(I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival)

It was already afternoon when I left the port, and the sunlight poured in through a row of portholes next to the sofa, illuminating the whole room warm and bright.

Cheng Mo first habitually checked the room, and found no cameras and bugs before lying on the sofa, trying to fall asleep in the slight shaking of the bulk carrier, but he didn't know why it was always difficult to sleep, he sat up again and turned his head to look out of the porthole, except that the porthole glass was a little thick, resulting in the scenery was not so pure and clear, and the view was still quite beautiful.

After all, the chief engineer's room is below the wheelhouse on the top floor of the ship, the fifth floor of the ship, but because the height of the floor is relatively low, the height is only about the fourth floor of an ordinary building, but if you add the height of the hull, it is at least ten floors.

Speaking of which, this room is also a high-rise sea view room, although the hardware facilities of the room are much worse than that of a yacht, but this kind of steel is built roughly, there is a self-exile and wandering temperament, and the ride experience is completely different.

Cheng Mo closed his eyes and imagined that the deck the size of several football fields was full of containers, the monstrous waves smashed on the bow of the ship, rolling over like a torrent, and the huge ship was like a small boat sinking and floating in the overwhelming tide, and you stood on the ship's floor overlooking the 10,000-ton ship and rode the wind and waves, and you will definitely have a more intuitive understanding of people and the sea.

However, this is all imagination, and in the Mediterranean he prefers to take a yacht like the "Fun in Time". After all, the Mediterranean Sea is not the perennial Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean, two or three meters high waves are the norm, if there is a stormy weather, more than ten meters high or even tens of meters high waves, the scene of overwhelming the sea is not uncommon.

The Mediterranean Sea is just a basically closed inland sea, the sea water is far less than the ocean, and under the influence of the climate of the subtropical high pressure zone of the atmospheric circulation, the Mediterranean Sea is hot and dry in summer, and mild and rainy in winter, making it difficult for it to produce large wind and waves, which is very suitable for navigation.

That's why he dared to sail a yacht across the Mediterranean two years ago. From a historical perspective, this superior geographical condition is also one of the important reasons for the development of navigation trade in ancient Europe.

After two years, he will travel from Athens to Antalya on a bulk carrier, which can be said to be a continuation of the previous escape route, allowing him to complete the "feat" of completely crossing the entire Mediterranean.

He couldn't help but think of the past, he looked at the endless sparkling waves, the aquatic golden mandala covered with blue fields, and his mind was full of Xie Minyun's burst of light above the Eiffel Tower. At this moment, the unexploded longing of being locked up in prison made him a little sad when he left Athens.

Cheng Mo stared at the bright and broken flower garden, and it was not until the setting sun ignited those small pieces of gold into a huge cone-shaped firework that he woke up from those indulgent sorrows, and he pressed the pause button in his brain, sinking the unquenchable pain back into his heart, just as the sea hides all the turbulence underwater.

Seeing that the clock hanging on the wall was already pointing to half past five, and there was only half an hour left before the restaurant started, Cheng Mo said to Athena, who was sitting at the desk using a notebook: "It's time to eat!"

Athena, who was immersed in the computer, said without raising her head, "You bring it to me." ”

Today, Cheng Mo can no longer be regarded as a refined egoist, but the logic of his pragmatic consequentialist behavior has not changed much. Before he got his Ulopolos back, Cheng Mo planned to offer Athena as an ancestor, and groveling was not a problem for Cheng Mo at all, as long as he could afford the value he needed.

Therefore, how the attitude towards Athena should be silent is completely based on interests and definitely not because he covets Athena's body. Among them, there are reasons why Cheng Mo has a high immunity to beautiful women, and there are also reasons why Athena's personality is very "straight man".

Cheng Mo has always liked that kind of girl who is very feminine, soft like spring water, not like a lump of ice. For example, Teacher Shen and Bai Xiuxiu. As for Xie Minyun, she belongs to the kind of girl who looks like ice cubes on the surface, but as long as she can walk into her heart, she can feel her softness.

In fact, Xie Minyun is very gentle and gentle with Cheng Mo, and Cheng Mo's heart is very clear.

And Athena is definitely not Xie Minyun's kind of girl who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, Cheng Mo can be sure that she belongs to the kind that is not only cold on the outside, but also very steel on the inside, and falling in love with this kind of girl is probably similar to discussing philosophy ♂ with her brother.

However, Cheng Mo looked down and saw Athena resting on the table for E, and suddenly realized that it was still very different.

There is no such thing as "brotherly" love between men and men, Athena is different, and falling in love with her will definitely be able to climb to a new height of brotherly love.

It is impossible to feel such a joyful brotherhood in philosophy ♂.

Therefore, even if Athena's personality is no longer likable, she is also a unique beauty, and Napoleon VII is her licking dog, so what happened to him as a manservant for a few days?

"Is there anything taboo?" When asked this sentence, Cheng Mo's eyes and nose and nose were not evil.

"Nope. Athena still didn't look up, so she didn't notice the foothold of Cheng Mo's gaze, staring at the computer screen and said lightly, "More caviar, steak and ham!"

Athena was accustomed to the ignorance of common sense in life, and he said calmly: "The cafeteria may not have such high-end food. ”

"Then have some more meat! and remember my Coke and potato chips....."

Cheng Mo walked out of the room with a "hmm", the space on the ship's floor was narrow, and the corridor could only be passed by two people side by side, because there was still time before the meal, Cheng Mo was not in a hurry to go to the kitchen, but walked around the shipbuilding, observing the environment has always been his habit.

The whole ship building is pyramid-shaped, the lower the floor area, the larger the area, so the fifth floor where he lives is relatively small, there are only two rooms in total, a captain's room on the right, a chief engineer's room on the left, the smallest sixth floor is the wheelhouse, the area of the fourth floor is much larger, it is the room of the first officer and some management of the second officer, and the third floor is the crew accommodation floor. On the second floor, there is an area for the canteen, restaurant, recreation room, Suez room, and hospital. On the ground floor is the laundry room, garbage incinerator room, cold storage, storage room, file room, and the site of the watchman's office.

Cheng Mo happened to meet Captain Omero who came out of the watchman's office when he was on the first floor, Captain Omero was obviously stunned for a moment, he quickly put the mobile phone in his hand into his pants pocket, and then opened his mouth after closing the door of the watchman's office: "Good afternoon, Mr. Requetzka." ”

Captain Omero's performance made Cheng Mo think that maybe the other party had doubts about his identity. No matter how much he disguised himself as Requetzka, the difference between his slightly immature voice and Requetzka's sexy smoky voice was obvious. But Rekczka told himself that Captain Omero was an old fritter who only recognized money and did not recognize people, which made Cheng Mo still quite calm, he waved his hand, tried to lower his voice and said, "Good afternoon, Captain Omero." ”

"Are you going to eat?" asked Captain Omero, a tall and lanky smile, two rows of snow-white teeth showing out from under his dark red lips. His face does not have obvious protruding jaws and thick lips, which is very different from the face of black West Africans who resemble ape-men, and belongs to the appearance of black East Africans who are closer to the yellow race.

If you want to change the average person, you probably don't know that blacks are also different, that is, Cheng Mo's family anthropology, knowing astronomy and geography, and knowing that Omero is a typical East African sultanate, characterized by slenderness, long hands and feet, dark skin, and flat appearance, so Captain Omero looks like a black West African with a thick and honest feeling, which makes people think he is very shrewd. These are all consistent with the information that Cheng Mo learned from Ryketzka that Omero was a cunning sultan.

"Yes, but since it's not time yet, I'm going to go around the deck and get moving. Cheng Mo's answer was all to imply that Captain Omelo knew that the canteen was on the second floor, and he also knew when the canteen was open, so there was no flaw to be found.

Captain Omero smiled and said, "What is there on deck? Why don't I take you to the wheelhouse?" Didn't you say last time that you were interested in learning to drive a freighter?"

Cheng Mo didn't know if this was a temptation from Captain Omero, it stands to reason that if Captain Omelo was smart, for the sake of money, he wouldn't want to know if he was Ryketzka, Cheng Mo was suspicious in his heart, but replied without leaking: "I'm really interested in driving a ship, but did I tell you that I want to learn to drive a freighter?"

"Of course!" Captain Omelo warmly lifted Cheng Mo's shoulders and invited him to walk up the stairs.

Cheng Mo became more and more puzzled in his heart, such an attitude did not look like a temptation, he began to speculate on various possibilities in his brain, but he didn't think that Omero, the captain from the Sultan, would have a connection with his true identity. It's just that Cheng Mo has always been cautious, but he still secretly raised his vigilance, and followed Omero towards the cab with twelve points of spirit.

The first time he came to the cockpit of the sea ship, Cheng Mo felt quite curious, from the layout and furnishings, the cockpit of the cargo ship was very similar to the starship in the science fiction movie, just like the high-backed chairs placed in front of the rudder were exactly the same, but the various instrument panels made of blue iron sheets looked very primitive, and there was no high-tech sense of display screen on the starship at all.

But in general, Cheng Mo can be sure that the prototype of the cockpit of the starship is the cockpit of the sea ship, and of course it may also be the cockpit of the aircraft carrier, in short, there is not much difference.

Captain Omero didn't wait for Cheng Mo to ask, so he introduced the role of each instrument panel and bridge to Cheng Mo, and Cheng Mo knew that the control of the ship was completed by the bridge personnel sending the remote control signal to the engine room through the equipment, and the person who controlled the direction and speed was not the same person.

This is completely different from yacht driving, much more complex and professional, especially this bulk carrier is still very backward, there is no electronic chart and automatic driving equipment, there is no way to drive this behemoth without systematic learning.

The strange knowledge in Cheng Mo's knowledge base increased a lot, and he went to the cafeteria on the second floor with Captain Omelo.

The food on board was not particularly good, especially since the "Mediterranean Overture" was a bulk carrier belonging to a small shipping company in Sudan. More than 20 crew members served a total of four dishes, boiled potatoes, burritos, okra leaves, and roast beef and mutton. The captain, chief engineer and Cheng Mo, who is the east of the ship, have their own small stoves, but they only have two more dishes: beef stew and boiled prawns.

As you can tell from the details of the meal, all the crew members, including Captain Omereau, are Saint Laurent believers. is different from the noise that Cheng Mo imagined, they eat very quietly, and even the sailors don't talk much, and it seems that there is a sense of oppression among them.

This is a little strange for Cheng Mo, but he is not 100% sure whether all this is what they have always done or his own delusion.

Cheng Mo became more and more careful, and he only ate dishes that someone had touched chopsticks when he ate, and he didn't drink a sip of water, he just ate a little, and didn't stay in the cafeteria for long, so he directly took a stainless steel basin for vegetables, and gave Athena half a pot of vegetables, and then accompanied by Captain Omero, he went to the storage room to pick up the snacks, Coke and ice cubes that Athena bought in the supermarket, and then returned to the room.

By this time, Athena had finished her bath, removed her human skin mask, and sat cross-legged on the bed, her head tilted and wiped her long wet blonde hair with a white towel. The sun had completely fallen into the sea, leaving only the last rays of afterglow to stain the sky blood-colored, the half-curved crescent moon looming behind the faint blue curtain, the last bit of light slowly fading in the room, and Athena's picturesque profile gradually buried in shadows, from the tip of her nose to the slashed cherry lips to the long neck......

Crystal droplets of water flowed under the straight shoulder blades, and the loose white T-shirt was held high, and the spocks of water fell down the hillside along the hair, like transparent ink on rice paper. The hem of the T-shirt hangs down from the long white legs, reflecting a scorching light, blooming with the beautiful atmosphere of summer.

Despite the howling of the cold wind outside the cabin, Cheng Mo felt the heat rushing through the room, and his body became viscous as if he was witnessing a dream about summer.

Cheng Mo's blood was surging, he didn't dare to look more, he turned around and closed the door, put snacks, Coke and ice cubes on the coffee table, put the stainless steel basin for vegetables on the desk, and whispered, "Is it okay if you take the mask now?"

Athena rubbed her long hair intently and whispered, "I'm not going out, and I won't let anyone else in." ”

"Okay!" Cheng Mo felt that it was inappropriate for Athena to do this, but she was already like this, so she could only let her go, shrugged her shoulders helplessly, and said lightly, "You eat first! ”

"Pour me a Coke. Athena got up and threw the towel on the bedside table, pulled her long hair behind her, walked naked to her desk, and without glancing at what was in the stainless steel basin, she sat down in her chair and picked up her knife and fork.

Cheng Mo resisted the urge to enjoy the seductive picture, walked to the coffee table and poured Coke for Athena, put ice cubes and stuffed the things that should be in the refrigerator into the refrigerator, Cheng Mo sat back on the sofa and began to rest, he hadn't slept much for thirty-seven hours, and he felt that his brain was all mush.

"Why is today's Coke not as good as last night?"

Cheng Mo reluctantly raised his eyelids, looked at Athena who was holding a plastic cup, thought for a while and said in a low voice: "The unique taste of cola comes from carbonated water, so the material of the cup will have a great impact on the taste of cola, specifically, the materials with fast heat conductivity glass and stainless steel will make coke appear more icy and taste better. For example, the walls of paper cups are more likely to accumulate foam than glass cups, resulting in a different taste in the mouth. On the whole, glass cups and stainless steel cups are more suitable for cola than ceramic cups, plastic cups, and paper cups......"

"Isn't it because you didn't add lemon slices?"

Cheng Mo was as fierce as a tiger for a moment, but he was speechless by Athena's words, he closed his eyes and said vaguely: "Of course, there are no lemons, which is one of the reasons." ”

"Then I want a glass. Athena ordered without hesitation.

Cheng Mo is one head and two big, as far as he observed just now, there is no glass on the ship, it should be for safety reasons, but in order not to be kicked on the deck by Athena, he still has to find a way to fulfill Athena's wishes. Cheng Mo suppressed his drowsiness and stood up, "Maybe I have a better alternative than a glass." ”

Athena sat at her desk and stared at him, not saying a word. The sky outside the porthole has been occupied by stars, and only the last few traces of blood remain on the surface of the sea, which should have been a beautiful picture with Athena's appearance, but the stainless steel basin in front of her spoils this beauty.

Cheng Mo reached out and took the plastic cup in Athena's hand, poured the coke inside into the bathroom, and then poured the cup full of mineral water, he put his hand on the cup, urged the energy, and cast the "freezing ray" with a high level of proficiency, and began to make ice cubes.

"Freezing Ray" is the only skill that Cheng Mo can use at present, which is due to the low energy consumption of "Freezing Ray", and also because this skill is the most used by Cheng Mo.

Cheng Mo made ice cubes and did it countless times when he was a bartender, and everything was very familiar. But what the carrier could do in a few seconds, it took the body a full two minutes to freeze a piece of old ice in the cup that satisfied him.

Athena was eating grilled lamb chops, but her eyes were focused on watching Cheng Mo draw a circle along the cup with the "Seven Sins Sect", hollowing out the white ice cubes in the cup, leaving only a circle of ice walls around it, and a round ice ball.

After making the ice cup, Cheng Mo poured the Coke into it, and the dark brown Coke rolled out foam in the ice cup, making a pleasant sound.

Athena couldn't wait to bring the cup, but Cheng Mo slapped her hand away and said unceremoniously: "Wait." ”

Athena, who was stopped, was not angry at all, and waited quietly like a good baby. Cheng Mo turned around and took out a lemon from the refrigerator, sliced the lemon, and put it in the cup, before pushing the cola in front of Athena, "It's okay." ”

Athena held the lamb chops and took a large sip of Coke, narrowing her eyes with pleasure. Cheng Mo felt that his mind was heavy, and said in a low voice: "I have to sleep for a while, you pay attention to the surrounding situation." I always felt that the ship was a bit weird. ”

Athena said noncommittally, "You're going to sleep, and I'm going to drink Coke?"

Cheng Mo found two more plastic cups from the cabinet, drew a gourd and made two ice cups and put them in the refrigerator, turned his head and said to Athena: "When the ice hockey ball is half melted, you can change the cup." ”

Athena nodded.

Cheng Mo glanced at Athena's notebook and saw that she was actually playing a game of minesweeper, so he hesitated and asked, "You don't have any books or movies on your computer?"

Athena shook her head.

"While there is still an Internet connection, do you want to get some more?"

"Not much interest. ”

"What do you like to do?"

"Do experiments. ”

Cheng Mo waved his hand and said, "It's too bad, there are no laboratories on board." ”

"It's not that all ships don't have labs, it's just that this one doesn't. I've lived on a ship with a laboratory. Athena said seriously.

Cheng Mo knew that the Onassis family was known as the ship king family, with shares in at least a dozen ports, and there were many shipping companies, and most of the ports in Xila were under the control of the Onassis family. Athena has lived a normal life on a research ship, "It doesn't matter, do you have any other interests besides doing experiments?"

Athena thought for a moment and said, "I swim when I'm very bored, but I don't like it! ”

Cheng Mo remembered the aquarium on the ninety-ninth floor of the Hydra Building, and he guessed that the aquarium was Athena's pool, "It's too bad, there is no swimming pool on the ship." ”

"I didn't like the pool, it was a bit small for me. ”

"What about the rest—horseback riding, golf, skiing, or Texas, computer games, or whatever?"

Athena shook her head.

Cheng Mo sighed and said, "Then you are really boring." ”

Athena ate barbecue and drank Coke, did not speak, and acquiesced to Cheng Mo's statement.

Cheng Mo stared at Athena, she ignored Cheng Mo's gaze, and focused on eating her own things, not disliking the lamb chops in her hand at all because they were not high-end ingredients, and she also enjoyed the cheap coke in the cup. He suddenly realized that his thinking was wrong, he was a sling after all, and he did not understand the mentality of the ruling class, who were born with everything.

In fact, whether it is Xie Minyun or Athena, they are full of yearning for civilian life, just like "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview", living among civilians without being noticed is their greatest pleasure.

Of course, this does not lend itself to a leader as ambitious as Napoleon VII.

Cheng Mo felt that he might know Athena better, and he tentatively said, "Do you want to watch cartoons?"

"Cartoons? Aren't they for kids?"

Cheng Mo did not explain that there are many adult-oriented cartoons, such as "Dark Bible", "The Void of Fate", and "X on Campus..... Just said: "I know why you don't like to watch movies or TV series, for you those movies and TV depictions of life are boring, and you pay too much attention to logic, so you have to try cartoons that have nothing to do with real life at all, and don't need logic." ”

"Really?" Athena wondered.

"Let's see, I can't delay it anyway. Cheng Mo walked up to Athena, bent down to prop up the table with one hand, and began to fiddle with the mouse with the other. Athena sat in her chair with her back straight, she had just taken a shower, and a moist fragrance was steaming, the faint scent of milk mixed with the sweetness of lemon, it was really good. Athena's golden hair passed through her ears and hung down on her fair and round shoulders, and a pure and lustful picture was like an invisible hand plucking Cheng Mo's heartstrings.

Thinking that the woman next to him was still the fiancée of Napoleon VII, he felt that there was a little beast in his body that was about to move, rolled his throat, Cheng Mo restrained his inner desires, opened Google, and searched for "Crayon Xiaoxin", he thought that such nonsensical cartoons that did not require thinking could make Athena, who had a high IQ, interested.

After downloading the first episode, Cheng Mo clicked to play. Athena stared at the screen with a blank face, as if she was about to see Cheng Mo's joke, but the warm and rich crayon-like scenery surprised her, very childish, but very good at enhancing the atmosphere, and then a house appeared, and a hostess named Miya appeared, she was cooking, but no one could buy soy sauce for her, so she called her son, Shinnosuke Nohara.

Cheng silently observed Athena's expression, but unfortunately the funny appearance of Xiaoxin with thick eyebrows did not attract Athena's attention too much, it seemed that she didn't think Xiaoxin was cute and humorous, and there was no emotion on her face, as if she was watching a movie that was so boring that she wanted to leave.

"Isn't it funny?" Cheng Mo asked.

Athena shook her head.

"If you don't like it, turn it off. ”

Cheng Mo sighed in his heart, feeling that he might have guessed wrong, he reached out to touch the mouse again, but unexpectedly Athena held his hand and whispered, "I want to see it." ”

"Isn't it funny?" Cheng Mo was a little strange.

"It's not funny, but it's funny. ”

Athena's eyes stared at the screen motionlessly, especially when Xiaoxin was beaten by Meiya, she would look very seriously, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows would be filled with smiles, which made Cheng puzzled, he didn't know what Athena liked about "Crayon Xiaoxin", he could only be sure that Athena definitely didn't like Xiaoxin to be funny.

Cheng Mo couldn't think about it, his brain was about to go down, and he helped Athena download many episodes of "Crayon Xiaoxin", so he quickly lay down on the sofa, and when he closed his eyes, what appeared in his mind was the opening scene of "Crayon Xiaoxin", the sun like salted egg yolk hung on the railway bridge, and a tram rolled by.......

He fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, Cheng Mo faintly heard a distant sound, he raised his head, Athena curled up on the chair with a blanket, a cola in one hand and potato chips in the other, looking at the computer intently in a standard otaku posture, and the familiar voice of crayon Xiaoxin sounded in the speaker.

Cheng Mo felt as if he had let Athena go further and further on the road of being an otaku. He lay down again and continued to sleep until the bell rang for the assembly. Cheng Mo got up again, Athena was still reading "Crayon Xiaoxin" at the desk, he bent the corners of his mouth and laughed silently, got up and walked to the porthole to look down, only to see that the patrol ship flying the flag of Sila had leaned next to the "Mediterranean Overture", and a team of soldiers was boarding......

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