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Chapter 1479 Carnival before departure

The next stop for Carter and Edward was the village of Ethiopia, a village built by the Moors on the top of a mountain on the Mediterranean coast in the 10th century.

The main building in the village is a stone castle called the Golden Sheep Palace.

Edward and Carter were sitting at a table facing the window in the restaurant of what was said to be the world's most exclusive hotel. Both of them put on new well-made suits. Carter was popping a chunk of caviar-smeared toast into his mouth.

After a period of silence, Carter couldn't help but start his "origin history theory" again!

Carter: "Do you know how the roe is harvested?"

Edward seemed to be used to Carter's style. After all, Carter originally wanted to be a history professor: "Tell me about it."

Carter began to elaborate: "When a fisherman catches a female gillfish, he must be very careful to let it die peacefully. If it senses danger, it will secrete an acidic chemical that destroys the roe. .”

Edward took a bite and laughed, "That sounds a lot like my third wife."

He paused again, as if thinking about his third wife: "That woman thought mayonnaise grew on trees."

Carter took a sip of champagne.

Carter glanced at him and said, "If it were me, I could get used to this."

Edward: "That sounds like my third wife, too."

Edward said, looking sideways at the scenery outside the window.

He didn't know whether he was sighing or laughing at himself: "I have come here often for more than thirty years, but this is the first time I have been with a man."

Carter looked at him: "It's an honor."

There was another moment of silence between the two, which was then broken by Edward Cole.

He said with some nostalgia: "The time Emily celebrated her tenth birthday was the best."

Carter was a little confused: "Who is Emily?"

Edward was startled for a moment and said: "My little one - oh, she is not little anymore, she is this year"

Carter was surprised: "You have a daughter? I remember you said that."

Edward was a little disappointed: "Yes. I wasn't familiar with you at that time. But, I won't see her anyway."

After a moment of silence, Carter took out his unfinished wish list from his shirt pocket.

Edward was surprised: "What do you want to do?"

Carter glanced at him and said, "Maybe it's time."

As he spoke, he wrote in the blank space at the top of the list: "Contact your family."

Edward said angrily: "Bring it here."

Carter didn't understand: "Why?"

Edward grabbed the list and his reaction seemed a little fierce, more fierce than any time before: "Why?"

Edward said, picking up a pen and crossing out that sentence.

After another moment, Edward's strong reaction made the atmosphere between the two heavy. Carter felt so embarrassed that he suddenly stood up from the table.

Edward looked up at him: "What?"

Carter apologized: "Please forgive me."

Edward: "Where are you going?"

Carter walked away, leaving Edward alone with his caviar.

Edward was a little irritated: "Oh, you look like a girl."

Edward sat for a while longer, then finally pulled off his napkin, threw it on the table, and followed Carter.

The camera switched to Carter standing in front of a sink in the bathroom of the Golden Sheep Palace, his back to the camera, wiping the front of his shirt with a towel.

Edward walked in: "Look, I'm sorry, I can be a little too much sometimes."

Carter turned around, his shirt front soaked in blood.

Edward shouted in horror: "Oh my God."

Carter shook his head and said, "I'm fine."

Edward said quickly: "I have to take you to the hospital."

Carter shook his head and glanced down: "It's just that the catheter cap is loose. Look, hasn't this stopped? I'm fine, let's go out."

An overhead long shot shows a beautiful old French castle where Edward and Carter stayed.

It can be called inhumane!

Edward and Carter walked into the richly furnished living room.

Carter couldn't help but ask again: "How much money do you have?"

Edward reminded: "Don't drip blood on the carpet."

Carter said nonchalantly: "Go and take a good bath in the bathtub, and I'll be fine."

At this time, Thomas was on the phone.

Thomas said into the phone: "Very good, then we've settled."

After hanging up the phone, he said to Edward: "Everything is done. There was a small problem, but it has been solved. I will go to Cairo tomorrow, then spend two days in Tanzania, and then go to Johannesburg on Saturday."

Edward said: "Thomas, I want to tell you that you are a rare talent, but I deliberately didn't say so before."

Thomas looked calm as I had known him for a long time: "Thank you for your candor."

At this time, Carter's voice came: "Look at this! You can also see the "Prize Quiz" program in the bathroom."

Edward looked confused: "What?"

Carter said excitedly: "There is a 'quiz with prizes' on TV."

Edward and Thomas looked at each other, and then Thomas walked out. Edward was about to speak, but his phone rang.

Edward muttered to himself: "The French version of "Prize Quiz"?"

He picked up his phone and checked the caller ID, but he didn't know who was calling.

Edward picked up: "Hello."

It turned out that the call was from Carter's wife Virginia. She asked about Carter and where they were. She hoped to get Carter home. Virginia said on the other end of the phone: "I'm not calling this because of him. Mr. Cole, I have been a nurse all my life and have witnessed countless human tragedies of life and death, more than any woman has ever seen. I was mentally prepared for my husband's death but I never thought about losing him while he was still alive."

Edward stared into space and was speechless.

On the other hand, Carter was still immersed in the "prize quiz" and couldn't extricate himself.

Edward was a little tangled and hesitant, but he still said: "I said, I have been thinking about it. You see, you are wearing a catheter and whatnot, should we exercise some restraint."

Carter thought Edward was worried about his unexpected situation today: "Don't worry about me, I'm fine."

Edward shook his head and hesitated slightly: "That's not the case. That's the problem. If you are afraid of disappointing me, I actually understand. I mean, maybe you should think about your family's affairs."

Carter turned off the TV and said, "You were on the phone with Virginia."

Edward was speechless.

Carter looked at Edward and said seriously: "Why do you think I want to travel?"

Edward thought for a moment and said, "I advised you to do this."

If it was Carter who hesitated before to go crazy with Edward, it was indeed Edward who persuaded him.

So this time it's the other way around.

Carter said: "Edward, you are a strong man, but you are not strong enough."

He pondered for a moment: "After Rachel left home to live on campus at the university, I felt empty in my heart. I no longer had to supervise her to do her homework, go to their interschool ball games, listen to her recitals, watch There was a performance by the school theater troupe, the children were fighting, crying, scraping their knees, etc.

For the first time in forty years, Virginia and I were the only ones looking at each other. There were no loud noises or distractions. I couldn’t even think of myself walking down the street alone without holding her hand. , what would that feel like. She is still the same girl I fell in love with back then, she has not changed at all, but, after all, everything is different. Along the way, we have lost something without even realizing it.”

Edward nodded slowly, deeply moved by Carter's honesty.

Carter did not go back after all, and they came to the next stop together, because there was one item on Edward's bucket list: "Hunt a big cat!"

They did go, and they brought shotguns with them, but in the end, under Carter's persuasion, they just fired blanks.

However, despite this, it does feel wonderful to drive in the wilderness, even if it is just to shoot into the sky.

On the next mission, they came to the pyramid.

Bathed in the brilliant sunset, Edward and Carter climbed to the top of the pyramid, sat down on a stone, and overlooked the endless desert below.

Ka. History Professor Te asked: "Did you know that the strange incident of a dog being killed by lightning happened in Egypt?"

Edward said: "I wish I could have met you earlier."

Edward took out his wish list and checked off the item "see the pyramids".

Edward said: "Actually, I should cross out two of them at once. Seeing the pyramids and experiencing the most magnificent thing in person can be considered magnificent."

Carter didn't think so: "Wait until you see the Himalayas I'm talking about."

Edward: "Oh, yes, and your Himalayas. But that's pretty good."

Carter is once again possessed by the history professor: "The ancient Egyptians had a wonderful belief in death. When their souls came to the gate of heaven, the gods would ask them two questions. Their answers would determine whether they could enter. Heaven.”

Edward was very cooperative: "Very good, let me hear it. What's the problem?"

Carter's eyes were deep: "Do you get happiness from life?"

Edward was noncommittal!

Carter urged: "Answer the question."

Edward was a little hesitant: "I, um answer, do I get happiness from my life?"

He thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes."

Carter asked again: "Has your life brought happiness to others?"

Edward thought for a while and said: "Oh, such a question! I don't know. I haven't considered how other people measure it, so I have to ask them."

Carter insisted: "I'm asking you now."

Edward took a few steps to the side and put his hands in his pockets. After a while, I exhaled a long, labored breath.

Then he hesitated for a while before he said, "Okay. Let me tell you this.

After I got divorced and got paid a lot of money, Emily went to live with her mother.

You know, of course you want to maintain a close relationship, but gradually it just means seeing each other during the holidays, making phone calls, and sending birthday cards. Anyway, she went to college and joined groups that "relief the poor" and protect animals. She met a young man and she thought she fell in love with him. He was an activist and a very handsome young man. There are many people chasing him, he is very smart. But I heard there was something wrong, so when I heard she said she was engaged to him, I told her I was against the marriage. However, this kid was as stubborn as me. Naturally, he insisted on his own opinion and married him. Naturally, he didn't invite me to the wedding at all. "

Carter looked at him curiously: "Does this make you sad?"

Edward said with some pain: "What do you think? When he hit her for the first time, she came to me. I wanted to give this kid a lesson, but she wouldn't let me. She said she loved him and that it wasn't him. It was his fault, he drank some wine. She was the one who provoked him to do it. The second time this happened, she stopped coming to me. My ex-wife told me. I could hear her voice again, I still feel quite happy.”

Carter was a little surprised and curious: "Then what did you do?"

Edward said calmly: "Like any father would do. I started to deal with the situation. I found a guy, and he found a guy who specializes in dealing with this kind of thing. I don't know what this guy said and what he did. But I know he didn’t kill him, but my daughter has not heard from him since.”

"How did Emily react?" Carter asked curiously.

Edward smiled bitterly: "You scolded me on the phone. You wouldn't believe those words. And what's even worse is that to her, my father is already dead. I don't deserve what I did." I'm proud of everything, but I'd do it all over again if there was an afterlife. So if I'm not allowed into this Egyptian paradise because my daughter hates me, then so be it. I guess that's all. The rule is the same no matter how you answer those two questions."

After saying that, both of them stopped talking and looked out at the desert.

But the next moment, Edward said with some distress: "How are we going to get down from this mausoleum?"

At the next stop, they came to Asan's country. The whole city was like a maze composed of winding streets and patches of new and old houses.

They went to see the Taj Mahal, and of course Carter, the "history professor", must have possessed him again. This time they talked about the love between the emperor and the queen of the Taj Mahal.

It's just a little too expensive. It's so expensive that even Edward, a wealthy businessman, couldn't help but sigh: "I don't know if I can afford the work of 20,000 migrant workers."

Then they talked about what kind of burial method they would choose in the future.

"I can't decide how to bury it. Specifically, burial or cremation? Let's just say burial. I know there will be no problem, but I am particularly afraid of being alone. If I wake up underground and find myself surrounded by No one answers, so what should I do? Does anyone still make coffins with bell stops like that?"

Carter shook his head and said, "I guess no one did it."

Edward: "Okay, then cremate. What to do with the ashes? Bury it, remove it, put it on a bookshelf, or put it in a flower basket and put it in the Ganges and let it go down the river? Besides, what if the fire burns What should I do if it hurts me?"

Carter insisted: "I am determined to be cremated. Put the ashes in an iron can and bury them somewhere with beautiful scenery."

(End of this chapter)