The white moonlight shrouded the earth, so dim and so absent in the brightly lit city.

The already faint light has to pass through the thick haze of the city, so it is still necessary to work hard to convey the gift from the sun to mankind. In contrast, the fainter stars have long been lost in the haze.

Liang Chen and Aslan stood at the door of the Bauhinia Community, and the night banquet was over, it was time to end. Aslan looked at Liang Chen, who had his back to him and looked at the depths of the community, standing in place and refusing to move.

"Well, it's almost half past eight, I'm going home, and I have to go to school tomorrow. So be it, goodbye. With that, Aslan took his eyes off Liang Chen's back and raised his feet to prepare to go home.

"Aslan. But as soon as Aslan took a step, Liang Chen, who had been facing away from him, suddenly stopped him, and he turned his head to look at Liang Chen suspiciously.

"What's wrong?"

"Well, can you not leave yet, I want to talk to someone. ”

Liang Chen slowly turned around and looked at Aslan, the sadness in his eyes penetrated the night, and the stabbing Aslan didn't dare to look at him.

"Well, but it's not good to talk at this door, it seems like we're stupid...... ”

"Well, let's go to the park between our two communities. ”

The park between Bauhinia Community and Qinghu Community is called "Qinghu Park", which is an ancillary product of Qinghu Community as the name suggests. In the park, an artificial river called Qinghe is the developer of the Qinghu community, which is diverted from the Luoshui that runs through the entire city of Heluo. The river pools into a small lake in the park, and then returns to Luoshui after several twists and turns.

The long-lost night breeze blows through the park, bringing a hint of autumn coolness. Sitting in the gazebo by the lake, Liang Chen looked up at the night sky, not knowing what he was thinking. And not far away, Aslan, who was called by him, didn't know what to say, for fear of interrupting his thoughts, so he could only wait quietly for Liang Chen to speak.

"Aslan, do you know the constellations?"

"Constellations, you know, aren't they the twelve constellations, I'm a Leo, what's wrong. ”

“......。 ”

Hearing Aslan's answer, Liang Chen was silent for a moment.

"When I say constellation, I mean the constellation in the sky, not the constellation you say. With that, Liang Chen raised his hand and pointed to a certain direction in the sky.

"Now, that place, it's Orion. After saying that, he connected to the index.

"That place is Sagittarius, that is Pegasus, that is Cygnus ....... ”

Following Liang Chen's movements, Aslan also looked at the night sky, but he could only see the gray sky and the dim moon, so he was a little confused.

"Well, I can't see anything but the moon....... ”

"Well, because the haze is so thick, the stars are blocked, but they are all engraved in my heart. Because those zodiac signs, my dad told me. ”

"Your father?" Hearing Liang Chen's rare mention of his father, Aslan instantly came to his senses.

"Yes, my father, my adoptive father. He told me when I was a child, and he said that when he was little, he could still see the stars. After a moment of silence, Liang Chen continued to speak.

"He once told me that if you're in a bad mood, look up at the stars, and when you feel the vastness of the starry sky, you'll forget your worries. ”

Speaking of this, Liang Chen paused again, and continued to speak after a while, but his voice was a little more bitter and sad than before.

"However, every time I see the night sky and feel its vastness and endlessness, instead of eliminating my troubles, I feel a deep sense of powerlessness. Compared to the vast universe, we are too small, and the concept of time in billions of years is too short. ”

Looking at the sad Liang Chen, Aslan didn't know how to answer him, and he couldn't think of any answer to stop Liang Chen's pessimistic thoughts, so he could only listen to him quietly.

"I've always believed that we can do anything without a reason, except for the fact that we are alive. I've thought about it many times, but I can't figure out what the purpose of my existence is. In other words, it is for the sake of a certain matter, and because there is, there must be a reason for existence. ”

Liang Chen's words made Aslan's heart suffocated, he didn't know what Liang Chen had experienced to be so pessimistic.

"Is there a reason for existence? Don't you still have your parents. The meaning of our parents' existence is to raise us, and it is our responsibility to support them later, and it is also the most basic meaning of our existence, isn't it?" Seeing that he finally had the opportunity to pick up the topic, Aslan thought about it for a long time and said cautiously.

"Parents, I am an orphan, I have no parents, my adoptive father raised me, and during the summer vacation of my first year of high school, my adoptive father also died in the line of duty while on duty. ”

Liang Chen's voice became smaller and quieter as he spoke, and when it was so small that the last few words, Aslan could hardly hear it. But the faint voice was like a winter gale, blowing through Aslan's heart, and his heart was shaken. Only then did he understand why Liang Chen had been avoiding questions about his parents before.

The atmosphere fell silent, and only the sound of drunks scolding the street in the distance could be heard, and the night wind "rustling" through the leaves. Aslan and Liang Chen, neither of them wanted to be the first to break the silence, or rather, they didn't know how to open the deadlock.

"Actually, I'm like you, and I've rarely seen my parents for as long as I can remember. I have the impression that they are in the UK almost all year round. It's just that I will send money to my account on time every month, or on important holidays, and communicate with me and my grandfather remotely holographic video. ”

Speaking of which, Aslan also became a little sad, emotions are something that can be contagious.

"I'm sorry, Aslan, I accidentally got you involved. ”

As if sensing Aslan's mood change, Liang Chen apologized repeatedly.

"Actually, it's not that heavy, I've long been used to living alone for so many years. The reason why this happened tonight is probably because a person has been lonely for too long, and finally met someone similar to himself, and I can't help but want to vent the loneliness I have felt for a long time. ”

Speaking of this, Liang Chen smiled rarely.

"I've always felt that loneliness is human nature, it's an innate attribute. That's why we spend our lives socializing, looking for friends, looking for people who share the same loneliness as ourselves, which is commonly referred to as 'empathy'. ”

"Well, that's pretty much what I think. We wander all our lives, probably in search of another self, another person who has the same loneliness as ourselves. ”

After that, the two looked at each other and smiled, both silently sighing in their hearts. This, presumably, is fate, which brought these two people with the same sense of loneliness together.

"Aslan, thank you, for chatting with me for so long, this is the first time in my life that I have vented my emotions to others, thank you. ”

After venting the negative emotions that had gathered in his heart for many years, Liang Chen no longer looked so gloomy.

"It's okay, speaking of which, you're also my first friend in a long time. Perhaps, with a similar sense of loneliness, we were destined to meet. ”

Aslan also breathed a sigh of relief, for Liang Chen, from the time they met at the beginning of school, he had a strange feeling, that feeling forced him to eagerly want to know, familiarize, and understand Liang Chen, and now it seems that this is the arrangement of fate.

"It's not too early, let's go back, we have to go to school tomorrow." Liang Chen looked at his phone, it was half past nine.

"Well, okay, goodbye then, I'll continue to call you to school tomorrow morning. ”

"Yes, goodbye. ”

It's just that this seemingly coincidental encounter is really the arrangement of fate....... Perhaps, only time will tell.