Genius Club

Chapter 768: Chapter 8 Xiangyue!

Departure!

To the Moon!

_4 Chapter 768: Chapter 8 Xiangyue!

Departure!

To the Moon!

_4 As Lin Xian listened to Zheng Xiangyue’s narrative, the image of Jask with a frown and a troubled expression surfaced in her mind, and she couldn’t help but laugh.

Surely it can’t be found anywhere…

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This Rhein Cat Doll, only two prototypes were produced before the project was put on hold and ultimately scrapped due to various reasons.

The only two prototypes, one was won by Chu Anqing at an MX celebration through a raffle; the other, was taken by me from the company’s warehouse to give to Xiangyue as a birthday gift.

A product that never entered the market or was promoted would of course have no images or designs to be found.

“Then, Mr.

Jask asked me if I wanted to redeem this ticket to the Moon, saying he could launch a flight for me at any time,”

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I didn’t really want to go to the Moon, and I didn’t know why I had this ticket.

Not until I saw on this little piece of paper, it was written ‘Things to do after waking from hibernation!’”

“The first thing written on it was…

to bury my brother on the Moon.

Of course, I didn’t remember having a brother, but when I saw the urn, I understood that the so-called brother must be referring to it.”

“Back then, when I looked at this urn, I felt terrified, alienated, and didn’t even dare to get close to it.

It wasn’t until two years later, when I, as a middle school student, took that ticket to Mr.

Jask, saying I wanted to go to the Moon…

wondering if I could find my lost memories there,”

“Mr.

Jask happily agreed, saying the flight had been prepared for me long ago and was waiting for my departure.

So I went to the Moon with my brother’s urn and that laminated slip of paper.

After reaching the Moon, I wore a spacesuit, dug a hole on the lunar surface, and buried my brother’s urn there.”

“The moment I completed it…

I didn’t feel any satisfaction or emotion, as if I were mechanically doing something unrelated to me.

That was when I truly realized…

[how precious memories are.]”

“[To us, memories are not just bits of information, sentences, or images.

The reason memories differ from movie clips lies in the fact that…

memories include emotions.]”

“Just as it’s recorded on this slip, I had a brother.

Through the name on the urn, I know his name was Zheng Chenghe, and I also know my wish was to bury him on Earth.

But what does that represent, what does it mean?

I have no idea, no emotions attached,”

“Standing on the Moon as I wished, staring at the dark cosmos, looking at the vast Earth looming as if it were about to compress me…

I didn’t know where I was supposed to be, what I was supposed to do, or think.

In that instant, I felt so alone and so wanted to return to Mars.

At least…

Mars had my home, my classmates.”

“I took out that slip of paper with three wishes written on it, and told Mr.

Jask, now the first wish has been fulfilled.

The second wish is…

to repay Lin Xian, my brother.

But who is Brother Lin Xian?

Do you know Brother Lin Xian?”

“Mr.

Jask remained silent, and from his expression, he seemed to know who Brother Lin Xian was, but he didn’t seem willing to tell me.

I kept asking him if I could still see Brother Lin Xian,”

“Mr.

Jask still didn’t speak, just silently turned his head towards the azure Earth.

I thought…

that probably meant acceptance, that Brother Lin Xian, like my biological brother Zheng Chenghe, had likely passed away as well?”

“I remember the scene at that moment very clearly…”

Zheng Xiangyue closed her eyes, as if returning to the moment 100 years ago when she and Jask stood on the Moon gazing at Earth.

She whispered:

“Mr.

Jask told me that seeing someone in your heart is as good as having seen them…

Besides, the second wish written on the slip was just to properly repay Lin Xian, not necessarily through meeting…

Why not start with the third wish and work hard on it?”

“He said…

perhaps the second and third wishes are inherently connected, by simply being a kind person and doing loving things, that would be the best way to repay Lin Xian.”

…

At this point, Zheng Xiangyue smiled, opened her eyes, and looked at Lin Xian:

“That was the beginning of the second phase of my life.”

“After returning to Mars, I began to study hard and then joined the Space-T company.

I spent my life searching for things I could do, only to realize that I wasn’t that remarkable, didn’t have such great talent, and couldn’t contribute much to the world…”

“It’s undeniable, my life on Mars was very happy, with marriage, having children…

I have two children, a brother and sister who get along well; my son fathered two granddaughters for me; my daughter had another grandchild…

after I retired, I truly enjoyed a long period of familial bliss,”

“Now, before my trip to Earth, my son and daughter had already passed away, out of three grandchildren only one remained, and his health wasn’t very good…

It seems children born and raised on Mars generally don’t live as long as the people from Earth who came in hibernation.

I know several of the hibernated old Earth people who generally lived past a hundred years.”

Uncle Wei Shengjin, upon hearing this, also nodded in agreement.

Indeed that was the case.

Humans who hibernated on Earth and awakened on Mars generally live over 100 years.

Scientists speculate that this is somehow related to gravity and embryonic development, but the exact reason is unknown as the number of old-era Earth people living on Mars is dwindling.

Zheng Xiangyue, looking at the laminated slip of paper in her hand, continued:

“Later, as I approached 100 years old, I often looked at this slip of paper, feeling that I, as Zheng Xiangyue, have not accomplished the wishes of the childhood Zheng Xiangyue…

She left me with three wishes, of which I only mechanically completed the first one in confusion.

For the remaining two…

I had no idea whatsoever.”

“As one gets older, it’s natural to feel ambivalent.

I don’t have memories of living on Earth from before, but I find myself missing it more and more.

I know that life on Earth is backward and hard…

but I often wonder, what kind of person counts as kind and loving?”

“If Earth really is my hometown…

then shouldn’t I return with knowledge and love…

to properly build it up?”

“So, that’s what I did.

I came to Earth and never thought of going back.

I just want to contribute more kindness, more love, to make Earth a better place.

This is also to honor the teenage Zheng Xiangyue, who wrote down such a grand dream with every stroke.

I can’t let her down.”

The centenarian Zheng Xiangyue shook her head and smiled contentedly.

She placed the laminated scrap of paper on the table.

Looking up at Lin Xian again, she said:

“I really like Earth because…

its moon is truly beautiful, a sight you can never see on Mars.”

The Moon?

Suddenly, Lin Xian remembered the black giant hand that spanned from the northern to the southern pole on the Moon.

Could such a moon be called beautiful?

Could it be…

He immediately stood up, went outside the stone brick house, and looked up at the starry sky.

There,

amid the multitude of stars in the dark night sky directly overhead, hung a dazzling and bright full moon upon the celestial canvas!

It was luminous.

Pure.

Round like a jade plate.

It was the most beautiful moon he had ever seen in these futuristic dreams.

Lin Xian felt an inexplicable sense of solidity.

Now, this made sense.

This was the real moon.

Behind him, the elderly Wei Shengjin and Zheng Xiangyue also came out of the house, standing beside Lin Xian, gazing up at the moon in the sky.

“I also really like Earth’s moon,” Wei Shengjin remarked with feeling:

“Mars might have two moons, Phobos and Deimos, but they’re too small and can’t reflect sunlight, so you’ll never see a beautiful sight like the moon on Mars.”

“I’ve been on Earth for two months now, and every night I spend a long time watching the moon.

It’s truly beautiful, utterly intoxicating.”

Lin Xian chuckled softly, looking back at Zheng Xiangyue:

“Actually, even if you hadn’t come to Earth, Earth people would have forever been grateful to you.

Your kindness and love…

they received it hundreds of years ago.”

The elderly Zheng Xiangyue didn’t understand Lin Xian’s words and asked in confusion:

“Why do you say that?

I haven’t done anything for Earth…

made no contributions.”

“No…”

Lin Xian looked up again, bathing in the clean moonlight, the inverted bright moon reflected in his eyes:

“[This pristine moonlight is the best gift you’ve given to Earth.]”