under hope

"Hello, how can I help you?"

Wu Yong sat upright at the table and said in correct republican language.

"Ah, why don’t I have a single order...I don’t have one, I don’t have one…"

"No, why don't you come here after get off work? Although it’s not easy for delivery people, it’s the same for me."

Wu Yong secretly complained, and the corner of his mouth twitched as he replied with standard words, but as expected, the other party had already started to complain.

"Fortunately, a lot of work orders have been created in advance today, so I can leave early after get off work soon."

He slumped in the chair, listening helplessly to the endless complaints on the headset, occasionally replying"Sorry" or"Yes, I'm very sorry."

After the reporting time, he quickly said the conclusion and hung up. Got the phone

"Phew—Okay, the next step is to make up the remaining work orders."

He worked hard again, his fingers typing quickly on the keyboard.

Everyone around him had almost left, and the cleaning lady was already cleaning from scratch.

He clicked the left button of the mouse and finally submitted the last work order He walked up.

The streets were bustling with people, and the night market had just started at this time. There were the sounds of vendors selling and the laughter of the crowd everywhere.

He walked alone on the bustling streets, and then walked into a convenience store and bought a can of Kryptonite.

He didn't He likes to drink. When he was young, his father once fainted after drinking with his friends, which became a shadow for him.

He was drinking Kryptonite while walking home and felt a little dizzy. Sure enough, it was because he slept too late yesterday. Have you?

In a daze, he came to the woods he walked through yesterday. The big hole was still there, but there were more withered yellow leaves.

"Huh? Why am I here again? I have to go home quickly. I’m too sleepy."

He shook his head to keep himself awake and walked on the right path again.

"She's not here, that girl. Is it really still a dream?"

He thought so

"I didn’t really sleep on the roadside yesterday..."

He held his forehead with a wry smile.

Finally arriving at the door of his home, he quickened his pace and opened the door with force.

"so slow! Aren’t all human beings from nine to six? Didn’t you spend the whole day shopping?"

What I saw in front of me was the familiar silver hair. The girl was sitting on the sofa, still wearing the blue uniform.

"ha? Did I enter the wrong door?"

He immediately exited the door and checked the door number next to it.

"The brand number is correct, and besides, my house is a bungalow in this area."

He rubbed his eyes and walked in the door again.

There was nothing in the room, and there were no wrinkles or misplacements on the blanket on the sofa. It was as if nothing had ever happened.

"This is that one, it’s a common scene in anime, where the phantom of the person you miss appears in front of your eyes."

He closed the door and slapped his cheek

"No, I keep thinking about the characters in my dreams. Is it really a problem of living alone? Otherwise, I might as well fall in love."

He drank the last bit of Kryptonite, then went to the bedroom and changed into his pajamas.

"Take a shower to wash away the bad luck of the day."

As soon as he was lying on the bed, this idea suddenly came to him.

So, he came to the door of the bathroom, and as soon as he turned the door handle, the sound coming from inside made him freeze in place.

"What are you doing? There's someone there. Just wait."

"Eh? Am I hallucinating again?"

He couldn't help shouting

"What kind of auditory hallucinations are you trying to find a reason to peek in?"

The shouts that came out of the room again were like a blow to his head, and his sleepiness disappeared instantly.

"Yeah...sorry."

He stammered, and mechanically walked to the sofa and sat down.

Not long after, the door to the bathroom was opened, and it was the girl from yesterday who walked out.

The girl sat down next to him and used a comb to clean the hair. Dredging his silver hair

"Why are you wearing my clothes?"

This was the first thing he asked after he recovered.

"There's nothing else you can wear here. That uniform is not breathable and very uncomfortable."

The girl combed her hair, turned her face and looked at him with lavender eyes.

"Why are you at my house?"

He asked again

"Are you asking this now? It was you who took me out of the spaceship, don't you have to be responsible for it?"

The girl frowned slightly and said with a serious expression.

"So...were you awake at that time?"

Recalling what he did yesterday when his head was hot, his face felt a little hot.

"Our spacecraft will automatically hide after being separated from its owner, and then send out a micro-recorder to record the owner's movement."

The girl introduced him plausibly, waving the comb up and down in accordance with her tone.

"Yesterday I went to recover the spaceship, but I'm not familiar with this place, and you don't look like a bad guy, so I came to see you."

After saying that, the girl turned her head again and looked at him expectantly.

"What...what do you mean? I'm so sorry for taking you out without permission, I'm sorry!"

Wu Yong, who listened for a long time, just didn't understand. He had to lower his head and apologize to the girl for yesterday's incident.

"Ah... you..."

The girl shook her head helplessly, seeming disappointed.

"So - to - say, I'm going to stay with you for a while until I figure out what's going on with this planet."

The girl stood up and spoke to him in a condescending voice.

"Live... live down?! Then I...I'll change places!"

He was startled by the girl's suddenly raised voice. Just as he was about to stand up, he was pushed down by the girl.

"You don’t need to leave, I’ll stay here for the time being, one house, two people, understand?"

The girl stared into his eyes and made gestures with her hands.

"Oh, I understand, living together... I thought they were going to kick me out."

He patted his chest lightly with his hand, and his hanging heart finally fell to the ground.

"Living together?"

The girl tilted her head as if she was thinking about something, but she quickly nodded.

"Yes, living together. You can go take a shower now"

"No, it's...no longer necessary."

He is extremely awake now, and his inner voice has never stopped.

"Living with... living together? What am I talking about? We don't have that kind of relationship. Why can she admit it so naturally? Is she really from this planet?"

He sat on the sofa and rubbed his thighs nervously. He didn't know what to say for a moment. He glanced at the girl secretly and found that she was also looking at him.

"What...what happened?"

He asked sheepishly

"It turns out that the encyclopedia says that"people will make a series of actions when they are nervous" and it is true."

The girl said incredulously

"Encyclopedia? when?"

"Here, I operate with brain waves and can access your thing called the Internet."

The girl pointed to the white earrings on her ears.

"Are you nervous?"

The girl asked again

"ah? That...I..."

He didn't know how to explain his feelings for a moment.

"Well...it's no wonder, after all, someone I don't know suddenly came into my home and said they wanted to live together."

The girl tilted her head and raised her chin with her hand, looking thoughtful.

"Well, let me introduce myself. My name is Sula, from the Parthian galaxy."

The girl stretched out her hand towards her, her bright eyes touched his heart.

"Um? I remember the encyclopedia said that shaking hands should be a sign of friendship!"

Seeing that he didn't move for a long time, the girl was a little confused.

"ah! Feel sorry. My name is Wu Yong, and I am... a citizen of the Republic!"

He stood up hurriedly and held the girl's soft, marshmallow-like hand.

"Well... how about you sleep in bed today."

Seeing that the girl had no intention of letting go, he said hesitantly.

"bed? You mean that hard thing in the house?"

The girl let go of her hand and pointed to the bedroom with a surprised look on her face.

"ah? Yes, that's right"

"It’s better not to, I’ll sleep in the spaceship."

The girl waved her hand in disgust, and then gently touched her earrings.

After a burst of light blue light, an eggshell-like object appeared in the living room.

"It's getting late, go to bed."

The girl yawned and pushed the spaceship towards the bedroom.

"etc! Will you sleep in the same room with me?"

He quickly ran over and blocked the bedroom door, his face was red and hot.

"if not? Get out of the way, we have to go out to investigate tomorrow."

The girl held the spaceship with one hand and pushed him hard with the other.

"No, no, no, this is still a bit inappropriate, no matter what you say about us……"

"do you hate me?"

The girl suddenly said, her lavender eyes seemed to be flashing with tears.

"No, it's just me..."

He looked at the girl's slightly sad eyes and was stunned for a moment.

"Then get out of the way, I'm going to sleep."

The girl's sudden force pushed him staggering, and he sat on the edge of the bed impartially.

The girl pulled the spaceship to the window before stopping.

"Well, this way you can get some sunshine when you wake up in the morning. Good night, Wu Yong."

The girl opened the hatch to herself, huddled in the spacecraft, and the hatch closed immediately.

"Alas...go to sleep."

He didn't know what to do, so he simply gave up thinking and lay down on the bed.

In the morning, he was woken up by the alarm. He sat up from the bed and found that there was nothing next to the window.

"It can't be...it's still a dream."

He patted his head and tentatively called the girl's name.

"Sula?"

"I'm here, what's wrong?"

The voice from the kitchen told him that everything was true, including what happened yesterday.

"It still feels a bit magical."

He was wearing formal clothes, listening to the"ding-dong-dang" sound coming from the kitchen, and walked out of the bedroom worriedly.

"You get up, I followed the encyclopedia and fried some shredded potatoes, I think it looks pretty good."

Sula put the plate with food on the table and looked at him expectantly.

"Surprisingly capable."

He smiled, picked up the chopsticks from the chopstick holder, sat at the table, picked up a handful of shredded potatoes and put it into his mouth.

"How about it?"

Sula asked.

There is no taste, no, maybe it has the fragrant taste of potatoes.

"It retains the taste of potatoes itself, which is quite good."

He squeezed out such a sentence

"Okay, okay, eat quickly and take me out for a walk later."

Sula happily shook her calves.

"Well, what about steamed buns or rice?"

Seeing that there was no other movement from Sula, he asked again

"what?"

"No, nothing."

After hearing the other party's question, he gave up the idea of ​​eating at home.

"Let's go out and buy some breakfast later."

He barely ate half of the shredded potatoes, wiped his mouth and was about to go out.

"Ah, by the way, I have to go to work today."

He turned to Sula and said

"What? Isn't today Sunday? The encyclopedia says that regular companies have weekends off."

Seeing the girl's surprised expression, he didn't know how to explain it to her, so he had to leave this sentence.:

"I'll take the day off tomorrow."

On the way to the company, he still felt a little unbelievable. The Parthian galaxy? What is that? Is Sula really an alien? There is no relevant information found in the encyclopedia. The mystery about Sula can only be solved by Wu Yong slowly untied himself.