It started with being hated by the girl in the band

Although it is normal, it is still hard to imagine that the energetic and shining idol on the stage would look so tired.

"…It's okay. I just didn't get enough rest yesterday."

Sankaku Hatsuka, who was leaning back on the sofa, slowly let out a breath, clasped his hands together slightly, and softly thanked Junda Mana for her concern.

"In that case, how about two chocolate donuts?"

Junda Mana giggled, sat sideways on the armrest of the sofa, and raised two white fingers and shook them.

"Well...if Mana-chan wants to eat too?"

Sankaku Hatsuhua's brows relaxed, and as he looked at Junda Mana who was quietly peeking at the door, he smiled helplessly and gently picked up the phone that was placed aside.

"……Um?"

Sanjiao Chuhua hurriedly sat up straight, his tired body. He felt that his sore body suddenly felt strong again.

After rubbing his eyes in disbelief, Sanjiao Chuhua was sure that he was not mistaken.

Xiaoxiang...sent himself a message?

[Chuhua, are you free tomorrow? ]

[Can we come out and chat? ]

Sanjiao Chuhua's heart beat faster and faster. He didn't have time to think too much. He just danced his fingers quickly.

[Xiaoxiang, how have you been lately? ]

Sanjiao Chuhua pursed his lips gently, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly felt something strange. He pressed the backspace key again and deleted this paragraph completely.

[Xiaoxiang, why didn't you contact me for so long? ]

...It seems that things are not going well.

Sanjiao Chuhua took a deep breath, waited for his heartbeat to calm down, and then deleted everything he had typed.

……

Inside the planetarium.

So, what do the lost stars want to say?

Thinking of this, I was a little confused and held the octagonal lyrics book in my hand tighter.

Even though Xin-san had told me that, even though it was such a cunning answer...

[Floating in the universe, you will eventually meet]

...But, it is indeed possible, right?

Even if it's thousands or tens of thousands of nights... things like this are constantly happening, right?

With such a feeling that I don’t know how to describe...is it [luck]?

...Next time, ask Xin.

With this in mind, I gently opened the notebook in my hand and wrote down the question on the page "Questions I want to clarify" under the light of the planetarium hall.

Well, it’s almost filling up a whole page.

Gao Songdeng wrote down the questions neatly, stroke by stroke, and closed the notebook solemnly.

Every time I enter the planetarium and look at the twinkling stars on the dome, I always have a light feeling as if I have met someone like me.

Perhaps it is because every shining star never appears lonely as long as it is in the vast night sky.

But after that class, a question that I had never thought about before suddenly popped into my head.

How can we see stars that are not illuminated?

As I was thinking this, I was suddenly interrupted by the sound of the radio.

"Please observe the stars at..."

Gao Songdeng pursed his lips, and walked quickly towards the ticket gate with deep confusion and curiosity in his heart.

After all, if you don’t know what Xingxing wants to say, wouldn’t it be better to just ask?

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107

Chapter 107: Tokyo Electric Power Company also did it.

So, what do the lost stars want to say?

Unfortunately, even for an alien like Mr. Takamatsu Deng, these stars mean nothing.

Because at the moment when the "stars" projected by the planetarium disappeared, Takamatsu Deng suddenly realized something.

Before this, Gao Songdeng had never thought about this matter.

These are all fakes.

Aren't all these projected stars actually visible stars that are illuminated by the fixed stars?

The illuminated stars...how can we ask the [voices of lost stars] from their mouths?

Gao Songdeng was a little dazed, and walked out of the planetarium in a daze with such questions, which were even a little strange to ordinary people, in mind.

So, what about the real night sky?

Can you see anything [real] in the real night sky?

...Remember, the weather today?

Yes, cloudy.

This morning, we have all seen the weather.

It's a weather that is neither sunny nor cloudy.

At this moment, the world's second largest city is emitting noisy light pollution into the night sky, making the already faint starlight halo in the dark night sky.

Forget about the Summer Triangle. At this moment in the night sky, apart from the half-moon which is still clearly visible, only a few scattered stars are still twinkling.

There are so many lost stars.

Gao Songdeng stared blankly at the night sky, and then his heart, which had just felt heavy, began to ache slightly.

The boundless feeling of loneliness slowly crept into Gao Songdeng's heart.

…It was as if she was the only one left in the world.

But why is this happening?

Gao Songdeng opened his mouth slightly, wanting to answer this question himself...and the answer was nothing.

Who should I ask to answer such a question...?

Gao Songdeng bit his thin lips which were turning pale and dialed the number subconsciously.

If, if it was Xin classmate...

It should be said that Xiaodeng’s choice was not wrong, because if someone else came, they might not be able to understand Xiaodeng’s excessive thoughts.

Gazing at the lonely stars in the night sky, a gust of wind blew up at the right time, sweeping up some dust, blowing through Gao Songdeng's soft hair and the empty streets.

...Perhaps, it also passed through Xiaodeng's bright amber eyes. Otherwise, why would a crystal clear track suddenly flow out from the corner of Xiaodeng's eyes?

"Hello? Deng-san? I'm calling now..."

Nakagawa Nobuyuki answered the phone quickly. From the other end of the line, he could faintly hear music and cheers.

Before Nakagawa Nobuyuki could finish expressing his doubts, Takamatsu Deng's dazed mumbling voice floated into the microphone.

"Nobuyuki-kun...can you see the stars?"

……

"Star?"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki paused, stunned for a moment, and asked subconsciously.

Although I really want to be clever and say that I can see the real "stars" now.

However, doesn’t Xiaodeng sound a bit tearful?

…If that’s the case, it seems like he’s really asking the question seriously.

Nakagawa Nobuyuki looked at Ijichi Kouka on the side with an apologetic look. Kouka probably also saw that Nakagawa Nobuyuki was serious, and nodded understandingly. Then Nakagawa Nobuyuki raised his mobile phone and turned to walk towards the door.

"Wait, Deng-san, I'll be able to see the stars soon."

"……it is good."

Click.

With the gate blocking the way, the world suddenly became a little quieter.

"Hey, Deng-san, I can see the stars now, can you tell me what's wrong?"

Sitting on the steps at the entrance of Fanxing, Nakagawa Nobuyuki glanced at the glowing [Starry] sign in front of him and asked softly.

Speaking of which, there is a fairly famous urban legend.

The general meaning is that you will receive some strange text messages on your mobile phone, advising you to look at the moon outside the window, but many authoritative departments have also issued notices saying not to look at the moon or something.

...Is Xiaodeng really an alien?

"Xin-student, do you see many stars?"

Takamatsu Deng's murmuring voice passed through the speaker of the mobile phone and floated into Nakagawa Nobuyuki's ears.

After hearing these words, Nakagawa Nobuyuki, who had just been daydreaming, also looked up at the night sky.

As expected, there were not many stars to be seen...Except for a few particularly bright stars, the rest of the place was pitch black.

"Not many... only a few that are more conspicuous. What's wrong with asking this all of a sudden?"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki shook his head and asked Takamatsu Deng on the other end of the phone with confusion.

"… Nobuyuki, how lonely would it be to be unable to see the stars?"

...?

A huge question mark popped up in Nakagawa Nobuyuki's head, and he was completely confused.

No, this question...what are you asking?

Because Nakagawa Nobuyuki didn't reply for a long time, as if he thought he had embarrassed Nobuyuki, Gao Songdeng's timid voice, feeling lost, came from the other side again.

"…Xin-san, I'm sorry to bother you, I…I'd better hang up now——"

"Don't hang up yet!"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki subconsciously spoke out to stop him.

An intuition was beating in his heart... Nakagawa Nobuyuki always felt that if he hung up the phone leaving Xiaodeng confused like this, something bad might happen afterwards.

"……it is good."

After hesitating for a few moments, Xiaodeng replied softly... Zhonghe Xin almost thought that he had hung up and even glanced at the phone screen.

However, it can be seen that Xiaodeng should really care about this matter.

However, Nakagawa Shin couldn't figure out what was going on for a while...

Forgive him. It is really difficult to understand Xiaodeng’s train of thought.

So, before Xiaodeng became more and more shaken, Nakagawa Nobuyuki coughed lightly and cleared his throat.

“An invisible star isn’t necessarily lonely, right?”

As he spoke, Nakagawa Nobuyuki turned to the east, where half of the shining sky was blocked by tall buildings.

"……Why?"

Gao Songdeng hesitated for a moment and asked back.

"Mr. Deng, have you read the novel called Gulliver's Travels?"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki put one hand behind his waist, faced the night sky in the east, and told the story like a little teacher.

"I know...but..."