I almost touched the moon

The temperature in the desert was extremely low at night. Wen Song and Cheng Che lay together in sleeping bags. Because they were leaning against him, they didn't feel cold.

He always seemed like this, his body temperature was higher than hers, warmer, and as bright and gentle as the sunshine.

There are two viewing windows on the top of the tent, so you can see the stars in the sky by looking up.

Wen Song stretched out his hand, pointed at the four brightest stars and said, "That's the Southern Cross. Although it can be observed in low latitudes in the northern hemisphere, it won't be so obvious."

It is indeed very bright. With the naked eye alone, you can see the brilliant light. It looks like a cross hanging in the sky, dazzling.

"Songsong..." Cheng Che suddenly felt a little sad. He moved closer to Wen Song, lowered his head and buried it in her neck and whispered, "I miss my mother..."

Today is his birthday, and it is also the day twenty-two years ago when his mother brought him into this world.

"A Che..." Wen Song didn't know how to comfort him. She didn't know how to comfort people. Although she could understand Cheng Che's sadness, she didn't know what to say to really help him.

She could only reach out and hug Cheng Che tightly in her arms, kiss his eyes gently, and pat his back to comfort him.

"Ache...you still have me." Wen Song spoke softly, gently stroking his earlobe, especially affectionately, "I'll be with you."

She couldn't say the word forever, but as long as Cheng Che was willing, she would always stay by his side.

Cheng Che also hugged her, bent down and kissed her lips tenderly, not wanting to separate for a moment, until he felt Wen Song's breathing became a little rapid, he let go, but still held her in his arms, letting her lean on his chest.

He stroked her back while looking at the stars in the sky. His words were a little sad. "Before my mother passed away, she told me not to be sad. She said that she would become a star in the sky and always accompany me. So when I was little, I loved to look at the stars. I would also ask my grandmother which star was my mother."

Wen Song couldn't help but shed tears after hearing his words. When she was a child, whenever she missed her mother, she would run to the top of the mountain to look at the stars and the moon. Because her mother told her that although they were at two ends of the earth, they could see the same moon and the same starry sky.

Because I missed my mother, I went to look at the moon, and then I saw the starry sky and fell in love with stargazing. This hobby has never changed over the years.

When it was time to apply for university, she chose astrophysics without hesitation, as it was her only choice. She chose the University of Munich, not only because she liked Neuschwanstein Castle, but also because the University of Munich had its own university observatory and had in-depth cooperation with ESO, so she could watch the stars at any time.

Feeling Wen Song's silence, Cheng Che felt lost for a moment, but when he saw her tears in her eyes, he felt relieved. Her silence was not because of ruthlessness, but because she felt the same as him, so she was so sad that she didn't know what to say.

"Sister." Cheng Che lowered his head and kissed her forehead. "Don't cry, I'm fine."

"But I will feel sorry for you." Wen Song sighed softly, "Why didn't I know you at that time? If I knew you, I would take you to see the stars."

It was a very touching sentence. After hearing it, Cheng Che's eyes filled with tears. He held her fingers tightly, kissed her lips again, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. Aren't you taking me to see the stars now?"

Although she came fifteen years late, she still came and took him to see the most gorgeous starry sky. She even gave him a comet named after them.

He went on to say, "When I grew up, I realized that when people die, they no longer exist and will not become stars in the sky. Since then, I have never seen stars again."

"No, Ache." Wen Song has always been a staunch materialist, but at this moment he chose a point of view that he never agreed with.

"When a person dies, only the body disappears. In Tibetan Buddhism, death is not the end of life, but the beginning. Although the body disappears, the soul will move towards the light and gain eternal life. Especially, your mother is so kind, her soul will definitely exist forever and accompany you forever."

Cheng Che looked at the stars in the sky and heard Wen Song's words. He was moved and asked her, "Sister, are the stars really transformed from human souls?"

Wen Song almost subconsciously asked back, "Do you mean stars or planets?", but he closed his mouth in time when he saw Cheng Che's eyes. There was yearning and warmth in his eyes.

"Yes." She answered without hesitation, "The soul of a person will become a star in the sky. Just like Venus is called Venus, because ancient people believed that Venus was so bright that it must be the most beautiful goddess transformed.

Our Ah Che's mother, let me think, my mother is so beautiful and kind, she must be a star, which star? My mother definitely doesn't want to be too far away from you, it should be Proxima centauri, the closest star to the solar system, about 4.24 light years away from the earth. "

After that, she pointed her finger at the night sky, pointed to the northern sky and said, "Proxima Centauri is difficult to observe with the naked eye. It's probably in this position. If you want to see it, let's try using a telescope now."

She held Cheng Che's hand and said softly, "So, Ah Che, Mom didn't lie to you. She really turned into a star in the sky and is accompanying you not far from the solar system."

Cheng Che also smiled when he heard her answer, but there were tears in his eyes. She knew better than anyone how stars were formed, and that it had nothing to do with the human soul. However, she told him so seriously that her mother would become Proxima Centauri and accompany him not far from the earth.

"Sister...thank you." Cheng Che lowered his head and kissed her brow, "Thank you for not exposing me. I know that the formation of stars has nothing to do with people. I also know that my mother passed away and is gone. It doesn't matter. I have let it go over the years. Maybe because I was too happy today, I suddenly missed her a lot. I wanted to let her know that I am really happy now and have met someone who loves me very much."

"Who said there is no connection?" Wen Song retorted, "Although star formation is due to the collapse of high-density areas of molecular clouds into spherical plasma, this process involves many substances, including the human soul. After all, no research has shown that the formation of stars or planets has nothing to do with the human soul. Since there is no evidence to prove that it does not exist, this hypothesis is valid."

After hearing her words, Cheng Che burst into laughter. It was really a bandit logic, but he couldn't refute it, and he didn't want to refute it. She knew the most about planets and star formation, how could he not believe her words.

Wen Song continued, "And, A-Che, do you remember what I told you, that at the center of a black hole is the singularity? It is a point with infinite mass and infinitely small volume. There, physics does not apply, and the past, present, and future are all in disorder. So, perhaps after a person dies, their soul will travel through the universe, cross the event horizon, enter the singularity, and thus achieve eternal life."

Cheng Che had never thought that she would interpret black holes in this way. He clearly remembered that Wen Song had complained many times that what she hated most was studying black holes. Collecting data was a hassle. Not to mention that calculating the Schwarzschild radius was even more difficult. The most annoying thing was the singularity because it could not be verified at all.

But tonight, she told him that the human soul would cross the event horizon and live forever in the singularity. He didn't want to delve into whether Wen Song's words were really based on scientific theory or were simply to make him happy. As long as she said it, he would believe it.

"Ah Che." Seeing Cheng Che was silent, she thought he didn't believe her words, and then pointed at the shining blue star in the night sky and said,

"That is Rigel A, the brightest star in Orion. But it is about 863 light-years away from Earth, which means that the light it emits takes 863 years to reach Earth. What we see is it 863 years ago, so perhaps it has already undergone a major qualitative change, but humans have not had time to observe it yet.

It's not just Rigel A. Most of the stars you see on Earth are hundreds or even tens of thousands of years old. So, compared to stars, human lifespan is really short, but what does it matter? Maybe millions of light years away, in the eyes of people there, we are still alive after millions of years. "

After hearing what she said, Cheng Che nodded firmly. She has always been a person who only knows theory and is rigorous, rational and rigid. But tonight she said so much to him, which did not seem like Iseylia.

"Baby, can I take back what I said before?" Cheng Che looked at her and asked half jokingly and half seriously.

"What?" Wen Song asked, "I am a fairy? No way, I am a fairy."

"No!" Seeing her like this, Cheng Che finally laughed heartily, "I said you don't understand romance, sister, you are obviously very romantic."

"Yes, I am very romantic." Wen Song nodded, "That's why everyone likes me very much."

"I like you, too." Cheng Che hugged her and promised her under the starry sky.

"Iseylia, Ich werde dich immer lieben." (I will always love you)