Chapter 607 The Meaning of Travel (3)
The rumble of the aircraft engine is as thick and dull as ever. Clouds and fog surround the window, and the hazy moonlight is obscured most of the time. This is the most common weather for international flights.
Even this flight was not unfamiliar to Chu Qingmian, but her mood was different from her previous mood.
Because the purpose is different, there is no complicated work after the plane lands this time, and there is no frivolous interpersonal communication. What is waiting for her is a great whale watching trip!
The great glacier! Great dolphins! The Great Minke Whale Humpback Whale Sperm Whale Beluga Whale Whale! ! !
Although it looked like she was lying by the window in a daze, Chu Qingmian's thoughts had already drifted far away.
The wings of the plane cut through the clouds, leaving an arc in the night sky.
Tens of thousands of feet away on the sea level, sperm whales swim freely, the tide hits the rocks, and the waves are like snow tonight.
Su Chengyi took out the travel brochure handed over by the stewardess, turned to the map page, and began to explain the rough itinerary he planned.
“If nothing else happens, we will set off from the northern capital Akureyri and the whale watching resort Husavik to Ea, which is the bay of Eyjafjrur and Skjalfandi.”
Chu Qingmian leaned on his shoulder, her eyes following the direction of his fingers.
“The reason why I chose this route is that the success rate of whale watching on this route is extremely high. Even though it is winter, the probability of seeing whales is still very high.
In addition In addition, there are fewer tourists this season than in summer, and the glacier scenery is also very unique.”
Su Chengyi closed the map and looked at her sideways.
“So, the right time, the right place and the right people, now is the best time.”
"Okay!!!"
Chu Qingmian smiled with her eyes bent, and waved the corner of the blanket in her hand.
“I chose Iceland because when it comes to whale watching, most people think of it first. The earliest whale culture can be traced back to the "Kings of Norway" written in the era of the Kingdom of Olaf Tryggvason. ”
Su Chengyi stuffed the travel brochure in his hand into the bag in front of him, propped up his chin, and recited it from memory.
“Once upon a time, there was a very cruel king Harald Bluetooth. He planned to invade Iceland, so he ordered wizards who relied on whale divination to predict the island’s weaknesses.
However, when the king's army was about to land, they were blocked by dragon monsters in the east, griffons in the north, bulls in the west, and mountain gods in the south. In the end, all these forces forced him to give up the landing, and of course the invasion plan completely failed. . "
"Although, isn't the whale in this story an accomplice of the bad guy! "
Classmate Chu Qingmian, who always listens carefully to stories, couldn't help but raise her hand to ask.
"Well, the version I read may have some problems with the translation. But I think maybe the whale gave the divination wizard wrong guidance, so that led to the whale encountering obstacles from various mythical beasts? ”
Su Chengyi thought for a while and replied.
"This seems reasonable!"
Chu Qingmian nodded with satisfaction, approving this answer.
"I've finished listening to the bedtime story, so take the time to get some sleep."
Su Chengyi reached out and turned off the lights above the two of them with a "pop" sound.
As if he heard some kind of lights-out reminder from the dormitory students, Chu Qingmian soon felt sleepy and groggy sweeping over him.
Because it was a long-distance flight, Su Chengyi booked a first-class ticket, and the seats were relatively spacious.
Miss Chu usually looks slim and graceful when she wears a dress. Now she shrank on the seat, leaving only a small ball, wrapped in a blanket like a Russian matryoshka doll. , looks extremely cute.
"Sleepy."
She crawled into Su Chengyi's arms and said drowsily.
Su Chengyi said "hmm" and tucked the corners of the blanket for her.
"Have a good sleep."
At this moment, it reminded him of the graduation trip.
In order to take care of the feelings of the wood, adhering to the spirit of "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers", a few people just bought hard-seat tickets for two days and two nights.
I originally thought that Miss Chu would be the one who couldn't bear it the most, but I didn't expect that she was cheerful all the way and didn't have any bad mood at all.
Completely does not conform to the stereotype of the world's squeamish young lady.
Su Chengyi thought this and couldn't help but poke her cheek.
Chu Qingmian did not open her eyes, but just rubbed his palm and murmured:
"Noisy."
"Huh?"
Su Chengyi came closer, lowered his head and asked.
"The plane is noisy."
The eldest lady, who was very sleepy and somewhat unconscious, said aggrievedly.
"Let the plane stop here and let's get off first."
Su Chengyi said slowly, suppressing a smile.
“No, I want to see whales.”
Chu Qingmian shook her head and refused very firmly.
Su Chengyi chuckled, took out a white wired earphone from her pocket, inserted it into her ear along the edge of the blanket, and put on the other side herself.
When there is no network on a long-distance flight like this, the offline cached music on your phone is your last hope.
Su Chengyi couldn't remember what songs he had downloaded, so he directly pressed the play button through the headphone's wired control interface.
It feels like opening a musical blind box.
The song that sounded in the headphones was "When the Winter Nights Get Warmer" by "unpopular singer" Stefanie Sun.
“When winter nights get warmer
When the sea is no longer so blue
When the pure white of the moon becomes dark
That just means
Happiness is no longer so simple
When youth disappears
When beautiful stories all have regrets
That’s just the habit of treating love as like
Important is
How did we love that period?"
The weather in Iceland is actually not as cold as its name.
After walking out of the airport, this was Su Chengyi's first reaction, so he subconsciously started Thinking about the reason
Maybe it is the DNA of some kind of academic master.
"Probably due to the Gulf Stream flowing through the west and south of Iceland, as well as its special geographical location, located between two major geological plates, with frequent geological activities and abundant geothermal energy. It just explains why Iceland has many natural volcanoes, hot springs and other landscapes. ”
After making the deduction, Su Chengyi wrapped his coat around his body and calmed down his thoughts.
“I’m so dizzy, okay, classmate Su Chengyi, I didn’t know, I thought you were just doing earth theory essays here!”
Chu Qingmian muttered and complained twice, and said for He carefully put on a scarf.
“Although the temperature doesn’t look that cold, it may get windy in a while. When I came here last time, I waited for a few extra minutes at the hotel door, and people were so surprised. My face is stiff!”
“Okay.”
Su Chengyi lowered his head to match her movements. Burberry's cashmere scarf, new this winter, is Miss Chu's favorite style.
"Let's go, let's go to the other side and take a taxi."
Chu Qingmian shivered. She was afraid of the cold, and her little tiger teeth were shivering in the cold wind.
"No, I've called a taxi in advance."
Unexpectedly, Su Chengyi leaned lazily on the edge of the platform and waved to the off-road vehicle on the other side.
"Huh? When did you call? Did you make an appointment with the tour guide in advance? So smart!"
Chu Qingmian blinked and poked his lower back with her finger. "Just let me do it next time. If the company is forced to open, it will be punished by God!"
"The good news is that there is no such thing. Triggered my social fear.”
Su Chengyi raised his lips and looked at the marks left by the tires of the off-road vehicle on the ground.
"Beep."
The driver pressed the horn twice, and then the passenger window was rolled down.
“.”
Miss Chu felt messy and silent in the wind.
"Uncle Gao?! Butler Han?!"
Uncle Gao, who was in the driver's seat, was wearing his 007 sunglasses as always, but he changed into camouflage casual clothes. He looked leisurely and contented, probably recalling his glorious years in the special forces.
The co-pilot, Steward Han, also rarely changed out of his tuxedo that seemed to be welded to his body and wore a jacket. His hair was no longer a shiny slicked back. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, he could still It can be seen that he is very excited now.
“Miss!”
Chu Qingmian took a deep breath, wondering who could tell her whether she was in Iceland or where she was now, and why she was still seeing domestic scenes. These people.
Chu Qingmian had not yet recovered from the shock. Su Chengyi on the other side seemed to have been prepared. He walked slowly to the back seat and knocked on the window to signal.
Uncle Gao in the front seat quickly understood what he meant and immediately lowered the windows in the back seat.
So, the next second, a fluffy calico dog head poked out.
“Woof!”
“.”
Chu Qingmian held her forehead, feeling that the current reality was a bit beyond her understanding.
Although I haven't gotten on the bus yet, I already feel a little motion sick, or maybe I just haven't woken up from the sleep on the plane.
So the two people and the dog squeezed into the back seat of the car.
Fortunately, this is an off-road vehicle and it is spacious. Otherwise, it would not be easy to accommodate this huge black bear.
Miss Chu thought for a long time, and finally couldn't help but cursed angrily:
"No, you three are pretending to be cool! Can someone please explain what is going on? ! And Furui, do you want to squeeze your sister to death?”
"Miss, the situation is like this"
In the end, Butler Han, who was always in charge of interpersonal communication, spoke first. He touched his hair unaccustomedly.
"Uncle Chu thinks that the current situation is quite special and he is worried about us traveling so far away to play alone, so he sent them to come with us so that we can have someone to look after us on the way."
Su Chengyi answered calmly while grabbing Furui's paw and shaking hands with him.
“.”
Chu Qingmian was silent for a long time, looking helpless.
"Please, is there any possibility that it is safe to run so far away? Judging from the current situation, staying in the country is the most unsafe."
"Who? I know."
Su Chengyi raised his eyebrows, noncommittal.
"Well, Uncle Gao's visit is excusable. After all, he is a bodyguard. What about Butler Han! He looks even weaker than me. He doesn't even dare to kill a chicken!! ”
Having said this, Chu Qingmian couldn't help but knock on the back of the passenger seat.
Butler Han immediately straightened his back, raised his hand and confessed unjustly:
"Miss, although I can't be a bodyguard, I can be a translator, assistant, nanny, etc." It's more than enough! Sir, I hope I can take care of you. improve your daily life and make this trip perfect without any mistakes. Not to mention that we have a dog here! It took me a lot of effort to go abroad. ”
His self-confession was extremely sincere, and every word of it was sincere.
But it was obvious that he could not dispel his young lady’s suspicion. Chu Qingmian narrowed her eyes dangerously and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Uncle Han, could you have received my father's order to come and monitor us?"
"How is that possible!"
The co-pilot, Steward Han, immediately sat upright. , with a sad face and raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.
“That’s my mother’s order!”
“No, Miss, I was wronged!”
"That's grandma's!"
"No!"
"Grandpa's and grandma's!"
"I beg you, miss, please let me go"
After Miss Chu’s furious investigation and questioning, Butler Han still argued hard and claimed that he was innocent.
Su Chengyi petted the dog in the back seat for a while, and couldn't help but interrupt:
"You two calm down, I feel like the big guy on duty on the other side is about to pull out a gun and come over to question me."< br>
His words were originally a joke, but Uncle Gao, who had been silent in the driver's seat, nodded slowly.
“Yeah.”
The whole car was quiet for a while.
Chu Qingmian sat back in his seat, coughed and said:
"Okay, Uncle Han, you can explain it yourself! You must have your mission here, and it's not too late to confess now and get leniency! I'll ask again Again, soldier, who do you work for!”
“Miss.”
Butler Han’s hair was twisted into a chicken nest by her, and she looked very embarrassed.
“Answer me, soldier!”
Chu Qingmian did not accept this trick and insisted on trusting her intuition.
Su Chengyi thought for a while and decided to trust the eldest lady at this moment.
After all, she has been fighting wits and courage with her family members since she was a child, so she must have quite a lot of fighting experience.
Sure enough, after a stalemate, Butler Han, who was originally very determined, was helplessly defeated.
"Okay, miss, I am indeed sent by your husband. He wants me to report to him your itinerary for these three days in detail."
"I knew it!!!"
Miss Chu raised her eyebrows and glared at him.
“You are a great collaborator and traitorous spy!”
“I was wronged, Miss!”
Han Butler held his head and continued to try to defend himself:
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"The reason why the gentleman made this arrangement is just for the safety of the young lady and the young master! He said that privacy issues do not need to be involved!"
"I don't believe it! What's going on with this big fat dog! "
Chu Qingmian hugged Furui's head and asked aggressively.
“It was Master Su’s idea to bring the big fat dog here!”
Butler Han quickly betrayed Su Chengyi who was watching the show on the other side.
The latter clenched his fingers into fists, coughed awkwardly, and said slowly:
"This is a rare opportunity, and I want to take Furui back to his hometown in Northern Europe."
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Although this reason is outrageous, it seems to make some sense.
Plus it was Su Chengyi who said it, and it becomes easier to understand.
——Anyway, all the men who are good at studying science are like this.
(End of this chapter)