Chapter 31, "The Cape Forum"
Amar drove his old red Turkish car, and the three of them sent Xiaoyu first, and then Qian Dan and Lin Han went back to the dormitory.
As soon as he entered the door of the dormitory, Qian Dan asked Lin Han: "What's the situation?" The atmosphere in the car just now was solemn, how did you confess on the top of the mountain? Scaring other girls again? ”
Lin Han scolded: "TMD, the girl scared me, okay, that old pervert, Lao Niu, really moved Xiaoyu!" ”
Qian Dan was frightened: "Really fake? He's ...... What's the light rain? ”
"TMD, he took the opportunity to swim together and kissed Xiaoyu in the swimming pool of the Maadi Club!"
"Kissing in the pool at Maadi Club? Too arrogant, right? But you can't kiss anywhere in that place, right? ”
"Boss, what do you mean that the kiss can't go anywhere?"
Qian Dan hurriedly explained: "I mean there are a lot of people in that place, at most you can rub oil." ”
"Rub oil at most? You can't touch a single hair! ”
"What then?"
Qian Dan didn't like Lao Niu, especially after he was caught by Lao Niu by mistakenly breaking into the venue of a confidential meeting on the Dead Sea in Jordan, he said: "Complain about Lao Niu? He talked all day long about not forgetting his original intention, forging ahead and working hard, looking dignified. ”
"How do you complain? She and Lao Niu ate hot pot together in 'China Red', met a bunch of people in the company, and it was nine o'clock in the evening after eating, and they went swimming, and they also went to the secluded small swimming pool, how to explain it clearly? Lin Han said indignantly: "I told her to be careful a long time ago, she just shouldn't do it." ”
Qian Dan felt that it was wrong and said, "Why do I think you have a grudge against Xiaoyu?" She's a victim, right? What did you two discuss on the top of the mountain? ”
"I didn't discuss anything", Lin Han was still angry, and he told him what Xiaoyu said on the top of the wooden cartoon mountain, what he said, and narrated it again, not only for Qian Dan, but also for himself.
Qian Dan listened and seriously expressed his opinion: "Xiaoyu told you that she trusts you and hopes that you will help her come up with ideas, at least you have to comfort her, right?" A simple little girl was suddenly attacked by such a big leader, and she was scared to death. People tell you that absolute privacy is worthy of you, and they want to be criticized by you? Who are you, you? ”
Qian Dan continued: "If Xiaoyu can handle it easily in front of Lao Niu, it won't be her. Most of the sexual harassment I know, including the various stories I have seen on the Internet, is like this, the old man feels good about himself, thinks that the earth is under my feet, who is more attractive than lonely? The little girl is young and ignorant, and even if she suspects that the other party is trying to do wrong, she will convince herself, how is it possible? Does he have a wife and children? He's such a big leader? He's so powerful, a senior? How could you possibly want to get me? I'm thinking too much about myself, right? ”
Lin Han muttered: "I reminded her so many times before that she didn't take it seriously, as if a leader around her could prove her worth." ”
Qian Dan glared at Lin Han: "What qualifications do you have not to believe Xiaoyu?" I went to sleep. Besides, why don't you want to think about the beauty in trouble now, it is a good opportunity for you to offer warmth and mess with her? ”
With that, he went back to his bedroom and closed the door.
On Sunday, the first day of the weekly workday in Egypt, Chandan woke up at seven o'clock, brushed his teeth, washed his face, carried his computer, and opened the bedroom door.
Lin Han's bedroom was next to his, the door was closed, and there was no movement inside. At this time on weekdays, he is in the state of being in the bathroom with the door open, the lights on, and people in the bathroom.
Qian Dan walked to the gate and was about to open the door to go out, when he subconsciously turned his head and was stunned, and found Lin Han sitting at the dining table in front of his computer.
Qian Dan asked in wonder, "Are you up?" Why are you sitting here silently? ”
Lin Han said: "I got up at half past five, and I want to send the old cow to the 'cape'." ”
Qian Dan was scared again. That year, in the Chinese Internet world, the "Haijiao Forum" was in full swing, and there was a section in the forum called "IT Vision", and there was a special area in the "IT World" called "Weizhong Special Area".
"Weizhong Zone" was originally unknown, until two months ago, a good deed posted on it "Weizhong North Africa Middle East A subsidiary shocked the big incident", the post used the "anonymous" way that insiders knew at a glance which country was talking about the extramarital affair between the country's national director and a female employee, and vividly described the "Table dance" between the two in the office, as well as the romance of exchanging power for color and sex for profit. As soon as the post came out, it caused a sensation all over the world, and the "Haijiao Forum" suddenly became very popular in the circle of "Weizhong people" and their families.
Since then, in the "Weizhong Zone", from where the food is not good, where the dormitory conditions are poor, to which supervisor has a rough style, which subsidiary works too much overtime, to the most eye-catching peach-colored incidents, and the chicken feathers in family life, all kinds of visions and gods have come and gone. Everyone usually jokes with each other about "sending you a Shanghai corner".
Qian Dan, in addition to being Lin Han's roommate and his direct supervisor, said nervously: "What are you going to post on 'Haijiao'?" There's no need to make a big deal out of it this way, right? ”
Lin Han looked a little undecided, and said, "I've already sent it." ”
Qian Dan hurried over, grabbed his mouse, and looked at it intently.
The post is very short, and the title is "A leader of the North Africa Middle East Department", which is not too emotional: "A certain leader of the North Africa Middle East Department used to be the general manager of the subsidiary in China, and fled to North Africa and the Middle East after the East Window incident. This leader still doesn't know how to restrain himself in Egypt, he is bent on eating tender grass, repeatedly harassing female employees, and even taking the opportunity of swimming to forcibly kiss female employees in the swimming pool of the Olympic Stadium. ”
"Isn't it in the pool of the Maadi Club?"
Lin Han said a little proudly: "I deliberately said that it was the swimming pool of the Olympic Stadium, Xiaoyu saw it, and he wouldn't think it was about her, he would think that Lao Niu had harassed others, thinking that it was someone else's post, Lao Niu saw that he was a thief, and he would take a seat by himself, and he wouldn't think that Xiaoyu's post would not be in the wrong place." I'm not just venting my anger, I'm trying to deter the old cow. ”
Qian Dan said: "The little chicken thief of the science and engineering man, do you think that others will reason according to your strict logic? ”
Lin Han said: "I won't tell Xiaoyu that I wrote this post, I don't have Lao Niu's name, but it should be able to deter him, even if others don't know, he should know that it's him." ”
"Alas! I think you have to respect Xiaoyu's way of handling this matter anyway, Xiaoyu told you from the bottom of her heart, anyway, it's not to make you jealous and let you point fingers. Think more about how to comfort her and take care of her. I seriously doubt that you are really in love with Xiaoyu? Or are you just loving yourself? ”
"Of course I'm loving Xiaoyu!"
That evening, when the sun was about to set, Qian Dan and Su Lin went to the Great Pyramid on the west side of the Nile.
The two of them had dinner together on May 1 at the old Western restaurant near Tahrir Square, and then returned to Maadi in a horse-drawn carriage along the riverside road by the Nile, and never saw each other again, but often chatted happily on "MSN".
When Qian Dan praised Su Lin's new photo of the sunset on the Nile, Su Lin asked Qian Dan to say that he hadn't seen him for a long time, and that he would take his camera on Saturday and call Lin Han and Xiaoyu to shoot the sunset over the pyramids.
Qian Dan said that he had made an appointment to go to Ammar's house as a guest, and Su Lin made an appointment for Sunday.
On Sunday, Lin Han and Xiaoyu said that they would work overtime and had no time to go out to play. Qian Dan was also busy, and he was not at all used to leaving the office so early, but it was extremely rare to sneak out of the office as soon as the end of work at five o'clock arrived.
Su Lin stood by the big tree across the road from the downstairs of the office, her pale green shirt tucked into her slim trousers, and her legs were particularly slender. With a camera around her neck, she was looking at the glass door of the "Weizhong" office building, waiting for Qian Dan.
They hailed a dilapidated taxi and headed straight for the pyramids.
When I arrived at the entrance of the scenic spot, I found that the scenic spot had been closed, and I could only look at the three pyramids in the distance and the sphinx at their feet from a distance through the iron gate and the barbed wire fence used as a fence.
Qian Dan said regretfully: "What should I do? I ran for nothing. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, two Egyptians wearing gray robes and leading camels came up: "Hello, my friend, do you want to ride a camel?" ”
Qian Dan shook his head and asked politely, "Execuse me, what time does the pyramid close every day?" ”
One of the camel riders said enthusiastically: "The doors close at four o'clock in the afternoon, but if you ride our camels, we can take you in." ”
Qian Dan glanced at them suspiciously, and Su Lin said happily on the side: "Okay, why did you take us in?" ”
Another camel rider said mysteriously: "This is a secret, a secret that you can know for five Egyptian pounds per person on our camels." ”
Su Lin looked at Qian Dan and quickly stuck out her tongue: "It's so mysterious, let's go on an adventure?" ”
Since she said that it was an expedition, Qian Dan was even more reluctant to act like an uninteresting science and engineering man, so he smiled and nodded: "Ride up!" ”
The two camels had already squatted down, and they rode between the humps, and the camels stood up, and Su Lin cried out, "Ah, it's so high!" ”
The camel rider motioned for them to pay first, and Chandan took out his wallet, gave the two men five Egyptian pounds each, and said, "OK, now tell us how to get to the pyramids?" ”
As soon as the camel rider led the camel, the two camels walked one after the other.
One man pointed to the side of the scenic spot and said, "There's a hole in the barbed wire over there, we'll take you there, you can get in." ”
The camel bell "jingled", and after a while, it walked along the barbed wire fence to a quiet place on the side of the scenic spot.
Su Lin rode a camel in front, raising the camera in her hand from time to time.
The man who was leading her camel muttered incessantly, as if talking to himself, and finally said to Su Lin, "Miss, please give me five Egyptian pounds!" ”
Su Lin said, "That gentleman has already paid for the two camels just now!" ”
The camel man said confidently, "Yes, the money you paid just now was for the camels, five Egyptian pounds for each camel." But the camels have to eat, and the two of us have to eat, and you have to give the camels money, and you have to give us both five pounds each. ”
Su Lin smiled, turned back to Qian Dan and said, "He said that the five Egyptian pounds just now were for the camels, and the five Egyptian pounds were for the camel leader, what kind of logic is this!" ”
When Qian Dan heard this, he was annoyed and shouted at the camel rider: "Why? You have just said that each of us will give you five pounds, but what is there for the camels and for the people? ”
The Egyptian with his camel asked, "Excuse me, sir, what are you traveling for?" ”
Qian Dan didn't know where his problem came from?
The man did not wait for him to answer, but said without haste, "You have come out to find pleasure, not to think about small things." Don't be angry, give five more Egyptian pounds and we will be happy, the camels will be happy, and you will be happy. ”
When Su Lin heard this, she smiled even more happily, took out two five Egyptian pounds from her pocket, and handed them to the camel rider.
Qian Dan was unhappy: "This slaughtered foreigner, are you still so happy?" ”
Su Lin said: "He is right, we are here to find happiness, don't be unhappy with them for a few dollars, look at the pyramid, it's so beautiful!" ”
More than one colleague said that the pyramid is an attraction that you will regret if you don't go, and you will regret it if you go, because "it's just a pile of stones, it's not interesting". There is also no shortage of vendors selling souvenirs such as Arabic headscarves near the pyramids, and it is good that tourists do not talk to each other, and they will persistently entangle as long as they show the slightest interest.
God has no habit of cleanliness, there are always flaws and even filth in the world, these three pyramids in Giza have been standing here for more than 4,600 years, they have experienced countless winds and sands, how can they be spoken for by the camp and the servants?
Su Lin focused the camera on the pyramid, which was dyed redder by the setting sun, and like her, he saw much more than a few "stone piles" in his eyes.
The two sat on the large stone at the base of the pyramid of Khufu and indulged in the sunset.
The scenic spot has long been closed, and there is peace in all directions.
Qian Dan's mobile phone ringtone broke the silence, it was Qin Xin's call.
He had an inexplicable feeling of embarrassment, stood up and walked to the side: "Hello, why did you call me so late today?" ”
On weekdays, he calls Qin Xin twice a week, and no matter how busy he is, he will insist.
Qin Xin's lazy voice seemed to be in his ears: "It's nothing, I can't sleep today for some reason, I miss you a little, what are you doing?" ”
Qian Dan glanced at Su Lin under the pyramid and said, "Well, I'm in the pyramid, and I was pulled by them to see the pyramid at sunset." ”
"Isn't it beautiful? I'm going to the pyramids too! ”
"Come on, I've explored some of the more classic places in Cairo clearly, and I can take you to many places."
"I told our leaders that I should be able to take a long vacation in October and come to Egypt to see you. By the way, I don't want you to lead the way, I want poetry to lead the way, and everyone is a travel agency in Egypt. ”
Qian Dan finished the phone call and walked to Su Lin, who was sitting alone under the pyramid.
Su Lin stared at him who was slowly approaching: "Are you talking to your girlfriend on the phone?" ”
"How do you know?"
"Look at the way you call. What does your girlfriend do? ”
"He's an accountant, and he's very good at numbers."
Su Lin's eyes turned into the distance again, and asked, "Brother Qian Dan, let me ask you a question, do you believe in love?" ”
Qian Dan felt that this question was too little for a woman, so she still answered seriously: "Such a literary question suddenly appeared? Well, I'm a realistic idealist, I believe in the vicissitudes of love and marriage, and I believe that I will still idealize everything at the age of 70. ”
Su Lin smiled: "Realistic idealist? Maybe I was too. ”
She told Qian Dan her love story. She has a childhood boyfriend, and the two are junior high school classmates and started a relationship early. Her parents found out about the signs early, but they didn't intervene too much, firstly, because Su Lin is a standard good girl in addition to "early love", her life is very regular, and her academic performance is also very good; The second reason is that I didn't take that kind of "Puppy Love" seriously, thinking that I would die without a problem as soon as I graduated. Unexpectedly, Su Lin and the boy have been in love until now.
Su Lin said: "Now our family, including all kinds of relatives, everyone is against us being together, and they all persuade me to open my eyes and not be with him. Last night, I took a piece of paper and wrote half of the reasons for giving up, half of the reasons for persevering, and the half of 'giving up' wrote a lot, and he didn't study seriously after graduating from high school, and I was considered a graduate of a prestigious school; his income is not as high as mine now; when I was a child, I always felt that he was in the wind, and later found out that he was 1.69 meters and I was 1.7 meters. I thought about the 'persistence' half for a long time, and finally only wrote the word 'love'. ”
Qian Dan asked, "What is he doing now?" ”
"He has been in Chengdu all the time, and he opened a fly restaurant with others before, and during this time he was enthusiastic about opening an online store on Taobao, but he hasn't made much money yet."
Su Lin always had a smile on her face: "My mother is disdainful, saying that he doesn't have a serious job, who will go to buy things online?" My mom also said that people want to enjoy the original ecological fun of shopping, I refuted my mother, saying that although she is more knowledgeable but has not kept pace with the times, you are not a Teenagers, how do you know that the original ecological fun in the future is not to go shopping? ”
Listening to Su Lin's words, Qian Dan felt a little relieved and a little lost in his heart.
He also thought that since Su Lin listed the reasons for giving up and insisting on the paper, it showed that she was still somewhat influenced by the people around her, and there were entanglements of gains and mistakes.
"I remember last year, 'Taobao' said that it would create one million jobs for the society in the next five years, and Ma Yun said, 'If you look at the world upside down, many things will be different'." ”