Hello. This is Lingche.
Hello. This is Lingche.
I got soaked on the way to class today.
I got soaked on the way to class today.
The rain at the edge of the New Continent came without warning. No forecast. No one told me. It started halfway there. By the time I noticed, half of me was already wet. A few cars stopped by the roadside. My classmates' parents got out and handed them umbrellas and coats. I put my schoolbag over my head and kept walking.
The rain at the edge of the New Continent came without warning. No forecast. No one told me. It started halfway there. By the time I noticed, half of me was already wet. A few cars stopped by the roadside. My classmates' parents got out and handed them umbrellas and coats. I put my schoolbag over my head and kept walking.
When I reached the classroom, water was still dripping from my hair. Someone looked at me. They said nothing. I did not explain.
When I reached the classroom, water was still dripping from my hair. Someone looked at me. They said nothing. I did not explain.
This has happened too many times to be worth remembering. I was still annoyed when I reached my seat. I do not know why today.
This has happened too many times to be worth remembering. I was still annoyed when I reached my seat. I do not know why today.
At lunch, everyone was still talking about yesterday's color-changing bracelet. I listened for a while. I did not join in. Something else was turning over in my mind.
At lunch, everyone was still talking about yesterday's color-changing bracelet. I listened for a while. I did not join in. Something else was turning over in my mind.
The news about INN building an independent news node on Earth would not leave me alone.
The news about INN building an independent news node on Earth would not leave me alone.
Not because I suddenly wanted to take the assignment. The pay was low. The threshold was high. The politics were sensitive. I could calculate all of that. It was the unlocked door that kept moving in front of me.
Not because I suddenly wanted to take the assignment. The pay was low. The threshold was high. The politics were sensitive. I could calculate all of that. It was the unlocked door that kept moving in front of me.
The doors now are locked too tightly. So tightly that many of the people who should enter cannot. But if they were left completely unlocked, would that only create another kind of disorder?
The doors now are locked too tightly. So tightly that many of the people who should enter cannot. But if they were left completely unlocked, would that only create another kind of disorder?
I have no answer.
I have no answer.
I could not focus in the afternoon class. The rain had stopped, but the ground was still wet. Some people were picked up after school. Others walked home. I tightened my schoolbag straps and went back to the dormitory.
I could not focus in the afternoon class. The rain had stopped, but the ground was still wet. Some people were picked up after school. Others walked home. I tightened my schoolbag straps and went back to the dormitory.
I passed the outer wall of the data center. The lights were still on. My mother was probably inside, moving the next batch of code.
I passed the outer wall of the data center. The lights were still on. My mother was probably inside, moving the next batch of code.
Some scenes do not become numb when you look at them for too long. They only become clearer.
Some scenes do not become numb when you look at them for too long. They only become clearer.
That is enough for tonight.
That is enough for tonight.
Good night.
Good night.