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"No," Mahiru shook her head, denying it.
"So you're enjoying the city's night view?" Su Qing asked again.
His gaze was fixed on the distance, where a dazzling sea of neon lights stretched out.
The city's night is illuminated by countless twinkling lights, creating a dazzling spectacle. Skyscrapers, commercial districts, and shops lining the streets are all bathed in light, radiating a brilliant glow.
These lights intertwine to create a colorful world, making people feel as if they are in a dream.
"It really is quite beautiful." Following Su Qing's gaze, Mahiru first let out a sigh, then smiled mischievously and said with feigned regret:
"But that's not entirely true~"
This isn't it either?
This is a bit tricky.
Su Qing recalled Mahiru's actions just now, and looked up at the night sky...
But there were no stars in the sky, and even the crescent moon was mostly covered by clouds.
Surely we can't be... waiting for a shooting star, right?
"You're not waiting for a shooting star, are you?" With only one chance left, Su Qing was certain that Mahiru's punishment couldn't be too excessive, so she boldly guessed.
"W-How did you know?" Mahiru stood there stunned, surprised.
She had already reduced the number of guesses to three, all so that Su Qing would be punished.
But the other side guessed right on the very last try!
If I had known... I would have said I could only guess once...
Unfortunately, there's no going back in life, and Mahiru could only secretly shed a few small pearls in her heart.
However, even if there were a way to undo her mistakes, Mahiru would never take it.
the reason is simple.
She never regretted meeting, getting to know, becoming familiar with, and becoming acquainted with Su Qing.
And naturally, she will not regret every minute and every second she spent with him.
Su Qing may escape punishment for now, but can he escape it forever?
Hmph... I'm just that kind of troublesome girl~
[If you have to blame someone, blame yourself for saying you'd allow me to be capricious sometimes~]
"It really is?"
Even though it was Su Qing who gave the answer, his reaction was even more surprised than Mahiru's.
He really didn't expect that his casual remark would actually be the right guess...
"You said it yourself, how come you're even more surprised than I am..." Mahiru couldn't help but mutter to herself.
"Because I really didn't expect that my random guess would come true." After expressing her innocence, Su Qing looked up at the night sky like Mahiru and asked curiously:
So, will there be a meteor shower tonight?
There is a difference between meteors and meteor showers.
The former is a meteoroid, composed of cosmic dust and solid fragments, which is attracted to pass through the atmosphere and produces a light trail when it approaches Earth.
The latter refers to comet debris left in Earth's orbit; when Earth passes through these regions, the debris enters the atmosphere and creates meteor showers.
To put it simply, meteors appear one by one, while meteor showers appear in clusters.
Therefore, non-astronomical researchers prefer to observe the more spectacular meteor showers rather than meteors.
"It's not a meteor shower, it should be... a meteor shower, right?" Mahiru corrected Su Qing's statement.
But judging from her tone, it seems like she's not entirely sure either?
"Why is there another '吧'?" Su Qing couldn't help but complain.
“No… it’s just a shooting star.” Mahiru affirmed to herself, and seeing her serious expression, Su Qing could only smile helplessly.
Meteor or meteor shower.
He has never cared much about these things, otherwise he would know whether there are any shooting stars or meteor showers tonight.
The fact that Mahiru has come to the balcony to wait means she must be really looking forward to it, right?
In that case, he also wanted to wait with the other person.
"Okay, I'll wait with you. Did they say when they'd be here? If it takes too long, I'll just take two chairs and wait patiently."
Su Qing prefers a leisurely lifestyle; if she can sit, there's no need to stand.
Besides, it's not too late to stand up after the meteor shower.
"It won't take long," Mahiru said softly, shaking her head.
"Ok."
I just finished eating, so it's good to stand for a while.
As Su Qing was thinking this, she suddenly remembered a legend and asked curiously:
"When you wait for a shooting star, do you make a wish?"
Shooting stars are also known as "wishing stars." Whenever a shooting star falls, people always make a sincere wish upon it, which is a folk custom in many places.
"I believe that I should achieve the wishes I truly want to fulfill through my own efforts." Mahiru's voice was soft, but her tone was very firm.
"That's a great idea," Su Qing praised.
Although he doesn't make wishes, he also doesn't slander those who do.
However… he clearly appreciates Mahiru’s ideas more.
Whether it's a wish or anything else, in the end, you can only rely on yourself, and only yourself...
"However... I think I should make a few small wishes."
"Really? If it's a small wish, you can secretly tell me a few, and I'll help you make a few when a shooting star comes along."
"Won't it not work then?" Mahiru asked worriedly.
"So it's a secret, hurry up and tell us, or the meteor will be here soon," Su Qing urged with a smile.
"It's too late. The shooting star has already arrived," Mahiru shook her head and reminded her.
"Hmm, it's here? Where?" Su Qing looked around, but couldn't see even the slightest trace of the shooting star.
"I'm sorry... Did a shooting star disappear while I was talking to you?" Su Qing thought it was his fault that made Zhen Zhou wait in vain, and apologized.
"It's okay, I've already made my little wish."
"So fast?" Su Qing was somewhat shocked. He clearly hadn't seen Mahiru make a wish just now.
Shouldn't making a wish involve closing your eyes and praying sincerely?
"And it has already been achieved."
"Has the competition in Meteor Garden gotten this bad?" Su Qing first complained, then asked.
"So what little wish did you make?"
"My little wish is... I hope a shooting star will drape a coat over my shoulders." As Mahiru spoke, she pointed to the coat Su Qing had just draped over her shoulders, and said seriously:
"See, hasn't this already been achieved?"
"No, no, no... I put that on you, it wasn't some kind of shooting star." Su Qing couldn't stand having her credit stolen by some nonsense shooting star, and retorted.
"I know," Mahiru didn't deny it.
"and you……?"
Before Su Qing could finish speaking, Mahiru suddenly grabbed his sleeve, which puzzled him. He was about to ask what was wrong when Mahiru interrupted him.
In Su Qing's pupils, Mahiru's caramel-colored eyes became even more gentle.
She smiled slightly, dignified yet charming, like gardenias blooming all over the mountains.
Then, a gentle breeze carried the girl's soft words to Su Qing's ears:
"You... are my shooting star."
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Chapter 170 Knee pillow under the night sky
So...there weren't any shooting stars tonight?
After hearing Mahiru's words, Su Qing also realized what was going on. He remained silent for a while before asking.
"Hmm...it's true in some ways, and it's not true in others~" Mahiru's lighthearted words came through, and the girl clearly did not feel guilty about her deception.
But to be precise, she didn't seem to be deceiving Su Qing.
As she said: Su Qing was her shooting star.
So, to say it exists is to say it doesn't; to say it doesn't exist is to say it does.
"Is that so?" Su Qing muttered to herself.
Just moments ago, Su Qing met the girl's sincere gaze, and even his pupils seemed to lose focus, as if his soul had been ripped away. He stood there quietly, gazing at her without moving, as if time had stood still.
It took him a while to come to his senses, but he still seemed somewhat lost and dazed.
He opened his mouth slightly, but finally said softly:
"I... am not a shooting star."
No one knows, nor needs to know, what Su Qing's denial truly means.
"OK."
Mahiru did not show any disappointment after hearing his negative answer.
She responded softly, but her fingers gripped Su Qing's clothes even tighter, like a child afraid of losing protection.
Su Qing did not break free, but simply let her hold on tightly, as if it were a silent understanding between the two.
"The wind seems to be getting stronger."
After a long silence, Mahiru suddenly spoke, breaking the stillness.
"It seems that the temperature difference between day and night in Tokyo is quite large," Su Qingxin remarked.
The autumn wind rustled, causing Su Qing's black hair to dance wildly in the silent night. However, far from looking disheveled, it added a touch of carefree nonchalance to her appearance.
Noticing Su Qing's choice of words, Zhen Zhou became curious and turned her head to ask:
"Speaking of which, you haven't really mentioned your hometown to me much?"
"Only a place where people miss you can be called home." Noticing Mahiru's gaze, Su Qing didn't look at her, but instead looked towards the distant horizon and said slowly.
"Wh...what do you mean?" Mahiru felt uneasy, and even her voice trembled slightly.
She wasn't stupid; she could understand the underlying meaning in Su Qing's words.
Hometown is more than just a geographical location.
Some were born here, grew up here, and were buried here.
Their lives were inextricably linked to that land.
Some people wander far from home, enduring a life of hardship and displacement.
Until his death, he still longed for a bowl of steaming hot noodles with minced meat sauce from his hometown.
"I have no home, I am just an abandoned child."
Despite the tragedy, Su Qing's words were unusually calm.
He was so calm that he didn't seem like someone directly involved.
But his inner self was far from being as calm as he appeared.
strangeness……
Why did you bring this up now when you didn't intend to talk about it with anyone?
Is it because I mentioned it to Yukinoshita this afternoon?