<aside> 🔑 Key: 🦌: Lu Chen/Alkaid 🖌️: MC
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One sentence “I want to” almost came out from my mouth. I must compose myself and pretend to calmly ask. (I composed myself)
🖌️: Then, how do you intend to write me? 🦌: I wanted to ask for your opinion. I contemplated, my fingers unconsciously played with his lapel pin. 🖌️: For example, “My appreciation for MC's great contribution in frequently coming and disturbing the production of this thesis”? 🦌: What disturbance are you referring to?
MC hugged Alkaid from the back. He turned his head, his cheeks lightly rubs me. In his pupils is like there were a luster of gems letting out a bluish green light in the bottom of the ocean and the reflection of the stars rocking. What find of disturbance can only be this nebula of entangled plain silk, suffused with the bluish green ocean waves? I can’t help myself to move closer.
🦌: Your name is only used in the thesis from the last time your helped with the colouring the picture. Lu Chen blinked, facing the monitor with a list of collaborators’ names and their provided help. 🦌: You see, will this disclaimer be alright? His expression was sincere and no ulterior motives although he didn’t pressure anyone, I can’t help but ponder over how this person… Confronting whatever challenge all with ease and skill… How is it still making my heart beat so much for him?
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To bring up his interest in astronomy, I could not help to think of the conversation in YueCheng planetarium — 🖌️: Lu Chen, was this the earliest moment your felt a strong interest in astronomy? 🦌: Hmm? 🖌️: The day you came to YueCheng high school for the public astronomy class exhibit, is that day the start of your interest in astronomy? 🦌: Its earlier. 🖌️: Oh? 🦌: Maybe 7 or 8 years old… oh, that's not right, when I was 5 or 6 years old. Lu Chen paused for a moment, it appeared he recalled memories of when he was young. I can’t help but to blink. 🖌️: 20 and 22 years old is somewhat young; but 7 or 8 and 5 or 6 years old is somewhat really young… (The difference of 20 and 22 y/o is a lot lesser than 7 to 8 or 5 to 6 y/o...) 🦌: I don’t remember clearly. Because of Lu Chen’s memory strength, him saying he doesn’t remember clearly I can’t believe him. But he didn’t give me a chance to question him and very quickly the conversation continues. 🦌: In short, it is when I was really young. That time my mother’s work was really busy, sometimes she brought me to her colleague, or let my uncle take care of me. 🖌️: Uncle? 🦌: Mm, he is a taxonomy scholar and he would bring me to walk though the desert, the stary sky looked brighter there than the city… 🦌: Later when I got older, I planned to develop in the field of astronomy, and heard many opinions about it. 🦌: Some said, regardless of whether I do astronomy or explore the world, are both basic scientific research conducted by huge countries with the capability to do so, and many things are not so easy to use in reality. 🦌: Some also said, this is a rigorous and uninteresting subject, it is more of data, code and physics… 🦌: These statements I think are all correct. When I mentioned to study astronomy, Lu Chen’s pupils brighten up. 🦌: But I remembered that moment the first time I was convinced. 🦌: Everywhere around me was empty and quiet, all of it was boundless not reaching the edge of the sand, the celestial stars are many and beautiful. Uncle pointed at the sky and taught me how to recognise the directions. 🦌: He said, the stars will point you the way home.