Chapter 1522: Chapter 1522: Going Home
Jona’s home is not on Nami Star, but on a planet nearby called Sky Dome Star. It is relatively small, only one-third the size of Nami Star, and it’s a planet with very scarce water resources. Therefore, there are very few green spaces on the entire planet; most of it consists of mines and deserts...
What makes things worse is that, due to its proximity to the Main Star, the mining resources of Sky Dome Star are extremely convenient to transport after extraction. So even though there has been significant conservation efforts, after thousands of years of mining, the entire planet’s mineral resources have nearly been exhausted, and most of the land is covered with yellow sand...
The depletion of resources also leads to a yearly decrease in the permanent population. Now, an enormous planet has a permanent population of less than 10 million, mostly the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled...
As for the young people?
Young people either study abroad or work on Nami Star or other richer planets. After working for a long time and once the job becomes stable, young people start trying to settle where they work and bring their families over to live together...
This cycle repeats, and the population of Sky Dome Star becomes increasingly sparse.
However, because it is close to the Main Star of the Alliance and within the Main Star’s defense range, the nearby Star Domain is guarded by the military 24 hours a day, making it very safe, with a safety level comparable to the Main Star. The Main Star has high prices and a high standard of living, but besides water resources, other prices on Sky Dome Star are extremely low, and living costs are very minimal. Therefore, although it isn’t suitable for young people to fight for success, it is quite suitable for the elderly to retire.
Jona and her brother moved to Sky Dome Star because of the extremely low cost of living. Plus, the distance between Nami Star and Sky Dome Star is only about a 3-hour ride on a public spaceship.
That way, whenever Jona has a break, she can quickly return to Sky Dome Star.
After taking leave, Jona immediately bought the next available spaceship ticket, packed her luggage, and boarded the spaceship—all within 30 minutes.
The spaceship’s announcement was made, advising passengers to pay attention as it was about to depart. Jona straightened her back and looked at the scenery outside through the window.
Sigh~
The spaceship gradually took off and soared into the sky. Jona stared out the window; the bustling Nami Star outside was lively, but it was a kind of liveliness that Jona felt she couldn’t fit into.
Since her parents passed away, she and her brother moved from Nami Star to settle on Sky Dome Star, and she had lived alone on Nami Star for work for several years. Originally, this place was Jona’s home, but now she felt like just a passerby.
Her brother’s broken body, no money, unable to be repaired... She doesn’t even have the capability to bring her brother to live on Nami Star...
Everything seemed so bleak, without hope.
Jona took a deep breath.
She closed her eyes and entered a light sleep mode. Since the incident during the trip with her parents and brother, Jona developed a problem where she dared not fall asleep on flying devices, fearing another nightmare would suddenly occur once she dozes off.
Time passed slowly.
Three hours later, the spaceship smoothly arrived at Sky Dome Star’s outer space
Jona opened her eyes!
The spaceship’s broadcast began informing all passengers to prepare for deboarding—
Jona looked at the screen outside at that earthy yellow planet, flecked with traces of green, her calm heart suddenly trembled a little.
Home.
Finally home.
The joy of a tired bird returning to its nest made Jona completely excited. Following the instructions, after the spaceship stabilized, she slowly disembarked. Jona pulled her suitcase and found a bus at the dock’s bus station that could go to her street. After a short wait, the bus arrived.
Jona got on the bus.
This time home, she didn’t inform her brother in advance, mainly wanting to give him a surprise, but also secretly observe if her brother had been obedient, or had secretly done something dangerous.
After several suicide attempts by her brother, what Jona didn’t tell him was that—she already had a psychological shadow from it. She feared that if she didn’t stay vigilant, her brother would disappear.
With mixed emotions of excitement, anticipation, but also anxiety, Jona finally returned to her home.
To save money, the house they bought was in the suburbs of Sky Dome Star, hence the community population was very sparse, and the whole street was very quiet. Jona walked with her suitcase for several minutes without encountering anyone until she was almost at her doorstep and saw the neighbor grandma coming out to dispose of the garbage.
Upon seeing Jona, the grandma showed a moment of surprise and smiled, saying: "Nana’s back? Why did you suddenly come back? Your brother must be thrilled."
Jona smiled to greet her, only at these times would the perpetual emotionless calmness on Jona’s face dissipate, and she looked like a normal young girl, polite and smiling as she finished greeting the neighbor grandma, and then politely excused herself.
"This child, worried about her brother, clearly so busy with work, yet still keeps coming back from time to time. Truly a good child."
"That rascal of ours, really insensitive, how come he doesn’t think about coming back often?"
"He doesn’t have as much work as Nana, nor is he as busy, how come he doesn’t visit his old granny?"
"Alright, alright, stop nagging. Each time Jiawen calls to say he wants to come back, who blocks him? Who insists that he prioritize work?" Appearing behind the grandma, was a grandpa who looked helplessly at his wife as he spoke.
The grandma glared at the grandpa and said, "Who said that? I never said any such thing; clearly it was you saying that, I won’t admit it."
The grandpa couldn’t help but stomp his foot, pointing at her, "You... You’re turning the tables!"
The grandma said, "Hmph, I won’t bicker with you. I will make dumplings for Nana; she loves the wrappers I make."
The grandpa followed behind, "Don’t give them all away; leave me some."
...
Jona was unaware of the matters between the neighbor grandma and grandpa behind her. As she was about to reach her own door, suddenly she paused, hesitating a bit.
What’s her brother doing?
Could he be?
If her brother had lost hope...
Unable to entertain such thoughts further, Jona raised her hand and used the chip key to open her door, finding a silent scene inside. Nobody in the living room, nobody in the kitchen, nobody in the bathroom, nobody in her brother’s room, and nobody in the garden...
Where... Where has he gone?
Jona felt a bit flustered, then just as she was about to shout, she suddenly noticed the guest room door was slightly ajar; could he be here?
Jona hurried over, and before she came close, she heard her brother suddenly let out an annoyed curse: "Damn! The tickets have gone up again! These scalpers should be paraded out in public!"
Tickets?
Jona was stunned.
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