Chapter 103: Egypt
When Xie Zheng took the plane back to Europe, Yunxi did not go to see off the plane.
Not because he was too busy, but because he called her ahead of time.
"Leng Yunxi." Since the two of them started working in a building, he has always called her "Yunxi", and sometimes even called her "little junior sister" with a little ridicule, but it is very rare to really use the words "Leng Yunxi" to call her. It's been a long time since he's used her full name. The voice on the phone seemed a little distant, a little unreal, and it seemed that he spoke with an almost murmuring tone, always feeling that it was completely different from the harsh style of the past.
Yunxi's original hand pouring milk paused slightly in mid-air, and then continued to take the toast bread from Sister-in-law Li's hand casually, smiling: "Senior brother, I'm here soon, do you have any instructions?" ”
Recently, I have been busy visiting all kinds of "related households", and the mind that really falls on Jinmao International is less, Xie Zheng seems to have suddenly committed amnesia, and now he doesn't mention the impossible requirements of the March listing, but when he chats at ordinary times, he even occasionally cares about the diamond design competition.
"You don't have to send me today." He watched as the flights took off, drawing a rounded arc in the air, and the white clouds seemed to dance with other changes.
He originally came to City B, just for Zhang Bo's instructions, but he didn't expect to meet such a junior sister.
With a slight smile in his eyes, he didn't wait for Yunxi to react otherwise, and continued: "I'm in Europe, waiting to hear your good news." ”
Yunxi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled lightly: "Okay." ”
She had a hunch that Xie Zheng said this, perhaps, his "senior brother" in the past three months has not made it to the end.
Xie Zheng left, without dragging his feet. Since he left, Yunxi basically didn't go to his investment bank to hang out, concentrated on sweeping the urgent work at hand, sorted out his luggage, and two days later, set foot on a trip to Egypt in the cold winter that still hasn't ushered in the whole Z country.
Situ Bai and Lao Jin are still the same as the last time they went to France, and all the luggage around them is very exquisite, as if they are not going abroad but spending a weekend in other provinces.
If anything, it's that there is another figure next to the two of them.
When the genius of the Academy of Fine Arts saw Yunxi, he bowed slightly, and he couldn't say anything wrong with the etiquette, but he didn't know why, Yunxi felt that compared with the pure eyes when they met for the first time, now there was more scrutiny in his eyes.
Is it because of Liao Zheng, or because of the recent brainwashing of many store managers in "Gu Yuxuan", my impression of her has changed greatly?
She shook her head, always feeling that there might be many unexpected things to happen on this trip to Egypt.
Life is always done on a journey, and who's to say it isn't?
"Let's go, if you go along and go back to China, it will be at least a month later." Although the semi-finals of the competition were held in Egypt, there were many people who received invitations, and the official reply was that nearly 100 people entered this round. The following games are still elimination, but fortunately, there is more time. If you can survive to the end, it is estimated that when you return to China, it will be spring blossoms. Yunxi is not a blindly optimistic person, even if Jin Jin and Situ Bai have brought the talent of the Academy of Fine Arts to the sky, she still knows very well that the person who is a monk halfway down the road has too much less accumulation and experience than the person who is really engaged in this trip. Although this time it is more about creativity and inspiration, without a certain foundation, it is impossible to describe the spark in a flash.
No one understands better than her that when a person wants to straddle two professions, he has to pay more than the average person to achieve a height that ordinary people can reach. Then, if you want to be unimaginable to ordinary people and get everyone's attention, it's another scene.
When the plane landed at Cairo airport, it felt like it had suddenly gone from a foggy country to a yellow world.
Compared with the smog of City B, Cairo when there is no wind is more like a dreamy golden country, full of gold as far as the eye can see.
The staff of the contest stood in the lobby holding a sign and waited for them. Yunxi, Situ Bai and Lao Jin walked over head-on, and the other party immediately greeted them with a smile and fluent English, checked the information of the contestants, and after confirming their identities, they summoned a Jeep and sent them to the hotel.
On the way, Yunxi looked at the afterglow of the landing, and his face seemed to be dyed with a layer of golden light.
Situ Bai was a little dazed on the plane, and now he was blown by the dry air, and suddenly felt that the whole person was suddenly refreshed, pulled Yunxi's sleeve, and asked, "Didn't you say that Gongzi Qiao also came?" Can't come for a while? When they saw only Yunxi alone in the departure hall, they were really a little surprised. Qiao Zimo, a proud son of the sky, voluntarily bent down and almost achieved the word "pampered" for Yunxi. They thought that with this trip to a foreign land, maybe their relationship would grow by leaps and bounds, but who knows, it would be such an unfortunate coincidence, it is rare that Yunxi, a strong woman, is empty, but Qiao Zimo has disappeared.
Yunxi glanced at her with a smile, where does Qiao Zimo need to be the same as them when he leaves the customs. Besides, if he really wants to have something to do on the spot, why would he force the trip to Egypt to be postponed until now?
In the past few months, she has understood that Qiao Zimo's words and deeds reveal a kind of calmness and openness. He is not afraid of her going to ask him about his life, Yunxi chats with him, tastes wine, and eats delicious food, but there is one thing that she has always avoided - Qiao Zimo's work.
She hasn't forgotten until now, the night when Old Man Leng played chess with him, there was an unclear feeling in his eyes, and when the two got along and talked, they seemed to be equals.
Yunxi didn't answer this conversation. Situ Bai didn't know if it was because Yunxi deliberately didn't speak, or if he didn't know Qiao Zimo's whereabouts at all, and for a while, he didn't know how to continue.
"Yunxi, do you want to come out and take a walk later?" I didn't expect Cairo to be so prosperous, gilt patted Yunxi's back, and said with high interest.
Prosperity is quite prosperous, but foreign foreigners, especially women, are ...... on a rampage at this time without even having a place to accompany them.
Yunxi shook his head: "This is the world of 'Allah." She gestured meaningfully out of the corner of her eye to the window. The car has already driven to the place where the crowd is relatively dense, and in addition to the sound of shouting and selling, the most eye-catching thing is their dress.
The women here wear long Arab dresses, or scarves or other materials to cover their faces from the nose down, and although the times have changed, the requirements for only "eyes" have become broader, but at least a headscarf is required. Most of the women who come and go, even if they are overdue, respect their traditions and rarely make mistakes. If they go out like this at night, before the game starts, they will probably get a lot of attention.
Gilt and Situ Bai couldn't help but show regretful expressions at the same time. However, the genius of the Academy of Fine Arts couldn't help but smile, asked the staff about the downtown area near the hotel, and then asked some things that needed attention, then asked the driver to stop and got out of the car with a smile.
The group of people in the car sat in place and waited for about half an hour, and the others came back with a bag of things in their hands.
When I opened it, it turned out to be three sets of Arab women's costumes. The kind that wraps from head to toe.
The genius of the Academy of Fine Arts smiled lightly: "It's okay, I'll be your guide at night." Just have fun. ”
"You've been here?" Gilt looked at the newly patterned fabric in his hand, and couldn't help but look up and ask him.
"I've been here a few times before." In fact, he also came to Cairo with his companions in the compound when he graduated from high school, and it was a year or two to count, and now he looks like he looks the same as before.
As the capital of Egypt and the largest city in North Africa and the Arab world, across the Nile River, it is an important city in the entire Middle East region, both politically and economically.
The most fortunate thing is that it is still one of the few ancient cities in the world that has suffered the least damage from war, especially after the continuous construction and expansion of successive dynasties and governments, where history and technology reflect each other and perfectly blend together. Due to the different periods of formation in each place, the architectural styles are very different.
Under his guidance, they discovered that many of the city's words could be seen in the architecture of Cairo alone. The oldest areas are mostly two- to four-story brick and gray wood buildings; Due to the influence of Western culture at that time, the area built in the 19th century was mostly richly decorated with European-style stone buildings, among which the former Saakakini Palace is the most famous; In the west and north, there are both high-rise residential buildings and low-rise villas with high walls and gardens. To the southwest of the city stands the Pyramid and the Sphinx, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; To the northeast there is a minaret that is a sign of Heliopolis (where Plato conducted research). The main thoroughfare, Koenage Street, runs parallel to the Nile and is flanked by television buildings, churches, municipal buildings and restaurants.
Of course, the most famous of these are the Pyramid of Khufu and the Sphinx.
It's just that everyone knows that on the plains where there is no grass and yellow sand, night is not a suitable time for sightseeing. So, I took a good look around the city.
The competition staff had other things to do, so they had to send their luggage to the hotel, handed them their business cards, apologized many times and left in a hurry.
The four of them randomly found a place to eat, and then relaxed and began to wander in the direction of the flow of people. When you meet a vendor, even if you don't understand the language, you can communicate by pointing fingers. I even learned to bargain, and the sense of accomplishment was extraordinary.
The night was getting deeper and deeper, and when the sky was already occupied by darkness and the stars were gradually climbing up the sky, Yunxi's phone suddenly rang.
Qiao Zimo's smiling and distant voice slowly sounded on the phone: "Yunxi, where are you?" ”……