collection of short stories

It has become a tourism vane among mature people.

He found a big rock to sit and rest, while admiring the wonderful scenery of changing clouds and mist, while recalling the experience of the past two days, he didn't notice that there was a man next to him, and he stared at him for a while.

"Is it... Fang Xiao?" An uncertain voice suddenly sounded, pulling him back when he was distracted.

The moment he turned his head, Fang Xiao felt that his expression was a little out of control.

At that moment, he was shocked at first, but wanted to escape, and then turned into a kind of silence like a deep pool, and finally he nodded expressionlessly.

"Long time no see, Qi Xuan."

The person in front of him is my deskmate in high school.Back then, after graduating, I drank too much and confessed to him for the first time. As for the result... I was naturally rejected.Anyway, I drank too much, and I don't remember how embarrassing it was at that time. In short, when I remembered it in my mind, I never had any contact with Qi Xuan again.As if they had made an appointment, neither of the two had seen each other again. As for which party started first, it had been so many years and it was no longer important.Thinking about it now, Qi Xuan didn't take the opportunity to publicize that he is gay to other people, so he should have taken care of himself very much.

I haven't seen him for many years, he looks a little bit old, his eyebrows and eyes are still the same as before.Fang Xiao looked at him silently, and couldn't help but ask himself, why did he like him back then?

To be honest, some can't remember.But the body seems to still vaguely remember the heart-scratching feeling of always wanting to look at him in the eyes.

He moved his gaze to the opposite mountain view, narrowed his eyes slightly, and unconsciously rubbed the camera with his fingers.

Qi Xuan had been watching him for a while before, and now he asked: "Are you...alone?"

Fang Xiao raised the corners of his mouth and nodded.Regardless of the meaning of the question, the answer is the same.

"Oh, I came with my family. I thought it looked like you just now, so come and say hello."

Fang Xiao looked at the place he was pointing at. A kind and gentle woman was taking a rest with a little boy. It looked like a family of three came to play. He nodded slightly to show that he knew.

At this moment, Fang Xiao felt peaceful in his heart.Regarding the fact that Qi Xuan didn't choose to be with him back then...he felt that this was probably the right thing to do.Feelings when you were young?Who knows if it was impulsive.Find a woman he likes, marry a wife and have children, this kind of life is what he wants.

Fang Xiao slowly raised the camera to his eyes, looked at the opposite mountain through the lens, adjusted the focus, and took a picture of a pine tree in the crevice of the rock.The fog is still there, and its figure appears and disappears from time to time.Not every tree can come out of desperation, not every tree can make him hold up the camera and try to keep it in memory.For some trees, they can only grow healthily if they grow honestly at the bottom of the mountain.There is only one way in life, and that's fine.

"Let's go first." After resting for a while, Qi Xuan took the initiative to say goodbye to him.

"Well, goodbye." Fang Xiao smiled politely and decided not to see him.

However, when the man walked down the mountain, he still couldn't hold back, and turned his head back for the last time.I have thought about that back view countless times, after all, I was looking at Qi Xuan almost every day in those few years.At this moment, with his family beside him, Fang Xiao can still feel empty.

The wind at the top of the mountain is always colder than that at the bottom.

But that pine tree has always lived well, very stubborn and proud.

Fang Xiao suddenly remembered that it was popular to write various classmate records back then.I once gave Qi Xuan a page, but that guy refused to write it, so he could only get back the blank page. He made his own decision and filled in two sentences, which should be regarded as a commemoration

——It seems that the stars are not from last night, for whom the wind and dew stand at midnight.

-END-

"Stardust"

一

Hua Yan looked over the porthole of the spaceship, and the huge star that was about to be left behind by him emitted a familiar golden light. He restrained his excitement, and finally fixed a flat expression on his face.Having lived a disastrous life in Tobia, and now that he has finally graduated, Hua Yan knows that he can finally leave.

Just like a speck of dust in the universe is suddenly touched by a storm sweeping through the space, colliding with another speck of dust, after a very long time, it may become a dazzling star and lead the entire galaxy.

He believes that this will be his own, a new beginning.

"Hua Yan!" Li Yue passed by and greeted him, "What a coincidence, I also decided to go to Yunge base. I heard that it is not comfortable there, let's work together!"

Huayan nodded slightly.I didn't know Li Yue well before, but the other party has a gentle and polite personality, and it's easy to get along with, and I probably need to take care of each other in the future.Looking at Li Yue's smiling face, Hua Yan felt that there were very few people as optimistic as Li Yue.

Most of the people on this ship had the face of going to death resolutely.Compared with most people who were forced to go there for various reasons, those who asked for it actively, like Hua Yan and Li Yue, were actually an outlier.The Yunge base is located in the most remote and harshest planetary belt corner of the Fourth Star Battlefield. It is extremely inconvenient to enter and exit, and the strict management is prohibitive.What's more, whether it's technicians, medical workers or soldiers, they have always had a good reputation of being allowed in and not allowed out. It is well known-"the prison between stars".

After 27 days of deep space jump, the spaceship finally arrived at Yunge base.This huge irregular cross-shaped structure stands in an unusually wide asteroid belt. No matter what angle you look at, why should a base be established in a place that has no strategic significance? It is an eternal mystery in the minds of countless people. .But it has existed since a very ancient time, and it has not been abandoned until now, and new blood continues to enter, so it probably does have some unusual significance.

As soon as they stepped out of the spaceship, the group of thirty people who entered Yunge raised their faces and stared at the "welcome" scene above with wide eyes.

"I'm Mo Jingxuan, the consul of the base. I'm fully in charge of Yunge Base's affairs. This place doesn't belong to the alliance or lose to the empire. It's my personal territory." The cold and handsome face of the young man was magnified countless times Appearing in mid-air outside the bridge, he announced coldly to everyone, "From today onwards, you are members of Yunge. This is not an army, but there is a strict management that is not inferior to the army. For those who violate the regulations, The outer planetary belt is their grave. I hope you can find the meaning of your existence here. Above."

Hua Yan stared at the man standing on the top floor at the moment, high above him, his unemotional words came to his ears, every word was very true.

very good.

Whether it's a prison or not—even if it's a real prison—anywhere is good and meaningful as long as you can get out of that place.

Afterwards, the base staff allocated rooms for the newcomers and arranged for them to rest.Arranging work early the next morning, Hua Yan and Li Yue received the work of mecha maintenance.The professionalism and excellent grades of the two directly determine the content of the work.Thanks to the variety of internships during the school term, even the unfamiliar types of mechs and battleships will not be too unfamiliar, not to mention that there are excellent seniors here to guide.

"I'm the best mech repairer here, you can just call me Uncle Yang." Yang Ning, who is over [-] years old but still energetic, raised his eyebrows, "But I won't do it any longer soon, I have to teach you as soon as possible."

At this moment, Yang Ning is busy with Hua Yan and Li Yue around a seventh-level mech.This is the highest level mecha in the base, and it is also the only one.In a demilitarized base, that's pretty much the limit.Before that, the highest level of mechas that Huayan and the others had come into contact with was also level seven, but even if the mechas above level five were of the same level, there would be many differences, and they still had to learn.

"Why?" Li Yue handed over an O-type quantum sequencer according to his request.

Yang Ning operated skillfully, explaining to them the two lines of numbers that this sequencer had more than ordinary instruments, and sighed after confirming that they understood. "I can't keep up with my hands and eyes, so I have to hand it over to you young people. The lives of the soldiers are not only dependent on themselves, but also something that the repairman has to help protect. If any of these data is wrong, it will be fatal."

Hua Yan nodded, took the instrument in his hand, repeated the maintenance operation, and carefully wrote down the data.

"Then... Uncle Yang," Li Yue rolled his eyes, "If you quit, will you go back? I mean, go home or something."

Yang Ning looked at him with a half-smile. "Some people can, some people can't. As for me," he said with a grin, "this is my home."

Hua Yan and Li Yue looked at each other, not quite sure whether this sentence was true or false.

"Now repeat the operations I just did a few times until you are proficient."

Seeing that both of them worked very hard, Yang Ning soon let them do the inspection items taught today for the rest of the mechs.Looking at the backs of the two, he rubbed his chin with satisfaction and narrowed his eyes.

The steady footsteps stopped behind the old maintenance engineer.Yang Ning turned around.

"Consul Mo."

Mo Jingxuan's eyes were fixed on the backs of the two newcomers, one left and one right discussing something. "How about it?"

"Both children are good." Yang Ning said a word of praise, then shook his head again, "It's a pity to stay here, I didn't say it." Said that putting the two of them in the army would do more.

Of course Mo Jingxuan understood, there was a hint of a smile in his eyes, and he didn't intend to let go at all.