Qin Pei and I met four years ago, maybe earlier. I am a person who has no clear concept of time. Fortunately, here, time is just a code name. Let's just take this story as starting in 2009.
That year, I was working in a foreign trade company in Guangzhou, and I got to know Qin Pei through an online game, a domestically produced 2.5d game. The game had an attractive feature found in all domestic trash games, and that was game marriage.
You will not guess wrong, Qin Pei and I are the couple in the game.
As for the name of the game, first of all, this is not a game novel, and secondly, it is not convenient to reveal it here for fear of causing copyright issues.
At that time, I was single, but I didn’t know about her. Every night after get off work, two lonely men and women, but separated from each other, used keyboards and copies of the game to comfort each other’s emptiness thousands of miles away. soul.
It's just that Qin Pei's job is night shift, which means that every time she goes online, it's always at 2:30 in the morning, very punctual, but I work the day shift, so I always wait until the early morning to clear the dungeon with her.
, because of this, my biological clock was completely messed up, so that I had no energy to go to work during the day.
She didn't tell her about her job, and I didn't ask. And she didn't ask anything about me. There are rules in the game, and the two of us are the best people to stick to our principles, because there are so many games around us.
People who can't distinguish between their emotions and reality, and even make jokes.
Therefore, the two of us have a common characteristic, which is reason.
This is the origin of the story, and the fuse of this story is because I lost a very important order. Because of my mistake, it may cause the company millions of losses. Because of the rules of the industry, this list
If it is lost, there is no possibility of replacing it. At that time, I was panicking and my boss and I tried every possible way and searched every corner we could find, but we couldn't save it.
I faced two consequences. One was that I had to pay the deposit to the shipping company personally. Of course, this money can be returned to me after a certain period of time.
Second, I may even face prosecution and be held accountable by my boss.
I live on a monthly basis and my family is an ordinary family. I don’t have to worry about taking out the deposit. Being sued is even more unacceptable to me.
It was because of this problem that I was absent-minded in the game for a few days. After something like this happened, no one was in the mood to fall in love with a woman who didn’t even know what she looked like or what her name was. Even
When we were doing dungeons, a team failed many times due to my distraction.
And I am a person who is very capable in terms of operation in the game. The person I am most familiar with in the game is Qin Pei, so she noticed my abnormality and asked me: What's wrong with you? Are you in a bad mood?
I just had nowhere to vent my frustration, so I replied: I made a mistake at work, and now I am encountering some problems, which are very difficult to deal with.
She replied to me: I'm sorry.
I didn't know what was going on, so I sent her a big question mark back.
She replied: It was because you played games with me every night that you made mistakes at work, so I said sorry.
My heart warmed and I replied: It's none of your business, it's just my own carelessness.
Then the two of us stopped playing dungeons. In fact, if I continued playing in this state, it would hurt my teammates. For the first time, we talked about my real life in the game, but our topics were still cautious and simple.
It's limited to the troubles I encountered this time.
At the end of the chat, she suddenly asked me, if you choose to lose money, how much will it cost?
I blurted out and typed out this sentence: I didn’t even ask specifically how much it would take, but I couldn’t afford to pay for it anyway.
She added: You can ask and I can lend it to you.
I was wearing big underwear and sitting in front of the computer playing games. My breathing became rapid for a moment. My hands were on the keyboard and I didn’t even know how to type. There was even a brief blank in my head.
Can she be lent to me?
You know, although I didn't say the specific number, I did say that it would be close to one million. In front of me, no, there was another girl sitting in front of the computer with average equipment in the game. How dare you lend it to me like this? Could it be?
Is this the legendary Bai Fumei?
By the end, I was probably stunned for about ten minutes.
She sent me a message again, saying: Asleep?
For the first time, I sent her a reply, haha.
Because I really don’t believe that in today’s era, there are still people who are just like those who exist in fairy tales and legends. What a joke, we still don’t know what each other looks like, or even our names.
After I replied Haha, she quickly sent me a reply, Haha.
The atmosphere suddenly became weird when money was mentioned at the beginning. In the end, I typed a line myself:
Aren't you afraid that I will lie to you?
She still replied quickly: Do you know how?
Such a simple question, but it stopped me. What can I do? Well, I really decided in a moment just now. If he dares to really lend it to me, I would rather give up this QQ and stop such a game.
The account number will also disappear. After all, so much money is really too much for me.
I even thought about how I would spend the hundreds of thousands given to me.
But I am also struggling and hesitating in my heart. If she really believes in me so much, do I, Zhao Sanliang, really want to do something unconscionable that is so embarrassing that even my ancestors can’t hold their heads up for eight lifetimes?
Money or face, which one do you want?
I replied tremblingly: Do you think I can?
She was adorable for the first time and replied: Do you want me to guess?
I added an exclamation point and said: So much money! Are you kidding me?
She replied: A friend who waits for me until after two o'clock every day is worth much more than money.
At that moment, I admitted that I, Zhao Sanliang, was a tall man of nearly 1.8 meters. I was so ashamed that I wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. If I had really done something unconscionable, how would I look before you?
Ancestors?
I replied: If you really help me, I will try my best to pay you back as quickly as possible.
She said, OK.
Then we went offline. This was the first time for both of us not to say good night like fools at four in the morning.
That night, I couldn't sleep. I didn't know whether it was excitement or excitement.
The next day, I got up early, shaved and got dressed, and went to the company refreshed. I just saw myself in the mirror and said to me: If it is true, there is nothing I can do in return.
, I can only agree with myself.
When I arrived at the company, I found the department manager and asked in detail how much deposit I would need to make if I was personally responsible.
Although the manager was surprised that I, who was so sad yesterday, had changed so quickly today, he still checked some information and said: 970,000. If you are really willing to take responsibility, just come up with 600,000, and the company will also be responsible.
Part of it, of course, is the security deposit of 600,000, which will be refunded in the future.
I nodded and said: OK, I will collect the money as soon as possible.
The manager asked me secretly: Have you gone out to sell your kidneys?
I smiled at him and said: Guess.
I didn’t stay in the company because after this incident, there were many people in the company who cared about me and even more were gloating about my misfortune. I really didn’t want to hear them say something almost sarcastic in my ears just to raise money.
Name, asked for a day off.
Even when I got on the elevator and was about to leave, someone murmured something loudly, deliberately letting me hear it, saying: Can he come up with 600,000? Isn't he going to stabilize this side first and prepare to run away?
Before the elevator door closed, I gave my middle finger to the colleague with whom I had never gotten along well, and said to him through lip language:
I call you mom.
I got home, turned on my computer, and logged into the game. At this point, she would definitely not be online. Normally, if she wasn't here, I could have a great time slaying monsters and bosses by myself.
, just leaving those limited copies waiting for her to complete the level together.
But today, I was not in any mood to play games. I was just wandering around in the scenes in the game. I felt very confused and anxious. I even thought, maybe she was teasing me, right? She wouldn't just
Will we no longer be online from now on? Then where can I put my face in the future?
To put it bluntly, I am no different than a pretty boy waiting to get his salary from a rich woman. It’s just that the pretty boy is selling his dignity, while I am saving lives.
I have never realized that a day has been so long. When it was close to 2:30 in the morning, my heart beat faster and even my favorite teacher Aang couldn't divert my attention.
It's two thirty-one, she's a minute late today, but she's here.
Like an idiot, I sent her a message and said: Good morning~
She replied, haha.
I believe everyone has had this experience. If you ask a friend out for a meal with the purpose of borrowing money, it is very difficult to say it in person, especially those who are not used to owing debts.
That's how I feel at the moment. What's even more ridiculous is that she hasn't brought up yesterday's topic, she's just brushing up the copy with me as usual.
She didn't say anything, but I was worried, but what's the use of scratching my head?
Damn it, did she forget what she said yesterday today?
It was almost four o'clock in the morning. She is a girl who is very accurate about time. According to the usual practice, at four o'clock, no matter what copy she was playing, she would go offline and go to bed on time. Therefore, we usually made a habit of finishing all the copies before four o'clock.
Completely good habit.
Three fifty-five.
I was in a cold sweat and felt disheartened.
At 3:56, she sent me a message saying: How much do I need? Send me the card number.