Free Web NovelGu Yun turned around.
The little boy and the little girl looked into each other's eyes.
"Hello!"
Gu Yun smiled happily, jumped down from the wooden stake, and went forward to greet him.
"..."
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The short-haired little girl bit her lip lightly, then turned and ran.
"???"
Gu Yun was stunned for a moment, then quickly chased after him, shouting as she ran:
"Wait...wait a minute! Don't go!"
"My name is Gu Yun. What's your name?"
The little girl stopped where she was and looked up at the starry sky.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is at its fullest and most beautiful, and she seems somewhat reluctant to leave.
After a long while, she finally spoke, her voice tinged with grievance:
"...The place you were sitting in was mine."
He did not answer Gu Yun's question, nor did he reveal his name.
But Zhong Yi and Qin Li'en recognized at a glance that the little girl in front of them was the one who would later become Gu Yun's lifelong love—
Linxi.
"I'm sorry! I didn't know there were already people there..."
Gu Yun was very honest and immediately apologized with a smile.
"You really know how to pick a spot! You can see so many stars just by looking up from there!!"
The child's voice was loud, and his eyes were bright, like a little sun in the night.
Upon hearing the word "stars," Xiao Linxi's expression shifted slightly, and she turned around timidly.
"...You, you're here to see the stars too?"
She scrutinized Gu Yun carefully before asking a question after a long while.
"The same to you?"
Xiao Gu Yun cleverly sensed the other party's meaning and immediately responded with delight.
Lin Xi bit her lip and remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Xiao Gu Yun smiled happily, revealing her missing front tooth.
He extended his palm toward Linxi:
"Then, can I watch the stars with you?"
...
Zhong Yi and Qin Li'en looked at each other, both of them shocked.
"So...they knew each other all along!"
Qin Li'en shook her head incredulously.
"But that still doesn't explain... the paper rabbit and platypus doll, does it?"
Zhong Yi pinched his chin, looking at the two of them with anticipation.
"Let's keep watching..."
He always felt that...
All the answers will be revealed in this meeting!
...
Lin Xi and Gu Yun sat on the broken wooden stake, looking at the starry sky together.
"You still haven't told me your name."
"...I don't want to talk about it."
"Why?"
“People make fun of me because of my name... They say that calling my name makes them want to go to the toilet.”
"I see... But it shouldn't be worse than 'Cloud', right?"
Gu Yun pouted and complained helplessly.
"Because there are people named 'Yun' everywhere. Zhang Yun, Li Yun, Wang Yun, Zhao Yun... Although 'Feng' is similar, at least no woman would be named 'Feng'. But I have seen a girl named 'Yun', it's really infuriating."
"...So what?"
Lin Xi looked at the night sky and spoke softly.
"What's wrong with having a name that everyone else has?"
"It'll be... boring, right? Nothing special at all! I want to be the special one."
Gu Yun thought for a moment and then answered.
"If everyone had one, what would be the point?"
"I don't mind."
Lin Xi shook her head, a hint of longing in her eyes.
"If only I could have the same name as everyone else... just like the stars in the sky."
She looked up as she spoke.
The glittering stars reflected in her eyes, adding a touch of brightness to them.
"They all look pretty much the same... but each one is beautiful."
As Lin Xi was saying these things, Gu Yun couldn't help but turn his head to look at her.
The girl's eyes were filled with starlight and moonlight, which made Gu Yun somewhat lost in thought.
"Uh... what you said seems to make a lot of sense."
Gu Yun nodded and followed Lin Xi to look up at the starry sky.
"So, what do you think these stars are?"
“My dad said they are all our deceased ancestors.”
"I bet your dad is lying to you."
Why?
"Because my grandfather passed away last year, I stared at the sky all night, but I didn't see any extra stars."
Gu Yun pouted, as if she had already grown up.
"Adults always like to make up things, such as scaring away the Nian beast during the New Year, the moon goddess Chang'e and the moon rabbit, and the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meeting on Qixi Festival... I think they just want to give themselves a holiday."
Upon hearing "moon rabbit," Lin Xi's eyes suddenly brightened even more.
"Actually, there really are rabbits in the sky... did you know that?"
"Where?"
"Right in the sky, connected by stars... just like this."
Lin Xi gestured with her finger towards the sky.
"I understand... even the stars, right?"
Gu Yun smiled innocently.
"You can do that too?"
"Of course! {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} I've looked for other things in the sky, but I haven't tried rabbits yet."
"...Would you like to give it a try?"
"Alright! Let's have a competition to see who finds it first!"
Xiao Gu Yun was full of fighting spirit, and Lin Xi's lips also curled into a rare happy smile.
"I'll count to three, two, one, and then we'll begin!"
"three!"
"two!"
"one!"
Just as Xiao Guyun finished counting, Lin Xi tapped her fingers a few times in the sky, then whispered:
"I found it."
"Huh? Where?"
"In the sky."
"The sky... exactly where is that?"
"You need to find the biggest one."
"Um?"
"Bigger than the others."
"I can't find it..."
Xiao Gu Yun's fingertips lingered in mid-air for a long time before she shook her head in frustration.
"Wait...wait, wait, wait!!"
My gaze suddenly became excited as it fell upon the bright moon in the night sky.
"I...I saw it!!"
Tell me, what did you see?
Lin Xi asked with a smile.
This scene made Zhong Yi's heart tremble.
because......
Where have I heard this phrase before?
Moreover, it happened more than once.
Xiao Gu Yun pointed to the night sky, her eyes brimming with undisguised joy:
"There it is, right? Those are its two ears and its head!"
"Anything else?"
"There... are its two feet!!"
"That's right, is there anything else?"
"besides......"
Xiao Gu Yun smiled and pointed her finger at the bright moon.
"And the moon! The moon is its round, bulging belly!!"
Qin Li'en remained silent.
She traced the path of Gu Yun's fingertips with her fingers, making a gesture in the air.
The stars and the moon connected, forming the outline of a rabbit.
"I see... I see..."
Zhong Yi rubbed his sore eyes, and all his previous doubts were resolved at this moment.
The boy and girl's conversation continued at this moment.
"What do you think those stars are?"
Gu Yun gazed at the stars in the sky, still savoring the moment.
"I......"
Lin Xi hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
“I’ve never told anyone, but... I’ve always felt that they are lighthouses.”
Gu Yun looked at Lin Xi curiously, seemingly pondering the meaning of her words.
Lin Xi rarely opened her heart, and the starlight in her eyes reflected the moonlight.
"Thousands upon thousands of lighthouses are embedded in the distant sky."
Wow! It must be so lively up there!
Gu Yun didn't understand, but he felt that thousands upon thousands of them were incredibly powerful.
Lin Xi shook her head.
"Unfortunately, that's not how it is..."
"They can see the other lighthouses, and they want to communicate with each other... but they can't. Because they are too far apart to hear each other."
"All they can do is try their best to shine until they die..."
"They let that light shine on other lighthouses, and on me as well."
Gu Yun listened attentively, seemingly understanding but not quite, then looked at Lin Xi and asked, "Why are you included?"
Lin Xi's gaze deepened once more: "Because one day, I will become friends with one of them..."
The starlight was soft, and the night was tranquil.
The evening breeze blew between the two of them, and Gu Yun subconsciously moved closer to Lin Xi.
What's in that bag?
Lin Xi pointed to the burlap sack at Gu Yun's feet and asked curiously.
"Oh, this is a prize I won playing ring toss... Here!"
Gu Yun generously handed the burlap sack to Lin Xi.
The girl carefully opened it, and inside was a doll.
A platypus doll.
"It's ugly."
Lin Xi blinked, a hint of joy appearing between her brows.
"But it's very special!"
Gu Yun emphasized.
Just then, his mother's shouts came from down the mountain.
"Gu Yun—"
"Gu Yun—!!"
"We should go home!!!"
Gu Yun looked at the starry sky with lingering affection, then at Lin Xi.
"I have to go."
"Here, take this back."
"No need, it's yours... I'll go win another one, I'm the best ring toss player!"
Gu Yun pushed the doll back.
"..."
The girl hesitated for a long time before clutching her chest and speaking.
Will you come here again next year?
"Of course. And you?"
"I... will come too."
"So, is it still the Mid-Autumn Festival, and still here?"
"Um."
His mother's urging came from down the mountain again. Gu Yun waved to Lin Xi and walked down the mountain.
When they were halfway there,
Lin Xi mustered her courage and shouted:
"What if you forget, or get lost?"
Gu Yun turned around and smiled innocently.
"So......"
"We'll meet on the moon someday, you fool!"
