That evening, the Morania left the overheated waters, and the wind over the river turned refreshing. Lu Mingfei stood at the bow, breathing in the damp air, rising and falling with the deck.
"What are you looking at?" Nono walked over. The melancholy sight of Lu Mingfei standing alone at the bow really got to her. She could not help wanting to play Jack, hug him from behind, and shout, "I'm the king of the world!" Even if the Morania sank right afterward and the two of them died together for love, she would have been willing!
"The stars. People used to navigate by them, believe in constellations, think the dead turned into stars. Some even used stargazing to divine the future," Lu Mingfei said.
"What about you? Are you looking at people, or the future?" Nono asked.
"Both, I guess. People, the future-I can't see either very clearly anyway. I feel a little lost," Lu Mingfei said. He suddenly felt a little envious of Zero. Zero never seemed lost. Her priorities were simple: Lu Mingfei, everything else.
"Tell me about the people."
"...I'm really happy you like me. What boy wouldn't want a cool girl like you to like him? But why do you like me? Just because you profiled me a few times? Was the me you profiled that charming?"
Nono looked at Lu Mingfei's damn handsome face and felt annoyed. What nonsense was this guy spouting?
"He was pretty charming, but not as charming as you are now. When I profiled you in Hakone, I entered Spirit Vision with you. The way you were then really made my heart ache." Nono leaned over the railing, her hair streaming in the wind. "You suffered so much, and nobody even knew. I thought you were like a lost puppy