Chapter 279 (1/2)

Chapter 279: Broken hope

Capital City Airport.  Even though he lived in the capital city, he rarely came to this place.  This was only his third or fourth time coming here.

The voices of people around her made Chen Xue silently open her eyes, watching the incompatible world around her.  Gently, she whispered, ”So many people…..”

It had been many years since she had seen this many people at once.

”They……Are they all good people like big brother?”  She said in a weak voice that only she could hear, gently asking this question.  Actually, she was still attached to this word.  If one could remain in this world, then who would be willing to die.

”This world has many good people.  Chen Xue is so good, they will definitely love you.  When your illness is better, many people will care about you like your elder sister and many people will want to be your friend.  Don't you want to have a lot of friends, right?”  Ye Tian Xie hugged her as he moved forward.  His eyes were looking straight forward, ignoring all the strange gazes the people around him gave him.

”Un…..I always wanted to…..have friends.  Only, since I was young, I have always been in bed, never having a friend…..There was only elder sister by my side……”

”Then I will become Chen Xue's first friend, alright?”

”Un!”  The voice was very soft, but it was filled with joy.

Not long pa.s.sed and two people who saw them quickly approached to greet them.  They quickly said, ”h.e.l.lo mister Ye.  Young master Zuo has arranged for us to wait for your arrival.  Please come with us.”

Obviously Zuo Po Jun had told them how urgent this matter was and not to waste time with words.  They quickly turned around to guide the way, but once he took a few steps, Ye Tian Xie's phone rang.

”Mister Ye, it would be best to turn off your cell phone before boarding.”  The two of them reminded him.

Ye Tian Xie took the cell phone and looked over the name…..Liu Qi Yue.

She was calling now……

He received the call, ”Elder sister.”

”Little brother Tian Xie…..You are going to America and then to Lyle Star, right?”  Liu Qi Yue's voice came from the phone.  That calm voice contained a trace of helplessness, but it also had its natural charm.  Even Chen Xue with weaker hearing than normal people had a strange feeling from this voice.

”Yes.”  Ye Tian Xie simply replied with a single word.

The cell phone was silent for a bit before Liu Qi Yue's faint sigh came through, ”I already know about everything that happened.  To make you do something like this, it must be a special girl…..However, little brother Tian Xie, even if you arrive in America and can immediately leave for Lyle Star, do you know…..Just how long it would take to go from earth to Lyle Star?”

Ye Tian Xie: ”…….”

”An one way trip takes seven months.  A round trip takes fourteen months.”

Ye Tian Xie froze on the spot, his expression freezing, becoming incomparably stiff.  A deep sense of helplessness filled his entire body.  He was weak to the point that…..the phone fell out of his hands and onto the floor, releasing a sound from the contact.  He could not hear anything Liu Qi Yue said afterwards.

It wasn't that he forgot this issue, but he was avoiding it the entire time…..He hoped that interstellar flight would be like intercontinental flight, taking two-three days at most.  But with Liu Qi Yue's words, he was ruthlessly brought back to reality.

Interstellar flight wasn't just movement through s.p.a.ce, but rather travelling long distances in s.p.a.ce.  How could it be measured with travel time of earth standards?  One billion per person was simply a sky high price, something that never happened before on earth.

Chen Xue closed her eyes and leaned in against his chest.  She forcefully leaned in against him.  Everything that Ye Tian Xie had heard, she had also heard.

The sound of the cell phone falling to the ground made the two of them turn around.  The stunned expression Ye Tian Xie had surprised the two of them and they quickly came forward to ask, ”Mister Ye, what happened?”

Ye Tian Xie did not hear them at all.  From his chest, Chen Xue slowly looked up and her crystal like eyes looked at Ye Tian Xie, ”Big brother, let's not go to Lyle Star, alright…..I don't like that place…….This place is so noisy……”

Ye Tian Xie's eyes came back to focus.  He slowly looked down and said in a gentle voice, ”Then…..Where will we do?”

”Let's go…..to a quiet place covered in green gra.s.s, alright…..I haven't gone in a long……long while to a place covered in gra.s.s.”  She said in a voice that was as weak as a breeze.

Ye Tian Xie turned around and said to the two people, ”Do you have a car?”

His voice was very calm, but that calmness filled the two of them with fear.  They nodded at the same time, but one of them said, ”Mister Ye, didn't you want to…..”

”We're going back…..We're going to a quiet place covered in gra.s.s.”