Chapter 226 - Sol Three Hundred and Thirty-Four, He Said This Bit of Roughening up Is Nothing (2/2)

“You brought a music player?”

Tomcat nodded.

“Play any song as long as it’s pleasant to the ears. The kind that can relieve stress.”

Tomcat began humming an old song, Sailor, by Zheng Zhihua. Clearly, the music player it mentioned was itself.

“The feeling of bitter sand blowing painfully against my face,

“Like a father’s scolding and a mother’s crying, I can never forget,

“The young me loved going to the seashore alone…”

Tomcat’s voice was like a busted gong. Singing Sailor with its tone-deaf voice sounded like ghost wails.

However, it sang with emotion, akin to Old Wang who always hoarded the microphone at KTV sessions.

“Stop! Stop!” Tang Yue tried to stop it. Its voice was in no way better than nails scratching against a chalkboard. “Change to another song! Change the song!”

Tomcat ignored him. As it sang, it released its hindfoot from the accelerator, slowing down the Mars Wanderer.

“What’s wrong?”

“We can no longer see Kunlun Station.”

Tang Yue was alarmed as he subconsciously released his seatbelt and sat up. He leaned out half his body from the driver’s compartment and tried his best to look into the distance.

Tomcat was still singing by itself.

“Always dreaming of another world at the end of the ocean.

“Always admiring the intrepid sailor as a real man,

“Always weak and frail,

“They bullied me, always hearing the sailor say:

“He said this bit of roughening up is nothing…”

On the distant horizon, Tang Yue could still vaguely see Kunlun Station’s figure. The white, dome-shaped building was reflecting the bright sunlight. Like it, the Eagle could barely be made out with the Descent Vehicle sitting alone there. As for the Chelomey and garage, they had already exceeded the limits of his vision. Tang Yue felt a baffling sense of pain.

He suddenly regretted not taking one more look at them, but the Mars Wanderer didn’t stop. It continued cruising ahead, opening up the distance.

Kunlun Station was getting smaller and smaller.

At that instant, a sorrow that never existed suddenly erupted in Tang Yue. He didn’t even know where it had been hiding; thus, he was left at a loss when he was suddenly awash with such feelings. All he could do was watch as Kunlun Station gradually disappeared from his sight. From today, Tang Yue might never be able to see them again. This was a farewell in the true sense of the word, but he was powerless to change this reality.

He would become rootless duckweed, a wanderer no one knew of.

Tang Yue slowly bent his back and leaned against the vehicle’s roof.

Tomcat wore a deadpan expression without even turning its head to look back once. It continued singing,

“He said this bit of roughening up is nothing?

“Dry your tears, don’t be afraid, at least we still have our dreams,

“He said this bit of roughening up is nothing?

“Dry your tears and don’t question why…”