It has been more than three hundred years since humans moved to new galaxies.
They brought seeds, machines, and long-forgotten bugs in sealed boxes. The new world does not give any preferential treatment to humans, but it opens its arms to insects. They survive faster than humans, reproduce faster, and become a knife hanging over everyone's head faster.
Chengguang is a worthless name, so my mother just said it casually. She never thought how long this name would stay with him, just like she never thought how many times she would sell him.
He ran away with his only friend before being "changed" again. He ran to the space garbage recycling team - it was the most dangerous job in the penal colony, and it was also the only place where the wild dogs could get a bite to eat. What he was betting on was that his life was tough enough.
Li Xuan has never bet on anything.
He is the youngest grandson of the head of a top financial group, and the "superfluous person" after his parents died. The mecha he pilots requires two people - a pilot and a symbiote. And he, in a sudden crisis, boarded the old ship where Orange Light was, and his symbiote was on the verge of death due to the fierce battle.
One is a wild dog who grew up in a penal colony and was sold too many times so he learned not to trust anyone. One is an orphan who was raised in a silver spoon but has never been truly loved.
The two will never intersect.
Until that mech needs a new symbiote.
Orange light was pushed in.
Cheng Guang later often thought about the moment when his impenetrable defense began to loosen.
Is it when Li Xuan could leave him behind but turned back again and again? Was it when he discovered that Li Xuan had helped him many times but never mentioned it? It was still when Li Xuan looked at him and said, "You are very important" - there was no pity or charity in those eyes, just stating a fact.
He had heard too many lies in his life, but this was the only one he wanted to believe.
But what he didn't understand was why Li Xuan was so kind to him. He's not special, he's not good, he doesn't deserve to be next to that person. The day Li Xuan picked him up and brought him back, everyone was laughing. Orange light knows. He doesn't care. He was used to hiding behind, used to not being taken seriously.
But Li Xuan cares.
"What are you hiding from?" Li Xuan asked.
Orange Light said nothing.
"You can hide behind me if you want to hide from now on." Li Xuan said, "But you have to guard my back."
That was the first time Cheng Guang was asked like this.
He nodded.
Later, Orange Light still had that worthless name, and was still that wild dog that would hide behind people. But he began to learn to grow up. Learn to think about things other than "survive."
He still didn't know how to stand in front to protect himself from the wind and rain.
But he learned to guard one's back.
And that person would look at him every time he turned around.
Purpose: Even in the face of adversity, we must continue to strive for self-improvement.
