Sign a contract with the devil

Greece, the sea of ​​love

After several months of sailing at sea, I was used to the wet and salty sea breeze, and when I went ashore again, I felt a little dazed.Greece is bigger than imagined. They settled down in Imathia, and there was a storm at sea. The weather has not been very good in recent months. Gabriel also wanted to go ashore to inquire about Michael's memory.

They lived in a courtyard-style hotel, a white one-story house with a statue of a naked woman and a pot of evergreen plants at the door. There was a small circular fountain in the yard. little angel without clothes.The room is on the second floor and is a suite with a living room and two bedrooms.Open the window in the bedroom and you can see rows of Greek-style white houses, and you can overlook the sea in the distance. There are two screen windows in the window, and the curtains are blinds.

Gabriel went out in the morning, greeted Michael, and took Belial away.

Being idle and bored, Michael went out to wander the nearby streets.There was a fruit shop across the street. Michael walked in and bought two catties of oranges. The owner of the fruit shop had a Labrador, who was wagging his head and tail around Michael, thinking As if wanting to get close, his tail wagged quickly, and his eyes were fixed on Michael.

"This is only Fuji, and it is not so affectionate. Fuji likes you very much, you can touch it." The owner said. He put a bag of oranges on the electronic scale, "It's 420 yuan in total. Look at Fuji. For the sake of it, one yuan is not needed, you just give 420 yuan."

"Thank you." Michael thanked.For this one yuan, he established a kind of unspeakable friendship with the owner of the fruit shop. Although this friendship is shallow, it is very sincere.

For several days in a row, Gabriel went out before dawn in the morning, and came back at night when the moon rose into the sky. At that time, everyone was asleep. Although Michael and him lived together, they couldn’t see each other.Michael is sitting on a chair in the lobby, reading an American "National Geographic" magazine, and a group of people are sitting around the fireplace next to them, each holding a palm-sized Bible in their hands, discussing Cain and Abel's story.

Among them was a young man with blond hair who got up and walked to Michael. He had a pair of melancholy blue eyes, and his manner was elegant and generous. He was wearing a black tuxedo with a blue shirt inside, black trousers underneath, and his feet A pair of well-polished alligator shoes.He sat across from Michael and stared at his face silently.

It took several minutes for Michael to notice that focused gaze.Only then did the young man smile slightly at him, looking at Michael as if looking at a beloved lover, he held out his right hand and said, "My name is Addison, Addison Wood, I can Do you know me?"

"I'm Michael, nice to meet you, Mr. Wood." Michael held the hand he offered.

They began to have some simple conversations, mostly Addison asking questions and Michael answering.Knowing that Michael had just come to Imatia and had never been anywhere, Addison volunteered to be his tour guide and took him to the interesting places in Imatia.Michael was planning to go to this famous place to play, and Addison's proposal just fit his wish.So they made an appointment to meet in the lobby the next day, and Edison would drive Michael around.

When it was still daylight, Michael went to the hall to wait. He stood at the door and watched two children start arguing and fighting because of a slingshot.The big one was stronger and grabbed the slingshot, but the little one started to cry, the big one had to put the slingshot into the little one's hand, but the little one threw the slingshot on the ground and continued to cry .

As soon as Addison entered the hall, he saw Michael standing there, like a statue of an angel. The morning light shone on him, outlining his beautiful outline very movingly.Addison stared at him obsessively, and only recovered when the bell for the morning meeting rang.He drove the car to the gate and took Michael into the car.There was breakfast in the car, which Addison specially bought for Michael.

The first stop they went to was an ancient temple nearby. The pillars of the temple were built so high that they seemed to be propped up to the sky.Walking into the temple, Michael saw a statue of Jesus Christ with a merciful smile on his face, crucified on the cross without any pain like a fugue in the Garden of Eden.There were also two priests in the temple, one of whom read the Bible aloud on the podium, and the other walked up to Michael and Addison with a box.

Addison donated some money into the box, and the pastor gave him a piece of paper that read: God so loved the world, and is with you; Christ, my Lord, walks with you.

They visited all the ancient temples, and Edison was hungry at this time, so they decided to eat something nearby.There is a restaurant next to the temple, the decoration is very simple, the cement floor has not yet been paved, the walls are also lime, and a calendar is hung on the wall next to the counter, with a picture of Jesus Christ painted on the calendar.A layer of white cloth was spread on the table, and the stool was for two people. Michael and Edison sat opposite each other and ordered two fried rice.

Addison told Michael what happened when he first came to Greece. He asked a friend to find him a house in a wooden bungalow near the university area. It was already late at night on the first day he arrived. , opened the door and went in, the room was pitch black, he was groping in the dark, and accidentally touched a person's leg, when he turned on the light, there were many people lying in the room, on the sofa, on the floor, men and women, after smoking □□, naked and hugging each other, jazz music is playing in the living room, incense is lit, smoke lingers in the room, and beer bottles are poured on the ground, all kinds of smells are mixed together, it's not bad at all, just smell dizzy .

"I lived there for a month and moved out when it was full," Addison said.

They drove to the beach again, and Addison dug out a crab on the beach, packed it in a plastic drinking bottle and put it in the car.Michael took off his shoes and stepped on the waves for a walk on the beach.Seagulls hovered above his head, and the fishing boats in the distance raised their white sails and sailed slowly towards the place where the sea meets the sky. There were many tourists on the beach, girls in swimsuits swimming on the shallow beach, and surfers holding surf Board glides on the waves.

The sky turned dove gray. Michael looked up at the sun, and the sun had already set. The sunset was a beautiful sight, but Michael was wearing a thin shirt at the time, and the cold wind was blowing. In the mood to appreciate it.Michael suggested to Edison to return to the hotel, when the sun was completely out of sight and the temperature dropped rapidly.Addison was about to take off his coat to Michael, but Michael immediately grabbed his hand and stopped him from taking off his clothes.

"Let's go back to the hotel. There's a fireplace and we'll be warm right away," Michael said.

Edison sent Michael back to the hotel, he parked the car outside, and entered the hotel with Michael.They sat down in front of the fireplace, and Addison ordered a couple of drinks to warm up.It was almost ten o'clock, and there was almost no one in the hall, except for Michael and Addison, and only an old accountant sitting behind the counter.Addison saw that it was getting late, and got up to say goodbye to Michael.

"The happy time flies so fast, I don't want to go so fast, I have to go, but my heart is still here." Addison said, he looked back at Michael repeatedly, and it took a long time to get to the car.

Michael walked Addison to the door and stood watching his headlights go away.

On the second day, the waiter suddenly brought a large number of very expensive birds of paradise. He sent the flowers to Michael's door and knocked on the door.Michael opened the door and looked at the bouquet in surprise.The waiter handed him the flowers, and he took them slowly and held them in his arms.There is a card in the flower, which reads: No matter how beautiful a flower is, it cannot compare with your smile. Your happiness is the meaning of its existence.

"The gentleman who came back with you yesterday asked me to give it to you," said the waiter.

Michael tipped him, closed the door, and put the flowers in the water bottle in the living room.

Every day after that, Michael received a bouquet of bird-of-paradise flowers with a card. They bloomed in the corner of the living room and opened like flames in a water bottle.Michael changed the water very lovingly for the bird of paradise, and sprinkled light salt in the water.Addison came two or three times and invited him to hang out, but Addison didn't mention the Birds of Paradise, and Michael didn't say anything.

One day when Gabriel went to inquire about the news, Addison entered Michael's room for the first time. He was holding a handful of heavenly girls in his hand. He was wearing a neat black suit with a white shirt inside and a blue The tie looks very dignified.As soon as he entered the door, he looked at Michael's gray double-faced fleece coat on the coat rack, with a nervous and stiff expression.Michael sat him down at the table and poured him a glass of warm water.

"You called and said you had something to say to me," Michael said.

"I—you—don't you understand?" Addison clasped his hands in his lap with a distressed expression.

"I can probably guess that my friend, Addison, I have always only regarded you as my good friend."

"I didn't hold out hope, but I couldn't control myself. I will miss you the moment I leave you. No matter where I go, I always think about you. I can't forget you when I first see you. Michael, My friend, how much I want to stay away from this kind of trouble, but I can't breathe if I just think that I don't love you, even if it's just for one day."

"Please stop sending flowers, I can't bear it," Michael said.

"Okay, I'm leaving. Please forgive me, I'm just a poor man who is blinded by love." Addison's voice was suppressed, as if he was about to cry.

Addison's flowers stopped coming, and the room returned to what it had been before.A week later, Addison wrote to say that he was on his way to America, too hasty to say goodbye to Michael, but he would still miss their time together.