<aside> 🔑 Key: 🦌: Lu Chen/Alkaid 🖌️: MC

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While we were in the process of renovating, we received an unexpected surprise. When I was cleaning the dust covered warehouse, I discovered a well preserved dresser in the corner. I sent the photo I took to Alkaid. After some identification, it turned out that these were Tammy’s belongings that she had left behind while moving. Unexpectedly, they had re-appeared in Uncle Gu’s warehouse.

I wiped the surface clean. While I was pulling open the drawers one by one, a paper envelope fell out from the bottom of the drawer. The white envelope had become a mottled yellow due to age. I picked it up and twisted it, but there wasn’t a letter inside; only what seemed to be some kind of small seeds.

I opened the envelope, pouring its contents onto my palm. It was a palmful of ashy black seeds that looked like they belonged to a plant of some sort. This time, the phone placed next to me started to ring. It was the special ringtone I set for Alkaid.

🖌️: Hello? What is it? 🦌: That dresser. Were you planning to clean it out? 🖌️: En, it's really well preserved. It also has significance, so I want to re-purpose it. 🦌: If I remember correctly, the bottom of the second drawer…. Forget it, its been many years. It might not even be there anymore. 🖌️: If you were going to say a white envelope, it’s still there.

I gently lifted my hand, the seeds rolling on my palm.

🖌️: There were some little seeds inside, what are these? 🦌: These are, Japanese morning glories.

Alkaid’s voice suddenly came from behind me. I looked in the direction of his voice. Sometime ago, Alkaid had appeared outside the warehouse door, I didn’t know when was Alkaid standing outside the warehouse door, he was still on the call with me. 🖌️: Why didn’t you say you’re back?

🦌: Everyone said that thanks to my girlfriend, this afternoon the X-ray astronomical satellite managed to capture an exact high energy celestial body variant. But we need the data center to analyse the data further, so it was a good time to catch our breath.

While Alkaid was talking, he cleared away the junk by my feet, leading me out of the warehouse.

🖌️: I really did say that on a whim... Right, this! I put the seeds on my palm back into the envelope, passing it to Alkaid. 🖌️: Put it away first. Once the flower bed is tidied up, we can go and plant them. Alkaid looked at the seeds in the envelope, his gaze growing faraway, as if he'd been transported back in time to a particular moment..

🦌: These seeds are 10 years old. It's a shame it won’t sprout anymore. 🖌️: Then why did you want to hide the seeds at that time? 🦌: Because this was loot after a “thrilling adventure” I experienced. 🖌️: Was it climbing the highest mountain in Shanghai?

Alkaid laughed while shaking his head.

🦌: It was climbing over the wall in my backyard. 🦌: Back then I thought that not getting caught sneaking out was already a thrilling adventure. . The Japanese morning glory seeds I picked up on the other side of the wall were the best souvenir. 🖌️: So this is around the time Alkaid learnt how to skip class with Zaph.

Alkaid blinked innocently.

🦌: I didn’t have the key back then, so going out this way was the quickest.

Of course, Alkaid’s usual reliable appearance quickly gained him the power to obtain the key.