random, which is, in Zhang Lei's words, all fate.

However, Han Lu's heart was already excited, after she heard Xu Haoyang say that the hotel where they were staying was not an excellent place for aurora observation, and that they had better go to the aurora observation point about two hours away from the hotel.

If they plan to see the Northern Lights, they need to call the local travel agency at the hotel in advance to book a one-day trip, and they will drive to the hotel to pick them up and stay at the aurora observation point for a full four hours before returning them to their station. This trip was really in a hurry, Xu Haoyang just proposed, but Han Lu agreed.

"Go. She said, "Why not?"

"Let's check whether it's right or wrong. Xu Haoyang smiled.

In fact, he was also a little inexplicably excited, he hadn't felt like this for a long, long time, not necessarily wanting to see the aurora, but just wanting to temporarily relieve a lot of pressure when one thing was over, and another thing had not yet begun, and it seemed that he could temporarily relieve a lot of pressure, forget the things that bothered him for a while, and go to a place to breathe.

Because this season is not a good time for aurora observation, the service of the travel agency has just begun, they confirmed on the phone several times whether they really want to book, and after getting a positive result, in the evening, the guide's car arrived as scheduled.

The tour guide is a short, bearded man who looks a bit like an Eskimo from a comic strip at first glance. He was very arrogant and rushed two people into the car, and said that if there were many people, he should have driven a station wagon, but today because there were only two people, he drove a four-seater car.

"Chinese?" the guide asked.

"Yes. Xu Haoyang said.

"Honeymooner, huh?"

"......" Xu Haoyang choked, "No." ”

"Isn't it?" the tour guide was stunned, "It's a tour?"

"It's not. Han Lu said, "We are ......"

"Team building in the company. Xu Haoyang answered, he felt that according to Han Lu's way of thinking, he would definitely tell the truth immediately, and he didn't want to explain too much to people.

"Two people doing team building?"

"Everyone else is asleep, and they don't want to see it, thinking that they won't be able to see it on this day. Xu Haoyang explained, "But the two of us want to gamble and give it a try." ”

"The aurora of this day......" The tour guide shook his head with a sigh, as if he thought that the money had been made anyway, and he would say anything. "I'm honest, it's really hard to have an aurora to see these days, it's good to see the autumn scenery, seals, castles, aurora...... Where did you all go?"

After a two-hour drive, the bearded tour guide dragged them along the way and talked about the bars in Kaurismäki, the castle in Haimen, and the creative design of Helsinki...... And so on and so forth.

On this occasion, Han Lu must definitely not pick up the stubble, and the person who can pull her to the idle sky has not yet been born. So she leaned against the window of the car to close her eyes and recuperate, and the work with the tour guide Hu Kan fell directly on Xu Haoyang's head.

"Ah, yes. ”

"Hahaha, really. ”

"I like Helsinki ...... too"

"No, we're colleagues......"

Han Lu listened to Xu Haoyang beside him and responded to the tour guide's words sentence by sentence, and suddenly felt very interesting. She had never seen this side of him, embarrassed, helpless, and trying to maintain a polite appearance.

Then, she couldn't hold back her laughter.

Xu Haoyang saw her smile, he glanced at her, and smiled helplessly.