"Strangers Met in Namtso" (8) Nyingchi, Basongcuo, Brahmaputra Grand Canyon (VI)

Fortunately, the scale of this hotel is quite large, and the restaurant here even provides ice cubes - which is very rare in Tibet. He took some ice pellets for her, and asked her to wrap the ice pellets in a towel and apply them to the eye sockets to reduce swelling.

It seems to work well, her eyes are really not so swollen.

Then they both went downstairs together. He is no longer holding her hand in the taboo, and she also likes the feeling of being held by him.

Anyone who saw them would think they were a couple, she thought.

Only she and he knew that they were a "limited time" couple, and there were five days left in the countdown.

Because she knew, she cried. For so many years, no boy has liked her, and the first person to have a good impression of her was the one who only had five days left to get along.

She is really sad. If it was just her wishful thinking, she would feel better, because it was just a secret love as always.

She has a lot of experience with secret love.

But he actually wanted to confess to her. Besides being sad, she didn't know what else to do.

And she wants to get along with him as if nothing had happened.

She told herself: Don't say anything, everything will end in ambiguity, just leave good memories.

After breakfast, we will return to Lhasa.

This time, they had the experience of the last Namtso group and brought their luggage with them in the morning.

The last day of the trip was a shopping spot. When they saw that the car was approaching downtown Lhasa, they decided to take out their luggage and leave the team by themselves.

The tour guide was a little unhappy, but she couldn't help but let them go.

She called a car with him and went back to the hotel they were already very familiar with.

Once again they lived in the big room. But the strange thing is that because of the recent theft incident in the big room, no one else is staying in this room!

So the big room that could accommodate thirty people turned out to be only him and her.

After returning to his bed to pack everything, he was going to take a nap again.

Before taking a nap, he went to the shop next to the hostel to buy cigarettes, and he also bought a cup of yogurt unique to Tibet for her afternoon tea.

She took the yogurt to an unoccupied corner of the hotel.

While eating the yogurt he gave, she cried again.

This time, he was not by his side.

She cried heartily.

She thought that he should not understand. Nor did she expect him to understand.

This kind of encounter on the journey should be just right for him and her. There can be no more.

Suddenly she figured it out. Since they know that this is a relationship with no tomorrow, they may not see each other again in this life in five days, so why not have a good time?

After crying and laughing, she packed up and went back to the room to find him.

He also woke up.

Seeing her face, he asked.

"Are you crying again?"

She doesn't admit it. He didn't say anything anymore.

This time she took the initiative to grab his hand.

"Let's go out to dinner, shall we?"

"it is good."

He immediately got up to wash up.

This time they went to another restaurant and ordered pizza and fried lamb chops.

The taste was average, but she was attracted by a message in the restaurant's guest book.

I'm about to leave Lhasa, and I'm a little reluctant.
This city brought me some memories that I will never forget.
Someone once said that you must put yourself in a completely unfamiliar city,
You can make the most of yourself...know yourself...

It turned out that her experience was not unique. Like this commenter, she has learned more about herself during this journey.

After dinner, the two of them walked around the streets of Lhasa, not knowing where they were going or when they were going to stroll.

This time, she took the initiative to grab his hand. She decided not to back down and enjoy the five days.

As they walked and chatted, it was already midnight inadvertently. The two were a little tired and finally returned to the hostel.

In the big room with only the two of them, the two slept side by side again.