Chapter 1: Honeymoon
Kai Ming finished the check-in process, broke away from the crowd and walked to the airport rest area, where there were few people, the seats were relatively empty, and there were two beautiful women sitting in the front row, among which the woman holding a laptop on her knee was his wife, named An Yi.
Her thick long hair was casually draped over her shoulders, and she had a pair of black-framed glasses on her small nose, which was very literary and artistic young woman.
She looked down and focused on the computer screen, completely oblivious to the fact that it was a newlywed honeymoon trip that she had planned. The use of the word conspiracy is a bit serious, but it doesn't wronged her at all.
It stands to reason that honeymooners usually choose some romantic and beautiful places, such as Bali, Maldives and the like, but she chose Egypt, a hot and dry place. In fact, Kai Ming understands his wife's mind, she is an archaeologist, but she has never been to Egypt, which is definitely a big regret for her, just like a chef has never made egg fried rice, and a mountaineer has never been to Mount Everest.
Kai Ming had already seen through this woman, she was almost fanatical about work, and if she had to choose between work and her husband, she would choose to work.
It's a honeymoon trip, what do you want to do with a beautiful sister-in-law? work, work, or for her work. Her sister-in-law's name is Anqi, an Arabic language scholar who is fluent in ancient Egyptian and Hebrew scripts, and claims that her pronunciation is more authentic than that of the locals, and can help her translate local classical texts.
The wife is two years older than the sister-in-law, and the sisters are very similar in shape and face, and Kaiming often jokes that they were cast by their mother from the same template. However, the personalities of the two are contrasting, the wife is relatively quiet and calm, and the sister-in-law is lively and cheerful, and she talks a lot.
The wife wears a white shirt and jeans, and the sister-in-law wears a white T-shirt and slacks. The sisters dress very casually, and they don't have makeup on their faces, but even if they are simple and plain, they can kill all beings in seconds with their figure and temperament.
The husband is approaching, but the new wife is focused on the computer.
Kaiming believes that even if he is abducted by strangers now, his wife will be unaware. Instead, the sister-in-law smiled and handed over a bottle of mineral water, which made his heart warm.
Angel's skin is much whiter than An Yi's, and because she is not nearsighted, her eyes are bigger, and Kai Ming often thinks that if he had met her first, maybe his current wife might not be An Yi.
Alas, one cannot swim on two rivers at the same time.
"It's all scheduled, but will the mummy welcome us?" Kaiming told a joke, trying to make a sense of presence.
The wife looked up slightly, her eyes once again engrossed in the computer screen. The sister-in-law pointed at him and smiled, "They will jump out of the coffin and take you to the funeral." β
"Why are you arresting me? They're blind, and they don't catch the beautiful women. β
"You're so stupid, because I can speak Egyptian, and I'm half a fellow, you can't say a word, they naturally treat you as a foreigner, who will you arrest if you don't catch you?"
Kai Ming rolled his eyes, this little spirit spirit is really close.
Announcements at the airport began repeating that a flight to Cairo was about to take off and passengers were converging at the gates.
"Kaiming, don't miss anything. His wife reminded him while putting away the computer, then turned to her sister and said, "Angel, where's your backpack?"
Angel was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly turned around to get the backpack full of photographic equipment on the chair.
Kaiming brought a lot of items, swim trunks, a straw hat, sunglasses, and a box of strawberry-flavored condoms, and the couple were busy people, so they kept a consistent negative attitude when it came to having children.
The three of them entered the business cabin of the plane, and as soon as Angel sat down, she put on her headphones and shook her head while listening to music. An Yi pressed the computer for a while, and then put on a blindfold, it was a long flight from Guangzhou to Cairo, and in order to be able to meet the seven-day trip with full spirit, it was necessary to start to reverse jet lag on the plane.
Kai Ming saw that his wife next to him had slept peacefully, and put his arms together with hers, his wife's skin was elastic, slightly darker than his, and his skin was a weak white, a person who stayed in the office all day and blew air conditioning, of course, the health of which was not as good as that of an outdoor worker.
The scenery outside the porthole began to move back, and the speed gradually increased, and the runway, the airport, disappeared from view.
Kai Ming woke up and couldn't sleep anymore, looking out the window, the dark clouds covered the ground below the plane, thunder and lightning flashed and spread in the clouds, and the huge cyclone seemed to swallow everything at any time.
"Attention passengers, the flight is about to land......"
He looked at his watch, then woke up his wife next to him, and when they buckled up their seatbelts, the plane began to descend into the clouds, and it was dark and scary outside.
The fuselage suddenly shook violently, and the cups were all overturned, and Kemin nervously grabbed his wife's hand and began to worry about whether the plane would land safely.
"It's okay, it's a strong airflow. His wife reassured him.
The airliner broadcast also said that it was an air current, and he did not relax until he saw the airport tower on the ground.
As soon as people left the airport, the dry wind blew straight to their faces, the trees on the side of the road swayed sharply, and a red plastic bag floated high into the air.
Angel spread her hands in the wind and said, "It's shocking, Egypt is welcoming us in a grand way." β
"You've burned your brain, let's go, it's going to rain. An Yi pulled her sister to stop a taxi on the side of the road.
Kaiming stuffed his luggage into the trunk and braved the strong wind to enter the taxi, and as soon as the door closed, the raindrops of beans crackled on the window.
Alas, a rare trip was met by a typhoon.
For the seven-day trip, Keming pushed off two important meetings, one of which was also about personal promotion, and his financial company was not only highly competitive, but also "cannibalistic". The year before last, when the financial crisis occurred, a trader who "liquidated" jumped from the top floor of the company, happened to pass by the window of his office, and the desperate expression before dying was deeply seared into his mind.
There is a famous saying in this line of work, you are either against the current or swept away by the flood.
When the taxi entered downtown Cairo, the driver was a bearded Arab with a book of *sutras on the center console, and Kaiming could not read the words and did not dare to touch them at will, because * believers regarded it as a holy thing. To his surprise, there was a red Chinese knot hanging in front of the windshield, and the driver was enthusiastic knowing that they were from China.
It turned out that the driver's eldest son was studying in Beijing, so he had a certain understanding of China, knowing that it was very modern, and at the same time it was an ancient civilization like Egypt.
Kaiming was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't tell what Egypt had besides the pyramids and mummies. He has always thought that he grew up in a metropolis with advanced information, but now that he knows who is the frog at the bottom of the well, an impulse suddenly rises in his heart, wanting to use the next seven days to learn about this home and country.
The hotel is on the banks of the Nile, 3 stars, with swimming pools, surrounded by palm trees, but the scenery is shrouded in clouds, and heavy rains make the river muddy and often overflow the embankment.
One thing that made Kaiming very dissatisfied, his wife actually arranged a three-person suite.
Oh my God, three people, three beds, is this a honeymoon? He wants to go home.
It was stormy outside, and the umbrella would blow into the sky, and people could only stay in the hotel. He turned on the TV, he couldn't understand all the programs playing, and wanted to find an English channel, but Angel complained that he pressed the remote control frequently, and he simply threw the remote control to her.
"It has risen to a red alert. "Only Angel can understand the local program.
"What alarm?" An Yi asked.
"Weather News just said that the typhoon has been upgraded to the red level. β
Kaiming's heart is half cold, is the holiday all in vain?
The heavy rain didn't stop all afternoon, his wife kept pressing the computer, and his sister-in-law was slumped on the sofa watching TV shows. β
Kai Ming saw his wife glaring at his sister, "Call brother-in-law, it's not big or small." β
Angel mischievously stuck her tongue out at her.
At that time, people didn't care, and calling him by name made him feel friendly and vain.
"What more do you want, beauties?" he made a waiter bend over as the door opened.
His wife glanced at him, then shook her head.
"I want red wine. Angel smiled at him and threw a flying kiss.
Kaiming shrugged, opened the door and walked out of the room.
There is a supermarket in the hotel, he doesn't have to run out in the rain, the goods on the shelves should be everything, because he doesn't understand red wine, he chose a wine from Bordeaux, France, I heard that the red wine there is more famous.
In the food section, he was surprised to find "spicy fish", which seems to have similar human tastes.
"Hey, friend. β
Kai Ming had just come out of the supermarket with his things, and a man in a cloak came in the heavy rain, with thick dark circles under his eyes, his skin was very pale, and his evil appearance startled Kai Ming.
Because of the recent coup d'Γ©tat in Egypt, public order has just been restored, and no one can guarantee that going out will not be attacked.
However, although the man's appearance is uncomfortable, there is nothing else inappropriate, and he always laughs at people.
"Friend, are you traveling to Egypt?" he said in English.
Kaiming nodded, "But the weather here isn't very kind. β
The man took out a necklace and forced it to Kaiming, "Friend, if you are completely disappointed in the world, you can take it out and recite the words on it silently." β
The necklace in his hand was heavy and dark gold, with the sun carved on the surface of the round pendant, the moon on the back, and two lines of small and incomprehensible text on the side.
"I'm sorry, but I can't just accept other people's stuff. As soon as he looked up, he saw that the man was gone, too fast, it was raining heavily, and there was not a trace of water or footprints on the floor that the man had stepped on, as if it had never appeared.
How can someone give someone a gift for no reason? This thing can't be a bugger, right?
He took a closer look, and then patted his head, it must have been too much spy war movies, who would go out of his way to Egypt to deliver bugs, and his job was not important enough for people to hire commercial spies.
The necklace was so carved that he couldn't bear to throw it away, so he put it in his pocket and carried it back to his lodgings.