Chapter 32 11. I never told you about myself

It was a fine sunny day. Huihui looked out of the window and felt that the dark blue outline in the distance should be the Mediterranean Sea in Tunisia. Suddenly the bell rang, and the Muslims knelt down to pray. There was a low voice of prayer in the air. She thought: Can Allah hear you? It was Salim who came to open the door, and he said angrily, "Go! Come with me!" Huihui followed Salim downstairs. This was the first time she had left the building in seven days.She got into a jeep and drove through narrow, stone-paved streets and alleys to unknown places.When she was in the car, she tilted her head and looked out, and saw barefooted children playing football in the street, with small black faces, white teeth, and giggling, their voices were like those of small animals; she also saw the alleys Above the poles on the old buildings on both sides are drying the robes of Muslims, and the wind with the smell of barbecue spices blows them up, blocking a line of sky.Sitting in this old jeep that smelled of gasoline, she suddenly felt a little joy in her heart, as if she was not a hostage, as if she was nineteen years old on the way to school.

They stopped at the door of a mosque, and Salim ushered her in, pushing her along the cornice of the dome.At the door of a room, she stopped and slowly straightened her hair. Salim came up to see her and said, "How do you know it's here?" "Smell," she said. Salim literally sniffed and sniffed, then said, "Fake tricks, get in." He pushed Huihui from behind, she staggered for a while, so she couldn't fall into it, then stood up immediately, straightened up, she saw Danny Hagrid at first sight. He was sitting on the floor behind a long table, wearing a white shirt and beige trousers, with bare feet.His complexion is good, his face is golden wheat, and his eyes appear bluer. He is like a leisurely tourist who came to the coast from a summer camp in the mountains and continues to rest in another place.Sure enough, he came alone.

When Huihui was pushed by Salim and staggered in, Danny Hagrid sat up straight and didn't immediately come to hug her, and didn't take any measures to control the situation, and didn't even say a word to her; he just sat up a little After cleaning her body, she carefully looked at Huihui from top to bottom, like checking whether an imported cargo was properly preserved and intact. There were others in the room, the guerrilla leader Asan and his brothers, and a few Tunisians in black robes, who sat on the other side of a long table with several pages of papers. Asan said: "Mr. Hagrid, you have seen that I keep my promise. Isn't your woman here well? She is alive, complete, and clean. Then you have to sign my contract—give up Tunisia Waterworks, you Frenchman, you'd better work hard in your own home."

Danny Hagrid picked up his pen, scanned the contract on the table, and with a bang, he threw the pen on the table again. The Tunisians were startled, and one of them in a black robe slapped the table, and Asan raised his head and laughed: "Mr. Hagrid, are you making a mistake? What are you doing in Tunisia without signing this contract? Are you Don't you want to see us kill this woman, and then seek death yourself?" Ah Sang shook his head, Salim took the order, and pulled Huihui when he came up. She struggled, and Salim grabbed her hair and pulled it out. No one could clearly see how Danny Hagrid, who was five meters away, attacked at once. When he saw clearly, he had already strangled Salim's neck with his left hand, and punched him hard on the cheek with his right hand.Just for a moment, Huihui seemed to hear the sound of bones breaking on Salem's side of the cheek.

Danny Hagrid didn't waste a second. He raised his right hand, swung it round and was about to hit him again. Ah Sang pressed a loaded gun hard to his temple, and gritted his teeth to see the last one. The vicious Frenchman, who was still lazy for a second, went up to beat up his younger brother in the next second: "You bastard, you really want to die, you, you are going to die, right? Ah?! Right?" His black muzzle was pressed tightly against Danny Hagrid's head. Danny Hagrid, who was squatting on the ground as if he wanted to kill Salem, suddenly grinned, turned his head slowly, pointed his eyebrows at the muzzle of Ah Sang's gun, looked into his eyes and said, "You guys , and him," he pointed at Salim, who was lying on the ground twitching, "try touching her again."

Ah Sang said, "If you don't sign it, try it!" Danny Hagrid stood up slowly, looked at Ah Sang and said, "I can't sign. I've told you several times, you think I don't provide water, but in fact, the water source has long been out of water. What can I supply? You want me to give up the water plant? You want to take over? You want to be able to take a bath 24 hours a day, right? Yes, let's see how long it lasts, and see if it lasts until the French retreat commemoration in October day." Asan pondered for a while, and said: "That's better, that's simple, we don't want the water plant, if I kill Danny Hagrid, I don't know how many people will be sad, but many people will be happy, and among them Her." He pointed at Huihui with the muzzle of his gun.

Danny Hagrid looked at Huihui, and still talked to Ah Sang: "Don't care if she is happy or not, let her go." Asan said: "I let her go? Then you die here? No, no, Mr. Hagrid, if you can't return the water plant to us, then I'd rather you die and the woman stay." Danny Haig looked at the Tunisians: "What do you think I'm here for? Let her go and I can find a new source of water—isn't that a good deal?" "A new water source?" Ah Sang smiled, "Why should I trust you?" "You don't have to believe it." The guys in black robes behind began to wonder whether Danny Hagrid's proposal was false or true, whether this cunning French businessman was reliable, did he really come here alone?He will stay here to help them find a new water source, on condition that this woman is let go?

New water source, new water source. In this extremely arid and water-scarce country, there is nothing more precious and desirable than this item. Danny Hagrid pressed down the Assuna gun slowly, looked at the group of people, he made out his terms, and waited for their reply. He didn't even look at Qi Huihui. That's how he is, he treats her as a thing and arranges her fate, never asks if she agrees, this self-righteous arrogant guy, she really hates him.Huihui, who had been silent all this time, clenched her fists, walked towards Danny Hagrid, stood behind him, and asked him slowly and clearly, "Who said I'm leaving?"

He looked back at her: "I said so." "Then let me tell you, I won't go." Qi Huihui looked at his expressionless face, looked into his eyes, and said firmly and stubbornly, "Listen, I won't go, I won't go if you stay here If you don't leave, I won't leave!" He seemed to smile slightly, looked up and looked out, and then said to her with a pleasant face: "Be obedient, you go ahead, I will help them find the water source here and return to France, not a few days later than you ..." She was so angry that tears welled up all at once, and her eyes were blurred by water vapor.She bumped headfirst into Danny Hagrid, grabbed his shirt collar with both hands, and pulled his face down so he could look at her: "Danny Hagrid, didn't you hear me and you?" What are you talking about, or are you old, deaf or brain broken? I repeat, don't make me repeat, if you don't go, I won't go. I won't go! I won't go! Do you hear that? Do you hear No?!"

Danny Hagrid's hand clasped hers outside, choking her so tightly that her bones ached.For a long time, he looked at her face and nodded: "Okay, Huihui, okay, you stay, you stay with me." The Tunisians were delighted because both hostages remained.Danny Hagrid swore that they could find a source of water, and they had their wishful thinking. Even if they couldn't find a new source of water, they would still have this rich man and his lover in their hands, and their efforts would not be in vain. The team looking for the water source was on the road soon. In addition to Danny Haig and Huihui, and Asang's team who monitored and pledged them, there was also a skilled well-drilling team. They brought enough food and drinking water. And a small drilling machine, riding a camel on the road.According to Danny Hagrid, all the way to the southwest, towards the desert.

It was Danny Hagrid who helped Qi Huihui onto the camel's back.Before going up, Danny Hagrid wrapped her up tightly with the robe and scarf brought by the Tunisian, leaving only a pair of eyes outside. He held her head, looked at her and smiled. A warm wind blows over. She was covered in sweat at that moment, she thought he would kiss her through the veil, but he didn't, Danny Hagrid just asked her: "Have you seen the desert?" She shook her head. "It won't be too long, just treat it as a trip." He helped her onto the camel, and she said, "It's so tightly covered, I'm hot." "It must be like this," he said, "the desert is too hot, if you don't wrap it, the water will evaporate, and you will be dehydrated." He helped her wrap her ankles as well. The Tunisians tied bells around the camels’ necks, and their steps were sunk in the sea of ​​sand. The bells on the camel’s necks made jagged and harmonious sounds, and the sand as fine as powder was pushed and piled up by the hot wind to form Large and small sand dunes.A group of people were walking in the shadow of the tall sand dunes. Occasionally, an eagle flew by in the sky. They swooped down suddenly, probably because they saw a gerbil poking its head out of a hole with coniferous plants next to it. But for the rest of the time, there is no other sound or smell here, only the vast expanse of sand sea and the heat waves evaporating from the cracks in the sand. This is no longer the city of Lyon, which is full of rain and run through by a big river, and there are no more jewel-like blue lakes here. Water here exists only in the fantasies of the thirsty. Recalling the water in France in the platinum North African desert, like a person who unintentionally wasted his young love, looking back, infinitely sigh. They set out early in the morning, trying to travel as fast as possible while the weather was not too hot.At noon, when the sun was shining, a simple tent was set up, and the group had something to eat and rest.When the sun slanted and the sand dunes had shadows again, they continued on their way. Danny Hagrid never spoke to her again.His camel was right behind Qi Huihui, and sometimes she looked back at him and looked into his eyes. She was very surprised, they were looking for water, why did Danny Hagrid take the Tunisians straight to the depths of the desert?The more she thought about it, the more she felt strange, and looking back at him, she suddenly figured it out. At night, they camped in the lee behind a sand dune. As soon as the sun went down, the desert got cold very quickly. Asan lit a bonfire, some people pitched tents, and some fed camels. The Tunisians ate, drank, and went to sleep in their tents one after another. Before going to sleep, Asan came over and told Danny Haig and Huihui: "I'm sleepy, I have to sleep, I won't look at you But let me tell you, I can wake up at the slightest movement, don’t try to run, if you run, you will die in the desert without me wasting a single bullet.” Danny Hagrid said to his gun: "Hero, you don't have to load your gun every time you talk to me, I understand, you go to sleep." Then there were only the two of them left by the bonfire, and the fire was burning brightly, illuminating people's faces. Danny Hagrid poked the fire with a stick, didn't look at her, but said to her: "It's too late, you have to get up early tomorrow, go to sleep." Huihui suddenly sat next to him, lowered her voice and asked him, "Where are your people lying in ambush? When will they arrive?" "What my people?" She stepped back: "Don't tell me that you really want to find a new source of water for these Tunisians." Danny Hagrid took a sip of the brandy from his wine sac, wiped his mouth, looked at her and said, "Why can't I? Why can't I find a new source of water?" The bonfire crackled, a yellow star fell from the night sky above the desert, and Danny Hagrid said to Qi Huihui: "I never told you about myself..."