It's the end of December, and an important day has arrived. Liu Yu's twenty-eighth birthday is coming.
Shi Ran received a four-leaf clover gold necklace from Liu Yu on her birthday. As a gift, she went to a gold store to pick out two pure gold transfer beads.
After much thought, I chose a simple style with hollow letters of S and L. I learned how to braid a leather rope on the spot and string the beads together.
I went home and cooked in the oven, made a jar full of signature biscuits, wrote many auspicious words on small slips of paper, sealed the small slips one by one, illuminated the sterilizing lamp, and stuffed each strip into the biscuits.
The next-day insured express delivery is very reliable. At four or five o'clock in the afternoon on the 29th, Shi Ran received a progress reminder on his mobile phone that "I have signed for it."
Until after eight o'clock in the evening, Liu Yu's WeChat and Moments were quiet.
It was close to nine o'clock, and Liu Yu finally posted an update on Moments.
Jiugongge's photos and various gifts surround the photo of Liu Yu wearing Shi Ran's bracelet on his left wrist, and the background of his photo of the bracelet is his desk, with several Lego parts spread out on the table, and
Colorful plastic-covered notes with auspicious sayings that have been flattened out.
Zheng Cun was the first to like this post. After Shi Ran saved the picture in the middle and wanted to be careful, he discovered that this circle of friends had been deleted by Liu Yu.
Within two minutes, Liu Yu reposted the photo with a nine-square grid. The layout was exactly the same as the previous one. The only difference was that Liu Yu placed the bracelet in the center of the photo. The two beads with hollow letters were never visible.
The side of the wrist that was too clear was adjusted to the angle facing the camera.
"S" and "L" are closely together and very clear.
These photos are accompanied by only four words, [Ben San has you.]
Zheng Cun liked it again and asked: [Sorry, my brother, why did you delete it just now?]
Liu Yu replied: [My hand slipped, I made a mistake.]
Zheng Cuncai didn't believe it and privately chatted with Shi Ran asking if the bracelet was a gift from her and whether she and Brother Yu had confirmed their relationship?
Shi Ran's heartbeat was a little messy. This was too sudden. She didn't expect Liu Yu to help her debut in the C position of the circle of friends without even asking.
Looking back on the past, Shi Ran couldn't help but show some affection when interacting with Liu Yu, but Liu Yu never gave clear feedback. Shi Ran thought that Liu Yu was slow and didn't understand her hints, or that he was calm and incomprehensible.
He clearly pretended to be confused and deliberately refused to answer.
But today, this bracelet was repeatedly photographed and then published. It cannot be said that Liu Yu is too crazy to discover the hidden meaning in the initials of his surname, right?
Lin Huan excitedly grabbed the phone and rushed into Shi Ran's room, "He put your gift in it and said Ben San has you. Is that what I thought?"
Shi Ran was confused, and she didn't understand Liu Yu's mental journey after deleting and then re-discovering it.
Zheng Cun’s WeChat account is still bombarded with messages.
Under Liu Yu's nine-square grid, Cheng Xiuyan liked it and left a four-word message: [Happy life, brother.]
Xuanxuan and Kong Wen sang and sang in the message area, and even Liu Kai joined in. The three of them acted together, and they seemed to have understood the true meaning of love.
This group of people is always like this. They may not really think Liu Yu and Shi Ran have anything to do with each other, but they always chat with each other in a serious manner. It is difficult to tell how serious they are and how much they are just joking.
No matter how Lin Huan pressed, Shi Ran really couldn't tell the reason.
After sending Lin Huan back to her room, she called Liu Yu.
The sound of keyboards in the background and the surrounding voices discussing the progress of bug fixes meant that Liu Yu was still working overtime on his birthday.
It was confirmed that the people watching around Liu Yu were already busy with their own business. Now it was easier for him to talk, but Shi Ran was stuck again.
When Liu Yu mentioned that his game had just sold the domestic agency rights, Shi Ran thought he wanted to teach her a lesson on negotiating with agents, and was about to listen, but unexpectedly he changed the subject and said, "The studio is doing a good job."
I’ve spent money on a team building project, and I’m going to take the team to Thailand during the Spring Festival holiday. If you don’t have anything important to do during the New Year, let’s come together.”
Shi Ran felt happy in her heart, but her reason told her that this was not appropriate. Liu Yu's project sold the agency rights, and Shi Ran had not contributed anything, so why should she enjoy the fruits of other people's labor and travel with him?
The wording of rejection was as tactful as possible, "I only know Brother Zhu Zheng and the others in your team, and I can't play with you."
"You are not allowed to play with others. Except for a few big projects where everyone will go out together, other times they will do group activities separately."
One of the most important principles in Shi Ran's life is that no reward will be given without merit. She simply said it more clearly, "Thank you for inviting me, but I don't want people to talk about it later, saying that you are a self-serving person and use the money from the project to bring in outsiders."
Go enjoy it.”
"Who said we need to use project money? Don't I have any savings?"
"Why should I spend your money? And you can't stop Yuyou from talking."
Liu Yu was speechless by Shi Ran. After Shi Ran said "Happy Birthday", he ended the call.
Lying in bed, Shi Ran imagined many scenes of Liu Yu leading a group trip. Being able to earn a commission from the project, and being able to take the partners who have worked together for nearly a year to experience the vastness of the sky and the sea, Liu Yu must be pregnant.
With a strong sense of accomplishment.
The joy of staged success should be shared with the team working side by side with him. Shi Ran was right not to go. If she accompanied him throughout the whole process, it would only destroy the interest of the group of people around Liu Yu and bring discordant noises.
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The next day Shi Ran tried to ask Liu Yu about some ideas in game commercial design. Liu Yu patiently talked to Shi Ran for more than half an hour as if what happened yesterday had never happened.
It pointed out that the most risky problem in Shi Ran's "imagined" payment structure is that the payment proportion is too much allocated to the acquisition of heroes and other valuable items. Shi Ran explained that this is because it must stick closely to the theme of the game. After all, the game
The name contains the word "Picture Book", so it still needs to be worthy of the name.
Liu Yu understood clearly that any further conversation would be like spying on the R&D secrets of other people's projects. He stopped in time and suggested that Shi Ran think about it again and don't put the cart before the horse and overemphasize collecting for the sake of making illustrations.
The payment structure was determined by Yang Cheng and Bai Ge. A few days ago, Shi Ran also raised the concerns Liu Yu mentioned today, but Bai Ge and Shi Ran explained a lot. In a word, with this structure, Yang Cheng and Bai Ge
The pigeons are full of confidence and think they will get twice the result with half the effort.
It’s hard to go into details, but at least the atmosphere when Shi Ran and Liu Yu discussed gaming topics was still the same as before, and there was no change due to the SL bracelet.
But at the end of the phone call, Liu Yu hesitated and asked Shi Ran again if he wanted to go to Thailand with him. He also said that if Shi Ran wanted to go, he could have the team set off from Guangzhou and he would pick up Shi Ran.
Depart from Shanghai together.
Shi Ran was almost tempted by Liu Yu, but she was still more rational. She asked Liu Yu to put down his psychological burden and don't think that if Shi Ran didn't go, he would be "eating alone."
Liu Yu's thoughts were revealed, "If you don't go, I always feel that something is wrong."