Chapter 1 On the Cruise Ship
I've been in this dry warehouse without any food for three days, and for days I've been starved to death, my eyes are blue and my hands and feet are soft, and I've been imagining a big plate of chicken thighs or a delicious little dessert with a strong smell in front of me, and I wonder if I'll be starved to death.
The hunger in my abdomen was getting stronger and stronger, after all, I didn't have the concentration of the legendary monk, and I was hungry and I turned over and over on the paper shell, curling my body.
This warehouse is just a storage of some decorations and work clothes and other silk cotton items, but two days ago I found a set of white work clothes that have been put on, and then lie in the hidden corner of this warehouse to maintain my strength, waiting for the time to go out from here.
Someone once said that opportunities are often given to those who are prepared, and if you are not ready, then opportunities will slip past you.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the warehouse that morning, followed by the sound of unlocking, the door of the warehouse was opened, and the gray warehouse was immediately brightened and the fresh, intoxicating smell of the sea breeze was heard.
Turning over and sitting up, peeking through the cardboard box, I saw more than a dozen people starting to take things out, and a middle-aged woman in a black professional suit was directing what kind of items to take, and said: "Take two bundles of tablecloths, the curtain of the lighting, and this, go up and get it over there." ”
I leaned against the cardboard shell and took a deep breath, a crevice that one person could climb through in the stacked cardboard boxes that I had removed for myself when I first came to the warehouse, a gap in the shadow against the wall that would not be easily spotted if no one noticed.
When I climbed out to look outside, the woman directing the crew's work was giving orders with her back to me, and while everyone was busy, I got out and was about to go out with a bag of curtains or something.
The woman turned around and saw me, and shouted, "Stop! ”
I was shocked, I didn't know what was wrong, I immediately lowered my head and turned my face away, only to hear the woman accuse me: "Who told you to take the curtains?" Put it down, go over there and get two boxes of buckets. ”
Fortunately, she didn't see any problems, like a big stone in her heart fell to the ground, I put down the cloth bag, and was wondering what a color bucket is, turned around and saw that the neatly stacked box was written "hot color bucket", and there was a picture on it to represent the pattern of the color strip shot out when the color bucket burst, and it immediately dawned on me.
The woman looked at me in a daze for a moment, and hurriedly urged, "Don't go get it yet!" ”
I walked over with "yes" in my mouth and picked up two boxes, which are gratifying that the boxes are not heavy, and the current physical strength should be able to support them for a while.
Before walking out of the warehouse, I heard the woman complain, "I haven't eaten in the morning, so I'm moving faster." ”
Finally walked in the aisle of the cruise ship, did not arouse any suspicion in my heart, and went with the person who was carrying things in front, I had not seen the sun for a long time, and the warm sun in the morning was as bright as my mood.
I followed them to a large hall like a theater, where a middle-aged man was collecting things, and when he saw the person who moved things put them in the back of a stage, he walked out through the other door, and I put the bucket down the ground like them, and the man looked me up and down and asked, "How many more can be moved?" ”
I sighed in my heart why I was so unlucky, and I had to think that I was showing my feet if I didn't have a good psychological quality, and I just wanted to reply when I stabilized my mind, and one of the people behind me preemptively said: "Oh, there are still two boxes of sheets in the back." ”
The man who collected the items said to me, "Why is your face so dirty?" Hurry up to the back cabinet of the staff cafeteria to wash, and the meal will start at 9:30 in a while. ”
The heart shouted thank goodness, and immediately slipped out through the small door of the backstage.
I didn't know how dirty my face was because I hadn't looked in the mirror for a few days, but luckily the man didn't suspect that I was working when I was working, and I couldn't keep worrying about it, so I had to quickly change my clothes and change my face, but I was still happy to go to the kitchen for food.
Walking through the aisle connecting the theater, I walked down three flights of stairs with the people moving the goods in front of me, came to the staff restaurant, and walked over to the position of the back kitchen, at this time there were only a few people sitting at the table seats in the restaurant, and the back cabinet was already full of fragrance, which made my mouth water, to see if there was a chance to steal a little food or something.
At this time, out of the door of the back cabinet came a blonde girl in pink overalls, half a head shorter than me, with a good face, a small appearance is very cute, a look will make people very comfortable, her big elf eyes stared at my face a strong look, blocking the door that I was going to go in and out, for a while I was not in or out, I don't know how to be good.
Just as I was thinking about whether I should ask you what you always see me doing, she opened her mouth first and asked, "Why is your face so dirty, how do you feel sneaky, what are you always hiding?" ”
I dodged her burning gaze, for fear that she would be suspicious, but I stroked my face with my left hand and excused myself: "How can I hide, my face is too dirty, I want to go into the water room of the back cupboard to wash." ”
She rolled her eyes and suddenly said, "Oh, that's the case, then you can go." But she didn't move, and her eyes kept staring at me as she stood in the doorway.
Although I was a little hairy by her strange eyes, I had experienced a lot of winds and winds, and calmly walked to the water room, the three cooks in the kitchen were busy, and I swallowed saliva when I looked at the fragrant breakfast prepared in the kitchen, and resisted the urge to go up and get a piece of snack, and did not dare to look back to see if the girl was still there.
Straight to the water room, at this time there was no one in the water room, a mirror was hung on the faucet, and he was obviously thin in the mirror, which showed that he had suffered a huge amount of physical and mental torture in the recent period, and the worry about Alice was obviously engraved on his face, and at this moment his face was a big face, and the stains left on his face were dry and dry in the sea, which was caused by the serious pollution in the seawater, and the surface of the seawater was caused by oily and lead-containing pollutants, no wonder others looked at me and doubted, moved the faucet and bowed his head to drink a few sips of water, Then he picked up the water with both hands and rubbed his somewhat haggard face.
Looking in the mirror again, my face is clean, and my spirit is refreshed, and I believe that I will definitely meet the "her" I miss day and night.
Suddenly handed over a white wipe, turned my head to see that it was the girl who was at the door just now, she was smiling and looking at me, because I didn't notice her approach for a while, I gladly took it and wiped my face, only to hear her say: "I don't seem to have seen you, your department?" ”
As soon as I heard this, I thought in my heart, I might be expelled from the ship if I didn't answer well, and I caught a glimpse of her badge with the words "Room Attendant 005 on the fifth floor", and secretly thought that she might not have seen all the people on the ship one by one, and said nonsense: "Oh, I'm a logistics staff in the catering department, and I just moved a lot of things, so there are dirty things rubbing on my face, I smiled, thank you for your wet wipes!" ”
She said with relief: "That's the case, you can keep the wet wipes, then it's almost time to eat, let's go eat together?" ”
At this time, I just wanted to get rid of her big trouble, and shirked: "I'll go to the toilet, and I'll come when I go." He turned and hurried out.
She smiled and said, "Hey, the toilet is in the water room, where are you going?" ”
I hid the embarrassed "oh" in my heart and went to the toilet with my head down.
There was no unpleasant smell in the toilet, it looked clean and tidy, worthy of the tenth ranking of the luxury ship, only in this small place there are no shortcomings really deserved.
After staying in the toilet for about 10 minutes, I walked out and saw that the girl had left early and was in a better mood.
Now the outside of the kitchen is already crowded, there are people eating at every table, the restaurant is full of the aroma of food, for me has definitely become the most tempting, I am thinking about how to mix something to eat, I see from the right to count the third table a white tender little hand beckoning to me, the owner of this hand is the girl who handed me wet wipes, looking at me with a happy expression, meaning to call me over.
sighed in his heart: "Why can't this woman get rid of it like kraft candy." ”
There is no way to avoid it, so I had no choice but to walk over, a table of seven people are blonde women, at this time seven pairs of eyes looked at me together, it was the first time to be watched by so many people, and I was a little stunned.
The girl tugged at the corner of my coat and invited, "Sit down!" I've cooked for you. ”
Looking at the chicken thighs and rice that had been prepared on the table, he didn't care so much, sat down and ate first, and was very grateful to the girl in his heart.
I was a little gobbling up, and it was still very quiet at the table, and a girl on my slope looked at me and suddenly asked, "Big brother, haven't eaten for a few days?" ”
There was a laugh at the time, I had to bury my head in the bitter suffering, and I didn't answer, and the other girl immediately made a round and said, "Don't laugh at people, people's faces are tender." After a pause, he said to the girl next to me: "Vasha, where did you find this handsome guy to introduce us, don't swallow it alone." ”
This sentence caused a chorus of echoes, "That is, that is, who is he?" Why haven't I seen him before, is that your boyfriend? There was a lot of talk on the board.
The girl next to her was not a particularly eloquent person at first glance, and her little face was flushed and she said, "He is what he is"
At this time, I had almost eaten, how could I embarrass the kind-hearted girl around me, and I was afraid that she would not say anything to arouse the suspicion of others, so I took it and said with a smile: "My name is Mark, and I used to repair under the cabin of the ship, so I don't show up often, Vasha is a friend I just met." ”
The group of girls asked as if they had discovered a new world, and one girl asked, "So you are not boyfriend and girlfriend?" ”
It seems that this is the focus of the problem of these young girls, my identity is not a problem, I must stop their thoughts, and answer speciously: "Then you think it is, I have something to say with Vasha, go first." Without waiting for them to react, he took Varsha's hand and walked out of the staff cafeteria along the aisle.
I didn't expect things to go so smoothly, all the way to the railing outside the restaurant, the cruise ship was moving, and there was no land in the middle of the sea, I let go of her hand and turned to Vasha and asked, "You don't mind what I said just now, do you?" ”
Vasha blushed slightly and explained: "It's okay, they're all good sisters in my building, they usually like to have fun, as long as you don't mind anything, it doesn't matter." ”
As soon as I heard this, I knew that Vasha had great affection for me, and she was silent for a moment when she looked at the deep blue sea.
Vasha asked again, "Can I go to the logistics of the catering to find you in the future?" ”
I was shocked when I heard this, so she was going to show her stuffing when she went to find me, in order to calm her heart, she had to say: "Don't come to me, I generally don't like people to come to me casually, so let's do it, in order to repay you for the breakfast you prepared today, I have time to find you, okay?" ”
Vasha nodded softly and said, "Ah, it's almost time for roll call, I should go upstairs, remember to look for me." ”
I smiled and said, "I must go to find you, I will gather at the bottom by name, you go, remember my business, don't talk nonsense to others." ”
Vasha thought that what I said was a private thing between men and women, and after agreeing, she turned and walked away, and when she walked a short distance and looked back at me, I waved her hand again, and saw that she was happy to leave.
First of all, I should know the environment in order to act better, I am currently on the lower level of the whole cruise ship, and I don't know which room Alice will be in.
I saw a set of cruise ship profiles hanging on the wall on the left, and walked over to take a closer look, which read: "This cruise ship was built by Italy in May 1998, with a displacement of 109,000 tons, eight stories high, 951 feet long, and 201 feet high (since the real Princess is measured in feet, so I will not convert here), it can accommodate 2,600 hundred passengers and 1,100 crew members, she is the most expensive and largest cruise ship in the history of Italian shipbuilding, sailing in the free sea of the Caribbean, The main business is in Europe in the early summer and early fall, and then in the Caribbean winter to late spring.
8th floor: 9 bars, open-air swimming pool, 14 open-air decks7th floor: nightclub, theater, bookstore, library, studio, duty-free shop, 5 restaurants6th floor: cinema, dance club, video game room, casino, luxury suites5th floor: main desk, children's amusement park, guest rooms 4th floor: gym, hairdresser, leisure salon, sauna, spa, steam room, dry cleaning service department 3rd floor and below non-tourist areas, staff restaurant, and crew rooms - I wish you a pleasant trip, Captain's message. ”
There are also sections of each floor, so you can see at a glance how to get to the destination.
Seeing this, I understand the general idea, I am currently on the third floor, then there are two floors below my floor that are not open to the public, and the most important floors above are the rooms on the fifth floor and the luxury suites on the sixth floor, so if you want to find Alice, you should start there.
After estimating the time, seeing that it should be the time for tourists to eat and entertain, I made a route in my mind, returned to the cabin, walked from the staff cafeteria to the end of the aisle, and climbed the stairs to the fourth floor.
I didn't choose the elevator on this floor to go up, the general staff upstairs are to take the elevator upstairs, only a very small number of people from the staff stairs up, because of the large number of employees so I met the staff on the road did not arouse suspicion.
Didn't stay on the fourth floor, came directly to the fifth floor, walked into the fifth floor decoration neat and elegant, the ground was covered with a red carpet, and there were many paintings about the sea scenery hanging on the walls.
The people who can board this five-star super cruise ship are some people with deep funds who come for vacation, and from the introduction, they know that the accommodation fee of 2,000 US dollars a day is not something that ordinary people can spend.
I didn't expect Vasha and another girl who was eating at a table to stay at the bar, and when she saw me come in, she immediately greeted me excitedly and said, "Why are you here?" ”
I had to explain: "Because I just came up from the ground floor and don't understand the situation, we asked me to understand the environment, so I was asked to come to the fifth floor to have a look, so as not to go the wrong way in the future." ”
At this time, a guest came over and asked how to go to the fourth floor of fitness, and Vasha said apologetically: "I really want to accompany you, but I can't leave!" ”
I secretly applauded, but luckily you can't leave, or I'll be in trouble.
I didn't think it was right and said, "It's okay, I'll take a walk by myself so I can get more familiar with the environment." With that, he walked to the corridors on either side of the guest room.
When I was talking at the service desk just now, I paid special attention to the 24-inch LCD screen of the computer operated by the girl on the other side, which showed that the guest room was now in a state of dissatisfaction, and I was thinking about how to enter the room to steal some clothes and change clothes, when suddenly my back was gently patted.
When I turned my head to see that it was her, I felt ridiculous.