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“Scientific expedition to Greenland?” Han Lu frowned, "she seemed a little impressed, I think she mentioned it a long time ago, saying that it seemed like a relic or something had been discovered by locals on Greenland, said to contain some murals related to primitive worship.

“The guy reported it to the authorities, causing a lot of shock at the time, and a lot of famous scholars were very interested in it, so they organized two science teams, two times to go to the area the locals said they were looking for the ruins, but eventually nothing was found, and then everyone started accusing the locals who claimed to have found the ruins, feeling that it was just a story he had made up, although the locals still bite at themselves for not lying, but because they never found enough evidence, the matter slowly disappeared, but your mother was always interested in it, and she thought it was likely that the ruins were related to the origins of the subsequent Myths of Mesopotamia, Celtic mythology and Egyptian mythology, according to the guy's description. ”

Zhang Hengyuan seemed a little surprised, “Why didn't I find these things online? ”

“Oh, it's almost seventy or eighty years away, because it was a great disgrace to the archaeological world at the time, so only some local newspapers published it. Xiao Xia seemed to have flipped through the old newspaper of the British Library. She was writing a thesis. Although the news had little to do with her research at the time, she kept thinking about it.

“Then we all graduated, busy things, at first Xiao Xia and I kept in touch by phone, but then as we got busier and busier and changed to email, we would usually talk about what was happening around us, and then one day Xiao Xia suddenly told me that she and your father met a guy named Tam in what salon, he ran a travel agency, he personally loved to explore, he set up an expedition himself and wanted to take a look at the deserted area of Greenland.

“Xiao Xia told him about the story more than seventy years ago. Tam was very interested and decided to invite your parents to join the expedition. I persuaded Xiao Xia at the time that she shouldn't have accepted the invitation so quickly. I said not only the danger posed by the harsh environment, but also a group of strangers she just met for the first time and didn't know, and she was going to go on a wild smoke-free area expedition with them. ”

“But Xiao Xia told me that the opportunity was rare, and that your father would go with her, but your mother," Han Lu put down the water cup, seemed to be thinking about the words, "I know that she didn't have much nerve, the guy was afraid of pain and cold, when we went to school together, she would be nestled in a duvet when it snowed, she would eat potato chip chase or something, I don't even want to get out of bed, I don't know why she cared so much about that relic on Greenland, but obviously, it made her feel cold, and she didn't care about the danger, which only meant that she really, very much wanted to go there.

“Eventually, she joined the expedition as she wished, with your father, because they joined and the expedition turned into a science team, and they stayed in Greenland for a while, well, for about two months in the middle, we didn't get in touch, and then she told me that she and your father had gone back safely. I asked her how the science exam was and if she'd found the ruin she'd always missed.

“She said she did find something that she didn't know how to describe, and that if it was published, it would probably create a huge wave throughout the theological and archaeological world, and even impact on the existing scientific system. I thought she might have overstated it, but I could hear the shock and excitement in the line. Although until now I have not seen her publish the results of that scientific expedition, in fact, I have hardly heard her mention it since then. ”

"I haven't asked her again to take care of her emotions," said Han Lu, "but I still want to say that her decision was a little too frivolous. Especially considering you were only two years old at the time, she didn't take you back to your grandfather first. Instead, she left you at the home of a colleague to take care of you for a few months. She didn't even tell me, until she returned home, I didn't know she had a son. To be honest, it really made me a little uncomfortable at the time.

“I was her best friend, and we had nothing to talk about. Although we didn't communicate as often after graduation as we did at school, it didn't affect our friendship, having kids, things like that, she shouldn't have kept it from me for so long. Although she later explained that I had just broken up with my engaged boyfriend at the time, she didn't want to excite me, she also knew me, just as I knew him, she should know that I wouldn't be inspired by things like this. ”

Han Luton then wondered, "Why were you so interested in Little Summer's trip to Greenland, and why didn't you just ask her, or your father? ”

“I asked my father, but like you said, they didn't seem to want to talk about it.” Zhang Hengdao, “anyway, thank you very much for telling me what you know. ”

“It's just a show of hands.” Han Lu laughed, “but you better not tell Xiao Xia that I said these things to you, because I don't know why the guy was covering this up so tightly, but it always felt like we were doing the same thing behind her back right now. ”

“I won't tell her. ”

After a while, the stewardess walked over with the menu and invited two people to order a meal with a smile on her face. Han Lu chose and ate a cup of plum wine, but did not eat much of the staple food. Instead, she finished the dessert and fruit after that and drank about half a glass of plum wine, which made her cheeks slightly reddish. She redirected the subject to the vacation.

“Where do you want to go tomorrow? ”

“I've never been to Okinawa, you decide.” Zhang Hengdao.

Han Lu didn't say anything. He said, "Then go diving. Have you ever dived before? How's your technique? ”

“Well, okay. ”

“I've been diving in both Cape True Rongtian and Wreck '92, so let's go to that island, where we're said to be able to see hammerhead sharks and humpback whales if we're lucky.” Han Lu Dao, "but diving in the waters over there can also encounter strong currents, if you are a beginner, or if you don't dive too often, we can start at the primary point. ”

“It's okay, just go wherever you want.” Zhang Hengdao.