soul mate

The Arctic sky is blue, clear, and cloudless.The never-setting sun hangs low in the sky, and the light shining on the boat is slightly warm.Qin Zhen stood on the deck wearing a thick padded jacket, looking at the unobstructed view of the snowy field, and turned back to the cabin after a long time.

"Morning, Academician Qin." Someone on the same boat came out of the room rubbing his eyes, and yawned when he saw Qin Zhen.

Qin Zhen smiled slightly: "Morning."

The man walked to the door of the cabin, and couldn't help shivering as soon as he opened the door: "It's really cold... I don't know how long I will stay here..."

Qin Zhen didn't answer, but went straight to the restaurant on the ship.

There were not many people in the restaurant, so Qin Zhen ordered himself a bowl of noodles, sat at one of the empty tables and ate slowly, and when the noodles were half eaten, someone sat down at his table: "Academician Qin, good morning! "

Qin Zhen looked up at the person who came, "It's early for you too."

The man was holding a bowl of hot porridge in his hand, and he didn't drink it right away, but slowly stirred it with a spoon, while talking to Qin Zhen: "Tell me, when will the icebreaker arrive..."

"Who knows?" Qin Zhen replied, "Maybe soon."

"Hey, our luck is really bad," the man muttered, "We were about to return to the voyage, but we were frozen here. We stayed here for half a month, and we didn't even see a polar bear..."

Qin Zhen continued to eat noodles in silence, without speaking.

Their Arctic scientific research ship has been stuck in this place for five days because the hull was traveling too slowly, so it was frozen in ice.This kind of situation is not uncommon among ships sailing in the Arctic, so everyone didn't take it seriously at first, and after sending out the distress signal, they began to wait for the rescue of the icebreaker with peace of mind.The signal in the place where they were stagnant was not very good, and the communication network was intermittent. Qin Zhen managed to send a text message to Lu Yunqi after several attempts, explaining the matter to him briefly, and then the signal bar on the phone screen There is only one red cross left.

The members of the ship waited eagerly for five days at this place. At first, everyone had time to stand on the deck and look into the distance, trying to find one or two polar bears or arctic foxes in the snow, but the next day passed. Afterwards, there was still no news from the icebreaker, and everyone was a little anxious.On the third day, the ship received intermittent news that the icebreaker had a breakdown on the way to this side and needed to turn back first, asking them to wait a little longer. After staying for two days, the only consolation is that there is enough food and energy on board so that they will not be buried here.

"Wait a little longer." After eating a bowl of noodles, Qin Zhen stood up with the bowl in hand, "Maybe I can go back tomorrow."

Back in his room, Qin Zhen turned on the computer and continued to draw and analyze images with the data obtained from this scientific expedition. After working continuously for three hours, he finally began to feel bored. After saving the data, he turned off the computer and went out.

There was no one in the cabin, but there were noisy conversations, whistles, and even excited screams outside the door. Qin Zhen opened the door of the cabin and saw everyone standing on the deck, looking excitedly at the distant place. Pointing.Seeing that Qin Zhen was confused, one of them excitedly pulled him to the edge of the deck, and showed him the fun that everyone had finally found: "Academician Qin, look, it's a polar bear!"

Qin Zhen squinted slightly and looked in the direction the other party was pointing at. It took a long time before he could barely distinguish the dumpling moving on the ice field. It was indeed a polar bear, but it was too far away from the scientific research ship to be seen with the naked eye. Clear details, can barely see a rough outline.The only few binoculars on the ship were being passed back and forth in everyone's hands. Some of those who hadn't yet had their turn opened their eyes wide to get a better view of the polar bear, while others pointed their phones at the polar bear on the ice field. The dots kept shooting.

Qin Zhen also took out his mobile phone to take a picture of the polar bear that came to his door. His mobile phone's pixels are terribly scumbag. If he takes a picture from a distance like this, the screen looks like a vast expanse of whiteness, and he can barely make out a small gray bear. Come on, but Qin Zhen still habitually sent this photo to Lu Yunqi, and only realized what stupid thing he had done when he saw the "send failed" displayed on his phone.

He has not contacted Lu Yunqi for more than four days.Thinking of this incident, Qin Zhen inevitably felt a little depressed. After taking a few glances at the fat polar bear through the binoculars passed to him by his colleagues, he did not stay on the deck for a long time, but chatted casually with people. After a few words, he went back to the room alone.

However, the sudden appearance of the polar bear swept away the dull atmosphere on the boat before, and even brought them good luck.That night, the re-launched icebreaker arrived near the scientific research ship and rescued the trapped scientists. After receiving a lot of supplies, the scientific research ship finally returned to its voyage—this really made the mood of the people on board soar. After getting up, in the next few days, Qin Zhen heard colleagues happily mentioning the polar bear he saw that day, and affectionately calling it "Little Lucky".

"Chief, I want to ask for leave tomorrow." At the end of the day's work, Lu Yunqi sorted out his work materials, signed his name on the leave slip that had just been printed, and handed it to the leader sitting beside him.

A colleague next to me heard it, and complained half-truthfully: "No, Xiao Lu, we are at the busiest time, you still have to ask for leave, don't you want to be so unethical..."

The leader took Lu Yunqi's leave slip, looked at the very official wording on it, and raised his eyebrows: "Why?"

Lu Yunqi smiled slightly: "My lover will come back tomorrow, I will pick him up at the airport."

The new girl who was eavesdropping this year heard him say this, and immediately mumbled in a low voice: "Brother Lu, why don't you show your love so much, single dogs can't afford to be hurt..."

When the others heard the words, they all laughed out loud, and another young man next to him joined in the fun and yelled: "Wow, woof, woof!"

After laughing, the leader put away Lu Yunqi's leave note: "It's done, you go pick up the person! But it's only one day off, remember to come back to work the day after tomorrow!"

Lu Yunqi smiled and nodded: "Of course. Thank you, chief!"

Qin Zhen's plane arrived at eight o'clock in the morning. After breakfast, Lu Yunqi brought Qin Zhen steamed buns and soy milk, and drove to the airport early to wait.Qin Zhen's flight was not late. Lu Yunqi saw Qin Zhen dragging his suitcase out of the aisle. He walked over quickly, called the other party's name in a low voice, and reached out to take the suitcase in the other party's hand.

Qin Zhen turned to look at him: "Waiting for a long time?"

Lu Yunqi shook his head: "Have you had breakfast?"

"I ate half a loaf of bread on the plane." Qin Zhen greeted the rest of the group, and walked out side by side with Lu Yunqi, "What about you?"

Lu Yunqi raised the steamed stuffed bun soy milk in front of him: "Here. I've eaten it."

They walked all the way to the place where Lu Yunqi parked. Qin Zhen quickly cleaned up the steamed stuffed bun and soy milk, threw the plastic bag into the trash can beside him, opened the car door and sat down on the passenger seat. He yawned a lot. Lu Yunqi Putting the suitcase away, when I got into the car, I saw tears welling from the corners of his eyes.

"Take a break if you're tired." Lu Yunqi said, leaning over to make sure he fastened his seat belt, then reached out and touched his face, "I've lost a lot of weight."

"It doesn't matter, I'm not sleepy." Qin Zhen said, "It's like this when people get old, and they tend to lose energy."

"How old are you?" Lu Yunqi couldn't help laughing, "You're clearly in your prime, okay?" He said, quickly turned his head to look at Qin Zhen, and said, "It seems to be a bit darker."

Hearing this, Qin Zhen raised his left hand and put it in front of his eyes for a closer look: "There is sun all day long over there, and the ultraviolet rays are strong. But it's really cold over there. We wear padded jackets every day, and it's a little bit of summer. I was not used to it when I first got off the plane." The summer in City A is always hot, and just a short while after getting off the plane, Qin Zhen was already sweating a lot on his back.

"It will be fine in two days," Lu Yunqi said, "There is a typhoon coming."

The two chatted along the way, and when they got home, Lu Yunqi called both parents. Qin Zhen dragged the suitcase back to the room to pack, and Lu Yunqi also went back to the room to help after the phone call. Thinking of the polar bear, he excitedly took out his phone and took out the photos to show Lu Yunqi: "Look, this is little Lucky." During the time on the boat, Qin Zhen was influenced by his colleagues and gradually got used to it. The name of the polar bear.

Lu Yunqi didn't react for a while: "What?"

"A polar bear," Qin Zhen pointed to the small dot on the screen of the phone, "What we met when we returned was the few days when we were frozen."

Lu Yunqi looked at where Qin Zhen was pointing his finger at, and after careful identification, he saw a blurry figure. He nodded and kept packing his things: "Yes. Is the North Pole fun?"

"It's okay..." Qin Zhen threw the phone aside, "It's just a vast expanse of white, basically nothing. When I went there, I met a group of seabirds nesting on the glacier..."

While listening to him, Lu Yunqi put the last stack of clothes in the closet, closed the empty suitcase again, stood it up and put it in the corner.

"Go to sleep, take a rest, and beat the jet lag." Lu Yunqi said, pulling Qin Zhen to the bed to lie down.

Qin Zhen couldn't help laughing: "There's no jet lag..." But he still lay down following Lu Yunqi's strength, squinting his eyes and rubbing on the pillow: "Don't you have to go to work?"

Lu Yunqi stretched out his hand and stroked the hair on his forehead: "No, I'm on leave today. My hair is a bit long, should I get a haircut tonight?"

"Hmm..." Qin Zhen responded softly, took Lu Yunqi's hand, and gradually fell asleep.Lu Yunqi stretched out his hand and pulled the corner of the air-conditioning quilt to cover his stomach, leaned down and kissed him lightly on the forehead: "Sweet dream."

The author has something to say: The title of this chapter is #作家自己YY的北果科校#, at this time Lu Yunqi is 30+ and Qin Zhen is 40+.