As Idris said, it was dinner time when the car drove into the Baghdad International Hotel.

After coming off the highway, there are checkpoints almost every two kilometers along the way, and even in Baghdad, where cars are sparsely packed, there are still traffic jams everywhere.

And all the way over, Cai Ruichen was holding back the anger in his stomach.

Starting at the first checkpoint on the highway, he had to be called off each time and explained over and over again the purpose of his trip to Baghdad.

Each time the identity verification lasts for a long time, the questions are almost the same every time, and he has to repeat the questions he answered at the previous checkpoint not long ago.

Natasha was the same, repeating the same question over and over again, which was very troublesome.

If he hadn't really come here for business, Cai Ruichen would have already turned around and returned to Marin Town.

Because even after such an all-round inspection, he still has to pay a vague toll under the hint of the other party before he is allowed to pass.

Anyway, by the time Cai Ruichen came to the hotel, he had already spent tens of thousands of dollars, and these were just his tickets to Baghdad.

And this is still for the sake of Idris, otherwise Cai Ruichen is very skeptical that these so-called Iraqi government soldiers will take themselves away on the grounds of safety, and then blackmail themselves fiercely.

Fortunately, these troubles disappeared when you entered the hotel, and the Baghdad International Hotel is one of the few five-star hotels in the city of Baghdad.

Outside the hotel, there is a row of tall walls to protect the hotel, and there are many armed soldiers guarding outside the hotel, the hotel wall big iron gate to the hotel gate on the way, lay down several layers of anti-rush piers, once the thick iron pillar is raised, armored vehicles can not rush in.

As for things like tanks, the walls can't stop them, and things like anti-rush piers naturally have no effect.

However, Cai Ruichen saw that there were anti-tank missiles and anti-aircraft missiles on the roof and outside of the hotel.

It's just that these things are not actually used at all, because no one is going to attack here.

The level of defense of the hotel is no less than that of a military base, and all this is for the tourists who come to stay at the hotel.

Used to tell all visitors that it is safe.

Of course, the price is not cheap, and the cheapest room costs more than a thousand dollars a night, and some of this is the so-called security fee.

After another rigorous identity verification, Cai Ruichen finally walked into the room.

"It's more tiring than fighting, and I swear that if there is such a situation in the future, I will not come." In the room, Cai Ruichen, who had just closed the door, couldn't help but vent.

Idris is also quite helpless, and every time he comes to Baghdad, he also needs to be checked layer by layer.

The first time, he was almost the same as Cai Ruichen, and he was very unhappy, after all, no one could stand the repeated inspections all the way.

"Mr. Cai, don't be angry yet, let's go eat something?"

"Outside the hotel?" Cai Ruichen turned around and asked.

"You can't eat good things in hotels, and it's expensive." Idris nodded, glanced at Natasha and said, "However, in order not to attract attention, I also hope to be able to separate from this lady, we are together, this lady is alone." ”

Cai Ruichen glanced at Natasha, shook his head and said, "Since you came out together, you have to be together." ”

"Since Mr. Cai insists, then it can only be like this, but it is a little dangerous." Idris didn't insist either, reminded.

"I know, but I'm sure nothing will happen." Cai Ruichen naturally understands the taboos between Iraqi men and women, but he is not an Iraqi after all, and Natasha is by his side, so he can go out with confidence.

"Then let's change our clothes, wash the dust along the way, and set off together in half an hour." Idris Road.

Half an hour later, the three people who had washed all the dust along the way, under the protection of more than a dozen armed men, walked out of the door of the hotel.

On the opposite side of the hotel, there is a good Iraqi restaurant, just to fill the stomach, and everyone is not picky, and they just walk in.

The clerks inside were all men, and the armed men brought by Idris sat at one table, while the three of them sat at the other.

When I saw Natasha, a woman, sitting with Cai Ruichen and others, her attitude was a little indifferent.

Cai Ruichen didn't care about this, and specially ordered a large pot of beef as the general's dinner.

The meal was served quickly, and after a while, Cai Ruichen's table was full of food, assorted platter, fried eight pieces, hand-grabbed mutton, crispy chicken, dried roast beef shreds, fried yams, hanging roast duck, tomato beef steak.

After the clerk saw Natasha's foreign face after unveiling, the look on her face improved a little.

As for Cai Ruichen, he had already turned the unhappiness in his heart into an appetite, and he ate one bite after another.

There are a lot of products on the table, but the quantity is a little small, but so many dishes are enough for three people to eat.

This is the first time Cai Ruichen has eaten outside Iraq, and the food is indeed very good, and the craftsmanship is much better than that of the machine steward.

The dishes are delicious, and even when the general eats beef, he enjoys it more than usual.

At the time of checkout, the price was not very expensive, it was cheaper than the price estimated by Cai Ruichen in his heart.

After dinner, Idris originally proposed to take Cai Ruichen outside for a walk, and Baghdad was still quite beautiful at night.

But he was rejected by Cai Ruichen, his identity was already sensitive, and he didn't know how many people were hostile to him in the dark.

There is no need to find yourself unhappy, there will be time in Baghdad in the future, and there is no need to rush it.

Just as they were returning to the entrance of the hotel, a violent explosion suddenly came from a distance, and the sky in the distance soon glowed with a faint red light.

Cai Ruichen was taken aback by the sudden explosion, but the Baghdad people around him only paused, and then as if nothing had happened, they did what they had to do.

As if it wasn't an explosion, it was just a firecracker, not even a firecracker.

When Idris heard the explosion, he only smiled bitterly and recovered immediately.

The whole hotel is still the same, and the people here have long been accustomed to this kind of sudden sound.

When he came to the room on the twelfth floor, Cai Ruichen saw that in the distance of the city with bright lights outside the window, some fires were burning.

Baghdad, in Cai Ruichen's eyes, is indeed a metropolis and a very developed city.

Without those armed attacks, Baghdad would indeed be a beautiful capital, and one would hardly lose to any other city in the Middle East.

Especially after the curfew began to be lifted many years ago, Baghdad, a large city in the Middle East, almost returned to its former prosperity at night.

It's just that underneath this beauty, hidden is a cold death, and there is not a day that does not occur in the explosion.

This kind of explosion at least once a day has been going on for several years, and every Baghdad has long been accustomed to it.

The numb people of Baghdad, I am afraid that they have long seen through the separation of life and death, and they all say that poor people must have something to hate, but in Cai Ruichen's eyes, the people here are more pitiful.

There is hatred, but that is only a part of the people, and if it is a war, there will be no such social status quo at all.

The calamities, injuries and deaths brought about by the war are only temporary, and we are afraid of the acute conflict status quo left over from the war for a long time.

"Natasha, can we save this place?" Looking at the night view of Baghdad city outside the window, Cai Ruichen suddenly asked.

Natasha didn't answer, just stood quietly behind him.