If The Moon Won’t Hold You - Chapter 38

Cen Ning has hardly traveled far, but she did not tell Wei Pinfang about this trip to Tibet.

If the photographer is Wei Pinfang’s death, then Tibet is her forbidden place.

Because once, her father died there.

Cen Ning didn’t have so many forbidden places in her heart, and even because of her father, she yearned for that place even more. She wanted to know what exactly was the place that made her father so unwilling to hesitate.

Before departure, Cen Ning made a lot of preparations and strategies, and followed the team to the hospital for physical tests.

On the day before leaving, she could not sleep almost all night, but her heartbeat was speeding up, as if there was something waiting for her.

Lhasa is the place that a person must go in his life.

Some people say that Lhasa is a place that can only be experienced in person and cannot be imagined by photos or drawings. There are the sky and sunshine that you have never seen in your entire life, as well as palaces and mountains that instantly purify your soul…

These words are all true, of course, provided that you don’t get dizzy and have difficulty breathing as soon as you get there.

Cen Ning and his party of seven are the small branch of EternalCameraClub who chooses Tibet operations. When arriving at the scheduled inn, four of the group felt uncomfortable to varying degrees, but the strange thing was that Cen Ning did not belong to one of the four.

“Cen Ning.” Putting down the luggage and resting in the room, someone knocked on her door.

After Cen Ning opened the door, he saw Xiao Sheng, another boy in Dabeihe’s team.

Dabei: “Are you okay?”

Cen Ning shook his head: “I don’t feel it, but Xixi and the others are uncomfortable and are still resting.”

“Well, let them rest first. By the way, we two are going to have a look outside now. Do you want to get together?”

Cen Ning was anxious to go out for a walk, but she was embarrassed to be left behind when everyone did not act: “Okay, I’ll get a camera.”

“Um.”

The three set off after taking the cameras. They also had no destination, just walking on the street at will, feeling the taste of this place. When I saw the scenery I liked, I took out a few pictures with my camera.

Cen Ning and Da Bei carried their respective lengths on their backs. With guns and shorts, wearing jeans and white shirts and other modern clothing, they stepped into this quaint and solemn place, as if they had come to another world.

Later, the three of them walked into Barkhor Street. At dusk, the golden light fell on the monks and nuns sitting on the ground, shining a quiet and ancient charm.

Cen Ning raised his hand and couldn’t bear to press the shutter button.

After taking a few shots, looking back at the previous photos, Cen Ning paused slightly when he flicked a certain one. In the image, several female nuns put on their bodies in red robes, shook their prayer wheels, and closed their eyes and hummed.

The image is silent, but at that glance, it seems that they can be heard humming a distant divine comedy.

Cen Ning moved inexplicably, put away the camera, and stood and watched for a long time.

“Tsk, let you buy something for so long, it turns out to be secretly smoking!”

“I didn’t waste time, so I bought a pack by the way.”

“You… eh be careful!”

The number of tourists on the street gradually increased. Cen Ning was in a daze holding a camera when she was suddenly hit by someone.

She staggered and almost fell, but fortunately, the man caught her quickly with his eyesight and hands.

“Sorry, are you okay?”

Cen Ning was startled and looked up at the person who was pulling her.

A young man, wearing a jacket and buttoned hat, his exposed skin was a bit dark.

Cen Ning reckons that he is also a tourist because he is also incompatible with the surrounding area.

“It’s okay.” There were many people on the street, and she was standing in the middle again, and she couldn’t blame others for accidentally bumping into it.

“Well, that’s good, girl, be careful.” The young man said with embarrassment.

Cen Ning nodded.

“Okay, let’s go.” Another person on the side pulled him.

The young man smiled apologetically at Cen Ning again, and then left with his friend.

Cen Ning looked at the two of them subconsciously, and saw them walking side by side facing the sunset.

“They are waiting in front, slowly, be careful that brother will cut you when they wait.”

“Hi, don’t tell me I smoke in a while.”

“Oh, you know you are afraid.”

…

Cen Ning stood still, her pupils shrinking slightly. But the two had already gone far, and their voices could no longer be heard.

Brother Yan?

“Cen Ning, why are you still here? Looking for you for a long time.” Dabei and the others returned the same way and finally saw Cen Ning standing sluggishly on the road, “What are you looking at?”

Cen Ning returned to her senses: “No, it’s very strange here, I’ll watch it more.”

“Then go further?”

“Well, let’s go.”

Cen Ning followed Dabei and the others. After a few steps, she looked back again. At this moment, the backs of the two young men were invisible.

Cen Ning laughed suddenly, and shook his head somewhat self-deprecatingly.

What is she thinking, when she hears a name like him, she thinks it is him?

But how could he appear here.

**

In the next two days, Cen Ning followed the team to several other places in Tibet. Later, because they each had their own ideas and themes, they were divided into two groups on the third day.

Cen Ning, Dabei, Xiao Sheng, Xixi are in a car, and the other three in the team are in a car.

Cen Ning and the others drove to the west without a special destination. They just drove along the road and stopped along the road.

Here seems to be completely disconnected from the outside world. There is an endless road ahead of them, with the magnificent plateau snow-capped mountains on the edge, and the sky blue as if painted with paint. When crossing no man’s land, you can occasionally see wild Tibetan antelopes and yellow sheep passing by in groups.

It was empty, as if there was nothing, and it seemed that there was everything.

After fifteen hours of driving and stopping, these photography enthusiasts were shocked.

But after getting off the car for the last time to take pictures, the car couldn’t start when I got on again.

“Da Bei, what’s the matter?” Xiao Sheng, the boy of the four, asked.

Dabei looked around: “It’s weird, why is there something wrong with the engine? Has the car rental company checked it.”

“Huh? Can’t it be turned on.”

Dabei was also anxious. He took a look and found that there was still an hour away from the previous township, and the surrounding area was empty, except for the road, which was an endless wilderness. There was really no way to ask for help.

Dabei: “I have driven this line three times. This is the first time I have encountered this problem.”

Cen Ning: “Then shall we call for help.”

Dabei: “Try it.”

“Okay.” Cen Ning took out her mobile phone, but when she first wanted to make a call, she found that the signal was extremely poor, “You guys try too, mine can’t get out.”

“Oops, it just stopped at a weak signal point.”

Later, the four were looking for signals and checking the car. But after tossing for an hour, there is no way to froze.

Dabei: “Waiting here is no way. There are too few traffic here. Otherwise, we split into two roads, two people stay here, two people walk to the front Burang County…”

Another girl wondered: “Which way, the car has to be driven for more than an hour, how long do we have to go.”

“Then what else can you do?”

“I……”

At the time of the stalemate, all four of them looked sad.

It’s getting late, and if they can’t make it to their next footing before dark, it would be dangerous and terrifying for them to be in this wilderness with four people in a cart.

“What to do?” Xixi said with tears.

Cen Ning said: “In this case, let’s do as Dabei said. The two went to the front to ask for help, and the two waited on the spot.”

Dabei: “It can only be done like this, then who of us—”

“Hey wait a minute! There is a car! There is a car here.” Suddenly, Xiao Sheng’s eyes lit up and he pointed to a black spot not far away and said in surprise.

Dabei: “…really or not.”

The three of them all looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough, in the direction they came, a cross-country car slowly approached.

“Stop it!”

The four of them seemed to see a light spot in the dark, and hurried to the side of the road to wave their hands.

In the off-road vehicle at this time, the man sitting in the co-pilot squinted his eyes and patted the person in the driver’s seat: “Hey, there is someone in front.”

“I can see it.”

“What’s wrong with the car?”

“Guess so.”

“Then what to do.”

After asking this question, the people in the main driver and the co-pilot looked at the person in the back seat unanimously.

Co-pilot: “Brother Yan, do you want to stop?”

At this time, the person who wiped the guns in the back seat was exactly what he said and done during the mission. He raised his eyes when he heard the sound and looked at several figures not far away.

But with a casual glance, he lowered his eyes again: “Stop.”

“Yes.”

Their destination this time is Baga Township in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, which is a border county on the border of the three countries and one of the border ports in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Tang Zheng’s large army had already sneaked in. Because of his words and deeds, he had to contact the outside world, so he came over a day late.

They are naturally in a hurry, but when they encounter people in difficulty, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to them.

The car stopped, without raising the head of words and deeds: “Ask what’s going on, make a quick decision.”

“OK.”

The co-pilot went down, his words and deeds continued with his head down, but because the window was wide open, he could hear the voice of conversation outside.

The whole sound is not bad as expected, nothing more than the car broke down, I hope to take their car to the front of Baga Township for a rescue vehicle.

It was very common at first, until a familiar voice was heard in words and deeds.

He was stunned for a moment, a little unbelievable, and a little unbelievable.

Dabei was negotiating with the people who got in and out of the car. Seeing this, Cen Ning stepped forward and confessed their identities, hoping that the other party could kindly help.

The man who got out of the car nodded and said: “Wait a minute, I will go back and ask my companion.”

“Well, yes.”

As soon as the man turned around and walked away, the person in the back seat of the car had already walked off by himself.

Everyone at the scene looked at him, and at a glance, Dabei and the others knew that the first thing to ask for was this person’s consent. As for Cen Ning, when he saw the person getting off the car, the whole person was shocked and forgot to react.

The person who got off the bus was wearing ordinary clothes, black pants, black t-shirts, and a dark jacket. His eyes were slightly cold, looking cold and majestic, in such an empty no-man’s land, his eyes suddenly made people scared.

Dabei and the others glanced at each other, the hesitation and vigilance in their eyes were self-evident.

“Brother Yan, their car broke down and asked if we could take a ride.” The man who was in the co-pilot said, “We can also take two more cars, or take two to the village.”

Unexpectedly, the words and deeds did not immediately answer.

His eyes swept across the four of them, and finally fell on Cen Ning. Then, everyone listened to him coldly and authentically, “Here is all the photos taken.”

Cen Ning: “…”

Everyone: “???”

“Get in the car.” After only a few words and deeds, he went back without saying a word.

Cen Ning was inexplicably frightened, thinking in her heart, is he still angry because of what happened some time ago?

The co-pilot man said: “Our brother Yan agrees and it’s ok, who of you gets in the car?”

Cen Ning said without even thinking: “Me.”

Xixi in the team hurriedly stopped her: “Ningning, what…is it unsafe?”

This is a bit impolite, but the man in front of him is not at all angry: “Don’t worry, girl, this time we are going to Baga Township to be a bit serious, but the brothers are all serious Chinese citizens. You see. , We all met by chance, and it was you who asked for help first. We are not bad people no matter how you think.”

Cen Ning glanced at the person who spoke, and realized that he was unwilling to reveal his true identity. Because under this circumstance, Xixi would definitely put one hundred and twenty hearts if they showed proof that they were soldiers, but he didn’t.

This shows that it is necessary for them to hide their identities.

Cen Ning turned around and comforted: “It’s okay Xixi, they are not like bad guys, besides, we really need their help now, we are in danger without them. Don’t worry, I will come back as soon as possible.”

“Can–“

“Cen Ning, I’ll go with you.” Xiao Sheng said, “We also have a companion.”

Cen Ning nodded: “Okay, then Dabei, you two will wait on the spot.”

“Okay,” Dabei knew it was the best way, “then you two go early.”

“Um.”

**

The road was unimpeded and the car moved quickly. Xiao Sheng sits on Cen Ning’s left side, while on her right side, she does things with words and deeds.

“After the car is repaired, leave immediately.” He gave Cen Ning a glance at his words and deeds, “Don’t come to such a dangerous place in the future.”

Cen Ning: “…not dangerous.”

“You are lucky if you don’t feel unwell now. In case you suddenly feel unwell, there is no hospital around here to save you.”

Cen Ning lowered his head and responded in a low voice.

The man in the driver’s seat glanced at the rearview mirror, murmured inwardly, why Jin Eryan is so caring.

“Then what are you here for?” Cen Ning asked.

Before he could answer his words and deeds, the man in the passenger seat turned his head and said, “Business matters, or someone in such a remote place, right?”

The two people in the front row didn’t know Cen Ning and their knowledge of words and deeds, so they were still lying until now, but they suddenly said: “It’s not convenient to talk more.”

Cen Ning knew from his words that it was probably a secret again. She nodded and said nothing.

Only after a while, she secretly stretched out her hand to pull the sleeve of her tight sleeve.

The Book of Words and Deeds looked out the window, and after being disturbed by the movement of the little girl nearby, he glanced sideways. Seeing his gaze, the latter reached out and patted the camera bag on her lap.

“Yours.” Cen Ning said silently with her mouth.

His words and deeds narrowed his eyes slightly, and he glanced at her again, only to see that the person on the side looked half apologetic and half aggrieved: “Last time, I’m sorry.”

Her fingers were still tugging at his sleeves, her slender fingers were thin, and she was sneaky but never let go.

The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the wind blows all the way.

His words and deeds have been softened somehow.

He thought, how could he always not see her pitiful appearance.