Distant Star

Campus to city | Mutual pining | Cool, aloof guy x stubborn girl | Reunited after a breakup

[Main story complete, bonus chapters to come]

On the day the college entrance exams ended, the boys carried their telescopes up Qishan, wrapped themselves in their coats, and sat together at the summit to watch Mercury transit the Sun.

As the dark spot crossed the Sun, they raised their glasses, imitating the adults.

"To youth!" "To the future!"

The night air was cool. Chen Xie quietly took off his jacket and covered her knees. "And what else?"

Lu Li: "To the best Class Seven."

And to the best you.

Seven years after their breakup, they reunite and impulsively marry. Lu Li finds out that the honeymoon was booked half a year ago. Thinking of Chen Xie's blind dates, she gets competitive about being the one to initiate their reconciliation.

On the third day of their cold war, he receives a full view of Mars taken by satellite.

She responds with an emoji, just to humor him.

A message arrives on WeChat

"With Earth as the reference point, Mars moves retrograde once every 26 months, when it comes closest to Earth, at just 0.5 AU. We see 'planetary retrograde' from Earth because the planets all orbit the Sun. They won't escape the Sun's gravity."

Ether_: My love has only one orbit.

And I'm willing to keep circling, again and again, along the orbit named for you.

◎ Campus: everyday life, slow burn, subtle ensemble cast

◎ City: documentaries x commercial spaceflight

- "If Earth allows the planets to turn back, then even love lost in its wanderings will eventually follow gravity home."

Theme: To the best you.