If nothing happens, the book Lord of the Stars will be on the shelves on August 1.

Speaking of which, this is my third book that will be on the shelves.

It stands to reason that I should have gotten used to it, but the mood is still a little apprehensive, similar to when the first two books were about to hit the shelves, but not quite the same.

Maybe it's because the mood of writing books has changed.

In the last book, it was mentioned in the senior brother's testimonial that this book wants to write a relaxed and cheerful story, with more sunshine and more positive energy.

In March of this year, when my brother was about to finish the book, something happened in real life, which made me very depressed and full of negative energy, and I haven't completely eased up until now.

A friend in my life who I have known for seven or eight years is gone.

Birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature.

The dead are gone, and the living have to continue their lives, which is understandable.

I used to send the elderly at home one after another.

But this time, I was particularly touched by it.

Because it was a peer who left.

The floodgates of memory seem to open all at once, and they can't be stopped.

This is the second time I have faced my peers goodbye.

The first time was when I was in junior high school.

It's been fifteen or six years now.

I was at the same table in the third year of junior high school, his name was Healthy Kang, here for the deceased, hide his surname, just call him a certain Kang.

In fact, in retrospect, although I have been at the same table for a while, my understanding of him seems to be relatively limited, and at that time in the class, a certain Kang was not a classmate with whom I had a good relationship.

Looking back now, I can only remember his appearance, I can remember that his family seems to be from Ningxia Lingwu, transferred to Yinchuan in the same year as me, and I remember that he is a thin and tall figure.

In addition to his appearance, the thing that impressed me most about him was that he secretly read martial arts novels in class at that time.

I have only seen the works of Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Liang Yusheng before.

Because of a certain Kang, I only knew about the existence of Huang Yi.

At that time, he was looking at Xun Qin Ji.

I also borrowed it to see it, and later, under his guidance, I successively looked for other works of Master Huang to see.

That was my first exposure to concepts such as time-travel, interstellar, and fantasy.

In addition to this common hobby, I don't have much other communication, if I normally wait until I graduate from junior high school and go to different high schools, the result may be to go our separate ways.

But it's always just a if.

One day, I remember that in the afternoon, a certain Kang did not come to school.

Later, the head teacher told us that a certain Kang had a car accident and was not rescued.

I don't remember exactly how I felt.

Looking at the same desk and the emptiness next to him, the mood seemed to be more stunned and dazed.

It was the first time I faced a goodbye from my peers.

It seems to be an exaggeration to say how sad it was at that time.

The mood should be very heavy, regretful, very regretful.

As soon as the floodgates of memory opened, many things kept pouring up uncontrollably.

In the past few years, there have been some people or things that I can't remember, but suddenly they have become vivid and clear again.

Of course, I'll never admit that it's because I'm old, so I'm starting to like to think about the past.

When I think of a certain Kang, I think of another tablemate in junior high school at that time.

His name is Shen Jian.

Thick eyebrows and big eyes, a little handsome, but with a bit of ruffianism, a mixed smile is common on his face, medium height, and a thin figure.

I was a transfer student, and I transferred to that middle school in the first semester of my second year of junior high school, and Shen Jian was the first tablemate I went to Yinchuan and the new school.

At that time, the school had a habit of laying tablecloths on the desks.

On Shen Jian's tablecloth, there were a few lines of words he wrote.

People in the rivers and lakes, the dragon crosses the river, covers the sky with one hand, is invincible, the dragon fights the tiger, and the winner is the king.

Well, the titles of the six Crazy Boy movies.

Then, his pen writing is beautiful.

Also, when I first transferred to the class, he took good care of me.

It's just that in other aspects, everyone is not considered to be a deed, and there are not many common languages, and after not being at the same table, the relationship is about the level of nodding friends and meeting and greeting.

After graduating from junior high school, I really went my separate ways.

At that time, in 2003, it was a northwest inland city, and there was basically no other contact information between students except for their home landline phone numbers.

So since junior high school, I have no contact with Shen Jian.

Now, I don't know where he is or what he's doing.

Most of the friends I had a good relationship with in junior high school now have contact information or know how to find each other.

Other people who have ordinary relationships, after more than ten years, most of them have gradually forgotten.

It's just Shen Jian, this relationship is not good, but I have an impression of the classmates who have helped me a lot after my new transfer, but I can't find the other party, and I don't know how to find him.

After the incident in March this year, thinking of a certain Kang and his junior high school days, Shen Jian's impression became clearer and clearer.

After finishing the book, when I was contemplating the starry sky, I suddenly had an impulse, and later, as you can see, I put the impulse into practice.

However, the character background, family environment, life experience of the protagonist Shen Jian in the book is completely different from the classmate Shen Jian in my memory.

It should only be the name, and the element of morality in the character.

At that time, the impulse was very strong, but after writing for a while, I was relieved.

I don't know where he is now, I don't know if he still remembers me, but I wish him good health.

Speaking of which, Shen Jian's health, a certain Kang's health, together just a healthy one.

When I was in school, not only me, but no one seemed to think of it here, probably because the two of them were not people who often played in the same circle.

I only thought about it this this year, and it felt like there was a real coincidence.

Since March this year, I have once again strongly felt that people's health is really important.

Here, I wish all readers and friends eternal health.

The more negative emotions I have, the more I have to fight against them, and I can't let them go.

So there is a strong desire to write some cheerful and light-hearted stories in this book.

I want to write some stories about the daily happiness between friends.

Most of the characters in the book are taken from the silhouettes of friends in my life or on the Internet.

For example, the couple with a birthday of 69 is two friends I know in my life, a husband and wife, who were indeed born in the same year and month, with a birthday of the 6th and 9th, and the daughter-in-law is three days older than the husband.

It's just that they have birthdays in January, and the characters in the book are in May.

69, also originated from the husband's own self-deprecation, becoming a stalk among friends, very happy.

But the names of the boyfriend and girlfriend in the book were chosen by the two book friends.

And so on and so forth.

It's not that people can empathize with my feelings, but I just hope that what I've written will bring joy to everyone.

Unconsciously, I talked a lot, and I ask my friends who are annoyed to forgive me.

In short, I hope you can get ease and happiness from this book, and I hope to write a book that everyone will enjoy.

Maybe it's a little lacking, but I'll do my best.

Finally, on the day it hits the shelves on August 1st, I'll try to get an update.

Thank you!