A Couple Made in Heaven [Interstellar]

It was a small courtyard that was neatly tidied up, and there was a two-story pointed hut in the courtyard. At this moment, the main entrance on the first floor was wide open, as if it was letting go of its arms to welcome the bright sunshine outside.

The sun did indeed respond to this warm welcome. It sprinkled itself on the porch without hesitation, and sent part of itself all the way into the house. Using the warm golden light as paint, it painted a picture on the wooden floor. It looks like a deformed and elongated gate.

And just on the right side of the cabin, there is an old-fashioned herringbone ladder that can be classified as "antique" in today's society. A young man is as diligent as a giant bee, climbing up and down the ladder.

Gu Jiangchu stood in the small courtyard next door separated from this small courtyard by a fence wall. He watched the young man busy up and down, full of unreality, and needed to sort out how all this happened again——

Three hours ago, Gu Xichi rang the doorbell of Gu Jiangchu's apartment as a marching song. Gu Jiangchu, who had slept for two full days, was awakened by the series of death-killing bells, and had to get up to open the door for his cousin who finally learned of his arrival.

Shen Xing was very loyal and didn't betray his friend. In the past two days, he didn't mention Gu Jiangchu's arrival at Central Star, but he had already said "Young Master Gu" that day, and the "mobile billboard" turned around and asked about it. I got Gu Jiangchu's information.

Soon, there was another news of "Young Master Gu" personally stamped by Young Master Shen in the central star, and the news spread through the other party's mouth.

Although the spread of this news was not wide, it was limited to the circle and some "marginal people", but the news network of everyone in the circle was so well-connected, it didn't take long for it to reach Gu Xichi's ears smoothly all the way.

Young Master Gu who came to the apartment was prepared to teach Gu Jiangchu to realize how sad it is for the other party to sneak in and not say hello to his family, but when the door opened, he and the "little one" The cousin who appeared in the shape of messy hair met his eyes, and then caught a glimpse of the quick-frozen food box on the ground with outstanding eyesight. Without saying a word, he presented the fresh breakfast that he specially packed into the insulated box: "Eat Have you had breakfast yet?"

Gu Jiangchu, who forcibly dragged the bell on the door of the stele, yawned: "...not yet."

"Did you stay up late last night?" Gu Xichi frowned first, then nodded as if satisfied that his cousin hadn't been "poisoned" by quick-frozen food, "If you haven't, eat this, quick-frozen food is not as nutritious as fresh. "

The teachings in the plan were thrown into the sky, and Gu Dashao's action of scolding early in the morning turned into having a hot breakfast with Gu Jiangchu.

The relationship between two cousins ​​who haven't lived together for a long time is still so close, which is also a strange story in the eyes of others.

Gu Xichi is five years older than Gu Jiangchu. He takes a handsome and gentle line, and he is completely different from his cousin. Looking at the whole circle, he can also be regarded as a leader among his peers. Although he is gentle, it does not mean he is good. It's fine, but whatever he wants to do, he can often achieve both fame and fortune with a smile on his face.

Although Gu Jiangchu has not lived in the central star these years, he has a lot of contact with Gu Xichi. They communicate with each other through remote communication equipment on weekdays. In the past two years, Gu Xichi still had vacations, and he and Gu Jiangchu had vacation time. When they coincided, this cousin who had always wanted to improve his younger brother's social skills would drag Gu Jiangchu out on a trip together.

After Gu Jiangchu finished his breakfast, the little emotions that Gu Xichi had when he came here basically disappeared.

"I already know that you are here, and it will be a matter of time before the rest of the family know." Gu Xichi said after Gu Jiangchu put down his chopsticks. "Forget it these few days, you have a good rest in the apartment, and I will talk about it at home, but you have to go back to your home on this week's rest day, and everyone will have a meal together."

Knowing that my cousin doesn't like crowds and noise, he prefers to sleep in his own little world rather than hang out in social circles, so Gu Xichi only said that he would go back to his house for a meal on this week's rest day, no Truthfully relay the request of Old Master Gu and Gu Changhong that Gu Jiangchu can live in the family.

Once upon a time, Young Master Gu was just like his elders. He grew up in Gu's family and had been exposed to social circles since he was a child. Talking about establishing a relationship network, the other party simply avoided socializing and adopted a "lazy dating" strategy with others. He judged others by himself and worried for Gu Jiangchu.

But it was useless to repeatedly ask the unsociable little Gu Jiangchu worriedly.

Old Mrs. Gu couldn't do anything with little Gu Jiangchu back then, and Gu Xichi still had no way to deal with the grown-up Gu Jiangchu.

However, compared to the elders in the family, Young Master Gu knows how to be more flexible. In order to promote the social expansion of his cousin who is about to enter a higher education institution, he is trying to adopt new tactics.

After delivering the order that Gu Jiangchu had to go back to his hometown for dinner on weekends, and urging Gu Jiangchu to eat a nutritious and healthy fresh breakfast, Gu Xichi left a gift for Gu Jiangchu before leaving.

"Gift?" Gu Jiangchu was stunned when Gu Xichi was flipping through his bag—my cousin's bag was bulging when it arrived, and I don't know what was stuffed in it. It changed, and he took a second look at it.

Gu Xichi quickly took out an exquisite gift box from inside, and his bag collapsed accordingly: "The latest generation of portable holographic virtual helmets, I see that many boys your age like this recently, so let me You bought one, and you don’t like to go out anyway, so why not try it at home.”

Young Master Gu said "you don't like to go out anyway" very sincerely. After Gu Jiangchu sent him away, he stared at the heavy gift box for a long time. Pay attention to the still unreal sense of response from the next door.

Perhaps, that sense of responsiveness is really just an illusion of his current mental power level being too low?

After deliberating for a few seconds, he decided to sit down and unpack the gift from Gu Xichi.

It doesn't take much time to just go up and take a look.

Gu Jiangchu thought so.

——Then he stepped into the hole that Gu Xichi secretly dug.

Those who give others holographic virtual equipment as gifts will mostly install some preset programs in the instrument in advance.

Or a stereoscopic image inserted in the loading process, or several paid application packages purchased in advance, these pre-installed small gifts are carefully hidden in the device, waiting to be brought to the recipient to bring an extra Surprise.

Gu Jiangchu had just connected the helmet, and when he logged into the application hall, a floating dialog box popped up in front of him. The above content was: "You have a copy of 'Brother's Heart' waiting to be claimed, are you sure to check it?"

At that time, he was unprepared, guessing that Gu Xichi probably bought some application packages for himself in advance, and clicked to confirm——

Then his holographic guide was forcibly replaced and upgraded, and a system called "Brother's Mind" took over his virtual host.

[Follow your customized package, "Brother's Heart" will serve you wholeheartedly. 】

"..."

Gu Jiangchu was speechless for a few seconds at the system that threatened to help him make new friends and improve his efficiency, and turned his head to call out the main menu to log off and shut down.

"Brother's heart" judged the trend of his instructions, and reminded aloud: [According to the preset program, if you decide to log off and shut down immediately after seeing me, even if the system has entered a dormant state, you will not be able to fully Exit the application hall, and the ring-shaped projection screen will start the automatic playback mode after the system enters sleep mode. You have to watch the "Gu Xichi Meeting Video Record" for up to three hours before you can completely disconnect and leave the hall. 】

Gu Jiangchu: "..."

Listening to a meeting of more than one hour is already a nightmare level of mental torture for Gu Jiangchu. He didn't want to really try what it would be like to listen to a three-hour meeting in a row, so he had to cancel the main menu and let the name alone The very indescribable system continues to give instructions.

Although the method was a bit out of the ordinary, Gu Xichi who sent this gift was really kind.

The main purpose of this customized system is to assist Gu Jiangchu to expand his social interaction. It will collect various data of Gu Jiangchu when he communicates with people in the virtual space, and give appropriate suggestions in a timely manner. Give the feedback report to Gu Jiangchu himself for review.

[And, when your social activity in the space is too low, or you show a stubborn avoidance attitude towards social interaction, the system will initiate some self-response operations within the scope of permission, and issue assist tasks to you. 】

Gu Jiangchu chewed the words "self-response operation" and "assist task" twice in his heart. He still had some questions before he could raise them. This seemingly very dedicated system has already pushed a bunch of application icons to his side. Can't wait to ask him to choose the space he wants to go to today.

Those applications all have strong interactive elements, and the ones that are deliberately placed in the forefront by the system are the most popular holographic online games with a record-breaking number of online players.

[You only have 60 seconds to choose a space, and the countdown starts after you hear this prompt. If you do not decide to go to the space within 60 seconds, the system will automatically make a choice for you according to the ranking of the application recommendation. 】

In order not to let himself be forcibly thrown into those large-scale online games with intricate interactive systems, Gu Jiangchu put aside his doubts for the time being. He glanced at the bunch of colorful icons, and found a virtual home with clean and simple application logos in the back.

Most of the current popular holographic online games have a built-in home system. In terms of game modes, the virtual home is indeed a bit monotonous, but it is superior in that there are many built-in maps and scenes, and there are all types of houses and courtyards in the database and various material packages. Create a house in no man's land to enjoy the quietness alone, and you can also make an appointment with two or three friends to choose the same map to settle down together, with a high degree of freedom.

When Gu Jiangchu selected his home map, the system reminded him again: 【You must choose a map with at least one online user in the same area. 】

Gu Jiangchu’s hand that habitually slid towards the no-man’s land paused, and he flipped forward. Compared with the standard of “one”, he really found Zhang, who currently has only one person online, and only one person has already established an account there. map.

The area of ​​the map is not small, even if there are five or six more users, as long as they don't make an appointment to build a house at the designated location, the interval between the randomly generated building points will not be short.

What's more, he is currently alone.

Gu Jiangchu didn't go any further. He felt that this map was the best, so he clicked the Create button next to the map to confirm.

The surrounding scene gradually darkened, and he started to take pictures.

After the scene was changed, Gu Jiangchu stood directly in front of his virtual land. He instinctively looked around to check the environment, and suddenly found that there was a small yard that had already been built next to his house.

The small courtyard is located on the right side of his house, and there is a two-storey pointed hut in the courtyard. The young man who was setting up the ladder noticed the movement here, and turned his head in surprise——

The timeline turns back to the present.

Gu Jiangchu stood at the end of the fence separating the two small courtyards, watching his neighbors in his homeland busy up and down.

It was a slender young man. Although he had a handsome face, his facial features looked a bit cold at first, which made people feel that he was not close to him. He must have been exercising hard, and his exposed forearm was clearly visible but not obtrusive. Lines, the lip line is straight when he is not smiling, and against his straight back, he naturally has a serious and upright temperament.

A person with such a temperament, generally speaking, should be a person who plans everything in detail, is serious and rigorous, self-disciplined, and finally succeeds in an orderly manner.

But this young man is clearly a counterexample that refuses to merge with the "usual".

With the sound of "dang beep" and the collision of materials falling to the ground, Gu Jiangchu counted in his heart. This is the fourth time that the materials that the young man just moved onto the roof unfortunately fell back to the ground.

The person who had just stepped on the old-fashioned ladder to climb to the roof had to climb down again to pick up the materials. With a serious face, he carefully re-made the anti-slip measures for the materials, and then began to climb the stairs with the materials for the fifth time.

After successfully reaching the roof, he carefully spread the non-slip mat on the corner of the roof this time, and after confirming that the anti-slip mat had been fixed perfectly, he carefully placed the material on it.

Under the double anti-skid protection, the material seems to be placed perfectly this time, and it will never fall down the stairs again. Gu Jiangchu vaguely felt that the young man was relieved. He watched the other party turn around to get a small household hammer——

A strong wind suddenly picked up and swept over the young man's roof, causing the anti-slip mat to be completely lifted.

For the fifth time, the repair materials that the youth worked so hard to carry onto the roof landed on the ground.

youth:"……"

Gu Jiangchu: "..."

Gu Jiangchu, who watched the whole process, felt that if young people had this private and exclusive customized almanac, the other party's itinerary for today might have the item "It is not suitable to repair the roof in the virtual home", but this kind of exclusive almanac that is detailed in personal life is not Existence, the young man had already struggled with the roof that he didn't know where the problem was for more than half an hour. As a bystander, Gu Jiangchu felt that it slipped twice during the period, which was really unimaginable.

"...How about I help you?"

The young man leaned over to look at the ground unexpectedly met Gu Jiangchu's eyes. Out of politeness, Gu Jiangchu offered to help again.

As early as when he had just greeted the young man and noticed that the other party seemed to be preparing to repair the roof, he had asked the young man if he needed help.

The youth whose user ID is simply a capital letter "E" rejected him at that time: "No."

Young E's refusal voice was cold, and his attitude towards Gu Jiangchu was also a little alienated. Gu Jiangchu guessed that maybe his arrival disturbed the original tranquility of the other party.

The author has something to say: 2018.2.04 overhaul