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Chapter 10 Luca's Food Philosophy: Eat when you are in a bad mood! (2)
Gan Tiantian looked directly at him, her lips moved, and under the slowly sinking sunset, she said that her unlucky major had been changed: postgraduates were downgraded to undergraduates, English professors were transferred to freelance ones, courses that she didn't understand, no The language you know...

Luca kept smiling and listened patiently to her complaints.

"That's all..." Gan Tiantian spread her hands.

"So, you are very unhappy?" Luca asked knowingly with a smile, dimples looming on his cheeks.

Sweetly nodded heavily.

"It's not very serious. I can ask a friend to help you with the house, or an intermediary." Luka blinked his eyelashes slowly, resting his chin with his palm, "As for the language, I can teach you."

Gan Tiantian: "!"

"However," Luca wrinkled his nose, slightly embarrassed, "I'm going back to work next week, and I don't have a lot of time, and I'm not sure when I'll be free."

Gan Tiantian didn't ask him any more questions about his work. She hesitated and said, "The house, I think I can find it myself...it's just language...would it be too much trouble for you?"

"No," Luca propped up half of his face with his slender fingers, tapped his fingertips under his eyes, and said in a drawn-out tone, "In return for my teaching you Italian, you can..."

Gan Tiantian stared at him and waited for his second sentence: Dare to say that I will beat you up with my body!
"You can teach me Chinese!" Luca patted the back of the chair and smiled, "How is it?"

Gan Tiantian: "..." You are dead!She squinted her eyes, oozing out from the slits of her eyes confidently: You will definitely die directly before the entry threshold of Chinese - four tones!

Luka and Gan Tiantian only chatted for a while before saying goodbye to her, saying that there was still something to leave.

Gan Tiantian sits alone in the big square watching the sunset, waiting boredly for the dark, after which the morning sun will usher in—a new beginning.

She waited for the orange-yellow warm light of the setting sun to cover half of the sky, then got up and walked slowly along the commercial street on one side of the square, stopping in front of the window she was interested in to take pictures, and her mood seemed to have calmed down a lot.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Gan Tiantian returned home, but Mao Jiajia hadn't come back yet.Longcheng Restaurant always closes very late, so Gan Tiantian didn't think much about it, she washed up early and went to bed.

When she woke up, she realized that Mao Jiajia hadn't come back all night.

The other employees next door hadn't gotten up yet, so Gan Tiantian dialed Mao Jiajia's number, but the phone on the other end was always off, so she had no choice but to send a text message to Mao Jiajia, and then hurried to the school.

When she got to the classroom, Giotto was already there. He was wearing a white shirt with mixed flowers today, and his big earphones were hung around his neck all the time. His dark skin was faintly glowing under the light.

Seeing Gan Tiantian coming in, he sticks out his tongue in a cute manner, and raises his hand to show her a gesture commonly used by hip-hop singers.

Gan Tiantian couldn't help laughing.

Giotto whispered to Gan Tiantian in English, telling her: If necessary, they can find a free time, and he will translate the content of the teacher's lecture to her in English.

Gan Tiantian said with tears of gratitude that she would cook Chinese food for him another day.Then Giotto went crazy. He rested his chin on both hands and babbled for 10 minutes about various Chinese dish names that were translated strangely.Gan Tiantian had black lines all over her hair, and she wanted to go home and fetch the pan and give it to him as well.

It happened to be "Neurology" this morning. Gan Tiantian had rarely dabbled in this area of ​​knowledge before. After she took out her mobile phone and pressed the record button, she placed the microphone of the mobile phone on the table in the direction of the teacher.

She plans to record all the lessons in the future, and then play back slowly after she has a foundation in Italian, so that she can learn and absorb it by herself.

Gan Tiantian received a call just after class at noon. The number on the phone screen was quite unfamiliar. She answered it suspiciously, only to hear the female voice on the other end, about 40 years old, with a strong southern Chinese accent. She said: "You Well, is it sweet, right?"

Gan Tiantian said: "Yes, I am, who are you?"

"I'm Jia Jia's wife. Jia Jia is still at home? Why didn't you come to work today? Are you feeling unwell?" the woman on the other end said, "I can't get through to her cell phone. Your phone number, so I'm bothering you, I want to ask about her situation."

Gan Tiantian was taken aback when she heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Mao Jiajia didn't come back last night. I called her, but the phone was still turned off."

"This..." The proprietress on the other end of the phone was anxious, "What's going on? She asked me for leave yesterday and said that she would go to the embassy in Florence to apply for a new passport. Why can't I get in touch?"

"Boss, why don't we wait? If she can't be contacted by the afternoon, let's go to the police station." Gan Tiantian thought about it, "Maybe it's possible that she hasn't woken up until now, but it's the afternoon, how come?" It's time to wake up too."

Even in China, if an adult cannot be contacted after 24 hours, he can report the crime.

"Hey, good." The proprietress hung up the phone in response.

Gan Tiantian went home and sat on the bedside for a while, during which time she continued to make several phone calls to Mao Jiajia, but she still couldn't get through. She and Mao Jiajia had only known each other for a few days, but she remembered that they had lived in the same house, had encountered a fire, and although their friendship could not be seen How deep it is, but if you are a stranger in a foreign land, the concerns in the old village will inevitably be different.

Until 24 o'clock in the afternoon, the proprietress called again worryingly, saying that Mao Jiajia still had no news, but if she was asked to report the case on the grounds that an adult with normal intelligence could not be contacted for [-] hours, it would be a big deal.

Gan Tiantian also understood, she hung up the phone, and tapped her fingers unconsciously on the side of the bed. He got a number and dialed it.

Many people think that forensic doctors are used to seeing death, so they should already have an indifferent attitude towards life. In fact, they are not used to seeing death that is impermanent, but they have awe of life.

Gan Tiantian put the phone to her ear, and counted the "beep beep" beep inside, even her heartbeat accelerated.

The moment the phone was connected, Gan Tiantian's nerves tensed up, and she blurted out anxiously: "Luka!"

Luca on the other end of the phone responded with a smile and said, "Hurry up, what's the matter? I think you seem a little anxious, what happened?"

Gan Tiantian pursed her lips, puffed her cheeks, and sighed, "My roommate is gone..."

There was no sound on the other end of the phone, and it was quiet. I don't know if it was because of her fuss, or if she was still listening patiently.

Gan Tiantian bit the bullet and could only continue: "She has been missing for 24 hours and cannot be contacted. Her boss and I are very worried. She is a single girl...you know...the purpose of my call is I want to ask you, can this situation be reported in Italy?"

Gan Tiantian continued nervously: "You know, I don't know much about Italian law."

"Hurry up," Luka said in a normal tone after she finished speaking, and he answered irrelevant questions calmly, "Now, go and wait for me in the big square." After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone.

Gan Tiantian: "?!"

Fifteen minutes later, Gan Tiantian arrived at the station opposite the main square, and went straight into the square without stopping.

As expected, Luka had arrived. Today, he was wearing a loose cotton T-shirt and a pair of sweatpants. There was a faint smell of disinfectant on his body.

Gan Tiantian gasped as she stood in front of him, and raised her hand to greet him.Luka's expression was a little tired and pale. He looked down at her and said with a smile, "So, what do you want from me?"

Didn't you find me?You asked me to wait for you in the main square?Gan Tiantian even forgot to catch her breath when she heard the words, she was at a loss for words for a while in astonishment, and could only finish what she hadn't finished talking on the phone, she said: "I just want to ask you, can this kind of situation be reported to the police? Or, yes Other ways to deal with..."

"Are you in a hurry?" Luca raised his eyebrows casually, and said meaningfully, "If you are in a hurry, then there will naturally be another way to deal with it."

"..." Gan Tiantian said, "Hurry up!"

Luka muffled a laugh: "What's your roommate's name?"

"Máo Jiā Jiā!" Gan Tiantian quickly replied, "Máo—Jiā—Jiā."

Luca looked down at her again, took out his mobile phone and turned his head to make a call, without avoiding her.

Italians speak very fast in daily life. Except for the harsh pronunciation of "Mao Jiajia" and the repeated emphasis of "Cinese" in Luka's sentences, Gan Tiantian couldn't understand anything. She waited for Luka in a daze. Ka hung up the phone and stared at him expectantly.

Luka's phone call lasted for a long time. He patiently talked on and off, and the other end of the phone seemed to be constantly being transferred to other people.

After about half an hour, Luca's expression was constantly changing, and he stopped at an expression with obvious regret in his eyes.He sighed and turned his head, looked down at Gan Tiantian and shook his head, then switched back to English: "Your roommate had an accident near the train station in Florence at 18:27 yesterday afternoon, because she didn't have a valid document." And even the mobile phone has been damaged, so the police cannot notify her relatives and friends, and now, although she has undergone emergency rescue, she is not completely out of danger, I am sorry..."

Gan Tiantian's mood became very complicated in an instant. She moved her lips, frowned, and her eyes were full of worry, staring at the rectangular floor tiles under her feet.

Luka looked down at her, and after spending a while with her quietly, his tone turned gentle: "If you're worried..." Gan Tiantian raised her head expectantly, but she heard Luka continue, "Maybe, we can Please God bless her."

Gan Tiantian suppressed the "I don't believe in religion" that she almost blurted out, only to feel that her wrist tightened, and she was dragged by Luca and floated two meters towards the cathedral.

Modena's cathedral is very famous, but the exterior has been being repaired, and the scaffolding and large cloth have never been removed, so Gan Tiantian took it for granted that even its interior should not be allowed to open.

Unexpectedly, Luca dragged her familiarly and pushed her open the side door of the cathedral.

The interior of the cathedral is as magnificent as the exterior, with a high dome, large paintings with dim colors on the surrounding stone walls, and some mottled stone pillars. The long hall is neatly filled with benches. jesus icon.

Luca seems to know that the Chinese are not religious.So, as soon as he entered the door of the church, he let go of Gan Tiantian's wrist.

Luca piously knelt down on one knee in front of the central cross, prayed silently with his head slightly lowered, and drew ten on his chest with his right hand.

Gan Tiantian raised her chin slightly, and stood quietly beside him, her eyes passed by the murals in the church one by one, her expression was solemn and peaceful, and her eyes showed admiration and respect.

Luca was silently chanting words she didn't understand, her long and thick eyelashes trembling slightly.

God said: The people around us are our brothers and sisters.

Luka prayed to God for Mao Jiajia's safety, got up and gestured to Gan Tiantian.

Gan Tiantou and him left the church and returned to the main square. Luca said that he had asked someone to notify the hospital. If Mao Jiajia was in a stable condition and could visit him, the hospital would tell him. At that time, he would definitely tell Gan Tiantian.

Luca walks her to the bus station.Gan Tiantian stood beside him, glanced at him a few times, and finally couldn't help asking: "Luka, are you injured? You smell like disinfectant."

Luka was stunned, with a few lines forming at the corners of his eyes, and jokingly said an exclamation sentence in English with a smile: "What a keen sense of smell!"

Gan Tiantian was suddenly a little embarrassed, she spurned herself in embarrassment: Ouch, why are you embarrassed?People are not complimenting you for having a good-looking nose, really...

"I was injured at work before, that's why I have such a long vacation now." Luca shrugged and said with a relaxed smile, "I went for a follow-up visit this morning, and the injury is almost healed."

"How did you get hurt? Your job is dangerous?" Gan Tiantian raised her head and said sincerely, "Be careful next time."

Luca nodded thoughtfully, but clearly avoided her question, motioned her with his chin and said, "Your car is here."

Before Luka explained his occupation to her personally, Gan Tiantian got into the car with some disappointment, and thanked him with a smile and said goodbye.The moment the car door closed, she thought, maybe this is the personal space and distance foreigners need.

After all, she is a foreigner halfway across the world.

Gan Tiantian returned to Longcheng Hotel, the proprietress and others were sitting and resting in the lobby.She sighed, pulled a chair and sat beside them, and briefly explained Mao Jiajia's situation.

One word shocked four people, and all four people sighed.

"Oh, I can only resign myself to fate now." The proprietress sighed, "How could there be an accident in Italy? Really... Sigh!"

Gan Tiantian's brows were full of tiredness, and she raised her hand to rub the center of her brows.

"Are you tired?" Seeing her acting like this, the proprietress said considerately, "If there is no class in the afternoon, why don't you go back to rest early? Anyway, we can't do anything now."

Gan Tiantian cleared her throat and said, "Okay, then I'll go back."

She pushed away the chair and stood up, and was about to go out with her bag on her back, when the proprietress asked curiously and tentatively: "Gan Tiantian, how do you know Mao Jiajia was hospitalized in an accident?"

yes!Gan Tiantian's movements stopped when she heard the sound, and only then did she belatedly realize that something was wrong.After a while, she pretended to be relaxed, and said with a slight twitch of the corner of her mouth, "I asked a friend who is a police officer. He may have logged into the internal system to check."

Under everyone's skeptical eyes, she gave all the credit to Franco: "It's the patrolman who often patrols near the main square—Franco."

"Oh," the proprietress replied, and suddenly turned a meaningful smile and said, "Good girl! Well done!"

Gan Tiantian: "?!"

"Don't look at Italian men, although they are flamboyant, they like to play with each other when they have nothing to do." The proprietress took her hand, patted the back of her hand, and the topic changed quickly and inexplicably, "But after marriage, they are very responsible. of!"

Gan Tiantian: "!"

Gan Tiantian went back to the room, Mao Jiajia's things were still in their original places in the room, she was facing another empty bed with complicated emotions.Except for Mao Jiajia, who is still in danger, Luca, who does not know her identity, challenges her logical thinking from time to time. She can't help but want to know Luca's real identity.

Gan Tiantian irritatedly kneaded the top of her head into a wretched appearance of being trampled by a horse, went to the kitchen and took out the leftover pack of asparagus from the refrigerator, washed and cut it, and rolled the fresh and tender top half in the oil pan After rolling, after eating some of the original taste, I cleaned the pots and bowls, and went back to the house to catch up on sleep.

She didn't sleep last night, and when she woke up and opened her eyes, it was dark outside.

Gan Tiantian turned on the desk lamp and took out her mobile phone, only to realize that she had received a text message to activate the service a few days ago. She has been busy these days, but she has not noticed it.

Gan Tiantian sat on the edge of the bed, held her drowsy head in her hands and thought for a while, remembering that she seemed to be going to the police station not far from home next Wednesday to have her fingerprints taken, and she got out of bed and took all the things she needed. The registration certificate and photo, together with the passport, are put in the folder in advance and ready.

She then took the dirty clothes to the toilet and stuffed them in the washing machine.

Gan Tiantian started the washing machine, leaned against the toilet sink, and looked out the window. The air in Italy is very good, the pollution is small, and the night sky is shining with stars, which is very beautiful.

(End of this chapter)