"You mean, she might not be willing? Why?"

"Because... I lied to you, haha! She has already regarded you as a friend, can't you see it?"

Yan Jingxing smiled and waved, then turned and walked to his room.

Xie Yuzhi watched his back disappear into the corridor, and then looked away.

There was still half an hour before her usual rest time. The girl picked up her usual pillow book and started reading. The title on the title page was "On Livy".

After flipping through a few pages, Xie Yuzhi found that the concentration she was so proud of seemed to have suddenly failed tonight.

There was thunder and rain outside the window, but these natural sounds could not affect her thinking...

The girl put down her book, and after being in a daze for a while, she suddenly smiled softly in front of the empty place.

That light laughter quickly disappeared into the air.

"...That's why I said, you can't understand my feelings."

*

After Yan Jingxing returned to his room, he lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

At this moment, his heart was racing and the thoughts in his mind were complicated. He felt that there were too many things to consider and he had to think carefully.

However, Simmons lying under him was too soft and comfortable, and the sound of rain outside the window had a very hypnotic effect, so he only thought for a short while and fell asleep quickly.

Very heavy and fragrant.

Until a rapid knock on the door woke him up from his dream.

"Well, what's wrong..."

Yan Jingxing rubbed his eyes and stood up from the bed.

He looked out the window. The rain had stopped, and the sky was indigo. The sun seemed to have not yet fully risen, the light was hazy, and the color of the earth was clear and refreshing.

"Yan Jingxing, are you awake?"

The person who knocked on the door was Xie Yuzhi.

"Wake up, wait until I get dressed."

Yan Jingxing jumped out of bed, put on his pants neatly, and asked:

"Is it time for school?"

The girl outside the door replied:

"No, it's still early, but I just received a bit strange news, and I want to explain the situation to you."

He opened the door.

Xie Yuzhi was wearing light gray plush pajamas, with one hand on her chest rising and falling slightly, and her breathing was rapid, as if she had been running all the way.

There was surprise in her expression, as if she had heard something incredible.

After Yan Jingxing was woken up, his head was still a little unclear and he stared at her blankly.

"Uh...so, what's going on now?"

Xie Yuzhi put down his hand, raised the photo in his other hand and handed it to him.

"Look, is this person the 'ghost astronaut' you saw?"

Yan Jingxing took the photo in confusion. After looking at it for a moment, his eyes widened and his head suddenly sobered up.

It really looks like...

The photo showed a man wearing a dirty spacesuit, with greasy blood on his body, lying on a beach, surrounded by rocks and tattered fishing nets.

Although the appearance of the astronaut in his memory was very vague, the remaining impression in his mind overlapped with it in an instant. He couldn't help but ask:

"What is this? Where did this photo come from? When was it taken?"

"In the early hours of today."

Xie Yuzhi took a deep breath and tried to keep her tone calm.

"Calm down and listen to me. Because of yesterday's heavy rain, the sea level rose. When fishermen went to the beach to collect their fishing nets today, they found a stranded whale on the nearby coast."

"-Then, they found a body wearing a spacesuit from the belly of the whale."
Chapter completed!