Because of jealousy, so hurt.

Because of fear, so hurt.

Because of greed, so hurt.

Because it's you, it hurts.

- Preamble

Zi Zaichuan said: "The deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night." ”

Bai Gu, who was leaning on the side of the deck guardrail, looked at the sea water flowing backwards, and such a sentence came out in his heart. If Confucius saw the passage of time in the endless water, then what Bai Gu saw when he looked at the sea at this moment may be the birth and death of the entire universe. It was a painful illusion—adrift on the surface of the endless deep blue, imagining that there might be countless lives staring down the darkness and depth, following the hull of the ship, swimming and aging with the flow of the water.

Bai Gu has always felt that the reason why human beings are aging is because they have been punished. They tried in vain to use quicksand, dripping, and mechanical methods to measure the invisible flow, so that while they gained accurate time, they also lost their eternally young and eternally interesting life.

The keel seemed to be a sharp blade cutting through the deep blue skin, and the blue-green waves rolled with white foam. This made Bai Gu come up with the idea that "if the body is liquefied, you can avoid the slash of the blade".

It was the winter of 1926. The telegram at home was eager, hoping that he would be able to stay in Britain.

"The war was so anxious that my father was worried, because war always affected business. I hope you live in peace in Britain and don't rush back. If your home is fine, don't worry about it. ”

"The Northern Expeditionary Army has taken Wuchang, and presumably the situation will begin to improve. ”

"Nanchang was captured, and Wu Peifu has now lost his power. It looks like the sky is about to change, but my heart is always unsettled, and although I miss you, I still advise you not to have the idea of coming back. ”

The war started, and Bai Gu's heart tightened with his family. He also often asked Xuan Junyang about the situation of his family, but he just looked at him as an understatement, as if his home and his home were not in the same world.

"Hey!" Suddenly, Jane Grey slapped Bai Gu on the shoulder, "I wandered again, and was eaten by a whale!"

Bai Gu glanced back and found that Xuan Junyang and Jane Gray had stood behind him without knowing when.

Xuan Junyang sighed, and the white qi floated out of his mouth and scattered in the wind: "Are you thinking about things at home again?"

Nodding, Bai Gu moved his gaze to the seagull following the ship. They were clinging to the stern of the boat for warmth, and it seemed that the warm air currents would allow them to save some gliding effort. But Bai Gu doesn't like them, because they will unscrupulously while making "oh oh" chattering sounds, full of sinister meanings.

"Don't worry, the New Year is approaching, whether it is him Zhang Dashuai or Commander Jiang, they are going to celebrate the New Year," patted Bai Gu's shoulder, Xuan Junyang comforted, "Didn't your family also say that it was okay? No matter how fierce the national disaster is, it can't be separated from industry and commerce." ”

"How long will it take for us to get there?" Looking at the endless sea, Bai Gu understood more and more the fear and loneliness of those who sank with Titanic.

"Don't you think it's getting colder?" Xuan Junyang shrugged, "We're getting north and north. ”

Reaching out and grabbing Bai Gu's arm, Jane Grey laughed: "Don't be worried, go back to the cabin!"

Bai Gu and Xuan Junyang were eligible to stay in school, while Jane Gray chose to write columns for some newspapers and magazines because she had nothing to do after finishing her studies. Right now, they're on a ship bound for Iceland.

......

"Right here. Pointing to the worn-out bound book, Jane said to Bai Gu and Xuan Junyang.

"Iceland?"

"Well," she nodded, looking at the two of them in bewilderment, "this is the closest place to us." If you are willing to break the bank, you can go further afield. ”

Looking at the words on the book, Xuan Junyang read it out.

"I once had the power to fall into the sea of crowns from outside the sky. Power arises at the junction of water and sky. and the sky became black, and the waters white......"

After reading it, he frowned and looked at Bai Gu: "What kind of mess is this?"

"Hmph, let's just say that you are not romantic at all," Jian Chaoxuan Junyang stuck out his tongue, "'Guanhai' is the Arctic Ocean!"

Bai Gu smiled dumbly: "Is it because it is covered in the northernmost part like a hat?"

"Look, it's still Bai Gu smarter!"

Xuan Junyang pursed his lips: "This kind of hypocritical storybook that coaxes children to sleep, I don't bother to think about it carefully, and it's not as interesting as the riddle column on the newspaper I read in the toilet." ”

"According to my grandfather's calculations, the place where 'power' disappeared may be in Iceland, at least in close connection with Iceland. With that, Jane set her eyes on Bai Gu.

"I don't care, I'm just going to go around with you. As he spoke, Bai Gu twisted his head towards Xuan Junyang.

"Then Iceland," Xuan Junyang sorted out the documents and materials on his desk, "Take the nearest materials, overthrow them nearby, it's convenient and fast!"

Listening to Xuan Junyang's words, Jane glared at him angrily again.

......

"Aren't you cold when you wear so little?" Bai Gu looked at Jane who pulled himself back to the house.

"Of course it's not cold! I'm a reindeer or a brown bear, so come back to the house with me anyway!"

Looking at the two people who pushed me and walked into the cabin, Xuan Junyang's casual expression slowly revealed a hint of indifference.

Bai Gu and Jane seem to be very right, and the noisy Jane can just complement the quiet Bai Gu.

White Lonely ...... Always silent, always low-key, always a good person, no position, no principle, always a casual attitude.

Xuan Junyang looked up at the sky, the clouds were a little thick, but it didn't look like it was going to rain. Looking at the sky, he reached out and rubbed his hair.

I despise Bai Gu's attitude to life, but I also envy Bai Gu's lifestyle.

It is not deliberately revealed, nor is it deliberately concealed. Just living indifferently in the crowd, but you can naturally exclude those you don't like.

Why is he always a tranquil appearance, even when he is troubled, he will not show too much sadness. If you want to say that your family is rich, you are as good as Bai Gu, why can't you live happily, why are you always so angry and sad!

"Sir, it seems to be raining, please hurry back to the cabin. In the retreating crowd, the crew walked up to Xuan Junyang and said.

"Hey," Xuan Junyang pulled out some money from his pocket, "you do me a favor." ”

"Do you want to buy anything?" asked the crew member puzzled, looking at the surprisingly large banknotes in Bai Gu's hand.

Xuan Junyang didn't look at him, his eyes fell on a seagull - the whole body was white, without any variegation, with a pale red beak, and an outstanding appearance. Instead of flying with other seagulls, it wandered alone above deck.

"I hate that pure white bird," he said, gesturing at the seagull, "you go shoot it down." ”

"Huh?"

Ten minutes later, Xuan Junyang walked into Bai Gu and his cabin.

Jane sat on Bai Gu's bed and looked at Xuan Junyang with a gloomy face: "Where have you been?"

"Oh, it's nothing," hearing Gray's inquiry, the gloom on Xuan Junyang's face seemed to be suddenly illuminated by the light and suddenly retreated, "It seems that I saw a whale, and after waiting for a while, I disappeared." I must have read it wrong. ”

"I see a lot of people going back to the cabin, is it going to rain?" Bai Gu looked outside, he didn't like bumps, if it rained, it would be even more uncomfortable.

Lying on his bed, Xuan Junyang replied to Bai Gu: "It won't rain." ”

As he spoke, he closed his eyes as if he had fallen asleep and stopped talking.

......

"Bai Gu, I hate you so much. Hiding behind White Lonely, Jane Grey grabbed his arm hard.

"What do you blame me for?" Hearing this, Bai Gu looked back at Jane with a smile.

"If you reject my offer, I will definitely accept it well. ”

Xuan Junyang overtook him from Bai Gu's right side: "If she gives up this trip, we won't suffer here." ”

"This, this!" Looking at the back left by Xuan Junyang walking forward, and then looking at Jane's resentful eyes behind him, Bai Gu raised his head and looked at the sky, "There is no logic at all......! Ahem!"

Before he finished speaking, a huge snowflake flew straight into his throat.

When I first arrived in Iceland, everything was so relaxed and homely. They rented a room with a warm fireplace and a fluffy bed to watch out at night. But then, at Jane Gray's urging, they began to trek north, but they did not expect that after entering the rocky terrain, the sky would suddenly begin to snow.

The falling snow was followed by a fierce wind, and a pale paleness trapped their vision within twenty meters. This is still very dangerous for the trio, after all, they have no way to find support in the event of a disaster.

"Think of Xu Xiake! Think of Li Shizhen!" Against the strong wind, Xuan Junyang turned back to the two and said, "This is the attitude that research should have!"

Hiding behind Bai Gu, Jane Gray shouted loudly, but unfortunately the voice was not very clear in the wind: "What shark are you talking about, what Jane?! I am Jane!!"

"It's not 'shark'!It's 'Xia-ke'!It's not 'jean'!It's 'Shen-zhen'!!"

"Oh, I don't care! I don't want to go!"

"No!" Glancing back at Jane, Xuan Junyang shouted resolutely with a resolute look in his eyes, "I will never stop!"

Two minutes later, they hid behind a rock.

Sandwiched between Bai Gu, Jane Gray and Xuan Junyang got into a fight.

"It's not that you won't stop!

"I see that you are crooked and noisy, so that Bai Gu is upset!"

"Then you go, what are you doing here!"

"I'm afraid that you will turn into a bear and eat Bai Gu!"

Bai Gu, who was sandwiched in the middle, looked up at the flying snow in the sky: "I always feel that coming here is a big mistake in life." ”