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Fang Huai Ning's habit of keeping a diary has been developed since elementary school. At first, he used a similar hard-bound notebook. His sentences are concise, and it doesn't consume a notebook. He will use a copy every two or three years.Later, when he was in high school, he got used to using a computer, and when he went to college, the logs in the lemon tree were almost a direct reflection of his love for recording his daily life.

Because of his looks and brains, Fang Huai Ning has been very popular in school since he was a child, but he himself does not have a lively personality, perhaps because his parents are often away from him at home and abroad, so he is used to being alone and loves being alone. Grandma was very kind to him, but Fang Huailing spent most of her childhood alone, unlike Qian Kun who was naughty everywhere, he was quiet and clean wherever he went, and always came home immediately after school, Either reading books or watching TV, all kinds of books and stories filled Fang Huailing's life.

But this does not mean that Fang Huailing is very lonely, on the contrary, his life is very rich and full, just like what is written in the diary, it is full of his after-reading and after-viewing impressions of various works. Which characters are amazing, which plots are cool and handsome, it is simply a colorful little world, which makes Fang Huailing feel a lot of emotions watching it.

But this is only the focus of the first half of this diary. As time passed, gradually, another person began to appear frequently between the lines of Xiao Fang Huailing in the second half of the diary.

A man called "Little Gray Man".

In 200x, April 4th, rain.

Last night I finished reading "The Invisible Man", which was introduced to me by the little gray man, but I couldn't help falling asleep in class today.But the teacher didn't notice it!Did I drink the invisibility potion like Griffin?

On July 200, 7x, it was sunny.

Today my grandma gave me a very strange fruit, which looks like a dinosaur egg, but tastes sweet. I told the little gray man that he said he had already eaten it, and he also said that he had eaten a real dinosaur egg. It is a little harder than ostrich eggs, even the yolk is hard, how is this possible?I'm not that easy to lie to!But are ostrich eggs really hard?

On July 200, 12x, it was sunny.

In the afternoon, the little gray man sent me the secret alchemy recipe he found on the Internet. He said that he had already tried to make a little bit of it, but the color was not stable. I couldn’t understand the chemical formula. We haven’t had a chemistry class yet. , but I find it very strange and unbelievable, I need to check the information.

December 200, 12x, cloudy.

The formula is fake, and the gray men are deceiving!

……

gray man...

gray man...

All grays.

Of course Fang Huai Ning knew about the "little gray man", that was a relatively close pen pal he had from elementary school to junior high school.No, it's not supposed to be pen pals, they're more of an e-mail connection.

Fang Huaiming had already contributed to "Mysterious World" at that time. This magazine has several age editions, which are sold nationwide, and the sales volume is particularly high. Some schools even require subscriptions.Fang Huai Ning successfully published two short stories on it after several rounds of selection, and was rewarded as a good student both in the school and in City A because of this.Fang Huai Ning was already popular. At that time, the children in his class worshiped him even more. He published his email address in a magazine and received a lot of emails in just a few days.

Fang Huai Ning still enjoyed this kind of love very much at the time. She opened each one and asked her grandfather to read it to him. A few were discussing the two stories written by Fang Huaining with him.Fang Huailing selected a few replies and communicated with some classmates, but after a few back and forth, only one believer named "Little Gray Man" kept in touch with him.

The little gray man also likes science fiction themes. He said that this is the source of his name, the flying saucer that fell from the small town of Roswell, and the boy from the alien world—the little gray man.

The two share similar interests and often share some interesting trifles in life. During that time, many contents of Fang Huaining were a little fuzzy, but he still remembered the relaxed and happy feeling.

However, after two or three years, this contact was abruptly cut off. The little gray man stopped replying to his emails, and Fang Huaining's letters were all gone without a word.After a long time, the little gray people said that he had moved and left his original place to go to junior high school. It was very far away, there was no computer, and it was not convenient to send letters. They probably couldn't communicate frequently.

Fang Huai Ning remembered that he was very disappointed at that time, and wrote several unilateral letters to the little gray man, but after receiving nothing, he gradually stopped going to that mailbox.And that playmate from the age of innocence gradually left a clear but vague shadow in his mind.

While thinking about it, Fang Huaining quickly browsed through the diary. He skipped reading it, probably because there was no more fun in life without the little gray man, and at that time, Fang Huaining was already going to the second year of junior high school. Now, at the end of the diary, his narrative style took a sharp turn for the worse, becoming more concise and even impoverished.Seeing the last article, Fang Huai Ning actually only recorded three sentences.

In the first sentence, he wrote that he wanted to bid farewell to this diary and everything that appeared in it.

In the second sentence, he wrote down the email address and password he used, as if he was afraid that he would forget them all in the future.

The third sentence is a bit longer: Two days ago, the modeling and robotics interest group from the No. [-] Middle School in City A came to their school to perform. It was very amazing. He wants to go to the No. [-] Middle School, and then go to University A, so that maybe one day he can also create To produce a highly intelligent robot is just like what I told the little gray man at that time as my dream when I grow up...

The diary is over.

Fang Huai Ning looked at the last sentence for a long time but couldn't recover.

Highly intelligent robot?

Dream when you grow up?

It was as if a meteor fell from the sky and hit him directly on the head, causing him to wake up suddenly after being dazed.

alien boy...

gray man...

Fang Huai Ning stood up in a daze, sat in front of the computer, opened the browser, and entered the email address on the last page word by word.During this period, his fingers couldn't help trembling slightly. Fang Huai Ning was afraid that the account had already been cancelled, after all, it had been more than ten years.

However, after a long period of buffering, the page successfully appeared, and he went through all the processes of unfreezing the account. It was a pity that he finally logged into the place that he had not set foot in for thousands of days and nights. In the ancient realm, the moment the mailbox was opened, nearly a hundred emails appeared in front of Fang Huailing.

Fang Huai Ning hurriedly flipped through the first letter, but unfortunately, due to the capacity, the earliest ones were not kept, and he could only see the contact content of the two people in the next two years.

I picked the farthest beginning and opened one by one...

July 200, 3x

Why did you ask my real name again?I told you that I am from an alien planet, the little gray man!

I went to the field to pick a big orange just now, and I took a picture of it for you to see, does it look good?my supper!The dogs in our field are fierce and stupid, and I still don’t know me when I go there every day. If it weren’t for Achang, I might be bitten again, and if I do this, I will use mouse traps to deal with them!

July 200, 4x

I eat oranges for dinner because my aunt and grandma have to take care of my mother and have no time to cook for me, but it doesn't matter, I like oranges, and so do grapefruits.

By the way, I made a huge kite and successfully sent the apple to the sky. I decided to make a bigger one to see if I can send the two dogs to the sky one day. You wait for my good news .

July 200, 5x

Our school is also on holiday, but I don't travel like you, and I don't like traveling, it's fine here, I'm used to it.

I finished reading the "Time Machine" you recommended me, and I can understand the original version. My grandmother taught me English since I was a child.

I tell you!I doubt there is a time machine. When I was swimming in the river two days ago, I felt like I saw the future. There was light in the river, and there were many buildings in the light. But I don’t like that. I think my home is very pretty.

July 200, 7x

I didn't drown, I didn't have hallucinations, and I didn't lie to you. I can swim very well, and I practiced it myself.

I saw the photo you sent me. It turns out that you went to the other side of the Pacific Ocean. I haven’t seen the Pacific Ocean yet. Is it really big?

Last month my computer broke down and I couldn't fix it. Fortunately, my grandma finally remembered and found out, and bought me another one.Computers are really troublesome. Do you think humans are more powerful or computers are more powerful?What do you want to do in the future?Who is your idol?

……

Browsing all the way down in a daze, the countless words made Fang Huai Ning feel like being struck by lightning, and when he opened the next one, he froze there.

July 200, 10x

There were not many words in that email, only a few photos, showing a row of particularly beautiful small villas and a large field of beautiful purple morning glory, accompanied by an orchard in the distance, just like the world in a fairy tale.

Okay, I can’t send my photos, but I’ll show you my temporary home on earth, time shifting, isn’t it beautiful?

Fang Huai Ning looked at the words attached below and the words "little gray man", and finally closed her red eyes heavily...

Can't wait to give myself a punch!