1218 Blindly Optimistic (1/2)
Morning.
Due to the lack of natural foliage and the extremely poor heat retention of the earth, the desert's climate was extremely hot during the day and freezing at night. Zhang Zian wore a long-sleeved shirt and pants, and he could finally warm himself up after practicing his moves with Old Time Tea and playing hide-and-seek with Galaxy.
Siwa was a tiny town, but it still had a vibrant nightlife due to the fact that it was a tourist attraction. The moment lights came on in the city, the Shali ruins and temple were also bathed in strong light. The month of Ramadan was also when the timing of activities were opposite—the local people were out at night, while they went back home to feast and eat right before the sun rose.
Very few tourist groups would put the out-of-the-way Siwa on their itinerary, so most of the tourists here were on free-and-easy tours. With no tour guides to wake them up and bring them everywhere, they slept late and woke up late too. That was why there was barely anyone out there during the day in Siwa, even less so on the outskirts of town.
Zhang Zian wanted to sleep, but he couldn't. They had wasted too much time last night, and they hadn't gotten to find a secluded hot spring to let Sihwa out for her livestream. He'd decided to sleep early and wake up early to fulfill his promise to her during the day.
Besides, he also wanted to avoid locals and tourists as much as possible—all thanks to Richard and his potty mouth. Whenever he met a young male who showed him a smile, he couldn't help but clench his *ss a little bit…
In a small hot spring not too far from him, Sihwa's laughter could be heard. She was clearly in a good mood. The hot spring that he'd chosen could overlook the top of the temple, so she could clearly show that she had come to Siwa to travel, stroking her ego to the fullest extent.
His phone rang. It was Professor Wei Kang who'd sent him a message, telling him that they had already left. Besides He He, everyone else drove towards Siwa in a jeep, each car filled to the brim with food, water, and other perishables.
Zhang Zian replied that he would wait for them at Siwa and reminded them not to stop at the Faiyum Oasis.
Every tourist they'd met in Siwa looked extremely relaxed, like they had no troubles on their minds, and life was going great. But he wasn't. He might've looked relaxed, but he was actually pretty anxious.
Thinking about having to enter the dangerous Sahara desert with a bunch of loons, he couldn't help but be so. The people in his group were either old scholars or naive students who hadn't taken a single step into society. He couldn't rely on them at all.
The closer they got to the time of departure, the more erratic his heartbeat became.
The only ones he could rely on…were the elfins. Even then, he couldn't trust all of them.
For example, Fina. Fina had been acting a little weird since yesterday—that wasn't quite accurate. It was more like it had been weird ever since they had come to Egypt, and it had just gotten weirder yesterday.
It hadn't slept so much yesterday night. It had instead tossed and turned. Every time Zhang Zian woke up, he could see its sparkling green eyes watching the ceiling, glaring at him sharply from time to time…
Even though it said it was because the mattress provided by the hotel was too low in quality and not soft at all, it could sleep on the hard wood of the cat tower.
Zhang Zian didn't know what he'd done to warrant such deep hatred. He had just educated it in some common knowledge.
Seeing that it was about time, he picked up a small rock and threw it in the direction of Sihwa's hot spring, reminding her that it was about time to wrap up. If he let her be, without a limit to how much battery she had, she would definitely stream the whole day.