May there be no time to turn back

"Where is Brother Xiao from?" Hearing Koken's question, Guan Xiao withdrew his gaze from afar.

"I'm from Kunming." Considering that Koken's right hand is inconvenient, Guan Xiao cut the steak carefully before pushing it to him. "What about you?"

Koken gratefully stuffed a piece of beef with an attractive color into his mouth, and replied vaguely: "I am from the north, but I have been in LA for three years." Then he said with a smile, "Kunming is like spring all the year round. Is it much better than here? If I have a chance, I will go and have a look."

"Well," Guan Xiao admitted, and joked, "But there is no aurora you like there."

"Ha, no. There are many auroras in the suburbs of Fairbanks, otherwise I wouldn't come here on purpose. After all, I'm afraid I won't be able to see the aurora a second time in this life."

The sudden emotion made Guan Xiao confused: "Why? Aren't you in LA? It should be very convenient to travel here, right?"

Koken shook his head: "When I first came here, I didn't have time to work hard in my career. Now I've managed to gain a foothold, but I have to go back to China."

"Is it the relocation of the company?" Guan Xiao guessed, "Some industrial divisions of the group will relocate due to trade, and they will indeed be involuntary."

"I work as a freelancer, where did I come from the company." Koken was amused by Guan Xiao's overly professional analysis, "Besides, LA has always been luxurious, rich and luxurious, with a high degree of openness and infinite tolerance in many things, which is the life I like. If it is true what Brother Xiao said, I would rather quit my job and find another way out, and I will never leave here. This time there are other reasons, it is really helpless."

Seeing that Koken didn't want to say more, Guan Xiao didn't ask further questions.In the following time, the two began to focus on eating, and the chatting was secondary.

The tour guide Stein came on time.Guan Xiao opened the side door of the snowmobile, and saw that many people were already sitting on the snowmobile, all tourists on the same trip.There were two empty seats left in the last row, and the two nimbly got through and hid in the corner.There was plenty of warm air in the car, Guan Xiao opened the zipper of the heavy coat, and put the loose floor on the back.He listened to Stein enthusiastically expressing the pride of the locals for the magnificent landscape he was about to enjoy on the trip, while turning his head to see Koken by his side picking up and down in the bulging mountaineering bag with one hand.

"What are you looking for? I'll help you." Guan Xiao asked.

Seeing that Koken had already retracted his hand, he handed a delicate short metal stick to Guan Xiao like a treasure.

"Specially prepared for this trip," Koken said, hanging the mirrorless camera around his neck again, "pointing star pen, used for..."

Seeing Guan Xiao lowering his head to study the metal rod and was about to press the raised button, Koken quickly raised his hand to cover Guan Xiao's eyes, and a beam of red light hit Koken's palm immediately.

"You can't look directly at this, you will be blind!" Koken was afraid of breaking out in a cold sweat, but Guan Xiao looked at him innocently.

"A laser pointer, is this? Ah, it's a little dangerous." Guan Xiao belatedly took it farther away. Koken took it out and put it in his pocket, not daring to give it to him again.

The ups and downs of the car can easily make people sleepy, so Guan Xiao sat a little lower and began to close his eyes to rest his mind.

After a while, Koken suddenly patted Guan Xiao on the shoulder, motioning him to look out the window.

The first thing that catches the eye is a piece of fire clouds, quietly piled up on the western horizon.The setting sun is a huge and full mass of orange, slowly sinking in the exotic sky.And the dark night is coming from all directions, waiting for an opportunity to swallow all the skylight.

In Guan Xiao's eyes, the rare natural landscape has inexplicably become a kind of poignant beauty on the verge of decay, which is caught off guard by the weak defense in the defense center.The sadness that finally found an outlet is like the fine air bubbles in a carbonated drink that unscrews the bottle cap, escaping continuously.Those carbon dioxide can't wait to conquer the city, filling the limbs and bones, making people suffocate.

It was also a bright and clear sky that day, the sun was about to go out, and what shone through the window into the man's eyes was the same soft orange.The slightly cool palm pressed against Guan Xiao's cheek with difficulty, but he couldn't wipe away the tears that flowed down his face. The chapped lips opened and closed with difficulty, and they whispered something softly, which was almost inaudible.Guan Xiao's heart, which had been beaten by memories, felt a dull pain as if he was taking time out, his blurred vision suddenly became clear for a moment, and something quickly fell from his eyes.

Koken was taken aback by Guan Xiao's reaction.He originally turned on the mirrorless camera and focused on looking out the window to find the angle, but unfortunately the glass was frosted, so he had to give up.When he turned around, he saw Guan Xiao's gloomy face, two tears silently splashed on his leg, wetted into dark spots.

"Brother Xiao, why are you crying?" Koken asked cautiously, feeling that although the sunset was extremely beautiful, he wouldn't be so excited.

"Ah, it's nothing." Guan Xiao came back to his senses, and hurriedly wiped off the remaining water marks on his face.

Koken wanted to open his mouth to speak, but the snowmobile stopped suddenly, and Stein told everyone to get off to replenish the water source.When Guan Xiao came back to sit down again with the thermos, his expression returned to calm and indifferent, as if nothing had happened.

His body was stained with a little tobacco smell, which was blown away by the warm wind in the car and gradually faded in the air.

Koken looked at Guan Xiao quietly, and delicately glimpsed the grief that was carefully hidden, deep and grand.Quietly surging in You Hei's eyes, like the cold sea water with ice particles in the Arctic Circle.But he had no way of knowing where the grief came from, he only knew that its invasion was like a flood of beasts, making it difficult for Guan Xiao to fight back, and he seemed depressed and frustrated.

Even though Koken was curious, he still respected Guan Xiao's privacy.If he didn't say anything, he wouldn't ask.Confusion swirled on the tip of his tongue, and then disappeared into nothingness.

The next stop was in an open space where the snow was not heavy. Stein pointed to the surrounding snow-covered trees and introduced that it was a unique landscape in the Arctic Circle.Tourists got out of the car to take pictures one after another, and Koken was also looking around excitedly while clutching the mirrorless camera.I don't know when the high-hanging crescent moon cast a bright white light, Koken stood in the dazzling brightness, turned around and smiled at Guan Xiao.

Guan Xiao subconsciously took out his mobile phone, and fixed this picturesque artistic conception together with Koken in it.

The return journey was slow, and Stein dutifully helped everyone find the aurora.Fortunately, the night sky was clear and unobstructed. Under the Milky Way, which was as magnificent as the vast ocean, we soon discovered the aurora slowly flicking like a tulle.

"Brother Xiao! Come on!" Koken ran wildly to the distance, stopped at a satisfactory location, and waved to Guan Xiao.

Guan Xiao rushed over and saw a beam of red light shooting straight from Koken's hand to the stars above his head, and those lights were arranged in a familiar shape.

"Look, the Big Dipper. The air here is good enough, and the vision is very clear." Koken admired, awkwardly trying to lift the mirrorless camera to the aurora with his injured right hand.

"Wait a minute, let me do it." Guan Xiao took the mirrorless camera and pointed it up towards the sky, and pressed the shutter.

From Koken's expression of suppressed laughter to internal injury, Guan Xiao is almost sure that he is doing a disservice.He has neither interest nor talent. Compared with professional photographers, Guan Xiao can’t even reach the entry-level level. What aperture and focal length are completely unreal. It is not as convenient and smart as using a mobile phone directly.

Koken couldn't help laughing at Guan Xiao's messy debut work, he pressed the button, and the system prompted whether to delete it. Koken hesitated for a moment, and looked at Guan Xiao, who was particularly keen on taking pictures of the stars with his mobile phone, with a serious look on his face, as if he was angry with the micro camera. Koken put down the camera, turned his head and chose to turn a blind eye to Guan Xiao's funny behavior, lest he couldn't help but laugh and look rude.

The two female college students who were traveling together timidly asked Koken if they could take a photo. Koken readily agreed, took the card machine in the girl's hand, and found a suitable angle to capture the beautiful aurora and the girls' happy smiles together. in the photo.It can be seen that the girls are very satisfied with Koken's results. To express their gratitude, Zhang Luo also wanted to take a photo for Koken.

"Okay," Koken smiled and handed over the micro-slip, raised his head to confirm the position of the aurora, grabbed Guan Xiao who was flipping through the phone album, and dragged him into the camera, "Can you please take two steps back and squat halfway?" How about facing upwards at a 45-degree angle to include the starry sky above the aurora?" Suggested to the girl.The girl who had seen Koken's strength respected what he said like a god, nodded like a pounding garlic, and followed suit without hesitation.

"Why are you so good at choosing angles?" After taking a group photo, Guan Xiao poked his head to see the effect and blurted out.

Koken tilted his head mischievously: "I have learned composition before, and I like it, so I still have some experience."

"Huh?" Guan Xiao frowned, seeming to catch clues from the words, "A photographer?"

"Ha, that's it." Koken grinned, and held up the micro-cam to Guan Xiao, "I occasionally pick up jobs around Hollywood on weekdays to earn some extra money, that's all. Okay, Brother Xiao, don't move, I'll take pictures for you Let’s make a set of photos as a commemoration, it’s free.” Before Guan Xiao could react, more than ten original photos were already lying in the micro-slip, Koken said to go back and transfer them to Guan Xiao, then ran ten meters away, Continue to shoot the starry sky.

There is hardly a moment to spare.Seeing this, Guan Xiao couldn't laugh or cry.In Guan Xiao's eyes, Koken at this time is like a child who is curious about everything in the world.