Chapter 144

The train headed north along the West Coast.

Looking out of the window, one could see countless natural fault zones left by tectonic movements on both sides of the tracks. The irregularly assembled canyons formed between the rivers, creating various stunning landscapes.

"This place is really worth the visit~"

William Wei held his camera and stood on the seat, taking pictures continuously along the way.

"Can you not do that… everyone is looking this way."

"What's the big deal~"

"..."

Jocelyn York was speechless.

The foreigner next to them glanced at them occasionally while reading the newspaper.

"OOOOK!"

William Wei retracted his neck and lay on the backrest of the seat in front of him.

"I accidentally took a masterpiece, let's see how it turns out~"

As he spoke, he handed the camera to Samson Nan, who was sitting in front.

"..."

Samson Nan raised his head, put his finger to his lips, signaling him to be quieter.

"What's wrong?"

When he looked to the side, he realized that Raina Nan had fallen asleep on his shoulder.

"Ah..."

William Wei sarcastically pursed his lips and just looked at him like that.

...

"Attention, approaching the next station..."

At this moment, the train's broadcast sounded.

"We will arrive at Mo City ahead, and the train will stop there for about 1 hour before departure~"

Karen walked over and said.

"We're stopping for that long? Is it snowing ahead?"

"No, Norwegian trains are like this. The routes are long, and there are very few intermediate stations. The drivers usually stop in the middle to take a few sips and warm up before continuing."

"Drinks? Alcohol...?"

"Haha, don't worry~"

Karen noticed their uneasiness and laughed:

"They drink specially provided rum, which is actually similar to an energy drink like Red Bull~ just for the taste, not strong."

"...Is that so?"

It had to be said that the men here came up with all sorts of ways to satisfy their drinking habits...

...

After a while, the train arrived at Mo City, located in the middle of the West Coast.

Being on the train for an hour was boring, but they couldn't go too far.

They could only wander around the train station.

This station far away from the city was empty, with only a few staff members and some out-of-town travelers like them.

"Are you hungry?"

Samson Nan turned to look at Raina Nan, who had just woken up.

"I am a little..."

"Then I'll go buy food."

"Just for her? What about us?"

Bell Tong twirled her hair and looked at him.

"..."

He turned his head and glanced at her.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Just the same as Raina. Whatever she eats, we'll eat too, right? Ruoxi?"

"..."

Roxie Lin was taken aback and didn't react.

"Do you want it too?"

He looked at Roxie Lin beside him.

"No, I..."

"I want it! Hurry, go quickly!"

Bell Tong said before her.

"...Then wait for me here."

After saying that, he walked towards the station.

...

"Why did you drag me along..."

"If I didn't drag you, that dead dog definitely wouldn't buy it for me."

"..."

Roxie Lin was speechless and turned her head, feeling annoyed as she looked out the window.

"What's wrong now~"

"Samson must think I'm a rude and uncultured girl..."

"Oh, don't think too much..."

Bell Tong said, patting her shoulder.

"Be confident, you are who you are!"

"..."

...

...

Woo--

The train sounded its horn.

Passengers started to return to the train one by one.

The departure time was 20 minutes earlier than the expected one hour.

"Why did Samson Nan go?"

William Wei glanced anxiously at the time.

Samson Nan still hadn't returned...

"Is anyone still not on board?" asked the flight attendant as she walked over.

"No, sorry, there's still one person..." Raina Nan said, quickly pulling out her phone.

"I'll call him right now."

But as she pressed the dial button, she saw someone running towards them through the window.

"Hurry! Run faster!" William Wei opened the car window and shouted outside.

Samson Nan waved his hands, but due to his thick down jacket and scarf, his running looked very clumsy.

The foreigners sitting by the window couldn't help but laugh.

"Hahaha! Raina, look at your brother's funny figure!"

Bell Tong laughed as he took out his phone to record a video.

...

"Sorry, sorry," Samson panted as he finally got on the car, apologizing to everyone.

After all, he had delayed the departure for a few minutes for everyone.

"Where did you go?" William Wei asked from his seat behind him.

"To buy something," Samson said, handing Raina Nan the bag he was carrying.

"This is for you~"

He turned his head slightly, his gaze stopping on her for half a second before moving away.

...

She touched the cold toast and milk in her pocket.

"You took so long to buy something?"

She glanced at him and asked softly.

"Oh, it was a bit far..." He turned his head and realized she was staring at him.

...

A moment of silence passed before he raised his hand to confess:

"Well, I answered a call..."

"Who was it?"

"Why do you want to know?"

He squeezed her nose impatiently.

"Don't you understand privacy?"

"Hmph..."

She muttered and looked out the window.

"Guilty conscience."

"Whether I have a guilty conscience or not, they're all women~"

He smirked and said so.

"Who is it..."

"I won't tell you~"

She looked at him.

After a brief pause, she turned her head and looked at Jocelyn York, who was listening to music in the back seat.

"Hey, did you come here again?"

He said, quickly pressing her head down.

"Don't blame everything on Jocelyn!"

...

She bit her lips and glanced at him.

"If it's not her, then who?"

"Your mom~"

...

After he said that, she paused for a moment and fell silent.

...

She turned her gaze slightly and looked to the side.

"...I can talk to my mom for so long..."

"Believe it or not~"

...

Seeing her not responding, he took out his phone and started scrolling through the screen.

"I'm telling you, Little One," he said in a soft voice without looking at her.

"If you don't change your suspicious character, no man will dare to marry you in the future..."

"Then don't marry."

She spoke without hesitation, without even looking at him.

...

He stopped looking at his phone, chuckled lightly, and shook his head.

...

...

The sky gradually darkened, and the alternation of day and night in Norway seemed more noticeable than in Denmark.

There was almost no transition from evening to night. As soon as the day ended, it was immediately pitch black.

And the further north they went, the sparser the population became. It often took ten or more minutes to see a few houses with lights outside.

The sound of the waves hitting the steep cliffs became the only sound in this silent fjord.

...

Although it was not yet 8 p.m., most people on the bus were already sleeping.

Perhaps it was because the outside was pitch black and there was nothing interesting to see. Besides sleeping, they didn't know what else to do...

...

"Wei Ge, Wei Ge"

"...... Huh?"

William Wei groggily opened his eyes and looked around. It was Samson Nan.

"We're here?"

"Not yet," Samson Nan said, lowering his voice slightly.

"Can't we discuss it here?"

William Wei yawned and looked at him.

"......"

Samson Nan glanced at Raina Nan, who was sleeping next to them, and spoke softly.

"It's not convenient here."

"......"

William Wei snapped out of his daze and looked at him, but didn't ask any further questions. He got up and followed Samson Nan.

......

"This won't work for sure..."

The two of them were in the smoking area of another train carriage, seemingly discussing something.

"You have to help me with this favor."

Samson Nan looked at him expressionlessly.

"Are you serious...?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

......

......

"Wake up!"

"What's wrong?"

"Look outside!"

Roxie Lin woke each of them up, one by one.

"......?"

Jocelyn York removed her eye mask and looked out the window.

In the vast, dark night, some light started to appear. As the train approached, the distant lights rapidly spread.

"It's so beautiful~"

In a city with hardly any high-rise buildings, the lights were like a glowing carpet laid out on the ground.

Their destination, Tromsø, was right in front of them.

"......"

Raina Nan reached out and tapped the person next to her, but turned around to find that they were gone.

"...Brother?"

......

......

"Let's go, let's hurry up and get there~"

"Ah..."

William Wei responded, seemingly still lost in thought.

"Oh, by the way,"

Samson Nan took a few steps, then turned back to look at him.

"Keep this a secret from Raina Nan."

"......"

Seeing that he was still hesitating, Samson Nan spoke softly again:

"Don't even mention it."

"I know..."

......

......

"Hey, are we almost there?"

"Yeah, where did you two run off to?"

Jocelyn York looked up at the two of them.

"I went with Wei-ge to smoke a cigarette."

Samson Nan smiled and said so.

"......"

William Wei froze for a moment.

"Oh, yeah..."

"......"

Jocelyn York looked at him suspiciously. It felt strange there...

"So this is Tromsø?"

As Samson Nan said this, he returned to his seat.

"......"

"Why are you staring at me?"

"......"

She turned her face to the side and continued to stare at him.

"Nothing..."

He thought she would ask something, but after a moment of silence, she didn't say anything.

......

......

The train arrived at the station at exactly 10 o'clock in the evening.

"......"

When they walked out of the platform, they realized that the ground was covered in thick snow.

Roxie Lin, wearing snow boots, stomped on the ground and made a crunchy sound.

"What's wrong?"

"Xiaoyu, we're standing in the Arctic Circle now!"

"Yeah~"

"It just feels... unreal, like a dream~"

She smiled lightly, her eyes forming a crescent moon shape.

"Don't dream!"

At that moment, Bell Tong suddenly jumped out and grabbed a handful of snow, smearing it on Roxie Lin's neck.

"Ah!!"

"Hahaha, do you feel anything now?"

"It's cold, freezing..."

Roxie Lin wanted to cry but had no tears. She wrapped her scarf tightly around her neck, shivering from the cold.

"I don't know if we'll be able to see the Aurora today..."

Jocelyn York looked up at the pitch-black sky and muttered to herself.

"The Aurora..."

Karen pondered for a moment.

"In Norway, there's a saying that goes 'the earlier the night, the better the Aurora.' I checked the time earlier, and it seems like it gets dark around 5 pm..."

"5 pm... Is that considered early?"

"No, it's considered late."

"5 pm is still considered late..."

"Haha, that's how it is in Norway. The days are very short. In this month, it can get dark as early as 3 pm."

"Oh... We might not be able to see it again today."

William Wei sighed and shook his head.

"Don't worry, since we're in Tromsø, we don't have to go anywhere else. We can see the Aurora in the city. If we don't see it today, we can just wait for a couple more days."

Karen finished speaking and led them to their pre-booked hotel.

...

This city, with a population of only 70,000 people, illuminated the streets throughout the night, even if there weren't many people on the streets.

Karen's explanation for this was simple, just two words: afraid of the dark.

Being in the darkness but yearning for light, these Nordic countries, including Denmark, seemed to share this common trait...

...

"Yuyu?"

Samson Nan turned around and looked at her.

"What's wrong?"

"..."

She stood there, looking up at the pitch-black night sky.

"It seems like I saw the Aurora..."

"Huh?"

He walked over to her and also looked up.

"Where is it?"

After looking for a while, the sky appeared like a black curtain, with no stars, no moon, let alone the Aurora...

"Maybe I saw it wrong..."

She muttered softly, but her gaze didn't leave the sky.

...

"Hand~"

He reached out his hand and waved it in front of her eyes.

"..."

Only then did she turn her head and look at him.

After a moment of hesitation, she handed him her luggage.

"..."

He sighed lightly and slightly emphasized:

"I said 'hand'~"

"Oh, oh..."

Only then did she react and reached out her left hand.

He didn't say anything, just grabbed her hand and held it tightly.

"..."

The two of them walked like this, a distance of four or five meters behind the rest of the group.

...

She looked up at Bell Tong and the others ahead.

After a while, she whispered softly:

"Everyone is together..."

"Yeah."

He didn't look at her but only responded lightly.

...

"Like this..."

She lowered her head and looked at the hand he was holding.

In a voice that only he could hear, she muttered to herself:

"Isn't it strange?"

"..."

He looked ahead and tugged at the scarf wrapped tightly around his face.

"Yeah."