The night reigned at around eight o'clock. The vast sky in autumn night looked high and far away, but was not deep blue as usual. There was faint white light emitting from the bottom of the gray-blue sky, in which you could even see masses of clouds floating. Because the background was not dark, the moon looked dim like a shadow in the sky. But the stars were brighter than the moon, scattering around randomly like silver nails someone had sprinkled in the sky.

Du Xiaoxian looked ...