Mr. Su's Love Investigation Report
Chapter 156 Stars

Chapter 156: Chapter 156 Stars

Humans, born resilient, yet inexplicably fragile.

As one perseveres forward, always feeling as if they have mastered the Golden Bell Iron Cloth, impervious and unbreakable, it’s only because they haven’t encountered the point that would break them. Just like the vital points of martial arts masters in novels, there is always a weakness, and once struck, they shatter easily.

Xiao Xu, are you my vital point? Since when?

Was it from the moment you said, "I will take you across every line"? Or was it when you said, "Xiao Xu will never lose Sister Tu again"?

"Little Sha, where are you going?" Hao Ren’s voice sounded beside her.

Why was Hao Ren next to her?

She was startled, fearing that she appeared too disheveled at the moment. She immediately wiped her face clean and looked around.

The streetlights around were bright, and the sky had turned completely dark. She, confused, didn’t know where she had wandered to.

Hao Ren looked at her, "Are you in a hurry to go home?"

She shook her head.

"Then let me take you somewhere!"

She didn’t ask where Hao Ren was going, only called Mom to find that Mom had already made dinner and eaten, which set her mind at ease.

Hao Ren first bought a bunch of food, then took her into the car and mentioned a university name.

"What are we going to do at the school?" she asked curiously.

"You’ll know when we get there!"

"Did you graduate from this university?"

"Yes!"

Hao Ren took her up a small hill.

"You don’t need to climb a tree to see the stars. This is the best place to stargaze. Come." At the hilltop, Hao Ren deftly climbed onto a platform, turned around, extended his hand to her, and pulled her up.

Tu Hengsha didn’t tell Hao Ren that she actually didn’t like stargazing. To her, rather than looking at the stars, she preferred looking at lights. Lights are warm; a light waiting for a night returner, the door open with a welcome, is the warmest place in the world.

However, tonight’s starlight was different from the usual.

The starlight was chilly, and she was not alone.

"Little Sha." In the night breeze, Hao Ren gently called her name, "It seems... we came at a bad time."

Tu Hengsha was confused. Following Hao Ren’s gaze, she saw at least two couples kissing.

She chuckled and teased, "Did it remind you of your past?"

"Yeah!" Hao Ren admitted candidly, "Who hasn’t had a couple of future-less love affairs when young? Back then, she was pure and beautiful, truly like a lily. Right here on this platform, she said she wanted to be with me forever."

"And after that?"

"After that? I went to a newspaper office upon graduation, and she went abroad. And that was it! At last year’s reunion, she brought a tall and handsome husband, still beautiful like a goddess."

"Were you sad?" Tu Hengsha stared into the distant lights, her eyes filled with thoughts.

"Yes, I was sad! It took me years to recover." Hao Ren opened a can of beer and handed it to her.

Tu Hengsha had never drunk alcohol before. She stared at the beer can for a few seconds, took it, and took a small sip. It was both bitter and astringent. "Were you resentful towards her? For not keeping her word."

"What is there to resent?" Hao Ren opened a can himself. "Things develop and change; just because I liked chicken legs as a child doesn’t mean I’d still like them as an adult. But I was sincere in my love for chicken legs as a child. She had the right to pursue her life, but at that moment when she said she wanted to be with me forever, she was serious too."

Tu Hengsha suddenly laughed, taking tiny sips of beer, letting the unfamiliar bitter and astringent taste tangle on her tongue.

"Being sincere is enough; at least I was warm at that moment." Hao Ren handed her a small bag of peanuts, "Eat them with the beer."

She nodded, "Makes sense, one shouldn’t be too greedy."

"Exactly! When confused, think about your original intentions and what you have. The sense of happiness will multiply."

The original intention?

Tu Hengsha squinted her eyes. Her biggest wish was for Mom to live healthily, for them to be together always. Now, not only had she realized what she wanted, but she also had Yueyue. Life had surpassed expectations.

So, Tu Hengsha, what reason do you have to be despondent?

"Come, look at this star." He pointed to a very bright star in the sky. "This is called the Homing Star."

"Nonsense! That’s clearly the Polar Star!" Did he think she hadn’t studied geography?

"It’s the Homing Star! My girlfriend renamed it the last few nights before she left. Oh, we often named stars as we liked. Initially, it wasn’t called Homing; it was called Piggy Star for three years because I called her Piggy. She was the brightest star in my night sky. Um, when she renamed it to Homing, she said she’d think of me in the United States and look at the stars. The Polar Star is so bright; she’d definitely see it in the States, and it’s the same star we see here in China. We were naive, both truly believing, never considering that we could never see the same star. When she was seeing stars in the States, it was daytime for us..."

Tu Hengsha listened, entranced, and after a while, she asked, "Then, why didn’t you go to the United States with her?"

"As I said, one shouldn’t want too much. My roots are here, my parents are back home. I wouldn’t leave. Maybe it’s because the love wasn’t deep enough, or maybe, life and love aren’t everything, even if they aren’t the most important."

Tu Hengsha listened blankly, only her throat continued to swallow beer sip by sip. When a can of beer was empty and she couldn’t drink anymore, she suddenly laughed, "Hao Ren, teach me how to stargaze, will you?"

"Sure!"

The weather was great today, and Hao Ren pointed out the stars in the sky to her, one by one. Each star had a name, and each name had a story. It turned out that stars were warm too.

Unknowingly, while recognizing stars, she finished another can of beer. She pointed to the sky and laughed, "This one is Pea! This one is Failing! Because that day your girlfriend failed her exam, she was unhappy!"

He watched her smile, was she finally happy?

"Hao Ren, why did you take me stargazing?" On the way back, her steps were unsteady, and the scene in front of her had double visions.

Hao Ren paused and said, "Not only Su Ronggui would watch stars with you."

"Hehe..." She chuckled lightly, "He never watched stars with me. But, it doesn’t matter. One shouldn’t be greedy."

"Tu Hengsha!" There was a loud shout from behind.

She wobbled and turned her head, only to see a car stopped at the street’s end on Hongliu Road, and an anxious person got out of the car.

"What time is it? Hao Ren?" she asked.

"Half past eleven." Hao Ren looked at his watch.

She nodded, turned around, and continued walking home. It had been five or six hours since she got off work...

"Tu Hengsha, wait a second!"

The shouting and footsteps rapidly approached, and soon, someone got in front of her as she staggered along. His face darkened, and his voice was cold, "Did you drink?"