ABO diurnal boundary

"You've been distracted."

Amid the melodious music, the knife and fork fell onto the bone china plate, making a moderate noise.

As for the culprit of the noise, Xie Jingchi raised his head and found that the man opposite him was staring at him intently.

He picked up the cutlery somewhat frantically, trying to look like he had eaten something, but he failed, and he didn't even notice when dessert was served.

He also knew that he was very abnormal tonight—he hadn't paid attention since the appetizer, and just kept checking the time.

"...I'm sorry." He apologized dully.

"what happened?"

He wanted to say that tonight's meal was delicious, but it didn't seem convincing to say that to the untouched dishes on the plate.

"It's fine if you don't want to say it." Seeing that he stopped talking for a long time, Qin Shen quickly gave up.

It was as if he went to the appointment because of Xie Mingyao's lust, Qin Shen just asked casually, not really wanting to know.

Everything is just business of courtesy.

After the end, according to the usual practice, Qin Shen will send him home.

Thinking that it might be an opportunity, he mustered up the courage to discuss the conditions with the man beside him, "Can you put me on the side of the road when we pass Daxing Road later?"

Qin Shen frowned, "Where are you going if you don't go home?"

If he heard it right, Qin Shen's tone was somewhat impatient - no one would unconditionally tolerate another person's unreasonable troubles, and Qin Shen was no exception.

Xie Jingchi whispered the address, hoping that the other party would be lenient and not ask the bottom line.

Sure enough, Qin Shen didn't ask him why he went to the Jingshan Cemetery dozens of kilometers away, just like he never cared why Xie Jingchi was in a bad mood.

The only obligations that require him to fulfill are gifts and greetings during the holidays and a monthly appointment.

"I'll just take a taxi." Afraid that Qin Shen would get bored, Xie Jingchi hurriedly added, "It won't get in the way."

It's nine o'clock in the evening. If you take a taxi, you might be able to arrive before twelve o'clock.

Qin Shen didn't say yes or no.Time passed by every minute and every second, and the day was coming to an end, Xie Jingchi was a little anxious.

"I'll take you there." Qin Shen looked at him, as if he had said something unreasonable, "You are an Omega, you are underage, just put you on the side of the road like this, if something happens to you, I will be punished legally responsible."

What he said was right, Xie Jingchi was at a loss for words.

Only then did he realize that he had caused this person trouble again.

"Thank you." Xie Jingchi was too ashamed to lift his head, "And... I'm sorry."

Qin Shen seemed helpless, and sighed slightly, "If you really feel sorry, tell the truth, why do you go to that kind of place in the middle of the night."

Xie Jingchi bit his lip.

This time Qin Shen really wanted to know.

"Today...is the birthday of someone very important to me."

The non-holiday Jingshan Cemetery closes at [-] pm every day, theoretically speaking.

Xie Jingchi has come here at least twice a year since he can remember, and he is already familiar with certain unwritten rules.

After the red envelope, the administrator who was awakened changed his face from cloudy to sunny, and opened the door for him enthusiastically.

It was dark everywhere in the park, Xie Jingchi was in a hurry, and only asked Qin Shen to wait for him at the foot of the mountain before running away in a hurry.

Jiang Xingyun's tombstone is in the deepest part of the forest behind the mountain.

At around eleven o'clock in the evening, Xie Jingchi, who forced to arrive before the next day, put down the bouquet of flowers he had bought temporarily, out of breath.

Because it was too late, there was silence all around, only the rustling of the wind through the forest leaves and his own rough breathing could be heard.

Just as he thought, there was no sign of anyone else visiting.

Xie Mingyao never advances Jiang Xingyun, and he doesn't know whether Jiang Xingyun is other relatives or friends.

——There shouldn’t be any, if there were, it wouldn’t mean that he hasn’t met them for so many years.

How pitiful, just like him, alone and ignored by everyone.

So he must come. If he doesn't even come, who will remember Jiang Xingyun?

"Happy birthday, Dad."

Plain white lilies bloom quietly under the moonlight.Xie Jingchi squatted down, and randomly fiddled with the dew-stained petals twice with his slender fingers.

"This year is relatively hasty and late, and there is no way to bring cakes."

He thought of the Opera House cake that he hadn't touched much until it was withdrawn, and felt pity and regret belatedly.

"I almost couldn't come, but I came anyway, that person sent me here. I don't know what to say, I seem to have upset that person again..."

There are no photos, but the tombstone with only the engraved name stands quietly in the night.

"It's too late, I'm leaving first, I will come to see you later."

Because someone was waiting, Xie Jingchi didn't stay for too long.He patted the ashes on his knees and stood up. After taking two steps, he turned around and waved to his only relative in this world.

After saying goodbye to Jiang Xingyun, he was going back to that annoying place again.

After descending the mountain, he saw Qin Shen from a distance with one hand in his pocket, his head raised, and he didn't know what he was looking at.

"What are you looking at?" He asked a question that might be too intimate for their relationship.

Qin Shen withdrew his gaze, and frowned like he was disturbed by the rare tranquility.

"What do you think I'm looking at?"

"I have no idea."

"Look."

Xie Jingchi subconsciously wanted to avoid this man's gaze, but that gaze led him into it like magic.

Following Qin Shen's fingers, he saw a scene that he had never seen before.

The impression of night has always been that of bleakness, but this was a bright night.

The thick dark clouds dispersed, breaking away from the huge shadows of the bushes, and the fine floating dust was illuminated by the veil-like silver light.

On a cold night, water vapor condenses into fine ice crystals and falls.Far from the hustle and bustle of the city, the night sky is no longer turbid, the shining stars are clustered together, and the Milky Way flows down from the heights of the sky like a luminous belt.

One star is exceptionally bright, radiating a strong, warm, blazing orange glow against a cool-toned background.

"It is Alpha Orionis, one of the brightest stars in the winter night sky."

Facing the unknown vast universe, the awe engraved in human instinct made Xie Jingchi's eyes wide open.

The corner of Qin Shen's mouth turned up a little, "This is Sirius, I don't need to introduce Sirius... This is Alpha Canis Minor, also known as Procyon, and the three stars together form the winter triangle in the northern hemisphere."

Xie Jingchi turned his head. At this moment, what he was thinking of was not Orion or those illusory things.

All his attention was on this man.

He had never seen Qin Shen who was so passionate about anything.

The Qin Shen he was familiar with was cold and rational, like a precise machine, following a complete and rigorous operating procedure, without any extra emotion.

He seldom heard Qin Shen say such a long sentence, even a part of it seemed to him to be too far away, so far away as to be unimaginable.

In Qin Shen's narration, Alpha Orionis is a dangerous red supergiant star. If it explodes one day, the earth may suffer.

Will the earth be destroyed?But what does this have to do with them?

They were so close that he could feel the person's slightly higher body temperature and the faint scent of plants and trees.

He can reach them as long as he stretches out his hand, but he understands that the distance between them is as far away as from one star to another. It looks very close, but in fact it cannot be reached in a lifetime.

On the way back, Xie Jingchi, who was used to going to bed early, fell to the ground and dozed off.

Before he passed out, he felt himself leaning on someone's shoulder, and this person was very gentlemanly not pushing him away.

It took more than four hours to go back and forth on the road, because it was too late, Qin Shen did not send him to the foot of Qiwen Mountain like in the past, and accompanied him to finish the long journey.

Before entering the room, Xie Jingchi turned his head away, and Qin Shen was still the same, quietly looking up at the sky.

He followed suit, but the sky in the city center was always separated by a layer of chaotic air, and he couldn't see too many stars. At most, the signal light of the plane flickered twice occasionally.

——Do you like the starry sky that much?

That night he had a dream.

He dreamed that he could touch the brightest star in the night sky by standing on tiptoe, and then picked it off easily.

The star's flame died in his palm, leaving a handful of cold ashes.

He woke up and closed his empty palms, feeling empty and lonely inside.

Turns out the remnants of the stars are cold.

After half a month, the physical education class was temporarily changed to indoor activities because of the rain.

Xie Jingchi, who didn't want to do homework in class, went to the school library with a few classmates.

When he passed the astronomy-related area, he stopped in a strange way.

What kind of star is Alpha Orionis?Suddenly the bright star appeared in his mind.

He reached out and took the "Origin of the Stars" off the shelf, then turned to the corresponding page, and recalled what Qin Shen had said to him that night while reading it.

"What are you looking at?"

Suddenly someone approached him, and he was so startled that he subconsciously hid the book in his hand behind his back.

"What's so shameful?" The classmate was even more suspicious, chasing him to see what book fascinated him so much.

When the other party finally saw the title of the book, the Beta boy was speechless, "Why did you suddenly become interested in these things? I remember they said that you didn't go to the Leonid meteor shower together, saying it was boring."

Xie Jingchi was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"Not...not very interested." He hurriedly stuffed the book back and replaced it with another suspense novel.

The classmate didn't think too much about it, he found the manga he wanted to read and borrowed it.

Only he, taking advantage of no one's attention before leaving, replaced the book in his hand with the "Origin of the Stars".

Alpha Orion, also known as Betelgeuse... He read this page repeatedly until he could recite it backwards.

But what's the use?Could it be that the next time we meet, he will say that he went to check these things specifically.Will that person take care of himself?Do you think he is being selfish?

He threw the book aside, raised his arms to cover his eyes, and made a choking sound in his throat.

It wasn't Alpha Orionis, or Alpha Canis Minor, that cared about him.The stars are very much the same to him, what he really cares about is that person under the starry sky, who is gentle and indifferent, so close and so far away, but he is stubborn and unwilling to admit it.

But even if many things in this world are not recognized, as long as they happen, they will leave indelible traces.

He's in love with an impossible guy.

"It's Alpha Orion."

Jiang Lian was bewildered, he didn't understand the meaning of these words without beginning and end, and Xie Jingchi didn't expect him to understand.

What made him change his mind and decided to stay here was a cold star.

He wanted to keep the star for himself.

"You like him, don't you?" Jiang Lian's voice trembled a little.

Xie Jingchi wanted to laugh but couldn't.

Does he like Qin Shen?Why ask him such a stupid question?

Isn't this an obvious fact?

"Yes... I like him."

After speaking, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Admitting it was easier than he thought.

For a long time, he was trying to hide his thoughts, even he himself was about to believe that he didn't care about Qin Shen, just like Qin Shen didn't care about him.

He likes Qin Shen.

Under that night sky, the stars are shining brightly, everything falls into a peaceful long sleep, and the world never wakes up again.

Since then, all his pains and joys have been closely related to this person.

"Unless he drives me away..." Xie Jingchi pressed hard on his heart, which was beating too fast, struggling on the verge of breaking, "otherwise I want to be with him forever."

Probably because his speech was too brazen, Jiang Lian didn't speak any more.

Xie Jingchi didn't care much about this kind of thing either.

"So, Mr. Jiang, don't say anything to draw a line between me and him. I can't do it."

Everyone doesn't like Xie Jingchi, everyone wants to get something from Xie Jingchi.

When Xie Jingchi was most isolated and helpless, only Qin Shen came to his side, even if he couldn't pay the high price, Qin Shen still reached out to him and pulled him out of the abyss of loneliness and despair come out.

Xie Jingchi only has himself, if Qin Shen wants, he can give everything with his hands.

He was only afraid that Qin Shen didn't want him.