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"Xiao Yuan, what are you looking at?"

"It's nothing, I just think the stars in the sky are very beautiful."

"I like the one on the east side, it's the brightest!"

"I would also like!"

……

It is the evening of hot summer, and the air is filled with the fragrance of plants and trees, mixed with a little dryness, and the coolness can only be felt by walking next to the plants.

The children gathered in the garden after dinner, talking about the outline of the stars and the moon slowly emerging from the sky, talking about the weather of the next day, and talking about the snacks they want to eat.

There was a thin and small boy sitting in the corner. When the headmistress came to the garden, she saw him hugging his thin legs and looking up at the distant sky, looking a bit lonely.The other children gathered together in twos and threes to chatter, and the atmosphere was harmonious, but he was excluded.

The sound of the headmistress walking disturbed the children, they all turned their heads and called obediently: "Hello, headmaster."

"Hello, are you full?"

"I am full!"

The headmistress smiled with satisfaction, then turned her head to look at the boy. He lowered his head and looked at the ground, as if completely immersed in his own world.

Her emotions towards this child were somewhat complicated. His parents were both criminals, and both passed away two years ago, leaving behind this child.His parents and relatives were relatively distant, and he had a gray background, so the child was not adopted by anyone and ended up in an orphanage.But he is withdrawn and taciturn, and he has not made friends here. He always walks alone, and most of the time he is alone in a daze, just like now.

The headmistress quickly returned her thoughts to what she wanted to inform. She cleared her throat and said to the children, "Do you like watching "Battle 1+1"?" This is a very popular TV program recently. , with tens of billions of hits on All Star Online, it introduces and narrates ten generals who have made outstanding contributions to the alliance. Since the target of the narration is young people, the way of narration is very close to them.

"I like it! It's so beautiful!" A group of children shouted excitedly.

"Then do you like soldiers?"

A chubby man stood up immediately, patted his heart with his chest straight out: "I like it, I want to be a general in the future! The strongest general!"

The children clapped their hands and applauded. The headmistress smiled softly and said, "This time, we have invited some very young military officer uncles to write letters with you."

After she finished speaking, the whole garden was filled with childlike screams.Shen Yizhou only tilted his head, but there was no reaction on his face.

The headmistress sent them the list one by one, and the children chose the officer they liked. Shen Yizhou only glanced at it, and handed it in without checking anything.

The female head took a look and stopped him: "Xiaozhou, why didn't you choose?"

He blinked slightly, and said in a low voice, "I don't like writing letters to people."

The headmistress was stunned for a moment: "Other children like it very much, you can try it, the officer uncle will not be very strict."

Shen Yizhou lowered his head, tugged at the hem of his trousers with his hands, but did not speak.After a while, he pointed to the first name on the list: "I will choose the first one."

"Okay, then let me remember it for you."

"...Thank you, Dean."

One month after this incident, Shen Yizhou received a letter from the headmistress, a letter from the liaison officer.

When the other children got together, someone tore open the envelope very excitedly, and read aloud the contents of their hearts. Shen Yizhou listened to their discussion for a while before leaving.

He went back to his room and opened the letter.

Unlike others, he first looked at the inscribed name in the lower right corner.

Yan Ming, is the same as the word on that list.

In the first letter, the instructor, whose name he only knew, didn't say much, but only asked about his preferences in the letter.

Looking at the words on the letter paper, the boy stood there quietly for a while, then turned his gaze to the blank letter paper that had been prepared aside, and did not move for a long time.

That evening, when Yan Ming was leaving the building, he met Aola, the two greeted each other and walked forward side by side.

When he walked around the corner, Ola suddenly asked: "Did you also participate in the project of writing letters with children in the orphanage?"

Yan Ming tightened the top button of his uniform with his hands, nodded: "Yes, I participated."

"Me too, but I didn't do it voluntarily. I was asked by my superiors. Getting along with children is really not my strong point. To tell you the truth, when I write a letter, I can only hold back a word for an hour."

"What?" Yan Ming asked with great interest.

"I'm Ola, nice to meet you."

Yan Minglang smiled and said, "Good literary talent."

"Stop praising me."

"I'm a little better than you. It's been a week since the letter was written and sent out. I don't know how the child I matched will reply."

"Ah, children's minds are always unpredictable..."

……

When he walked downstairs to the dormitory, Yan Ming received a letter from the robot. After returning to the room, he took off his coat and put it on the back of the chair, and sat down to read the letter.

Half a minute later, Yan Ming looked at the clean paper, pursed his lips and thought for a long time, then put the letter paper on the table again.

After a busy day, he was a little tired. He leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes, rubbing his forehead with his fingers.

It seems that the child who matched him has no interest in this project at all, and doesn't even want to communicate with him at all.

It’s okay to say that he was disappointed, Yan Ming accepted this project not only to fulfill the orders of his superiors, but also for his own reasons.

When I was very young, my family suddenly brought a new little boy, who was adopted by his parents from an orphanage to accompany him.Parents are very busy with work and rarely have time to accompany him, so they came up with this idea.

That boy was Bai Yuan, and they had established a deep friendship since then, which has continued to this day, and Bai Yuan is still one of the most important people in his life.

When he was notified of this project, Yan Ming recalled many years ago when he was playing games alone in his room, and he felt fear and anxiety because he was alone at home. That emotion did not come back until his parents came home. get relief.

But the children in the orphanage don't even have the chance to wait for their parents to return home, so Yan Ming thinks that if his presence can make a child care more, that's a good choice.

It's just that at the moment, it seems that this child doesn't need him, Yan Ming can't help shaking his head and laughing silently, maybe he is a little too self-indulgent.

In the next half month, Yan Ming went to inspect the resource area, the task was heavy, and he didn't have time to think about it, so the communication matter was temporarily put on hold.

At the annual carnival, the children of the orphanage gather in a circle after having fun and discuss their correspondence with the young officers they have been matched with.

"Uncle brought me a piece of candy in the letter!"

"What kind of sugar? Isn't the sugar one by one?"

"It's the kind of compressed sugar, the kind that makes people feel better after eating!"

"Wow, can you get me a slice?"

"No, my letter has already been sent to the dean, next time!"

Shen Yizhou lowered his head, thinking of the words and sentences in that letter, he felt a little lost for some reason.

He didn't respond to any content, and when he was asked what he wrote when he handed it over to the dean, he didn't speak either.But at this moment, he thought of those words that he had heard numb.

"I said it all, he is the son of a criminal, don't play with him." This is what the children in the orphanage said.

"That child is very out of gregarious, it is not recommended to adopt." This is what the former dean said.

"Shen Yizhou is someone who shouldn't appear in this world." This is what he wrote in his diary.

He knows what he looks like in the eyes of others, and he never expects attention and kindness.He sealed himself up, thinking that by doing so he would be able to avoid all harm, but while closing himself up, he also blocked some things that he could have had.

A large number of letters were sent to the orphanage again, and the leading child called the recipient's name loudly.

Shen Yizhou walked past him with his head down, but someone grabbed his shoulders.

"Hey, your letter."

a new letter.

After a brief surprise, he came back to his senses, took the letter and walked towards his room, his pace involuntarily quickened.

The door is closed, this is his safe zone.

He opened the envelope and took out the letter inside, with a trace of anticipation in his heart that he didn't realize.

"Hello, Xiao Zhou, I'm Yan Ming.

You didn't reply to my letter last time, I thought, maybe you don't like me.It's okay, no one can please everyone, but I feel a little sorry for not being able to like you.

I went on a mission and just came back. After thinking about it, I decided to write you a second letter.

If you don't need me, or want to be able to communicate with you with another person, please tell me, someone will seek your opinion again later, and I respect your choice.

Finally, this time I found a very interesting thing on a new planet, I sent it to you, put it in the sun and take a look at it, I hope you like this gift. "

In the envelope, Shen Yizhou found an ellipse, which looked very ordinary.

He walked outside as Yan Ming said.Fortunately, the sun has not completely set below the horizon, Shen Yizhou raised his small palm in the afterglow.

The sun illuminated the ellipse in soft light, and Shen Yizhou saw a small rainbow in the ellipse.

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple, the seven colors converged into a beautiful picture, and this picture was embedded in this exquisite object, allowing Shen Yizhou to watch the sun go down all the time.

Back in the room, Shen Yizhou picked up the pen and started writing letters to Yan Ming.