I loved you so deeply

Chapter 44 Life and Death (4)
"Hey, that's right!" Hu Peng sighed appreciatively, and took two cards from the boss's hand and put them on his side, "Look, I can use these four cards to blow up the cards you played just now." .You can’t control me after the bombing, I will continue to play, and now I have no cards in my hand, you will lose.”

Hu Peng took out dozens of rands from the boss's money pile like coaxing a child, and shook it in front of him: "This is my win, I won, I took it away!"

The boss was still thinking about how to play the four cards, frowning.Hu Peng took advantage, jumped down from the bar and walked around with his arms around Gu Jin, with a proud face: "I invite you to eat well at noon!"

"I won't eat, and you won't be afraid of losing your heart if you win this money." Gu Jin spat at him with a smile.

"What do you know? This is a reasonable exchange of entertainment culture between China and Africa." Hu Peng sounded plausible, and ran over to make trouble with Lei Xi.Lei Xi raised her head from the computer, inadvertently glanced at Gu Jin, with a smile that she hadn't concealed yet.

Everyone has their own things to do, with the taste of being about to part.

Gu Jin knew that after renting this boat and going to the Cape of Good Hope, they were about to part.

Lei Xi is going to prepare his work for the competition, Hu Peng is going to write a long manuscript on this great migration, Professor Zhang and his wife are going back to Shanghai to instruct students on their graduation works, and Sana is also going to start her new philosophy course.

Everyone has a new start.

I don't know why, after parting with Tan Yu that day, Gu Jin was always feeling uneasy, and she never saw him again.

The storm stopped at dusk, the setting sun was under the dark clouds, the sky was half black and half red and golden, and the whole port was covered with a particularly wonderful and magnificent color.

Lacey hurried over from the outside, very excited: "Quick, pack up! There are two boats that just came back, and the boss agreed to rent them to us."

After nesting in Cape Town for a full five days, the news was very exciting. Everyone got up to pack their luggage and walked to the port in a swarm.

When they arrived at the port, Lei Xi gave each of them a piece of bread, saying that they would save it for the evening.He went to Hong Kong with Hu Peng to see the specific situation on board and bargain with the boss.

Cape Town is [-] kilometers away from the Cape of Good Hope. If you leave at four or five o'clock in the morning, you can arrive before the afternoon of the same day.

Gu Jin hung a camera around her neck, carried a hiking bag that was almost as tall as her, and dragged a box. She stuffed all these things into the box, biting bread, sitting on it and waiting.

After a while, Hu Peng came back with Lacey cursing.

Gu Jin stood up, and Professor Zhang went up to ask the situation: "What's the matter? Don't you want to rent it?"

"Rent! Fuck it, the price starts from the ground, not to mention [-] rand, the basic nautical facilities on the boat are nothing! It's still the oldest compass and compass, and I don't even have a kettle. I'm going to leave early tomorrow." It's too late to buy!"

When he was at a loss, Lei Xi thought of an idea: "I heard that the No. [-] port over there is a freighter that we export from China, and they must have all the things on board. Let's go and discuss with them to see if we can help. "

Hu Peng hesitated: "Is it okay..."

"They are all Chinese. If there is anything wrong with it, there must be experts in it."

Hu Peng stood up from the ground, spit out the smoke in his mouth, and waved his hand: "Let's go!"

The two gradually walked away in the twilight of the port.

After a while, Sana came over with the news that Lei Xi and Hu Peng had found sailors and boatmen on board who could help, and they were tidying up on board, and they could leave after dawn.

Gu Jin felt relieved.

As the night deepened, Professor Zhang and his wife went to rest in the jeep they rented from the hotel owner.Not wanting to disturb, Gu Jin could only sit on the stone steps in a daze, with a big suitcase beside her.

There was a heavy rain, and the hot and dry temperature in the air dissipated a bit, and the wind blew through, which was refreshing.

Gu Jin pressed the camera's arrow keys aimlessly, flipping through the photos stored in it.

When she came out of the hotel, she had just taken a shower, her hair was loose, exuding a faint fragrance like a thick head of seaweed.

I don't know how long I looked at it, maybe hundreds of photos, when someone behind her suddenly asked, "Are these taken in Kenya?"

The figure of that person faintly enveloped Gu Jin under the street lights of the port, his voice was deep and familiar.

Gu Jin turned her back to that person, thinking it was Lei Xi, and subconsciously complained: "Yes, don't you know..."

Gu Jin shut his mouth and stopped his hands.

No, not Lacey, Lacey knew where the pictures were taken.

She sat on the box and looked up belatedly.

Then she met the man's dark and peaceful eyes.

The man had a clean crew cut, a smile on his mouth, and was wearing a white half-sleeve shirt, standing tall behind her, with his hands in his trouser pockets, exposing his wrists and a section of watch strap.

Gu Jin knew that watch, the Rolex Submariner.

Against the dim street lights in the port, she saw herself in the other person's eyes, and saw her dazed and dull expression.

Gu Jin raised her head, her eyes were blank and defenseless.

Because of her raised head, she revealed a slender neck and a thin silver chain. When the wind blew, her hair brushed away from her neck, and the delicate touch made people's skin itchy.

Pang Zheng lowered his eyes and looked at her calmly.

The two looked at each other and entangled for more than ten seconds.

After a while, Pang Zheng leisurely put his pockets in his pocket, took two steps down the stone steps, and sat side by side with her on the silver suitcase.

Gu Jin was still holding the camera in her hand, and what stayed on the screen was her back standing on a grassland, against the light, she turned her head, as if she didn't know that someone was taking pictures of her, narrowed her eyes, and smiled happily.

Pang Zheng took the camera from her hand, without saying a word, just looking through the photos one by one.

The more he looked, the deeper the smile on his lips.

Gu Jin was cramped and didn't know where to put his hands for a moment.She wanted to talk to him, but when she opened her mouth, she realized that what she said was wrong and lacked momentum.

Pang Zheng looked at the photos very quickly. When he encountered the scenery and animals, he quickly skipped them. He only paused slightly when he turned to the portraits.

There are not many photos of Gu Jin in it, most of them were taken by Lei Xi when she was not busy or by Sana.

After looking at it for a while, Pang Zheng took out a cigarette from his pocket, held it between his lips, and lit it with a snap.

After taking a puff, he lightly exhaled light white smoke, and tapped the screen with his thumb.

On the screen was a group photo of them when they left Kenya. She and Leixi stood at the front, and he tapped his thumb on Leixi, asking casually and a little condescendingly: "This mustache, is your new best friend?"

Gu Jin suddenly raised his eyes to look at him, knowing a little bit in his heart.He also looked at her frankly.

Gu Jin snorted, turned away and looked away: "You and Tan Yu are really good friends."

It was obviously a sarcasm, but when it came out of her mouth, it seemed a little bit more angry, and the smile on Pang Zheng's mouth grew stronger, and he handed the camera back to her.

Gu Jin reached out to pick it up, took it, but he didn't let go, Gu Jin pulled it hard again with a puffy face, and Pang Zheng let go.

Instead, he grabbed her hand again.

The whole palm of his right hand was on the back of her hand, the palm was warm, and he gently rubbed the skin of her hand unconsciously.The touch of that hand was the same as before, slender and soft, and he could hold it in his palm without any effort.

Pang Zheng squeezed her hand with his thumb and forefinger, and his rough fingertips scratched on Gu Jin's delicate skin. The force was neither light nor heavy, extremely ambiguous.

Gu Jin struggled a bit: "Let go."

Pang Zheng raised his left hand and took a puff of cigarette, squinted his eyes, and sprayed all the smoke on her face provocatively: "No."

He rubbed her hand harder and harder, with some kind of hint, the watch on his wrist was very conspicuous under the refraction of the light, as if it was deliberately shown to Gu Jin.

It was dark, so I couldn't see his face clearly, but Gu Jin felt that his face was about to burn.

I don't know if it's the low temperature at night or something, but Gu Jin's whole body began to tremble slightly.

She has no makeup on, her hair is loose, her body has the fragrance of shower gel and the smell of his smoke just now, she is wearing a close-fitting half-sleeve T-shirt, dark blue jeans, clean white sneakers, and her naked body You don't even need to touch the sides of your arms to know that they must be cold.

Everything about her makes people feel ready to move.

This is the Gu Jin that Pang Zheng is most familiar with, and it is also the Gu Jin who feels strange and daunting when we meet again after half a year.

Her hair grew a little longer and she lost a little weight, but she looked healthier than she remembered when she left.Not so pale anymore.

Pang Zheng has been staring at her deeply, Gu Jin has nowhere to hide in his silent eyes.

He was getting closer and closer to her, holding her with his right hand all the time. Although he was sitting on the side of the box, his upper body was always pressing towards her, with his left hand resting on the edge of the box, holding the cigarette between his fingers.

He leaned close to her ear, licking her soft and white earlobe with the tip of his tongue as if nothing, from a distance, it seemed to be whispering: "You have grown up..."

Gu Jin trembled uncontrollably as his hot breath hit his ears.

There were footsteps coming from behind, and before anyone approached, I heard Hu Peng's loud voice: "Hey! Dude, what are you doing? You can't find anyone everywhere!"

Gu Jin flinched, and suddenly pushed Pang Zheng away.

Pang Zheng was pushed and fell back carelessly, with his hands resting on the suitcase.He turned his head and saw Lei Xi and Hu Peng approaching from not far away.

He raised his voice and asked, "What? Are you done?"

"It's almost there, thank you very much." Lei Xi stood on the stone steps, looked between him and Gu Jin, half-jokingly said, "I was looking for you on the boat for a long time, but I came here to chat with girls gone."

Just now when he and Hu Peng were walking back from Port No. [-], they vaguely felt that the person under the street lamp looked like him, and the distance was only tens of meters away. Pang Zheng looked a little more carefully.

With her back to them, Gu Jin straightened her hair, then stood up too: "Do you want me to help?"

"I don't need you." Hu Peng dragged Gu Jin carelessly and introduced, "Just now we went to find someone to help, thanks to this... surname? Is it surname?"

"The side government."

Pang Zheng exhaled lightly, stood up facing Gu Jin, and put on an appearance of not knowing him.

"Yes, thanks to this Mr. Pang, they come to Africa from China for export. It just so happens that their ocean-going fleet will not leave tonight, and the freighter is full of things. We specially asked the boatmen to help clean up our broken ship."

Hu Peng went down the steps and pulled Gu Jin, brought the two of them face to face, and introduced to Pang Zheng: "Mr. Pang, this is with us, surnamed Gu, Gu Jin, from City C, and a cheerful girl, I thought about it for a while. I introduced it to you, but I didn't expect you to come here by yourself."

Hu Peng chuckled, after all, he was a benefactor who helped a lot, and motioned for Gu Jin to say hello to him.

Instead, Pang Zheng stretched out his hand generously first: "Hello, Miss Gu."

He smiled, and the lines at the end of his eyes were slightly raised, as if he had just met her.

Gu Jin held his breath in his heart and did not show any weakness. He shook hands with him and smiled politely: "Hello, Mr. Pang."

Just like when they met each other for the first time, their hands were clasped for a few seconds, and then they loosened slightly.

Pang Zheng asked, "Is there any trouble?"

Lacey said: "I added oil and changed the anchor and a few screws. I just have to test the waters in a while, and the compass and compass on the boat are too old... I can't read it well."

Pang Zheng put out the cigarette on the stone steps, and took two steps up: "Go, let's have a look."

The three of them didn't hesitate much, and went to the port together, leaving Gu Jin standing there alone.After walking two steps, Pang Zheng asked Lai Xi unintentionally: "How do you arrange for Miss Gu to leave at five o'clock tomorrow morning and leave her here alone?"

Hu Peng: "It's okay, don't worry about her, there is a jeep we rented at the platform, and she will go back to sleep when she gets tired."

When he came back just now, he saw that jeep. It was a Mitsubishi truck. There were already two people sleeping in the back seat. How could she have a place to lie down?
Pang Zheng pursed his lips: "Is it safe?"

Lei Xi explained: "I'm used to eating and sleeping outside. There's nothing safe or unsafe. It's close. Xiao Gu has a strong sense of self-protection, and nothing will happen."

Pang Zheng asked, "Have you always been like this?"

Lacey said, "Yes, always."

Pang Zheng nodded: "It's hard work."

He didn't speak any more, only quickened his pace and headed for the boat they rented.

The compass on the ship was indeed quite old, and Pang Zheng bent down and fiddled with it for a while before telling Lacey how to identify it.

He stood in the operating room, lowered his head slightly because of his height, and said in a low voice: "The old-fashioned eight-direction guy, the azimuth is due north, which is the North Pole, which is 0°." Move to the right, "Then 90° clockwise is east, 180° is south, 270° is west. Each adjacent azimuth differs by 45°."

Lei Xi leaned over to look, frowned and asked, "Isn't it true north now?"

Pang Zheng swiped his hand to the left again, pointing in the direction of true north: "It's night now, wait until twelve noon tomorrow, that's it."

Lei Xi straightened up, looked at Pang Zheng with more respect and appreciation: "Excellent, you often come out with the fleet?"

Pang Zheng withdrew his hand: "It's the first time I've traveled so far like this time."

Pang Zheng unconsciously brought a little Beijing accent when he spoke, and Hu Peng asked him, "Are you from Beijing?"

Pang Zheng was noncommittal and smiled: "I grew up in Beijing."

Hu Peng said with emotion: "No wonder."

It was rare to meet a compatriot in a foreign country, and he found Pang Zheng familiar at first glance. Hu Peng looked at him, looked at his clothes and looked at his face, and finally felt something was wrong.

After testing the water to confirm safety, Pang Zheng left them to stay overnight in the cabin of the freighter.Considering that Professor Zhang and his wife are too old and their health can't bear it, Lei Xi thought about Gu Jin again, thanked him again and again and agreed.

A group of people went back to look for the rented jeep, and Pang Zheng waited at the wharf of the freighter.

The car drove over slowly, and sure enough, as Leixi expected, Gu Jin had already fallen asleep.

In order not to disturb Professor Zhang and his wife who were resting in the car, she slept in the hood of the pickup behind the pickup, lying on the trunk, afraid of the wind, and covered her face with a jacket.

She didn't sleep well, frowning all the time, as if she could wake up anytime, anywhere.

Lei Xi and the others settled down Professor Zhang and his wife and their luggage, while discussing in a low voice whether to wake Gu Jin up or not.

"Should I call her up?"

"Farewell, she hasn't slept well for several nights, please hug her later."

Hu Peng moved the suitcase and smiled badly: "You hug me?"

Lei Xi kicked him, then looked back at Gu Jin: "I'll come, you can go to sleep after moving this."

Pang Zheng stood beside the car silently, listening to their conversation, suddenly said in a low voice: "Let me do it."

"What?" Lei Xi and Hu Peng turned to look at him together.

Pang Zheng got into the convertible lightly with his hands and feet, and hugged Gu Jin tightly.Gu Jin's face was half covered by the jacket, and because of inertia, he tilted his head to the right again, and now he was completely hidden in Pang Zheng's arms.

Pang Zheng walked past them with her in his arms, and wrote lightly: "I'll come, I'll take her to the cabin, and I'll come out later to help you move it."

His tall white back quickly disappeared into the cargo ship's cabin.

Hu Peng put down the suitcase, dragged Lei Xi and muttered in a low voice: "This buddy is hiding everything."

Lacey remained calm: "How do you say?"

"He has the vigor of a son-in-law on his body. Look at what he wears, none of which are cheap. How can he be so enthusiastic about us? Bao Buqi is suffocating in his heart, so be careful."

Lacey asked him back: "Who is holding back, you or me? Or Professor Zhang?"

Hu Peng hissed: "Xiao Gu! That girl is young, you see how the two of them far away just now, it must be not easy, maybe, they want to use us to pick her up!"

"It's also strange, usually Gu Jin sleeps so lightly, why doesn't she wake up when she hugs her? You said——he wouldn't take advantage of us not being here just now to drug her?" Hu Peng's eyes were wide open.

Lacey didn't speak, he remembered seeing the two of them on the stone steps just now.With all his strength, he lifted two boxes and sent them to the boat, and got on the deck with the strength of the boatman.

He followed Pang Zheng closely, and his voice was firm and clear: "No. He is not that kind of person."

Pang Zheng kicked open the door of a lounge in the cabin, which the boatman had cleaned up specially when he knew he had come. The bed was bigger and cleaner than other dormitories. Even so, the space here was still very small.

(End of this chapter)