The Universe's First Hide and Seek

There is no distinction between day and night on Star Cruises.

All facilities are open to welcome guests at any time.As long as the guests load the introduction page of the cruise ship, all activities will be automatically calibrated to the time of the passenger communicator, and then inquiries and reservations will be made.As long as you step out of the guest room and go to the place of entertainment and play, you can see passengers coming to relax almost every moment.

Shen Xiuyuan and Dai Bowen still lived according to their original schedule.

Woke up in the morning, ordered breakfast in the room, and after eating slowly, Dai Bowen packed up and went out for a walk.Shen Xiuyuan wanted to hold a short meeting for 10 to [-] minutes, and then went to find someone after the meeting.

Dai Bowen had no destination, just wandering around.Passing by the glass corridor outside, I stopped and looked again.Outside is the vast starry sky, the scenery is far-reaching and magnificent.Although you can see the starry sky in your own room, this kind of long and wide landscape glass looks different.Dai Bowen admired it quietly for a while, saw an astronomical telescope next to him, and went to observe it enthusiastically for a while.

However, the psychologist's astronomical knowledge was limited.

"Wow, the red star really has a sense of existence..." Dai Bowen sighed, "Unfortunately, I don't know what it's called."

After all, in fact, at this time, use the communicator to call up the public star map, and compare the coordinates of the cruise ship with the parameters of the astronomical telescope, and most of them can be found.It's just that this process is a little troublesome. Dai Bowen is here for vacation, and he doesn't really want to study astronomy, so he is too lazy to delve into it.

But not long after he finished muttering, a voice suddenly said from behind: "Maybe, I can help you take a look."

Dai Bowen turned around and found that it was the man in the windbreaker who was predicted by himself as "suicidal tendencies" yesterday.

He is still wearing a three-piece suit today, but the color is different from yesterday's, and he is not wearing a windbreaker.The texture and fit of the three-piece suit look great, and the color of the tie matches well.Add to that the well-groomed hair and clean face, and it looks like this well-mannered man, probably in his 30s, is indeed a first-class passenger too.

——Ah oh, he actually slammed into the door by himself.

——It takes no effort at all.

"Okay." Dai Bowen, who had decided to pay attention to this man, of course would not refuse to communicate with him.So Dai Bowen gave up his seat and described it to him: "There is a rust red one, which looks very different."

The man stepped forward to take a look, and quickly made a judgment: "...This is the Y star of the X galaxy."

Dai Bowen was surprised: "You only looked at it for a few seconds, and you already know what it is?"

"I know the coordinates of this cruise ship, and I have also seen the parameters of this astronomical telescope. I can probably guess which star field it is spying on." The man straightened up, tapped the communicator on his wrist a few times, and communicated The device quickly dropped a small screen, "It should be this planet, right?"

Dai Bowen took a look and nodded: "Really! You are so familiar with star maps, are you an astronomer?"

The man nodded: "That's right."

"No wonder." Dai Bowen pointed to the small floating screen of the airdrop, "Can you pass this information to me?"

"……Can."

It is necessary to add friends to send information. Dai Bowen said that on purpose, but he didn't expect the other party to really agree.Originally, Dai Bowen thought he would say "It's the Y star in the X galaxy, you can check it yourself", and prepared plan B, but now it seems that it is useless.

Dai Bowen deliberately added him with his real name account, and when he added him as a friend, Dai Bowen looked at the other party's ID and read: "Tang Anjing? This doesn't look like a star network ID, is it your real name?"

"Yes." Tang Anjing asked back, "Your name is Dai Bowen?"

"Hmm." Dai Bowen looked at him and said casually, "I seem to have heard of this name somewhere... So your face looks familiar."

Tang Anjing replied: "Are you an astronomy enthusiast? I sometimes attend some conferences or forums. Maybe you read the news."

Dai Bowen: I am a fart astronomy enthusiast.

He cheated casually, and actually cheated out. I don't know if he is too strong or this Tang Anjing is really defenseless.

Dai Bowen's mind turned quickly for two seconds, and he replied naturally: "So it's really Professor Tang! Sorry, I didn't recognize it yesterday."

"It's okay. I'm also a little surprised that you can remember me." Tang Anjing finally showed a slight smile, "However, can I ask you a question?"

"Professor Tang, please speak."

"You said that to me yesterday..." Tang Anjing looked at Dai Bowen and said slowly, "What do you mean?"

Dai Bowen smiled: "Professor Tang is very concerned about that sentence? Then what do you think it means?"

Tang Anjing pondered for a few seconds, then asked another question: "Are you a psychiatrist?"

"No." Dai Bowen paused, and then said, "However, I know a little bit."

Tang Anjing said: "A person who only understands superficiality should not say such things to me."

Dai Bowen chuckled: "Then, as much as Professor Tang knows about astronomy, I know as much about psychology. Do you understand?"

"Understood." Tang Anjing said indifferently, "I just didn't expect... the thoughts in my heart are so easy to see?"

Dai Bowen thought for a while: "Maybe it's because Professor Tang's attention is always far away?"

"what?"

"If you always pay attention to the distance, you will forget the nearby things." Dai Bowen smiled and pointed to the position of his heart, "You will even forget the thoughts in your heart."

Tang Anjing said: "If I forget, will I still have such thoughts?"

"It's like playing hide-and-seek with you." Dai Bowen said, "You usually don't pay attention, but you will run out suddenly. It's like watching the performance under the boat yesterday, and you will have some wonderful ideas."

"You call that a fantastic idea?"

"Isn't it?" Dai Bowen asked as if chatting, "By the way, is Professor Tang on vacation, or is he going to have a meeting along the way?"

"Vacation." Tang Anjing said, "Since you have seen my state, I will not hide it from you. I just want to relax and try to get rid of this thought."

"It's good that you have the initiative." Dai Bowen said, "Do you have a partner to come with you?"

"No."

"..." Dai Bowen said that this is not good, and then asked, "Does Professor Tang have any arrangements? I mean, is there anything you want to do on and off the ship?"

"No."

Dai Bowen: So what are you trying to do?Are you ready to stay in your room all day?

"Okay." Dai Bowen could only say, "It seems that Professor Tang is going to do it casually, which is not bad. It's quite interesting to travel as soon as you say it."

Tang Anjing said: "I thought you would suggest that I take part in more activities and not stay alone all the time."

"Huh? Why?"

"I've seen some videos of suicide prevention volunteers working."

"...Well, it seems that you have put in a lot of hard work." Dai Bowen smiled, "But I am not a professional at this, and I am also here to travel, so if I am not interested, I must force you to do something. If you want, we can have a drink together, but I don't know if Professor Tang has been drinking."

"I don't drink much, but it's not that I don't know how to drink." Tang Anjing replied, "Then go to the bar when you have time."

"Okay." Dai Bowen said, "The last time we met was when you boarded the ship? Then your time zone is the same as mine, right? It's 09:30 in the morning?"

"the same."

"Then let's make an appointment for a drink at night."

"Hmm." Tang Anjing paused for a moment and asked, "Last time I saw that you still have a companion..."

"Oh, my boyfriend." Dai Bowen replied smoothly, "We are traveling together. If you don't mind, he will drink with us. He is a funny man and very kind. Maybe you will become friends .”

Tang Anjing smiled: "Don't you think I'm redundant?"

"What's the point of making friends?" Dai Bowen was still replying, when the communicator suddenly vibrated, and he looked down, "Cao Cao Cao Cao is here, my boyfriend is here to find me."

"Ah, then I'll leave..."

"It's not necessary." Dai Bowen said, "He'll be right there."

As soon as the words fell, Shen Xiuyuan appeared at the end of the corridor.

He was a little surprised to see Dai Bowen and Tang Anjing standing together, but there was too much movement on his face, so he walked closer: "This is...?"

"Tang Anjing, I met yesterday, remember?" Dai Bowen introduced, "Professor Tang, this is my boyfriend, Shen Xiuyuan."

The two men shook hands.

Dai Bowen continued: "Professor Tang is an astronomer. He just saw me looking at the stars here and taught me a little bit about planets. We are making an appointment to have a drink together next time."

Shen Xiuyuan went through the whole thing in a short time, nodded and smiled: "Drinking? Okay. When? I'll make a reservation in advance. There seems to be a good collection of bars on the cruise ship. I'm thinking about when to go."

Tang Anjing didn't speak, and Dai Bowen replied: "Let's see the time later and make an appointment, don't be in a hurry..."

The three talked for a few more minutes before parting.

***

After separating from Tang Anjing, Shen Xiuyuan and Dai Bowen went to the gallery on the ship.

There are really many works of modern cutting-edge painters hanging here, so it is still very interesting.People visit, whisper and discuss each painting incessantly.

Dai Bowen and Shen Xiuyuan were also talking, but they were talking about Tang Anjing.

"So, you met again by chance in the corridor?" Shen Xiuyuan said, "It's a little surprising that he would take the initiative to talk to you."

"Maybe what I said to him yesterday worked?" Dai Bowen said, "It's not the effect of persuasion, but aroused his curiosity."

"I think he is quite willing to communicate." Shen Xiuyuan said, "Does it mean that he is not that impulsive?"

"Some people go to work during the day, but at night they go upstairs to take off their shoes, and jump down without hesitation." Dai Bowen said, "But he admitted that he has such thoughts, in fact, he still has the thoughts of self-help. , at least there is a good momentum."

Shen Xiuyuan said: "I still have a question, isn't this kind of question usually very private? Why would he admit it so directly in front of a stranger?"

Dai Bowen thought for a while: "You can regard this acknowledgment as a sentence."

"what?"

"'help me'."

"..." Shen Xiuyuan's expression darkened, "Is it so serious?"

"It's hard to say. I'm not his psychiatrist, and I can't understand all his situations for the time being." Dai Bowen said, "But he will travel and relax, and he will admit to me that he has suicidal thoughts, which means he will not refuse help. It's a good thing."

Shen Xiuyuan said: "Is there really no need to make an appointment with a psychiatrist on board?"

"It's not easy for us to intervene to this point, let's take one step at a time." Dai Bowen said, "Oh, by the way, I have to go back and find out what he does."

"Not an astronomer?"

"I lied to him a few words, and felt that he should have made some achievements in astronomy. I wanted to find some images to see his behavior and habits." Dai Bowen said, "And I was pretending to be an astronomy enthusiast to deceive him. Yes, if I can't say anything when I'm drinking, wouldn't I be revealing myself?"

Shen Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows and said: "Although this is for doing good things...but you have never studied me so seriously."

"President Shen, haven't I studied you often? I have studied you in the first mission world, okay?" Dai Bowen said, "Study your action timetable, study your behavior habits, study your inertia Thinking. Only then can you guess how you will deal with things being stolen, suspect who did the trick, and how to escape from your hand."

Shen Xiuyuan smiled lowly: "Then you are doing this to do bad things, not good things."

Dai Bowen also smiled: "Yes, I just like to do bad things to you."

This has to be listened to in reverse, how sweet it is.

Shen Xiuyuan finally let go: "Okay, then you can study other men."