I almost touched the moon

Chapter 322 Living Alone

When Wen Song returned to her home in Munich, she felt for the first time that the house was unusually empty and so quiet that she was not used to it.

In the past, every time he came home, as long as he saw the courtyard gate open, Cheng Che would greet her at the garage door with Cece in his arms, and occasionally complain a few words about why she came back so late.

However, this time, when she opened the door and walked into the room, she did not see a single person. And because they had been living in Zurich since Cheng Che started school, the house was clean and a little cold, like an uninhabited model house.

Fortunately, the air was still filled with the familiar scent of incense, which gave her a sense of familiarity.

Wen Song glanced at the time. It was already past one in the morning. She felt a little sleepy and immediately went back to the bedroom to take a shower. As soon as she finished her shower, she received a video call from Cheng Che.

"Wife." On the other side of the screen, Cheng Che should have just finished taking a shower and lay down. He was still lying on his side, with half of the bed empty.

"Are you home? I missed you so much. It's so empty here, I'm not used to it and I can't sleep at all." After saying that, she looked at Wen Song pitifully with a coquettish expression.

Wen Song kissed him through the screen, then lay on the bed and said, "I miss you too. I can only put CookieAnn here and pretend it's you. Look how cute it is."

Cheng Che didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said with a smile: "Then what should I do? Then I can only put your photo here and pretend that you are still with me. Honey, I don't have classes on Wednesday, I will come to Munich to accompany you on Tuesday night."

"Wednesday..." Wen Song frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "No, I have to go to Cologne on Tuesday and will be back on Thursday morning."

"Okay." Cheng Che sighed and said to her, "Then don't go back to Zurich on Thursday, baby. I have an early class on Friday and it ends at 11 o'clock. I will come to Munich to accompany you after class. Otherwise, it will be too tiring for your wife to run around."

"Okay." Wen Song nodded immediately and said, "When you come, remember to bring me Sprungli's macarons and kohlrabi."

"Of course, baby, I would have brought it even if you didn't tell me."

After Cheng Che finished speaking, he switched to the rear camera. Cece was sleeping soundly on Wen Song's pillow, making some noisy snoring sounds.

"You slept so soundly." Wen Song grumbled, "You didn't miss me at all, and you even occupied my pillow."

"Cece missed you a lot." Cheng Che touched Cece's head and said, "It's because I missed you that I slept on your pillow. There's mom's scent there. And I wanted to take it back to the cat bed, but it got angry and bit me."

After saying that, he showed his right hand, and sure enough, there was a red mark on it from a cat bite.

"It actually bit you?" Wen Song said half-jokingly, "It's so naughty. I'll beat it when mom comes back."

"You can't hit it." Cheng Che said immediately, "Our Cece is the best, she bites me because she likes me."

"Okay, okay, you're right." Wen Song smiled helplessly, leaning on the pillow and feeling a little sleepy, "A Che, I'm sleepy."

"Go to sleep, honey." Cheng Che also kissed her through the screen, "Good night, can you not hang up the phone? I want to watch you sleep, baby, do you want to hear me sing?"

"Okay." Wen Song smiled, closed his eyes and said, "Then I'll go to sleep."

Cheng Che sings beautifully, without accompaniment or any special skills, just a natural sense of music and melodious tunes.

“Thousands of cities from home, wander into the unknown, chances are here I was told, crossing the footsteps of new and and of old…”

"Sleep alone." Wen Song closed his eyes and smiled sweetly, "It sounds good."

“Go to sleep.” Cheng Che said softly and continued to sing the rest of the song, “recurring smiles in the air…”

Wen Song nodded, turned off the lights, closed her eyes and listened to his singing. However, this song reminded her of some not-so-good memories.

She remembered that it was February 2 two years ago, she went from Hong Kong to Beijing just to watch Cheng Che's Winter Olympics. On the way to the airport, the song the driver played in the car was "Sleep Alone", the English version of Eason Chan's "Spend the Long Years with You".

At that time, Wen Song couldn't help but let out a long sigh when she heard the words, "sway along with all the names, that this life may hold." Since when, Cheng Che only existed in her memories.

She looked out the window. It was a rainy day. Raindrops fell on the car window. The whole of Hong Kong was shrouded in haze. The densely packed high-rise buildings seemed even more depressing at that moment. She thought that she was not able to spend the long years with him after all.

Fortunately, after many twists and turns, they made their way through the crowded crowd and finally returned to each other.

That night, she lay alone in the double bed. Perhaps because she had been listening to Cheng Che's voice before going to bed, she slept very well. She woke up not because of the alarm clock, but because of his voice.

"Professor Iseylia, es ist bereits 9:30 Uhr, Sie sollten aufstehen."

(Professor Iseylia, it's already 9:30, you should get up)

At that moment, Wen Song thought that Cheng Che was still at home. She opened her eyes dazedly, only to find that the video call on her mobile phone was still on and Cheng Che was still calling her to get up as usual.

"Sleep a little longer." Wen Song continued to close his eyes, unwilling to wake up from the bed, "I'm so sleepy."

"You can't sleep any more, baby. If you sleep any longer, you'll be late. I asked Auntie Liu to pack breakfast for you. You can eat it on the way. Get up quickly." Cheng Che spoke with a smile, and his tone was exactly the same as the one he used when talking to Wen Song every morning.

"Oh, I have to ask Allgemeines Buro (General Affairs Office) to ask them not to arrange early classes for me." Wen Songshen stretched his body and got up from the bed. "It's really terrible. It can kill me."

Then he said to Cheng Che, "Hang up first. I'm going to brush my teeth, wash my face, and change clothes. I'll call you in the evening."

"Okay, be sure to call me as soon as you get off work." Cheng Che smiled and said, "Bye, honey. I love you."

The next few days were the same. Although Wen Song was not a person with strong adaptability, she had long been accustomed to living alone and did not think there was any problem.

But sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night and see the empty pillow, I still feel a little lonely.

"A Che..." She and Cheng Che would fall asleep with video chatting every night, and every time she missed him, he would call her softly.

Although Cheng Che had fallen asleep, he woke up reflexively when he heard her voice, and asked in a sleepy voice, "What's wrong, baby? Why did you wake up suddenly?"

"Yeah." Wen Song said lightly, "I miss you a little."

"I miss you, too." Cheng Che sighed and kissed her through the screen. "Well, how about I drop out of school and reapply for a master's degree at TUM? That way we won't be separated."

"No!" Wen Song stopped him immediately, "Don't say such stupid things. It's not like we won't see each other. I'm just a little hungry all of a sudden. I want to eat the salmon miso soup you made."

"Is that so..." Cheng Che also sighed, "Let Aunt Liu cook for you tonight, and when my wife returns to Zurich on Thursday, I'll make you a big meal, okay?"

"No, it's too late. Aunt Liu has gone to bed." Wen Song smiled, closed his eyes and said to Cheng Che, "Go to bed. Good night."

The next night, Wen Song finished her experiment at around nine in the evening. When she and Si Yao left the lab together, Si Yao jokingly said, "Professor, since our master went to Zurich, you've been coming home later and later every day."

"Yeah." Wen Song rubbed his aching spine and said, "I didn't feel anything when I was alone before, but I've been with him every day since we got married. Now I'm alone at home and I feel empty and uncomfortable. I might as well stay in the academy."

She then said to Si Yao in English: "Regarding today's experiment, you have recorded all the experimental steps in detail, right? If you have enough time later, you can help Samuel write the experimental report."

"Of course." Si Yao said immediately, "I will send you the record of the experimental steps when I get back."

Wen Song added, "Before November 11, I need to complete a research paper based on the core accretion model, which will be published in A&A. If you and Samuel write an excellent experimental report, I will definitely list you as collaborators. I will also take you to IAC next April."

"I'll do it right away!" Si Yao responded excitedly, "I won't sleep anymore. I'll be writing reports with Dr. Samuel every day. Professor, I'll go to the library first."

Wen Song smiled and said to her, "Come to my office. You can eat in the office. I also plan to finish the first chapter of the paper before going home. We can eat instant noodles together."

After hearing her words, Si Yao couldn't help but joked: "It seems that Master is really important. When he is here, we have Disney bento, but when he is not here, we can only eat instant noodles."

"Yeah." Wen Song laughed helplessly, "I really want to eat the food he cooks!!"