At the observation point, there is a wooden hut for visitors to escape the cold and rest, which provides tea, hot water, some simple snacks and soup. They entered the hut and finally got rid of the chattering tour guide.

Xu Haoyang was so tired that he sat down on the chair, and the surroundings suddenly returned to quiet like this, feeling like being vacuumed, and everything slowly floated upward.

Finland is a country that is too quiet to be real, in stark contrast to the daily gloom and traffic around them, where the skies are surprisingly clear, sometimes brushing with a shower of rain but quickly returning to sunshine.

Now that the sky is getting darker, a translucent gray-black sky overhead meets the lake, giving people a more definite sense that they are a small point in this vast universe.

“…… Great work. ”

Han Lu brewed a tea bag with hot water and pushed the cup in front of Xu Haoyang. She was referring to the two-hour chat work in the car.

Xu Haoyang shook his head tiredly and smiled.

"I'm exhausted. He said, "Next time, seriously...... I'll have to ask if any of your drivers here are dumb on the notes page. ”

"Did you also take this route last time?" Han Lu asked.

"It's also an aurora observation point, but not this place. Xu Haoyang said, "At the end of November, there were quite a lot of people at that time, not just a few of us. That time also came because of the Grand Prix, and the third stop was not China, but Finland. You probably didn't participate in this substation at that time. ”

"Hmm. Han Lu nodded, "I may have participated, but I don't remember." ”

It was Xu Haoyang's first Grand Prix.

- They face off against the world's best players, enjoy the flowers and dolls thrown into the ice rink by enthusiastic spectators, and are dragged around the unfamiliar city by their teammates and partners, until they are finally exhausted and return to the hotel to lie down. Soon after lying down, he was immediately lifted up and pushed on a tour bus with many tourists to see the aurora noisily, but he returned in disappointment.

But he didn't seem to be disappointed at the time, and he was happy to be with the person next to him and look forward to such a grand scene.

He felt that it didn't matter if he couldn't see it once, they still had a lot of time.

What he doesn't know, however, is that time always flies, and it doesn't seem to teach people to get better.

"Let's go out and have a look. ”

Many years later, in the same place, it was Xu Haoyang who said to the different people around him.

The night sky at the observation point was extremely magnificent, and when Han Lu stepped out of the cabin, he was suddenly caught in the scenery in front of him. The sky was darker than before, like a shiny black curtain pulling down smoothly, different from the gentle and peaceful beauty of the day, it was the kind of beauty with a slight sense of oppression.

In this sky, there may be changing colors of light.

She didn't know how to describe this feeling she had never felt before, nor did she know how much she was looking forward to the arrival of a strange scene that she had never seen before, but she knew that at this moment, she was standing on this land that seemed to be a lost and independent land, and her heart was filled with something unknown.

Xu Haoyang stood next to her, and also raised his head to look at the sky.

This darkness was strange and familiar to him.

He wanted to see the aurora, but he didn't seem to think so.

But he understands that he is dangerously enjoying the process of waiting for the aurora.

Now there are still more than ten minutes before the legendary best aurora observation time, they did not speak, but stood silently under this sky, as if standing at the edge of the world, and the voices in their bodies were sucked away by this quiet night sky, replaced by something else.

However, they waited for nearly half an hour, and the sky was so dark that there was no fluctuation at all, and there was no sign of the appearance of the aurora.

"No, I can't. Han Lu spoke first. "I can't see it. ”

"No, it's too bad. Xu Haoyang teased himself.

"I'm actually quite wrong. Han Lu said, "It was an exhibition match before, we went to Japan, it happened to be the cherry blossom season in April, and Coach Liu was sure to be able to see the cherry blossoms." But as a result, our route was from south to north, and we walked all the way, and the cherry blossoms went all the way, and in the end we didn't see anything. Coach Liu was so angry that she ......," she said to the end, laughing to herself.

"Really?"

"You go back and ask Coach Liu. ”

"So what are we both here for today? Xu Haoyang said, "To prove yourself?"

Han Lu shook his head.

"But," she said, "this place is pretty good." ”

Xu Haoyang smiled.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. He said, "It's just that I think ......."

“？”

"I thought you were going to be a little more attached to this. ”

"Aurora?"

"Hmm. Xu Haoyang nodded, "You must see it, if you can't see it, you can't do it." ”

"It's not something I can control. Han Lu said, "I don't have anything particularly attached to things I can't control." ”

What you can't control......

"Anyway," Xu Haoyang's voice raised a little higher than before, "the last time we came, there was a particularly interesting thing. ”

"Huh?"

"It was still in the junior division, it was my first time competing in a Grand Prix, and I was so nervous and excited. After the show, a lot of people threw toys for me from the stands...... I used to say that I liked Pikachu, and they threw me a lot of big and small Pikachu. The results weren't particularly good, but at the time, I thought it was pretty good. Then when I came out, I met a lot of local fans, and one of them gave me a bottle of seal oil. ”

"That ...... in Norway?"

"Yes, that's it. I took this bottle of oil and asked the team doctor what it was, and he said that this thing is very good, what kind of cardio and physical fitness, and it is also very good for athletes, but no one eats it. ”

Han Lu immediately made a "I understand" expression.

"We asked the team doctor why, and the team doctor said that because it smelled so disgusting, it was like going to the zoo and lying on the carcass of a seal and licking its belly. ”

"You're oil," Han Lu reacted, "All we've eaten are capsules." ”

"That's oil. Xu Haoyang smiled and nodded, "It's just that few locals in Norway dare to eat it." As a result, we took the bottle of oil and went to Coach Sun, who drank milk every day in the morning, and added a spoonful of honey to the milk...... As a result, we added a spoonful of seal oil to his milk. ”

"........................" Han Lu's expression changed in a complicated way.

"Coach Sun went crazy after taking a sip, and it has been two months since he returned to China, and he has to check several times before he dares to eat. ”

"The hatred is as deep as the sea, you guys. ”

"But we were also scolded by Coach Liu. Xu Haoyang said, "You dare to put the things sent by the fans into your mouth, in case you eat Coach Sun to death, forget it, how can you fix it if you eat it to death." ”

“…… So the feud between the two of them began at that time. ”

"We didn't take it seriously, we were so happy during the day, we weren't sleepy or tired, and we ran over at night to wait for the aurora, but we didn't wait, and we seemed to be shouting to the sky before leaving...... Something like 'I'll come back next time, you wait for me'. ”

Han Lu smiled.

"Silly, right?"

"Silly. Han Lu said frankly.

"At that time, I thought," Xu Haoyang said, "that people would get better and better." ”

“……”

"The technology will get better and better, the understanding of music will become more and more thorough, more and more people will like you, and you will get more and more medals. ”

“……”

"At the time, I thought it was all a matter of course. He chuckled.

Han Lu turned her head to look at his face, there was not much expression on his face, she suddenly realized that she had no way to imagine what he looked like when she didn't know him in the past, it seemed that since she had an impression of this name, he had become the one she had seen, as if she was always afraid and suppressed something.

She couldn't imagine how high-spirited he was when he was a teenager and in the youth group.

He was twenty-four years old, and she recalled that when she was twenty-four, she was invincible all the way, as if nothing could be an obstacle for her. However, twenty-four-year-old Xu Haoyang told her that people are not getting better and better.

It was something he had tried to hide in the past, a side he didn't want her to see.

These days, Xu Haoyang in her eyes has always been very stubborn. He is silent, hardworking, refusing to admit defeat, preferring to act like he doesn't care rather than show even a little weakness.

He said these words for the first time.

Maybe it's because of this sky.

Han Lu didn't say anything. In the past, she had never been taught how to comfort others, nor had anyone taught her how to manage relationships with others, which had made her accustomed to dealing with most situations in silence. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. She didn't want to distinguish between those situations.

Because of the cold weather, they did not stand outside for any longer, but returned to the cabin. The four hours passed quickly, and the bearded guide signaled that it was time for them to go back to the hotel. They got into the same car and drove in the direction of the hotel.

Because both of them were tired, the tour guide rarely kept quiet and didn't say much. This made Han Lu breathe a sigh of relief.

Xu Haoyang's head rested on the car window, not knowing if he was asleep or thinking about something. Han Lu looked out the window and saw the blurred sky and lake, a dignified but clear darkness, which unexpectedly made people feel very relieved.

At this time, or indeed from the beginning, she felt that it didn't really matter whether she could see the aurora or not. Just this rare short vacation, the golden deciduous forest, the calm as a mirror, and the vast sky in the middle of the night were enough to fill her whole heart.

Is this happiness?

She hadn't felt this emotion in a long time, and she didn't even know how to define it.

If that mood existed, she thought, then it was very close to the mood she was in at this point.

When they arrived at the hotel, they got out of the car to say goodbye to the tour guide, and when they turned around and walked back to the hotel, the bearded tour guide who had been silent all the way seemed to be full of energy and yelled at them: "Happy honeymoon!"

was so frightened that Han Lu almost tripped over.

She looked back and saw the tour guide smiling brightly and giving her a thumbs up.

“…… Crazy. She walked in with an incredulous expression, but was stopped by Xu Haoyang.

Xu Haoyang's expression was obvious nervous.

Han Lu was a little strange and asked, "Something?"

She was in a good mood, and although she hadn't slept all night, there was not much fatigue in her expression. Together with the eyes she looked at, they were also stunningly bright.

"We ......" Xu Haoyang paused, "Our relationship, can we go further?"

"What did you say?"

“……”

"Will our relationship go any further, will it help the show? if so......"

"It's not. Xu Haoyang simply convinced Han Lu's champion brain, "I'm ...... to you"

"I think you're overtired. Han Lu interrupted him, "Go back and rest." ”

“……”

"This is Finland. Han Lu said, "Finland in the early morning." At this kind of time, this kind of place is easy to hallucinate, and it will produce a different feeling than usual. When you return to a familiar place, this feeling disappears. So," she glanced at him, "I didn't say anything to you." ”