The owner of the restaurant looks to be in his forties this year. Different from his dark and smooth Egyptians, this middle-aged Egyptian man has a masculine look. He has a strong body, brown skin, and a tattoo on his right arm.
The body is sashimied and there are earrings on the eyebrows. There is a perseverance and aloofness between the eyebrows.
Although he was familiar with Mina and was very friendly to Chen Zhi's team, his expression changed when Chen Zhi asked him about the army in the desert.
"Why do you ask this? I'm just a businessman..."
The boss spoke in English, then put the figs in his hand into the basket and patted the table.
"The desert is full of grains of sand and only the scorching sun. All the people walking in the desert are our caravans. There are no troops stationed in it. Asians, if you want to go into the desert, then go on your way earlier. I won't accompany you!
"
After the boss said this, he patted the tabletop again, stood up, turned around and left. In Egyptian homes, patting the tabletop actually means seeing off guests, and it is a very rude way of seeing off guests.
This surprised Mina, and she hurriedly followed him to ask a few questions, but the boss's answer didn't seem to be ideal. After asking to no avail, Mina came back dejected.
"Why did you ask him so abruptly?",
Mina somewhat blamed Chen Zhi and said,
"This is Egypt, and the locals are very sensitive to foreigners. If there really is an army in the desert, if you ask him like this, he will definitely not tell you. It is better to be tactful and give him some US dollars first, and then try to trick him.
Get the message.
Moreover, this boss has been doing business here all year round. If he has any contact with the people who kidnapped the children, if you ask so abruptly, the news will probably spread, and then we will be able to alert the snake."
"This man doesn't care about dollars...",
Chen Zhi drank tea and replied calmly,
"There are two thick calluses on the joints of his index fingers, and he walks with a left leaning approach. He is used to walking quickly along the edge. His knee position and waist movements are very sensitive. This is the characteristic of a sniper. He must have been a field soldier.
For such a well-trained person, the troops stationed in the desert must not be hidden from his eyes. If he answers my question directly, it proves that the troops in the desert are official troops, and this matter involves diplomacy.
problem, then things will be troublesome.
But since he deliberately avoided it, it proves that there must be a team in the desert, and this team cannot be seen in the light..."
"So what? Even if we know that this team exists, we still can't find it!"
Mina asked in confusion.
"Don't worry about this, I will find a way...",
Chen Zhi turned the earthenware cup in his hand and looked at the slowly rotating tea inside.
"But the desert is really too big. If we want to find our destination as quickly as possible, we must have someone who is familiar with this desert to guide us. I think this person is good..."
"Haha, you are so weird..."
Mina laughed incomprehensibly,
"This boss has lived here all year round and is naturally familiar with this desert. As far as I know, he often leads camel teams to and from the oases. But as you just said, he is not a person who can be moved by dollars. Why would he be so willing?
Will I take you in?"
"Of course he is willing to take us in",
Chen Zhi suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Mina,
"Because I saw that the biggest obsession in his heart is to wait for an opportunity to go into the desert and bring out the people he cares about."
"How did you know that he..."
When Mina said this, she suddenly stopped. He suddenly remembered that when Chen Zhi was in the dungeon today, he used the mind-piercing curse drill to enter the mind of the one-eyed insect to check his memory. The time was too tight at that time.
Mina hadn't thought too much about it yet, but now that she thinks about it, it's really unbelievable.
"It turns out that when you shook hands with him just now...",
Mina looked at Chen Zhi in surprise,
"Did you see what was going on in your mind?"
"right!",
Chen Zhi smiled and nodded,
"But this man is different from the one-eyed worm. He has a very strong mind. I can't see most of his thoughts clearly. But I can be sure that he has always hated this desert, and he has been missing someone.
, I want to go to the desert to bring that person out. If I guess correctly, he will come to us tonight..."
"Chen, this is really incredible",
Mina looked at Chen Zhi in surprise with an almost admiring look.
"When we were in the dungeon, I also saw you sealing those Egyptians with magic. Those people were like being imprisoned by a transparent shield. I have heard that there are many ancient magics in the East, and only people with special blood can master them.
, passed down from generation to generation, but never thought it would be true.
Chen, who are you? Why do you have this magical ability?"
"Haha, sister Mina, please stop making such a fuss",
Fat Wei was chewing figs and did not participate in their conversation. Now that he was finally full, he wiped his mouth full of fruit pulp and said,
"I've told you a long time ago that your trouble is nothing at all. Our team is an invincible standard. You can rest assured if you are with us!
And you have to be mentally prepared in the future, you haven’t seen the truly magical thing yet..." Fat Wei burst into laughter after finishing speaking.
Everyone was talking here, and it was completely dark. There were no street lights here, and the surroundings were pitch black and dead silence. They were about to leave to go back to the B&B, when Ji Ying suddenly touched Chen Zhi's shoulder and pointed forward.
Chen Zhi followed her hand and looked forward, only to see under the dim light in front, the boss's daughter was standing in the crack of the door in front, with half of her head exposed, looking at them secretly.
Judging from the body shape, this girl is about fourteen or fifteen years old. According to Egyptian customs, a girl aged fourteen or fifteen should have been married long ago. However, this girl is still staying at home, which shows that her father is very
Love him.
The status of Egyptian women is very low, and the traditional concepts are very conservative. Except for their husbands and fathers, they will not take off their headscarves to show to outsiders.
When the little girl saw that Chen Zhi had found him, she walked over directly from behind the door. She walked openly in front of everyone, took off her headscarf layer by layer, revealing her big blue eyes and a head of hair.
With messy and thick black curly hair, he then said to Chen Zhi and others in very fluent English,
"You want to go to the desert, right? We can help you, come with me, my father is waiting for you..."