Embrace the light

Ian felt that he would never be able to control the time when he went on a long trip.

For example, many times before, he obviously got up a long time earlier, and his luggage was almost packed the night before.But I was so busy, I saw that I was about to miss the plane or train, so I ran all the way, and boarded the car/plane about 10 minutes before the departure/plane.

After learning from the painful experience, Ian slowly developed a habit of setting aside twice as much time for tidying up and preparing for leaving home.

His sunflowers and roses must be placed properly. Ian is squatting in the yard at the moment, setting a timed watering task for the automatic sprinkler.He looked at the weather forecast for the next half month, and set it according to the different weather every day.

Heng stood aside and watched him busy, a little puzzled, "Since you have this device, you still do it yourself every day?"

Ian explained: "Do it yourself, is it to cultivate feelings with them? They are not only decorative plants in the yard, but also my partners. They accompany me day and night all year round. I like it very much. Appreciate them."

It is 06:30 in the morning, the sun is just rising, and the outside temperature is not very hot yet.

According to the different water demands of rose flowers and sunflowers, Ian set tasks for the smart sprinklers on both sides one by one.

After finishing this work, there is nothing else to do.

"Heng, everything is ready, let's go."

The two of them pulled a suitcase each, and took a floating car to head for the Star International Airport in the capital.

It took about an hour and a half from Ian's house to the Imperial Star Interstellar Airport, and the two arrived at the airport at almost eight o'clock.

After completing the registration and security check, Ian brought Heng to the waiting room, two hours before the time agreed with Mino.

Ian looked around curiously in the waiting room. He only had the experience of traveling in the capital city, and it was the first time that he was waiting for a starship that would shuttle back and forth between the major planets. Very excited and looking forward to it.

Through the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows of the waiting room, you can see the star aircraft outside, which are huge monsters in different shapes.

Some are like big discs, some are like bats, some are like sabers, and some are like pancakes...

Ian pointed to the starship outside and called out to Heng: "Heng, come and see, the appearance of these starships is quite interesting."

Heng got up from his seat, walked to Ian's side, and turned his gaze to the airport outside the window.

"The appearance is quite cute, isn't it?" Ian said.

The two looked at the Starship outside for a while, then returned to their seats and sat down.

Ian spread out the tablet on his lap and held the phone in his right hand, quickly checking and calculating something.

Heng looked over and found that they were bills.

Ian explained to Heng: "The cost of this interstellar travel is quite high. The money for round-trip air tickets, accommodation, meals, and other expenses that may be incurred during the trip, after deducting the money left in my card There isn't much left to spare."

Because I was short of food and clothing since I was a child, Ian has a budget for money expenses, such as how much money must be saved every year. There is no major emergency. The money cannot be used, and the "available balance" that Ian said It is the money left after removing these deposits.

Ian thought, after this interstellar trip, he needs to redouble his efforts to make money. After all, the loan to buy the house has just been paid off at the beginning of the year. The number of subscriptions is mediocre, so the income is much lower than the output.

Work hard as you say, and there is still about an hour and a half before boarding the plane. Ian put his mobile phone in his pocket, then picked up the tablet to calm down and start typing.

Just before 09:30, Mino showed up with his friends Harvey, Alex, Gene, Liang Xiao and Liang Xiao's girlfriend Jessica.

Mino made an introduction for Ian and Harvey, and everyone touched their hands to salute one by one.

After a while, the boarding announcement sounded.After everyone boarded the Starship aircraft, they sat down in their seats one by one according to the instructions of the flight attendants and fastened their seat belts.

The seats on the Starship aircraft are divided into groups of two, with three groups in each row. There are a total of six rows on this Starship aircraft, with a total of 36 seats.

Mino originally wanted to sit with Ian, but looking at Heng who spontaneously sat next to Ian, Mino couldn't say anything.

He thought that Heng would probably not agree to his request for transposition.

So I had to settle for the next best thing. Ian sat on the right side of the left group, and Mino sat on the left side of the middle group.Although the seats between each group are one meter apart, this does not prevent Mino and Ian from communicating.

"Are you dizzy, Ann?" Mino asked, looking at Ian who was fastening his seat belt.

He knew that Ian was car sick, bus sick, private car sick, not car sick, or plane sick, but it was still unknown whether he would get sick of star planes or not.

Ian shook his head, "It's the first time I'm sitting here, I'm quite novel and looking forward to it, I don't know what the outside scenery is like."

At this time, Harvey in the seat behind Mino spoke, "The starship is flying very fast, and it is almost too late to recognize the scenery outside the window, so it just passed by. However, when the starship is resupplying at the interstellar space station, you can Take a look at the vast universe through the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows of the space station."

Harvey, like Mino, is a young man with blue eyes and blond hair, with a sunny personality, handsome appearance and lively speech.

"If you get motion sickness or airsickness, it's better to wear the anti-sickness patch to sleep. This time, it will take six to seven hours to reach the destination. If there is a space shock in the middle, the feeling of weightlessness will be stronger, and the anti-sickness patch cannot 100% avoid the symptoms of airsickness. "

This is Alex in the seat behind Mino talking.

Alex is a young man with black hair, black eyes, and dark skin. He has a relatively strong figure and prominent muscles.

Yian followed his words, took out the anti-sickness stickers from his seat pocket and stuck them behind his ears.

"I said Gene, why have you been so stinky today? It's such a fun time to come out to play, why are you still depressed?" It was Alex's voice.

Gene looked out the window with his chin resting on one hand, ignoring Alex.

Gene and Alex sat behind Ian, and Gene sat near the window.His hair is golden-brown, his eyes are blue-green, and his facial features are very delicate, with a sense of indistinguishability between male and female.

The rest of the people also looked at Gene when they heard the words, and Mino asked concerned: "I haven't seen you for more than a month, why does Gene, who laughs and makes people drunk without alcohol, suddenly become a melancholy prince?"

Although Gene didn't talk much in the past, he always had a smile on his face, which made people feel bright when they saw him.

Gene looked at Mino, "You really don't need to worry about me, I just haven't figured out some things, it's nothing serious."

Liang Xiao and Jessica had been whispering sweetly since boarding the plane. At this time, the two were also looking at Gene, but Gene did not cast his gaze in their direction.

Alex, Gene, and Liang Xiao are Mino's roommates, Harvey is Mino's cousin, and Liang Xiao's girlfriend Jessica is unknown to everyone.When Mino sent out a travel invitation to Liang Xiao, he was surprised to hear that he would bring his girlfriend with him. After all, they lived together for four years, and none of the four in the dormitory got out of order. As graduation approached, Liang Xiao suddenly The appearance of a girl friend of Xiaoniaoyiren made the other three feel very surprised and unbelievable.

Liang Xiao is a young man with black hair, black eyes and light yellow skin. Different from Heng's indifferent temperament of the same color, Liang Xiao looks like a big brother next door.

His girlfriend, Jessica, looks sweet and pleasant, and speaks softly and in a low voice, which can be seen as a bit shy.Since boarding the plane, she has been talking to Liang Xiao in a low voice, and does not participate in other people's topics.

Gene ignored the concerned gazes of the rest of the people, and turned his gaze out of the window again, silently in a daze.

Alex shrugged at the crowd, expressing his ignorance and helplessness, and then began to talk about new topics.

I have to say that Alex is a very active person. Although he saw Ian for the first time today, he would not forget to throw a topic at Ian when talking and joking with Mino, Harvey and others , and tell Jessica some anecdotes about Liang Xiao.

Of course, Heng, Alex cannot be moved.

He only has three actions, look out the window, look at Ian, look at the tablet, and he doesn't participate in any of the topics of the people.Although he will answer when Alex throws the topic to him, but the answer is concise and indifferent, and he is a teammate that Alex can't bring.

At [-]:[-], the Starship officially launched, and Ian could feel the weightlessness of his body when the Starship was ascending.

At this time, the passengers on the Star Airlines plane stopped talking, and the cabin was quiet. Some were playing with their mobile phones, some were looking at their tablets, and most of the passengers were sleeping with their eyes closed.

There was no discomfort in his body, and Ian's hand that had just clenched the armrest of the seat gradually relaxed. He looked at Heng, and Heng also looked at him quietly. Lifting the blanket up, he also began to close his eyes and take a nap.

After sailing for about three hours, the starship slowed down and became smoother.

When arriving at the space station, the Starship will play a notification.

"I am about to arrive at the N1 space station. The stay time in the space station is one hour. Passengers who need to eat, shop, visit, etc., please take your belongings to get off the plane and visit. Please note that the stay time in the space station is one hour. Passengers and friends, please control the time well. If there are no passengers who need to get off the plane, you can stay in the Star Airlines plane to rest."

The notice was broadcast three times in total, and after the Starship stopped, Mino called everyone to get off the plane together.

"Everyone, remember the number of our Starship aircraft, and pay attention to the movements of the partners before and after, and don't get separated." Minuo is the initiator of this trip, and he also dutifully served as a tour guide during the trip.

At this time, everyone was hungry, so Mino first took everyone to the gourmet restaurant on the space station.

Everyone sat down at a rectangular dining table, and after ordering food one by one, the meals were quickly served.

"I'm really hungry." Alex sighed while eating the big sausage in his hand.

"I told you to eat more breakfast." Mino said.

"Nonuo, have you been here before?" Seeing that Mino was leading the crowd through the crowd to the restaurant very deftly, Ian asked.

Mino replied: "Yes, I traveled around Yuexing with Jin and Liang Xiao last summer vacation, and I also stayed at this space station for a rest. An'an, most of the food here is instant food, but it is not as delicious as yours. Are you still in the habit of eating?"

Ian nodded, "Fortunately, it smells like the food in the school cafeteria."

Harvey couldn't agree, "That's Ian, you haven't been to our school. The food in our school cafeteria is excellent. Although the life in the military academy is a bit hard, the food is really delicious. It's a pity that you people from other schools You are not allowed to visit the school, otherwise I can take you to taste the delicious food in our college cafeteria."

Jessica was a little curious, "Will the food in the school cafeteria be delicious? I thought the food in all school cafeterias in the world was bland."

Mino replied: "The food in our college is really good, but it's still much worse than An An's. If you are curious, Jessica, you can ask Liang Xiao to bring you a taste."

"I think it's average." Liang Xiao said, "Maybe I like spicy food more. The school food is relatively light, which doesn't meet my taste."

Jessica said, "Okay, that's probably not for me either, I like spicy food too."

Alex winked mischievously at Jessica, "This may be 'not a family, don't enter a family'. If you can conquer our Brother Xiao, you must be 'like-minded' from the macro to the micro. .”

Jessica smiled with a flushed face, and then leaned her head lightly on Liang Xiao's shoulder.

"Gene, if you can't eat it, can you give me this burger?" Seeing that Gene didn't seem to have much appetite, Alex asked him, pointing to the hamburger on his plate.

Gene nodded and handed Alex the burger on the plate.

Harvey despised Alex, "Can you be more idiotic, you ordered so much and ate it all, and you still have to eat what's on Gene's plate."

Alex said sternly: "I don't want to waste a grain of food. Well, a standard practitioner of 'Operation CD', you see that Gene has only eaten a little for half a day, so he must not be able to eat this hamburger." He has a bad appetite, I will eat it for him, what a noble act!"

Seeing that Heng also ate less, Yian asked with concern: "Are you not used to the taste of the food here?"

Heng nodded.

Seeing that he really didn't want to eat it, Ian picked up the hamburger from his plate and asked Alex, "Alex, Heng's hamburger has not been touched, if you are still hungry, eat it together. "

Alex took the hamburger Ian handed over and shook his body happily, obviously enjoying the food.

"When you get back to your seat on the Starship, I'll find some snacks to cushion your stomach." Ian said to Heng.

When Mino heard it, he said, "I want it too."

Ian nodded, "I also prepared some small cakes yesterday, and everyone will have some for dessert later."

After eating, everyone began to visit the space station.

Outside the window of the viewing room, there is a vast expanse of space.Countless stars are scattered in this vast universe.

If you look carefully, there are nebulae of various colors hidden beside the light spot, purple, blue, green, flickering and flickering.

In this vast space, everything appears mysterious and fascinating.

"Heng, I thought that when I came here, I would get closer to the stars, but now it seems that every star is still far away from me."