"What does that mean?"

Watching the group of people leave with her brother, Zhou Yaling felt a bit puzzled.

One moment they’re saying there’s never a loss, and the next they’re saying it’s all a huge mistake.

What’s all this about?

Wei Luxue tiptoed and patted Zhou Yaling on the shoulder.

"Your brother said to look in the trunk, and you’ll understand."

"I’m not saying anymore, I’m going to eat now."

"If you don’t eat, how will you grow taller!"

Watching the 5’2" Wei Luxue run towards the restaurant, Zhou Yaling’s mouth twitched.

She was just about to retort that eating won’t make Wei Luxue taller.

But then Zhou Yaling suddenly realized that Wei Luxue was only eighteen.

She really could continue to grow.

She’s a bit short now, but maybe she’s a late bloomer and will grow taller later on.

Speaking of which, what exactly is in my brother’s car trunk?

Driven by curiosity and intrigue, Zhou Yaling walked towards her brother’s car trunk.

She kicked her foot to open it. Hmm? Why isn’t the trunk opening?!

It shouldn’t be like this; it always opens this way.

Unconvinced, Zhou Yaling tried a few more times, but the trunk still didn’t respond.

Until from afar, Hawkeye, who was left to watch the car, couldn’t stand it anymore.

"Miss, Xiaofeixia locked the car."

"Even if you kick until your leg breaks, you still can’t open the trunk." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

In an instant, Zhou Yaling’s face turned beet red, all the way to her ears.

That was embarrassing.

What’s going on today, is it just bad luck?

Otherwise, why has today been so unlucky?

The more Zhou Yaling thought about it, the more possible it seemed! Even the lucky Candy lost her red envelope. Her having an unlucky day isn’t surprising at all.

People, when they fill in the blanks with their own thoughts, it’s the most frightening.

But it works like a charm, Zhou Yaling instantly felt it was no big deal.

Waiting and waiting, Zhou Yaling didn’t check her phone, not knowing how long she waited.

Maybe about twenty minutes later, Zhou Yaling finally saw Wei Luxue coming back.

"Here’s the water you asked for."

"Thank you."

After taking a sip of the water, Zhou Yaling felt a lot better.

Just as Zhou Yaling and Wei Luxue were about to get on the tour bus.

Zhou Yaling heard Candy’s voice.

"Sister!"

"Sister!"

At the entrance of the service area store, Candy carefully came out carrying a bucket of instant noodles.

"Be careful, it’s hot." Mo Jingchun held the noodles in one hand, afraid the hot water inside might spill on his sister.

He really couldn’t do anything about the little one, who insisted on carrying it herself.

Candy suddenly stopped, looked up at her brother in surprise, "As long as I hold the bottom ring, it’s not hot at all."

"Ah yes, yes, yes!"

"Let’s hurry up and go."

"Oh, oh."

"Brother, it’s really not hot."

"Got it."

"Sister, Guoguo brought you noodles!"

Zhou Yaling, running towards Candy, had to admit she was moved by Candy.

Taking the fragrant old jar of sour beans instant noodles, Zhou Yaling smiled and pinched Candy’s cheek.

"Sister hasn’t doted on you for nothing!"

"Hehe, see, Guoguo loves sister the most, right?"

Zhou Yaling asked about the noodles, nodding her head hard.

These noodles are worth it.

No wonder she always brings a little gift for Candy when returning from school.

Mo Jingchun naturally saw this behavior in little Candy.

A simple bucket of instant noodles reflected Candy’s high intelligence and emotional intelligence.

Look, she didn’t spend a cent on the noodles, she got her brother to pay for it.

With just a few bucks for instant noodles, she won her sister’s heart.

This deal is a sure win with no losses!

Just like the saying goes, you might profit greatly, but I will never lose.

Indeed, the one who loses out is him, the brother.

All expenses are on his tab.

On the tour bus, everyone smelled the strong aroma of instant noodles. Even though they had already eaten, they couldn’t help but salivate.

Even though everyone knows that instant noodles only smell good, only the first bite tastes good!

Yet it couldn’t stop some from sneaking a glance at Zhou Yaling happily eating her noodles.

Sitting next to Zhou Yaling, Wei Luxue swallowed and asked, "Girl, can you eat faster? I seem to be hungry again."

Zhou Yaling: ???

"Didn’t you just eat?"

"You don’t understand, when I’m growing, I often get hungry shortly after eating."

Zhou Yaling nodded, finding this to make a lot of sense, and sped up eating her noodles.

On the far lunar orbit, a spaceship, which just arrived at the far lunar orbit, was using a Hall thruster to correct its motion trajectory.

"Blue Star, this is the number three cargo spaceship."

"Number three cargo spaceship has successfully completed trajectory correction, please advise."

After sending the voice message, astronaut Yang Fuqiang, piloting the cargo spaceship alone, quietly awaited a response from the ground command center.

This time, his space mission was to transport a batch of supplies to the Moon Base and bring back a group of Moon Base workers to Blue Star.

A few seconds later, the voice from the ground command center came through.

"Number three cargo spaceship, this is the Blue Star Ground Command Center."

"Please proceed to complete the next step of the mission."

"Understood, number three cargo spaceship."

After Yang Fuqiang finished speaking, by the time the Blue Star Command Center received the message, two seconds had passed.

This is the drawback of electromagnetic wave communication.

As the communication distance increases, so does the delay.

Even just the communication delay between Blue Star and Moon is as high as two seconds, which means four seconds for a round-trip.

What about on Mars or Jupiter?

Yang Fuqiang put these thoughts aside, waiting for the two lunar orbits before landing near the Moon Base.

Hopefully, the landing site won’t be too far from the base.

As for communication delay, that’s something for scientists to figure out.

It’s said that domestic quantum technology has made significant breakthroughs. It’s unknown if the next generation of communication, quantum communication, imagined by people, can be developed.

Once quantum communication is achieved, humanity will completely rid itself of communication delays in the future.

With the coordination of the attitude balance algorithm and multiple engines, the number three spaceship landed steadily 2,000 meters from the Moon Base.

That distance, with the Moon Base’s transport vehicle, is no big deal.

"Blue Star, this is the number three cargo spaceship. I have successfully and safely landed."

"Number three, this is Blue Star, please remain at your position."

"The base transport vehicle is coming towards you."

"Roger that, number three."

After patiently waiting for half an hour, Yang Fuqiang finally spotted two transport vehicles through the cabin window.

Those vehicle wheels were even taller than the transport vehicle itself.

They looked like oversized toy cars for children.

Seeing a mechanical arm clamp out a sealed box, several base workers who came to collect the transport supplies were curious.

It seemed that this kind of box wasn’t on the supply list.

"Yang Fuqiang, what’s inside this box?"

All trained at the same space base, everyone knew each other, and some had very good relationships.

PS: Thanks to Mie Xu, Unknown, Hongmeng Zilian, Book Friend 20220501193013212, and Daily Smile for their support and tips.