"right here!"
Ji Chunzao walked behind a sliding door. When she turned around, her skirt was flowing. She posed lively, as if she was solemnly introducing a secret to him.
They are currently in a secluded alley. Yan Jingxing looked up. The area and scale of this building were the largest among the streets in the center of the town. He could also see two red hydrogen balloons floating in the air.
If you go around to the other side, you can see cartoon-shaped inflatable dolls swinging around under the blow of the blower.
"Isn't this a shopping mall? This is the back entrance."
"Yes, the back door."
Ji Chunzao pointed to the cart with cardboard boxes stacked not far away.
"This is the channel for pulling goods. It is generally not closed, and you can go directly to the rooftop. If you enter through the main entrance, you will be stopped."
"...You quite understand this kind of sneaky thing."
"I just thought you were complimenting me." The little girl didn't take it seriously and said with a smile, "In short, this is the highest place in the center of the town. Based on previous experience, as long as I go to a higher place, I can get a clearer view. 'The presence of radio waves is felt everywhere."
"The height..."
Yan Jingxing thought for a while and asked again.
"Then why not go to the mountains? That's the highest altitude place, right?"
"I've tried it before."
Ji Chunzao shook his head.
"As a result, once you get to the mountains, you can't receive it at all. It's probably because you are far away from cities and people."
"Ordinary radios or mobile phones will easily lose signal when they reach the mountains. Is this true?"
"That has something to do with the signal coverage of the broadcast base station. As for why my ability is like this, it may be because alien creatures like to gather in crowded places."
She said as she walked into the door.
"Okay, let's put aside the principles for now, let's go up first."
…
Walking up the stairs without meeting anyone else, the two of them reached the top floor of the mall smoothly.
Ji Chunzao adjusted her breathing slightly and walked to the center of the rooftop with a serious expression. She folded her hands on her chest, closed her eyes, and began to take a deep breath.
"Uh...is this going to start?"
Yan Jingxing couldn't help but ask, but this time the girl didn't answer him.
Seeing that the atmosphere around her seemed to have changed, he stopped speaking and waited by the door.
It's very quiet on the rooftop, no noisy people.
What lingers in my ears is the echo left by the howling wind blowing past me.
He crossed his arms and felt a chill down his spine at a certain moment despite the scorching summer heat above his head.
The wind was filled with noisy whimpers...or maybe it was just an illusion.
Yan Jingxing shuddered and looked around, but nothing happened.
He looked at Ji Chunzao in the middle again. The wind blew her skirt and long hair, and the girl was as motionless as a sculpture.
He simply didn't look at anything else and just stared at her without feeling bored at all.
Just like that, after waiting patiently for ten minutes, Ji Chunzao finally made a move.
"...It doesn't seem to work."
She opened her eyes.
"What?"
"A little...feelingless."
Ji Chunzao turned around.
Yan Jingxing was surprised to find that the girl's forehead was sweating and her chest was heaving violently.
She didn't seem to notice this, and was still trying to explain to him what had just happened:
"Actually, this may be my first time trying to 'call' alien creatures in turn, but my intuition tells me that I can do this... It's normal to not be successful..."
Yan Jingxing didn't answer, his eyes fell on her hands involuntarily.
"Jing Xing...why don't you speak?"
Ji Chunzao's body swayed slightly. She seemed to feel lost and lowered her head slightly.
"Are you disappointed with me? Please...please don't blame me, I can try again..."
"That was not what I meant!"
Yan Jingxing quickly approached her, feeling anxious.
Of course, he would not blame her for such a small problem, but he noticed something abnormal about the girl.
What exactly happened?
"Look at your hands, they are shaking. Can't you feel them?"
Ji Chunzao was slightly startled when she heard this. Her eyes seemed to be staring into space without focus, until then they fell on her.
"Yes, yes, it's really strange. Why...why am I shaking all the time?"
Her lips also began to tremble, and she couldn't even speak clearly.
Yan Jingxing noticed that not only his hands, but Ji Chunzao's whole body seemed to be unsteady on his feet. He hesitated for only a moment, then realized that it was not the time to think about other things, so he immediately opened his arms and hugged her.
As if she had found support, the girl leaned softly on his shoulder. Her mouth was close to his neck, and the moist and hot breath came out from her pink lips, flowing and blowing on the skin, causing a slight itch.
"Let's go sit over there for a while."
After taking several deep breaths, Yan Jingxing tried his best to calm down and helped Ji Chunzao to the shade on the rooftop.
"You sit down and rest for a while."
The girl nodded, grabbing his arm with both hands, and her body slid down softly, as if all the strength supporting her body had been taken away.
"What's going on?" Yan Jingxing sat next to him and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to go to the hospital? I'll call a car..."
Ji Chunzao shook his head, as if unwilling, but he didn't even have the energy to answer.
His eyes never left her hands, and he found that the trembling on her body never stopped, and even began to spread to her feet, like some kind of neurological symptom.
The two of them were leaning in a very close posture, their arms touching each other, and there was a cold and sticky feeling on their skin, which was the cold sweat coming from Ji Chunzao's body.
"Has this happened before?"
Yan Jingxing asked.
"...No. As I said, it's my first time trying..."
After a long silence, Ji Chunzao suddenly denied what he had said.
"wrong."
"ah?"
"I should say, I don't know, I'm not sure. Because my memory of what happened before elementary school is very vague, but my 'superpower' was possessed when I was younger."
"Kindergarten? That's normal if you can't remember."
"That's not the case. Even if you forget most of the things, you can always remember fragmented fragments, right? But for me, recalling everything that happened at that time is like a layer of fog..."
Ji Chunzao's mouth murmured softly as he trembled.
"I know, I may have lost my memory."
Yan Jingxing blinked.
Amnesia, or a person with super powers? Is your identity too complicated? Just like the mysterious protagonist in a fictional story.
But under the current situation, Yan Jingxing couldn't open his mouth to joke.
"Maybe I'm feeling scared. Maybe it's not the first time I've called for aliens, but the last call may have had serious consequences, so I feel resistant now... But I can't remember it at all. Thing of the past."
The wind on the rooftop stopped blowing, and Yan Jingxing could only hear the soft voice of the girl beside him. The flow of time seemed to slow down, and even his breathing became longer.
"Are these all your guesses?"
Yan Jingxing said.
"...Well, it's just a possibility. I've thought about it a lot..."
"Then forget it." He sighed, "Whether it's a guess or not, if you think there is a possibility of danger, don't get close."
"No, we can't just let it go."
Ji Chunzao suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed the slender wrist on the other side, and tried hard to control it from beating further.
"I'll... try again."
"But in your current situation..."
"It doesn't matter. I understand that this is just a slight 'allergy', caused by subconscious resistance. As long as you endure it, it will be fine."
She gritted her teeth, her attitude more determined than ever.
"You can't just do nothing all the time, right? People who pursue secrets, once they know that the road to the truth is right in front of them, cannot stop walking. I have been waiting for several years, just because of this unreasonable worry... "
Yan Jingxing remained silent.
Ji Chunzao shared his secrets with him, and their hearts seemed to be closer; he should be happy for this. But in fact, Yan Jingxing's mood is a bit complicated now.
He just knew that she was shouldering some kind of heavy pressure, but he couldn't share it for her... To be honest, this was also a burden for him.
"No matter what you plan to do in the future, it won't be today."
Yan Jingxing patted the dust on his pants and stood up.
"Don't you want to meet the astronauts?"
Ji Chunzao raised his head and looked at him.
"I want to see it." He answered simply, "But I hope you can be healthy, so let's forget about it today."
"Hey... do you want to say goodbye?" She seemed worried that Yan Jingxing would abandon her and leave.
"How can I let you stay here alone like this?" He felt funny and shook his head, "Let's talk about it after you have rested. It's still very early. We can go shopping somewhere else."
"shop?"
"Yes, my family asked me to buy something when I went out."
He told such a harmless lie without blushing or heart beating.
"Actually, the shopping mall below is the place with the most comprehensive range of things in town. You can look for it here."
"Is there any fun place?"
"There is a TV in the place where DVDs are sold, which is specially used to show movies to attract the audience. It is usually finished. I sometimes stay there on weekends. Once I see a movie that interests me, I sit there for the whole afternoon." Ji Chun There are so many treasures, "There is a book selling area next door. There are many comics and magazines there, and many people read them for free."
"Really? Then I can't miss it. You can lead the way later."
"good."
The girl's tight little face finally relaxed at this moment. She smiled at him and nodded lightly.
*
Ji Chunzao's first attempt to summon "aliens" failed.
Although a little disappointed, it was as expected by Yan Jingxing. And compared to "astronaut", what he is more worried about now is Chun Zao's mental state.
He was relieved until he saw her return to normal.
Afterwards, they went to the mall as planned. The two junior high school students didn't have much money in their pockets, so they just went shopping.
But to be honest, he was quite happy. He followed Ji Chunzao to experience the fun of playing with discs and books, while walking aimlessly and chatting endlessly, and the time flew by.
When the light of the setting sun gradually penetrates into the glass, the young people are reluctant to leave, but they know that the time of separation has arrived.
Yan Jingxing thought that today would end like this, but things would never develop as expected.
"You've been seen, hide quickly!"
When he was about to walk out of the door, the face of the girl next to him suddenly changed.
"By whom? Ah, Xie Yuzhi..."
Just hit it?
"No! He's a more troublesome person."
After she said this hastily, she grabbed Yan Jingxing's arm and walked quickly towards the parking lot next to her, wanting to get away from the bustling crowd at the mall entrance.
But at this moment, a woman's voice came from not far away.
"Chun Zao? Why are you here?"
He could clearly feel that her body froze.
Yan Jingxing turned around and saw a thin middle-aged woman carrying a plastic bag pushing through the crowd and walking towards this side.
When she saw the boy and girl walking side by side, the middle-aged woman had already frowned;
The woman's eyes moved down and fell on Ji Chunzao's hand. She saw that she was holding Yan Jingxing's wrist without letting go, as if they were holding each other intimately, so her eyebrows tightened.
