Xueba, don't look at me, look at the question!

The lawn has not been tended for a long time, and the weeds are growing like a soft cushion.

The group of statues stood silently around, the moon star was sparse, and the hazy light that fell lightly enveloped this small piece of quiet world.

Only the slight movement of the grass blades in the evening wind and the purring of the cat overlapped and sounded, making Mu Nanyu want to sleep here just because of the comfort.

But the dormitory is checked every night by the auntie who is in charge of the dormitory, and it is absolutely not allowed to stay out at night.

The boy had no choice but to hold the cat and lay down gently. The cat in his arms struggled for a while, and as a flexible fat man, he jumped to Mu Nanyu's side, lay down with his tail curled up, and put his arms up.

His head rubbed against Mu Nanyu's shoulder, leaving a large pile of light yellow fluff.

Mu Nanyu couldn't help laughing, with one hand resting on the back of his head, the other stretched out to stroke the cat, and after playing for a while, he glanced at the person beside him.

"Bai Jingtan, don't you lie down for a while? The night sky is quite beautiful."

Bai Jingtan lay down as promised.

Mu Nanyu remembers that once upon a time, Bai Jingtan was a science student through and through. He liked physics, especially astronomy, and his science scores were among the top three in provincial key junior high schools.

But when it came time to select courses in high school, he chose Wen.

"Bai Jingtan, did you tell me before that you want to be an astronomer in the future?"

Bai Jingtan turned his face to look at him, his sharp jaw line cut out his handsome profile: "...Well, it was probably when I was in junior high school."

"How did you choose liberal arts?"

"Because I want to study the Fa more than being an astronomer... I couldn't do anything for the death of my parents when I was young, but I can always do it later."

Mu Nanyu only knew that Bai Jingtan's parents died unexpectedly when he was eight years old, but neither he nor his uncle asked about the specific situation.

This kind of scar is far more terrifying than the fact that he lost his parents since he was a child.

Who can bear the joy of a family that enjoys the love of their parents, and when both parents die and become an orphan that only grandma can take care of?

"The death of my uncle and aunt...wasn't it an accident?"

"It's an accident...but it's not." The deep voice was a little hoarse.

Mu Nanyu couldn't bear to ask further questions.

Consolingly said: "Uncle and aunt are in the spirit of the sky. They will definitely be very pleased to see you so outstanding... My uncle told me that after death, good people will turn into stars in the sky and look at the people they care about in the world."

He raised his hand and pointed to one.

"Look... there must be your parents in there. They are watching you and never leave."

Bai Jingtan didn't look at the stars, he was looking at the people around him who were looking at the stars.

He didn't know that Mu Nanyu was so good at coaxing people.

but--

"fake."

Mu Nanyu froze for a moment, and felt the coldness in Bai Jingtan's pupils, covering up the grief in his eyes.

That's right, he almost forgot that Bai Jingtan was so good at science, how could he believe the fairy tales he told.

But Mu Nanyu retorted stubbornly: "Really!"

Bai Jingtan sat up propped up, stood up again, and looked up at the night sky.

The abrupt Adam's apple rolled into lines of cold desire.

Mu Nanyu didn't know why, so he also stood up, and just followed his eyes to look at the sky, when he heard Bai Jingtan say.

"Xiaoyu, only those who are by my side are real... After all these years, I don't have the energy to think about whether they are watching me from the sky."

As soon as he thinks about it, the suffocating fear and sadness will instantly overwhelm him, followed by powerless remorse and self-blame, like a beast on the bottom of the sea, dragging him down to the abyss that will never see light.

Mu Nanyu's heart throbbed, staring at the boy with drooping eyelashes and an expressionless face, he seemed to see cracks appearing on his indifferent mask.

A corner of my heart softened, so soft that it was a mess.

Following his own emotions, he reached out and hugged Bai Jingtan, and was immediately embraced by him.

Young and energetic, the cool wind in the middle of the night could not cool their body temperature, their chests collided, and the hot pieces, like the torrent of blood colliding together, showed the young life.

It seemed that something broke through the ground in the chest in an instant, sprouted branches, and grew into a towering tree.

Mu Nanyu raised his face and saw Bai Jingtan's drooping phoenix eyes, with such a surprised and dazed expression, as if what he was holding was not a living person, but a dream that would shatter at any moment.

The real person hugged him even harder, and said with a smile as bright as possible: "Bai Jingtan, look, I'm with you, your grandma, your Uncle Mu...and many classmates and friends."

"We will stay with you until one day in the future... we will become stars in the sky together, and you will be able to see your uncles and aunts, okay?"

The dark color in Bai Jingtan's eyes was thick enough to almost drip ink, and his gaze was locked on the bright lips of the person in his arms.

He seemed to be able to only see Mu Nanyu's rosy thin lips opening and closing, and the voice in his ear was very clear, hitting the bottom of his heart one after another, stirring up a thousand layers of huge waves.

Mu Nanyu said that he would accompany me.

Mu Nanyu felt the strength of Bai Jingtan's hand holding his shoulder, almost wanting to embed him into his flesh and blood.

The scorching eyes cast on his face moved away, but the hug was still warm.

He was so hot that he belatedly realized that their bodies had undergone some unspeakable changes.

Very normal.

Boys of this age, it would be abnormal if they didn't have one.

It must have just been too hot.

Ah!

Hugging and separating, the two did not speak tacitly, and each turned around to calm down the throbbing.

The orange cat spun around under their feet, as if dissatisfied with the sudden neglect of it from the person who was hugging him just now, it called out "meow".

All of a sudden, most of the charming atmosphere in the air dissipated.

When Mu Nanyu turned back, Bai Jingtan still had his back facing him, with a straight spine, as if it would never be bent by anything.

"Bai Jingtan? Don't be embarrassed, a man knows everything!"

Although, when he was fighting with other boys before, it seemed that such a situation had never happened before.

"I'm not sorry."

The other party turned his head, the tails of his phoenix eyes curled up, and there was a faint smile of a beast in clothes.

"It's just that I've been waiting for a while, so I have to wait a little longer."

Mu Nanyu translated Bai Jingtan's sentence with his Chinese reading comprehension level that he had just passed.

That means, he's not long enough, can't he?

"You fart!" Mu Nanyu exploded, "Did you cry because I was moved, and secretly wiped your tears over there, afraid of embarrassing yourself and dare not let me see it?"

Bai Jingtan was silent for a while.

The voice was low and hoarse, very serious: "What if I say yes?"

"...Then let me comfort you again generously."

Bai Jingtan gave a "hmm" and said calmly, "Then come on, comfort me again."

Another long hug.

But when they parted this time, Mu Nanyu heard Bai Jingtan say.

"Xiaoyu, have you ever heard of such a saying - I'm crying, I'm pretending."