Meanwhile, elsewhere.
Mengmeng, eager to see the meteor shower, had brought a small stool and had been waiting since dusk fell.
After nearly two to three hours of waiting, not only had no meteors appeared, but not even a spark had been seen.
"Are these meteors ever going to show up?" Mengmeng couldn’t help feeling a bit crazy.
Considering she had spent hundreds of thousands on gear and endured mosquito bites just to see this meteor shower, and here she was, waiting from left to right, yet still no sign of it.
Gu Zhihan glanced at his phone’s news and then said, "We need to wait until midnight."
"What?" Mengmeng couldn’t help but wail, "That’s way too long!"
"Are you sleepy?" Gu Zhihan raised an eyebrow and looked at the young girl.
"Of course I’m sleepy." Mengmeng pointed at her eyelids that were fighting a battle of their own.
Watching her cute demeanor, Gu Zhihan smiled and patted her head, saying, "If you’re sleepy, then go ahead and take a nap in the tent."
While yawning, Mengmeng said, "Just make sure you call me when the meteor shower starts!"
"Okay." Gu Zhihan nodded, pulling open the tent’s zipper, "Come on in."
"Coming..." Mengmeng yawned again and ran straight into the tent.
Inside the tent, Gu Zhihan had already prepared a cool mat and a sleeping bag. Mengmeng crawled into the sleeping bag and fell asleep in no time.
Before falling asleep, she mumbled, "Make sure you remember to call me for the meteor shower."
"I won’t forget." Gu Zhihan chuckled and gently stroked her nose before zipping up the tent to wait outside for the meteor shower alone.
Time was dragging on slowly.
Especially for those who were waiting.
It felt like a century had passed, but midnight finally arrived.
"Look! It’s a meteor!"
Someone shouted first, and everyone on the mountain became restless.
"It’s really a meteor shower!"
"Quick! Everyone get up! The meteor shower is here!"
"Wow, it’s so beautiful, oh my God, I have to take a photo and post it on Moments immediately!"
At that moment, the whole mountain was filled with screams.
Gu Zhihan, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.
The moment he opened his eyes, he saw countless meteors streaking across the night sky, leaving trails of light.
The entire valley was instantly illuminated by these meteors, looking as beautiful as a fairy-tale world.
Remembering the little girl’s repeated instructions, Gu Zhihan immediately got up from his folding chair, took long strides to the tent, and said, "Mengmeng, stop sleeping, the meteor shower you wanted to see is happening."
"Ugh... go away... don’t... don’t disturb my sleep." Mengmeng, deep in her sweet sleep, was reluctant to get out of her cozy bed.
"Aren’t you going to watch the meteors?" Gu Zhihan had no choice but to lean down, pinch her nose, and call out again, "I’m telling you, this meteor shower will only last about twenty minutes, and who knows how many years it might be before another one comes!"
"What nonsense about a meteor shower, isn’t it just a bunch of cosmic dust particles entering the Earth’s atmosphere, creating light and heat from friction and then burning up into a beam of light?" Mengmeng, having been disturbed several times, suddenly became furious, shouting through gritted teeth, "Leave me alone, don’t disturb my sleep, I have no interest in watching cosmic dust!"
Mengmeng’s temper upon waking was particularly severe, so now she was really furious.
Seeing this, Gu Zhihan could only wave his hand and stuff the young girl back into her sleeping bag, "Alright, alright, no need to watch, continue sleeping."