"Chai..."
Li Ang paused for a moment. Vague memories surfaced in his mind of a girl who used to joke and laugh with him on the way home from school, who had since moved away and lost contact.
"Right, right, I got it."
Li Ang replied vaguely, offering a few non-committal responses until he finally got his mother to hang up the phone.
After washing up and changing his clothes, he dragged out a suitcase from under the bed that had been packed and ready.
"Wallet, check. ID card, check. Passport, check..."
Holding his keys, he muttered to himself as he moved to the door, his gaze pausing briefly on the wooden plate above the shoe cabinet.
On that plate lay a meteorite fragment he had accidentally found while walking along the beach to clear his mind. It must be one of those nickel-iron meteorite fragments mentioned on TV.
One of my classmates is still studying for his doctorate at Yin City University. Should I turn it in? Nah, I'll decide when I get back.
