Dark Star Field [Interstellar]

The rainy cemetery is deserted.Xue Yelai was dressed in black, and his dazzling red long hair was carefully tied up under a black umbrella.His tattooed right hand is in his pocket, and he only holds the handle of the umbrella with his left hand.

Dozens of his peers stood around him, all old classmates.

The "caught" that my friend said on the phone was actually a euphemism.The pair of desperate lovers died on the day of the incident. It is said that the aircraft crashed due to improper operation in a panic.Whether this is the case, has no way of knowing.

Xue Yelai didn't know these two people, but only knew that the sage was his former alumnus, who came from a not-so-prominent noble family.Maybe he passed each other on campus, but he didn't remember it.

Unexpectedly, when they met each other again, it was at the other party's funeral.

Condolences were held spontaneously by alumni.The news was not widely publicized, but quietly circulated in the circle of alumni.Unexpectedly, many people came.

Someone stood by the tombstone and recited a sad little poem:

"Portion of thisyew

Isamanmygrandsireknew

(a piece of this yew

It is the old acquaintance of my ancestors)

……

And the fair girl longago

WhomIoftentriedtknow

Maybe entering this rose

(The beauty I never met a long time ago

Or has condensed into the soul of this rose)

......"

Xue Yelai stood silently in an inconspicuous position in the crowd, with the eaves of the umbrella hanging down to cover most of his face, listening to the whispers of the people in front:

"We came to express our condolences privately, will the Senate take care of it?"

"They have no reason to interfere. Since they have said that the two people crashed the plane accidentally, if we are not allowed to express our condolences, it is not an attempt to cover up."

"Oh... I really don't know what will happen in the future..."

"Shh, keep your voice down..."

Xue Yelai raised his eyes slightly, and his eyes swept across the young faces without any trace.Some of them he'd seen at school before, and he didn't have a good impression—fighting, making trouble, full of disdain for the combination of sage and warrior.Xue Yelai's mother was a soldier, so she was ridiculed by them both openly and secretly.

But they also came today.Xue Yelai felt their emotions: it was not to gloat, but to sincerely feel compassion for this tragic death.

There was an inexplicable emotion in Xue Yelai's heart.

Perhaps, their contempt at the beginning was nothing more than their youthful and naive rivalry, and they did not necessarily harbor any deep malice.

Or maybe, like everyone present, they foresaw some kind of shadow from the future.The death of these two people is not just the fate of these two people.

The rain was getting heavier and the sky was getting darker.The mourners began to leave in twos and threes.Xue Yelai lowered the canopy of the umbrella even lower and retreated out of the way.When the friend who spoke on the phone last time passed in front of him, he stretched out his right hand to hold the other party.

"Yelai?" Seeing the tattoo on the back of his hand, the other party called out in a low voice, "You're here too, how are things at home?"

Xue Yelai raised his index finger to cover his lips, "Find a convenient place to talk."

The friend nodded and looked around, "My aircraft is parked over there, let's sit in it and talk."

After the aircraft reached mid-air, Xue Yelai just asked, "I heard from the gossip that the gendarmerie might take action?"

"I've heard it too, but I don't know how credible it is." The friend looked worried and said very reservedly, "At the beginning, no one expected that the incident between those two people would become so earth-shattering. I just now heard the reason."

He stretched out his finger and gestured at the back of his neck, "You should still remember that a chip is implanted under the skin of each soldier, which can track the location and explode itself."

Of course Xue Yelai remembered.Originally, he wanted to help Bai Yang take out the chip as soon as he got home, but he was delayed by various things.

The friend continued: "I heard that after the two people's aircraft crashed, the military police inspected the soldier's body and found that the chip on the back of his neck was missing. Think about it, if you don't plan to leave the star field, you need to take the chip Come out? That's why the Senate judged that they were planning to defect."

"Hmm." Xue Yelai clenched his fingers secretly, and then quickly let go.

"After so many days, the Senate did not continue to pursue this matter. Don't you think it is suspicious? I guess the Senate is to let everyone relax their vigilance. When everyone thinks that the limelight is over, let the gendarmerie come A surprise inspection."

"You mean, check to see if that chip has been tampered with?" Xue Yelai remained calm.

"Yes. I have inquired that the position of the chip is accurate to the nanometer level. Even if it is taken out and re-implanted back as it is, it can still be detected by micro-measurement instruments. Therefore, it is a pretense to prohibit sages and soldiers from falling in love. , what they really want to check is whether someone is planning to defect."

"It turned out to be like this." Xue Yelai pretended to let out a sigh of relief, "It made me worry for a long time, and I was afraid that I would go back to the past."

"You're worrying too much." His friend patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, "It's been almost 20 years since my aunt passed away, and it won't be that far to settle the old score."

Xue Yelai broke up with his friends early and went back to the hotel alone.The servants of Cao's family were delighted by his occasional small favors, and concealed some of his insignificant actions without reporting them.

The house was empty.Bai Yang went to the old city alone to search for the mysterious stalker that day.Although he didn't see the other person's appearance, Bai Yang could feel the other person's aura as long as he met again.

Xue Yelai changed into black clothes and lay down on the sofa weakly.His life seemed to be becoming more and more complicated, as if he only wanted to unravel a ball of thread, but more threads kept tangling up, drowning all the clues, and bound him more and more breathlessly.But when he thought of his own home, he felt extremely far away, as if he had already left his hometown and wandered for many years.

During those days when he was ill, he called his father and asked half-confidently if the family had a backyard before.

"Oh, yes, it was later converted into an artificial lake." Father's expression and tone showed no abnormality.

"When did that happen?" Xue Yelai carefully concealed his uneasiness.

"I don't remember. What are you asking about these old things?" My father's face suddenly darkened. "Do you know how many things I have to deal with at home every day?"

Xue Yelai's heart sank.He knew from an early age that his father was not a good liar, and if he got angry for no reason, it was probably to change the subject forcefully.

It seems that it is impossible to get the answer from my father to the mystery in the dream that has been covered by the dust of time.

He was staring at the ceiling in a daze, when he suddenly felt two cold gazes.

Someone is in the room!

Xue Yelai jumped up in shock, regretting that he was too careless.With Bai Yang not by his side, it was too dangerous to let himself fall into deep thought.