The smoke from the hot pot blown by the wind went towards Jiang Nan. In order to prevent the wind from blowing into her eyes, Jiang Nan raised her face to the ceiling, and the moonscape in the sky crashed into her eyes.
The stars in the sky are like an oil painting, with bright colors that make people unable to take their eyes away.
Jiang Nan was startled, and she suddenly remembered Zhou Zhengan. He once told her that the stars in West Asia were very beautiful, but since she came to West Asia, she had been busy with work and had forgotten to observe this.
"Jiang Nan, the phone is ringing." Gao Xinyue beside her patted her. Jiang Nan lowered her eyes and saw the phone screen on the table that was lit, showing that the caller was Zhou Zhengan.
She picked up the phone, stood up and walked far away before pressing answer.
A voice quickly came from Zhou Zhengan's side: "Jiang Nan, what are you doing?"
"Eating." Jiang Nan's voice was a little soft.
The cool breeze blew all Jiang Nan's hair back.
"Did you see the photo I sent you?"
Jiang Nan was a little confused: "Are you talking about the potted flower?"
"It's the one that was sent later."
Jiang Nan clicked on the new message and looked at it. Sure enough, she saw the message sent by Zhou Zhengan half an hour ago. She clicked on it and found two photos. One photo was a photo of the dining table he took when he was having dinner at Zhou's house. I know it must be Mother Zhou’s craftsmanship.
The other one is a picture of the starry sky, which was taken by Zhou Zhengan while standing in the yard of Zhou's house.
There are not many stars, but they are very bright.
This must not have been taken tonight. After all, there is a five-hour time difference between them, Jiang Nan thought silently.
"Did you see it?" Zhou Zhengan said again.
Jiang Nan replied: "I saw it."
She raised her phone to the sky and took a photo of the starry sky and sent it to Zhou Zhengan.
When Jiang Nan heard Gao Xinyue calling her, she quickly put her phone away and walked towards Gao Xinyue.
Zhou Zhengan, who was far away from home, couldn't help but smile a little deeper when he saw the photo sent by Jiang Nan.
"Brother!" Zhou Zhixu shouted suddenly.
Before Zhou Zhengan could put away his smile, he glanced at Zhou Zhixu, who was sitting opposite him.
Zhou Zhixu smiled strangely: "Who are you chatting with, brother?"
She had been paying attention to him for a while, frowning and then smiling. It was really strange.
Zhou Zhengan ignored her and returned to his usual demeanor. He stood up and called in the direction of the balcony: "Mom, Dad, I'm going back."
Zhou's mother heard the sound and walked in from the balcony and said, "How long have you just finished eating? Are you going back?"
"Um."
Mother Zhou nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, you have to go back to accompany Xiaojiang quickly. She will definitely not have time to eat because she is busy with work. Go back with those rice dumplings."
Zhou's father and Zhou's mother didn't know about Zhou Zheng'an and Jiang Nan's divorce. Jiang Nan didn't come together today. When they asked, Zhou Zheng'an lied, saying that Jiang Nan was still working overtime at the company and couldn't leave.
Mother Zhou said and hurriedly walked into the kitchen and came out with a large bag of rice dumplings and handed them to Zhou Zhengan.
Zhou Zhixu looked at Zhou Zhengan with schadenfreude. She didn't believe that Zhou Zhengan could finish so many rice dumplings by himself.
Zhou Zhengan's expression did not change, he took the bag of rice dumplings and left.
Time flies so fast in the busyness, and in the blink of an eye it has been almost four months.
News came from LT that everyone would be allowed to go back at the end of the month. This news was like a stimulant to everyone who had been exhausted for several months and caused quite a stir among them. .
Jiang Nan also breathed a sigh of relief. She had long been tired of the food here, and now she wanted to eat domestic food.
Zhou Zhengan and Zhixu also sent her messages in the past few days, asking if she would be back soon? Jiang Nan uniformly replied: "Yes."
Among the mixed messages, Jiang Nan quickly noticed Zhou Zhengan's reply.
——I'm waiting for you to come back.
Because of these words, Jiang Nan's waiting was filled with a lot of expectations.
However, the night before going back, something happened.
Jiang Nan and Gao Xinyue lived in the same room. The two were packing their luggage to discuss going back tomorrow when suddenly there was a commotion outside.
They lived in a tent, and through the tent they saw chaotic crowds of people running around with flashlights outside.
Gao Xinyue felt excited at that moment. She looked at Jiang Nan and said, "Isn't it a fight?"
It's no safer here than at home, and now that two little girls are alone here, they will be a little scared.
Jiang Nan frowned, stood up and said, "Go out and take a look."
As they walked out, Gao Xinyue saw a familiar colleague walking quickly past them. She quickly grabbed the person and asked, "What's going on?"
The colleague looked a little anxious: "Something happened. An epidemic broke out in several areas of West Asia. Many people died. We haven't found out what the disease was yet. All flights out of here have been stopped. We are all here now." Hurry to the consulate, where you can find shelter."
"Now it is no longer a question of whether we can return home. Whether we can save our lives is still a question."
After he finished speaking, he walked away quickly. Gao Xinyue hurriedly took Jiang Nan's hand and said, "Let's leave quickly too."
Jiang Nan nodded.
The two girls followed the crowd anxiously, but before they had taken a few steps, they suddenly stopped in front of them, and they were blocked and stood there.
Someone in front was whispering, saying that this place was no longer allowed.
Jiang Nan and the others were in a village.
Before Jiang Nan could figure out what to do, a car with an open roof quickly drove up the road. The man in the car shouted in their local language: "Go back, go home, don't come out."
As soon as these words came out, the hearts of everyone present went cold.
Everyone could only reluctantly return to the original route with their thoughts in mind.
When Jiang Nan and the others returned to the tent, there was still some commotion outside, and some people even had conflicts with the management outside.
Gao Xinyue seemed a little depressed. Jiang Nan wanted to comfort her, but he was not in a good mood either, so he simply stopped talking.
They listened to the noisy noise outside for a long time, until the lights were automatically turned off at twelve o'clock at night, and the tent fell into darkness, and it seemed quieter.
Gao Xinyue lay on the bed and hugged the quilt and whispered softly: "Go to sleep, there is no point in being anxious. At least we have not contracted the disease now."
When she said this, she didn't know whether she was comforting Jiang Nan or herself.
Jiang Nanying: "Okay."
Jiang Nan looked at the dark ceiling, not feeling sleepy at all.
At this moment when there was only a shallow boundary between death, Jiang Nan couldn't help but sigh, it turned out that she could be so scared, and her desire to survive was infinitely greater at this moment.
...
The next morning, before dawn, Jiang Nan woke up in a daze. The room was still dark. She picked up the phone next to her and opened it to take a look. There were already dozens of messages.
Everyone is asking how she is doing now?
It seems that the news from West Asia was spread to the country last night.
Jiang Nan responded to everyone's messages one by one, telling them that he was fine.
Last night, Zhou Zhengan also called her several times.
Jiang Nan lowered her eyes and looked at the missed calls for a while. She glanced at Gao Xinyue who had not yet woken up, then got up and walked outside the tent.
It was deserted outside at the moment, with no one around.
Jiang Nan's call was answered within three seconds.
"Hey." Jiang Nan said softly.
Zhou Zhengan over there seemed to be relieved when he heard her voice. He said, "The news said that there was an HD virus outbreak over there. Are you okay?"
Jiang Nan didn't know what a difficult night Zhou Zhengan had spent yesterday.
For the first time, he was so panicked that he forgot to think. It was not until he saw the blank page when he was booking a flight that he calmed down as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him.
But no one answered the phone he called, and he was worried to death.
Jiang Nan's nose was a little sore, and her voice became hoarse unconsciously. She said, "I'm fine."
Zhou Zhengan nodded lightly and said: "I understand. This virus broke out once in West Asia more than ten years ago. It is not an unsolvable problem. It will probably be calmed down in a few weeks. Don't worry. Anxiety, I will pick you up when the time comes.”
Jiang Nan wanted to cry more and more. She couldn't control her crying and said in a low voice: "Zhou Zheng'an, you are still kidding me at this time."
There was a faint laugh from Zhou Zheng'an. He didn't answer, but just said: "Don't run around these few weeks. The management there is not as strict as ours."
Jiang Nan said "hmm".
"Don't not answer my calls."
"Um."
"Remember to answer my text."
"Um."
"..."
Next, no matter what Zhou Zhengan said, Jiang Nan responded.
It wasn't until Zhou Zhengan felt that Jiang Nan's emotions had calmed down that they hung up the phone.
The second before hanging up the phone, Zhou Zhengan's last words were: "Don't worry, I'll always be with you."
It seems that Jiang Nan has calmed down a lot because of Zhou Zheng'an's comfort and remote company. She and Gao Xinyue have not traveled far these days. Three meals a day are specially delivered by the company, and even if they want to go out, they rarely leave the tent. meters away.
This group of people had some tacit understanding, and they were all waiting for a message to send them back.
Jiang Nan has received more calls from Zhou Zhixu recently. Either she is asking her in a hurry, or she is crying, saying that she should have firmly opposed her going to West Asia in the first place.
Jiang Nan was dumbfounded by her and could only comfort her. Even Jiang Nan herself felt a little strange. She was obviously the one who needed to be comforted the most, so why did she become the one to comfort others instead.
Three weeks later, as Zhou Zhengan said, the epidemic in West Asia was brought under control, and many countries sent support to help West Asia restore its original tranquility.
However, the news of their return to China has not yet spread, so it will probably have to be observed for a few more days.
In any case, everyone's anxious hearts are finally at peace.
After more than three months, everyone gathered together again to eat hot pot, and they were still talking and laughing. During the period, some people teased each other and said, "Hey, Lao Wang, I almost cried when I saw you like that, right?"
