Morning Star

The sky gradually darkened. Chujiu and Mo Xinglan sat in a relatively quiet hamburger restaurant eating fried chicken burgers.

At the same time, she connected to the store's WiFi and searched on a map on her mobile phone. It would take nearly an hour to get home from this area by subway, and she would have to change lines.

The subway was definitely not an option, after all, we were both undocumented people, and although we had cell phones, they were new and had no SIM cards in them, so we couldn't do anything. It was difficult.

It only takes less than half an hour by car.

I checked the time on my phone and it was already past seven in the evening.

I haven't found a place to live yet. Even if I take a taxi home now, it's not realistic, after all, I'll have to spend time explaining when I get home. After thinking it over, I decided to go back tomorrow during the day.

take it easy.

After dinner, Chujiu originally wanted to take Mo Xinglan to find a regular hotel nearby, but suddenly remembered that an ID card was required to check into the hotel.

She asked the heaven in silence.

Mo Xinglan saw her suddenly standing there with her head down and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Xingxing, you need an ID card to stay in a hotel." She murmured with her head down.

Mo Xinglan: “…”

Why do you need an ID card again?

He paused: "What do you need me to do?"

Like during the day.

Chujiu knew what he meant, sighed and shook his head: "It's okay, I just saw a police station nearby, I'll go and see if I can get a temporary ID card."

She remembered that Piaomiao once said that if she chose to stay in that world, the body in this world would slowly lose its vitality. She didn't know how slowly this "slowly" meant, but she only hoped that it could still be used now.

So they found a place without any surveillance cameras and let Mo Xinglan stay in the isolated space, and walked towards the police station.

To others, there was only Chujiu, but in fact, there was also Mo Xinglan following her.

When she arrived at the police station, she reported her name and ID number and found that they were still valid. Her nervous heart finally calmed down.

She was really scared to death. If she found out that the ID number had been cancelled, she wouldn't know what to do.

After expressing his gratitude, he took Mo Xinglan to find a larger hotel.

It doesn’t matter that Mo Xinglan doesn’t have an ID card, as long as she has spatial isolation.

After entering the room, Chujiu first checked whether there were any pinhole cameras or the like. Just in case, he even covered the mirror with a cloth.

Although it is a regular hotel, who knows if someone with ulterior motives might install some peeping equipment in it?

She also knows about one-way mirrors, double-way mirrors and so on.

Chujiu was busy over there, and Mo Xinglan just stood there looking around, his eyes full of curiosity and confusion as he watched her actions.

Like a curious baby, he asked what this was and what that was.

Chujiu was rare and patient in explaining to him.

It was the first time I heard him ask so many questions, and it was also the first time I saw his curious cat-like expression. He was so adorable.

I wanted to tease him for a moment. My eyes rolled and I heard a buzzing sound in my head.

Holding the hand of Mo Xinglan, who was curious about everything, he went to the bathroom.

In order to give Mo Xinglan a better experience, we booked a better room when we booked it, with the toilet and bathroom separated in two rooms.

Mo Xinglan was pulled into the bathroom by her with a puzzled look on his face.

"Xingxing, if you want to take a shower later, take a shower in here." Then she introduced some things in the bathroom to him.

Mo Xinglan listened to her introduction carefully and asked a few questions from time to time.

After Chujiu finished the introduction, he handed him the shower head and pointed to the switch: "This is the water switch. You can take a shower by lifting it up later. This side is hot water, and the other side is cold water."

Mo Xinglan held the shower head and pointed the water outlet towards himself. He looked at the small holes in confusion, and then looked at the switch that Chujiu had just told him. Without hesitation, he pointed the water outlet of the shower head towards the ground.

Seeing this, Chujiu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

She hadn't even told him which side the water came from, but he knew it already. That's right, her Xingxing is so smart, how could he not know such a small thing? But, did he think that everything would be fine?

Seeing his hand reaching out to turn on the switch, she had a sly look in her eyes. She stepped back and pretended to introduce something else to him: "This..."

"Clatter!"

"Clap!"

A linear stream of water suddenly flowed down from top to bottom, soaking Mo Xinglan from head to toe.

Mo Xinglan was startled, and his left hand holding the shower head shook, causing the shower head to fall to the ground. He was suddenly soaked through, and froze in place.

"Pfft, hahaha..."

Chujiu couldn't help but chuckle and stood aside gloating.

"..."

Mo Xinglan then realized that he had been tricked by her.

I took a look at the shower head that had fallen to the ground. I had turned on the water switch but not a drop of water came out. Instead,...

He looked up.

Sure enough, there was one on the head opposite him, and it was a big one.

He was so focused on listening to what Chujiu said that he didn't pay attention to what was above his head.

He turned off the water, slowly turned his head and looked at Chujiu who was hiding aside and only got splashed with water from the ground, and was still gloating.

He took a step towards her, reached out and grabbed her hand, pulling her into his arms and hugging her.

He was soaked, and with the pulling and hugging, Chujiu's clothes also got wet.

"..."Chujiu finally couldn't laugh anymore.

Mo Xinglan raised his lips and asked in her ear: "Are you still laughing?"

"I……"

"Crash!"

Chujiu had just opened his mouth to say something when he was poured with cold water.

I glanced sideways at the switch and saw, sure enough, a white, slender hand was on it.

"Jiuer, since you are so impatient, why don't we take a shower together? Hmm?" Mo Xinglan took the opportunity to whisper something in her ear.

Chujiu's mouth twitched, and she quickly withdrew from his arms: "I don't want it, you wash it yourself."

After saying that, she turned around and ran out of the bathroom, and helped him close the bathroom door.

"..."

The moment she turned around, Mo Xinglan's smile slowly disappeared. He didn't chase her, nor did he stop her. He took off his soaked clothes and poured cold water on them.

The cold water rushing over my body stimulates my brain and nerves throughout my body.

Zisang's words echoed in my mind.

“Even if the original matters are changed, the final result will be the same. The process may be different, but the result cannot be changed.”

Is it really... impossible to change?

He stood there motionless with his eyes lowered, letting the cold water wash over his body, no emotion visible on his beautiful face.

After a while, he turned off the water and used his spiritual energy to dry the water on his body, then put on a bathrobe, opened the door and walked out.

I saw Chujiu had dried the water on his body and was sitting there looking at his phone.

"Are you done washing?" Seeing him come out, Chujiu put down his phone and went to get his bathrobe.

He responded softly and walked over.

Chujiu took a bathrobe to the bathroom and noticed that the temperature in the bathroom was wrong. He looked in the direction of the switch and immediately understood.

He was immediately furious: "Why are you using cold water when you have hot water?"

It shouldn't be that he doesn't know how to use it, how can he not understand it?

"The hot water is too hot." He answered casually.

"..."

Is that true?

Although it was very hot sometimes, it could be adjusted. Besides, she was outside, so he could ask her.

Could it be that he was too embarrassed to ask?

I nodded when I thought of this. It should be. I guess I need to teach you again next time and explain it in more detail.

"Splash..." The sound of water came from the bathroom.

Mo Xinglan was half lying on the head of the bed, playing with his cell phone with his head down.

Chujiu had told him some things before, and now he had to figure it out on his own.

The hotel has WiFi, and Chujiu has already asked the staff for the WiFi password, so there is no need to worry about not being able to access the Internet.

Before this, Chujiu had helped him change the font to traditional Chinese, so he didn't have to worry about not being able to understand it.

He is learning about the world through the Internet.

After a while, the sound of water finally stopped, and a girl with long dark brown hair and wearing a white bathrobe walked out of the bathroom.

She had become accustomed to using her spiritual energy to dry the water off her body.

As soon as I came out, I saw Mo Xinglan holding a cell phone and moving his hands around.

She walked up to him with light steps, looked down and found that he was actually looking at the differences between the 4G era and the 5G era.

My goodness, he knew all this in the time it took her to take a shower.

But this guy seemed to be looking at his phone from time to time during the day. But this is still fast, right?

She looked at her phone, then looked at the pair of dark eyes illuminated by the phone screen and said, "Xingxing, looking at your phone too much is bad for your eyes."

He raised his head and replied seriously, "I've only been watching for a short time, but I haven't seen as much as you have in total. How can I be nearsighted if you are not nearsighted?"

"Oh, you know you are nearsighted." Chujiu was shocked.

He raised the corner of his mouth proudly.

Chujiu was so angry that he laughed when he saw this. He climbed onto the bed with a "tsk" sound and sat down on the other side.

She has no mood to play with her phone now, her mind is full of thoughts about what to do tomorrow.

What should she say when she sees her parents?

She actually wanted to tell the truth, but she was afraid that her parents would not believe her and think she was a liar.

Mo Xinglan, who was looking at his phone beside her, noticed her mood change and put down his phone.

He rubbed her head and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

In fact, he could probably guess what she was thinking.

Chujiu leaned on him and said, "Xingxing, I'm scared."

"...I'm here, don't be afraid." He paused and reached out to pull her over, holding her between his legs in his arms.

Chujiu pursed her lips and hugged his waist, resting her head on his chest. She sighed, "I'm afraid that my parents won't recognize me. I'm afraid that they will... feel very strange after knowing what happened to me."

She rubbed her fair cheek against his chest, buried her face in his chest and whispered in tears: "Xingxing, I'm afraid of them, they don't want me anymore. I'm afraid that mom and dad don't want me anymore... They don't want me anymore, what should I do? Woo..."