Stardust

Chapter 8 Silently Turning Around Under the Starlight, It Becomes a Long Distance (2)
"Oh, so that's how it is." Ji Moqing turned around and walked towards the living room. After walking two steps, she turned her head and said to Wen Zichen, "What do you think if I participate in a drama performance by myself?"

Sometimes, something is obviously very close to you, but when you get closer, you find that you can't touch it at all. When you look back by chance, there are tens of millions of miles away from it.

On January 1th, the picture book of the same name as "The Farthest Distance in the World" was launched nationwide!
Super powerful cooperation, Bei Xi and Ji Moqing joined forces again to create the pinnacle of graphic novels!

Exquisite packaging, beautiful picture scrolls, fascinating text, 16 full-color paintings to open the world!
Set off a new frenzy of sales at the end of this year!

The strong aroma of coffee diffuses in the quiet living room.

"Tsk tsk tsk..." Bei Xi hid on the sofa, holding up the picture book "The Farthest Distance in the World" that was just released in her hand, the smug smile on her face couldn't be hidden no matter what, and her blue eyes were also unusually bright Fei Yang, "Did you see it? Did you see it? It's amazing speed! The complete manuscript was handed in seven days ago, and the sample booklet was already available seven days later. The people in the company are really omnipotent!"

"It should be said that you draw quickly." Wen Zichen raised his eyebrows, said softly, and glanced at her intentionally or unintentionally.

Neatly placed on the table were a dozen picture books that Wen Zichen had just brought over from the company. The crystal light inside was already shining before the package was opened. Ji Moqing just glanced at it and stopped looking at it. .

"Qingqing, you are like this. When a new book came out, I just glanced at the cover and threw it aside. More than once, I thought that the book was not written by you at all." Bei Xi opened the book, "Even if you don't read what you wrote, you should Look at the beautiful picture I drew for you!"

"Really?" Ji Moqing chuckled, took a sip of coffee, and looked at the announcement about the launch of picture books on the laptop screen. The cover on the webpage was particularly eye-catching.

It is very bold to use red as the main color of the background image, which is bright and eye-catching, as thick as blood.

Involuntarily, her finger touched the piece of red without any impurities on the screen, and at this moment, her eyes only had this piece of bright red...

"Bei Xi, I really like the color of the cover."

"Of course, I don't want to see who drew it?" Bei Xi was even more proud, and quickly jumped up and sat next to Ji Moqing, with a smile all over her face, "I combined your story to create the picture, and the protagonist in it It also completely followed the photos you gave me. I dare say this is the best book among all my works. The combination of my paintings and Qingqing's words is simply a match made in heaven..."

photo……

Ji Moqing turned her gaze, and was about to reach out to get the picture book, but Wen Zichen had already seen her intention, and handed her the unpacked picture book. Ji Moqing just glanced at him, and then her eyes fell on the picture book above the cover.

For a long time, she never reached out to pick up the picture book that had been handed to her for a long time.

Wen Zichen had already seen her clasped hands, but faintly trembling hands, a slight pain flashed in his deep eyes, he put the picture book in front of her, reached out and hugged her hands tightly. hug.

The warm touch penetrated into her skin, and the originally empty eyes immediately regained their spirits. She withdrew her gaze and raised her head to look at Wen Zichen, "Actually, I..."

"I know." Wen Zichen's low voice came into her ears softly, "I know what you are afraid of, and I know why you made this decision, but that is all in the past It's over, now you have me and Beixi by your side, don't be afraid anymore."

His eyes fell on the picture book quietly placed on the table.

In the next second, the temperature in his hands had gradually left, and Ji Moqing slowly stretched out his hand and touched the picture book.

"That's right, Qingqing, take a quick look and tell me how you feel after seeing it!" Bei Xi looked at her eagerly, "But I think you will recognize that I draw very well."

Open the cover, and then open a page of freshly textured red plaid paper. What you see is a handsome boy and a delicate girl. The two people in the painting are back to back with their heads bowed, and their eyes are full of sadness. , behind the painting are several intertwined branches and leaves, and the same red flower is in full bloom.

What kind of flower is the red one, Ji Moqing couldn't name it.

"The painting is really good, it really is Bei Xi." After stroking the red flower with her fingers, Ji Moqing suddenly smiled, looking very happy.

Mo Ming's feeling touched his eyebrows, and his brows frowned immediately. Although she was smiling, Wen Zichen felt that she was not smiling at all, and couldn't bear to become a little desolate in his heart.

It's always been like this, she's always been like this.

"Do you know what the red flower is?" Bei Xi sat beside her and asked her, pointing at the flower on the painting.

She shook her head, "I don't know."

"It's called stonegarlic, manjusawa, also known as the blood-red flower of the other shore."

"A beautiful flower has a nice name." Ji Moqing said lightly, "Then what does it represent?"

"Sad memories, sincere love." Bei Xi said again: "However, Manjushahua is also a flower from hell."

Manjusawa - the flower of hell.

The Flower Demon and the Leaf Demon, Manzhu and Shahua.

Never see each other, life after life wrong.

Waiting and spinning is the reincarnation of thousands of years.

What I see is extinguished, what disappears is remembered
I stand at the end of the world and hear the soil sprouting

Waiting for the epiphyllum to bloom again, leave the fragrance to Nianhua

There is no lighthouse on the other side, I am still watching
It's dark and white hair holding my torch tightly

He came and I said to myself I'm not afraid I love him very much

—— Faye Wong
【Seven】

The listing of the picture book pushed "The Farthest Distance in the World" to another sales peak. Together with the picture book, it broke the city's sales record for the month, followed by the signing activity of Bei Xi and Ji Moqing , the venue was full.

After a short time, Ji Moqing came to the school.

Wen Zichen didn't let Wen Zichen drive her off today, and it took only [-] minutes to walk from the apartment to the school. As usual, she wore a hat, sunglasses, and scarf, and wrapped herself up tightly. Ji Moqing thought that It will not be so conspicuous.

Chu Xiao saw her at a glance.

Ji Moqing, dressed in white, walked slowly, with the corners of his clothes fluttering, making him suddenly think of a person who would wrap herself up tightly every winter because she was afraid of the cold.

As a public figure, she may be like this just because she doesn't want to be discovered easily.

Ji Moqing looked up and saw him, stepped forward and said, "Chu Xiaoyi, there is something I want to give you."

Chu Xiao was stunned for a moment, half-opening her eyes without recovering, looking at her a little at a loss, since that night, it seemed that she hadn't seen her in school for a few days.

"It's a picture book."

The bright red cover was particularly eye-catching under the winter air. Chu Xiao saw the name on it at a glance, but didn't take it for a long time.

She frowned slightly, with a hint of displeasure in her tone: "Why, don't you accept it?"

He shook his head, "I just feel very lucky." After finishing speaking, he took the picture book from her hand, opened the cover, was shocked for a moment, and stopped breathing immediately.

It's like who opened the sealed memory, and everything in the past is naked, and others can see it at a glance.

However, it was only discovered inadvertently that things had already changed.

"It looks like you, right?" Ji Moqing asked him softly with a slight smile on her face, "Actually, I asked Bei Xi to draw it based on your photo."

His hands began to tremble slightly, the original temperature had dissipated long ago, and all that was left was a icy cold, as if his heart had been crushed by something, the pain was so painful that he even lost the strength to breathe.deep pain.

Seeing that his face became ugly, Ji Moqing asked again, "What's wrong?"

"The painters are amazing. They can draw exactly the same. I feel like I'm looking at my own photo."

"Of course." Ji Moqing said lightly: "I just think that you and this girl look very suitable for the protagonist in my book. Have you read the content of this book? If you haven't, you can also read the picture book. Believe that you can also empathize with everyone.”

Suddenly.

He looked up at her again, his originally rosy face had turned pale, with a little blood in his hair: "Where is she? How did you have her picture?"

"Why should you care about that?"

"Tell me, is it okay?" Chu Xiao pointed at the girl on the painting, her fingers trembling, and there was even a slight tremolo in her voice, "Tell me, where is she? Are you and her?" What's the relationship, why does her appearance appear in your picture book?"

Ji Moqing also glanced at the painting, her expression was indifferent, as if her eyes had already penetrated, "It was just a chance encounter."

"what?"

"She's gone, she went to a very distant place." Ji Moqing turned and walked towards the direction she came from just now, "Because of a single person, she disappeared into this world, and this book is to commemorate her..."

Chu Xiao stood there looking at her walking back, unable to utter a word, looked down at the book in her hand, and suddenly felt that what she was holding was a rock weighing tens of millions of tons, which weighed heavily on him. Almost out of breath.

She is gone, gone to a very distant place.

Because of one person, she disappeared into this world, and this book is to commemorate her...

【Eight】

Chu Xiaoyi always remembered that she met her one night three years ago.

It was raining heavily that day, and it was very loud on the window, which formed a sharp contrast with the living room. It was very quiet, and he happened to be helping Su Manlei with tutoring at her home that night, and that night , he saw her—Su Manlei's half-sister.

Her whole body was drenched, and the hair that fell loosely on her shoulders was still dripping, running down her face, onto her clothes, and onto the ivory carpet on the floor, which was also wet In one piece, the edges of her trousers were all covered with mud, and she looked extremely embarrassed, like a refugee who ran out of nowhere.

"Hey, what are you doing here again? Didn't you come here last week?" Su Manlei yelled at her with a very disgusted expression on her face, "Look at your dirty look, put What a mess with our newly replaced carpet!"

"Did you come here for something?" Su Xun, who was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, turned to look at her, "Did you not bring an umbrella? Or did your mother not give it to you?"

She didn't answer, but just looked at Su Xun quietly. From Chu Xiao's eyes, it seemed that she was not looking at her father, or the man in front of her was just a stranger, "When I came out, I was It didn't rain."

It's not the tone of talking to my father at all.

"Are you here to get money again? Didn't you just get it last week? Has the money been used up so quickly?" He asked her three questions in a row, with a chill in his tone of voice.

Her eyes flickered, she clenched her hands tightly, and her lips tightened a little, before she could speak, Su Xun's voice rang again in the living room: "How much do you want this time? "

money!money!money!
Did he think she came here so late to ask for money?

What did he think she was!
After a while, she still didn't speak. She stared straight at Su Xun with a pair of bright black eyes, her eyes were so indifferent that there was no trace of emotion in her eyes. The living room was quiet and no one spoke.
"Hey!" Someone lost his temper. Su Manlei folded her hands on her chest, frowned and raised her chin and said in disdain, "What are you doing here? You have been here for half a day and you don't speak. Who are you wasting?" Time? Do we have time to spend here with you?"

"Man Lei, she is your older sister, don't be so indifferent, where have you learned your upbringing?" Ye Jing said angrily, but she was looking at her when she said this.

Su Manlei snorted and didn't speak again.

The living room was so quiet, she could hear her nervous and rapid breathing, she felt that what she just said was not to Man Lei, but to her.

Taking a deep breath, he looked at the people in the living room and spoke loudly: "I didn't come here to ask for money!"

"Oh, then what are you here for?" Su Manlei looked at her amusedly.

"Should I ask you this question, my dear sister?" She snorted coldly and looked straight at Su Manlei, "Why is it me who participated in the essay contest and you the winner? Su Manlei?"

In the afternoon, the school announced the winners and papers of the thesis contest, but she saw Su Manlei's name on the paper she wrote——

Author of this article: Su Manlei.

It's so funny!

Even though the entry essay written by herself won the award, the person who signed it was actually Su Manlei!
it is ridiculous!

"Of course I won the award based on my own ability. Can you blame others for not winning the award?"

When she heard it, an imperceptible sneer appeared on her lips, and this smile happened to be seen by Chu Xiao who was standing next to Su Manlei observing everything.

"Don't panic anymore, I want to know what's going on!" She was angry. It's fine if they don't admit her as a daughter in front of outsiders, why don't they even tell her the truth!Is she so easy to bully in their eyes? !

"What qualifications do you have to proudly say that the award-winning work is yours? Do you know how much effort and time I have spent on Shenhan? Now, the thesis has won the award, and the article is mine, but the signature is yours Su Manlei, is this fair?" She neighed disregarding her image, like a lion out of control.

"Clap" sound.

Su Xun shook off the newspaper in his hand, immediately stood up from the sofa, pointed at her and shouted, "Shut up, what do you think this is, is this a place where you can shout?"

"Why shut up!" She replied unceremoniously, "Am I wrong? Today, I came here for this matter, you tell me why? She is your daughter, I am not Is your daughter here?"

"you!"

"What's wrong with me? Am I not eligible to participate in the thesis contest? Am I not eligible to win the award with this name?" Water dripped down her face, her body trembled slightly, and her face turned pale.

"Man Lei is your younger sister. If your work has won an award, there is nothing wrong with putting her name on it. Besides, her award will bring more glory to the school than your award, won't it?" Ye Jing said softly Said, with a slight smile on his face.

Such a smile even made her feel sick!

"This can't be a reason at all!" She took a step forward, staring at Su Xun closely, "Aren't you the most fair person? Why don't you say it now? My sister's name appears in the author column of my sister's paper." Come on, is it a fair thing to win the award instead of my sister?"

"Just because she is your favorite only child, and I am an illegitimate child?" She stared at them fiercely, breathing heavily.

She never dared to say that she was Su Xun's daughter, and people outside knew that Su Xun had only one daughter, and they loved her very much. Even if she said that she was Su Xun's daughter, no one would believe her.

Su Xun was at a loss for words for a while, just looked at her aggressive, then slowly walked in front of her, took out a stack of bright red banknotes from his pocket and handed them to her, "Is it enough?"

"..."

"Is this money enough for you? It's more than the prize money you can get for winning the competition. After taking the money, don't worry about it anymore, and don't talk about it with anyone."

Money, money again!
Not everything in the world can be solved with money!

She doesn't want to exchange her dignity for these things that she needs very much!

There was a sour feeling in her nose, she stretched out her hand tremblingly, caught it, then raised her completely dry but cold hand and waved the stack of red hundred-yuan bills into the air.

The crisp sound of banknotes resounded in the air, and fell on the carpet from everyone's eyes, and then quietly, only her voice was heard in the living room, "I don't want your money now. "

She looked at Su Xun coldly, "I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled! I just don't understand, am I your daughter? Su Xun, tell me, am I your daughter?"

"Immature." Su Xun strode forward and raised his hand to slap her on the cheek.

The sound of "snap" was actually like the sound of something being smashed, shattering the desolation of the ground.

Because she didn't stand firm, she was beaten and fell to the ground full of red banknotes. The corners of her mouth were full of blood. Before she looked up, she could clearly see Su Manlei's face without hiding from the corner of her eyes. The triumphant look, that smile was like a blooming rose dripping with blood.

In the quiet living room, it was so quiet that one could almost hear the crisp sound of the second hand ticking in the quartz clock on the wall. However, a person's voice broke this moment of tranquility.

(End of this chapter)