Middle-aged Love Patch

Xu Youyuan really had something to do, and it was a sudden and important thing that she didn't expect at all.

Her former colleague Xiao Ke suddenly called her and asked her to come out for a chat.

"You know, about that."

Xiao Ke left such a short sentence, which whetted Xu Youyuan's appetite.

This former colleague is still working in SQUALL after Xu Youyuan's accident, and is one of the core figures of the "Reshaping the Universe" project, the leader of the second development team.She was also the docking person when the vehicle incident happened that year.

Xiao Ke was recruited by Xu Youyuan personally, and she was single-handedly promoted. She is very important to her. Before the accident, she was one of Xu Youyuan's right-hand assistants. After the accident, the person who quickly separated from Xu Youyuan was also she.

After Xu Youyuan left SQUALL, many people deleted her from their contacts in order to protect themselves. Xu Youyuan has also been disappointed, but think about it from another angle. Others have their own careers and families to take care of, so it is reasonable to do so .

However, the situation has changed a bit during this time.

With the crazy rise of holographic games, the new generation of holographic games represented by "dark box" has begun to attack the established companies.According to industry analysis, the monopoly of SQUALL without Xu Youyuan will be broken soon. Before 2040, holographic games will flourish around the world, and even break through the existing game logic and have a new way of playing.

If SQUALL still sticks to its previous achievements and does not know how to make progress, it might be eliminated within five years.

The crisis of SQUAL made people's eyes once again focus on Xu Youyuan, who was almost reclusive.

Many media are speculating on Xu Youyuan's current whereabouts.Although Xu Youyuan didn't make a high-profile appearance in front of the world, she didn't deliberately hide either.

Having worked for so many years and was once on the cusp of the knife's edge, Xu Youyuan knows that there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Unless she is dead, the media will still be able to track down her movements.

Deliberately hiding itself is meaningless, as long as you keep a low profile.

Xu Youyuan went to Canglu Company to help, and was preparing for several game projects. From the very beginning when she took over, she knew that it would definitely spread. Facts have proved that what she thought was right, and indeed spread.

She is busy, but it's not that she doesn't use the Internet. Even if those mocking grandmasters don't have a job and can only take on these small projects to make ends meet have not been posted in front of her eyes, there are still many good people who deliberately love her under these gossips. I wanted her to worry about it, and even took a screenshot and sent it to her email, for fear that she would not see it.

Xu Youyuan used to care about what the outside world thought of her, but after she read too much of these rumors, she realized that these people secretly wanted to make her angry and push her out of the normal track. Xu Youyuan understands that she will never be able to do what they wish, and she must firmly walk on her own path.Over time, she really didn't mind much.

When she began to abandon the cynicism and ridicule of her from the outside world and concentrate on working on Canglu's projects, with the decline of SQUALL and the decline in its influence on the industry, some small companies also began to have Xu Youyuan's idea, wanting to pay cheap Her salary has dug her away, and many people have contacted her on email and WeChat.

For these companies, Xu Youyuan did not respond at all.

The colder the reaction to the outside world, the more the outside world will discuss her.

Among the game companies that wanted to hire Xu Youyuan, many of the people who invited her were her ex-colleagues who had quit. Xu Youyuan understood that many of them had already left their original companies to seek development elsewhere.

Some people originally used SQUALL as a springboard. After plating a layer of gold, they went to become leaders of small companies, earning more money with less work.

And some people really sensed the crisis of Squall in the post-Xu Youyuan era, and left voluntarily for career development.

These two people who left the original company brought another thought-provoking news—besides them, some people left quietly, and even completely disappeared from the game industry. Xu Youyuan's body is exactly the same.

This incident caught Xu Youyuan's attention three months ago.

She once discussed this matter with Cang Lu, and Cang Lu also sent someone to inquire about it, and found some leftovers, which seemed to be related to the vehicle world back then, but the specific inside story seemed to be kept under wraps.

Xu Youyuan didn't expect Xiao Ke to come to her. The other party didn't directly reveal what she wanted to say to her, but Xu Youyuan probably knew that it must be related to the vehicle incident that year.

No matter how her ex-colleagues treated her, today's appointment Xu Youyuan must go.

The place where the other party invited her was at a Chinese restaurant with a lot of people, and Xiao Ke purposely made an appointment at a place with a lot of people in order to dispel Xu Youyuan's suspicion.

When Xu Youyuan arrived at the Chinese restaurant, Xiao Ke had already arrived and was sitting in the corner.

Xu Youyuan almost didn't recognize her at a glance.

Former colleagues Xiao Ke and Xu Youyuan are alumni of different majors, five years younger than her.

Counting, Xiao Ke has just touched the edge of 30 years old this year. Less than a year ago, when Xu Youyuan left her former company, Xiao Ke still had black hair and was full of youthful vitality.When we met today, her hair was more than half gray. If she hadn't seen her face, Xu Youyuan would have thought that the person sitting here was an elder.

"Sister Xu..." Xiao Ke took the initiative to greet her. When Xu Youyuan sat down, she saw that Xiao Ke was a little out of shape, and her white hair made people panic.

"What's the matter with you? Are you too tired from work?" Xu Youyuan asked when she sat down.

Xiao Ke shook her head, as if recalling some particularly bad memories, with a painful expression on her face.

Xu Youyuan was still very cautious when she came to an appointment today, and Xiao Ke also knew that Xu Youyuan should be cautious. In order to eliminate Xu Youyuan's worries, Xiao Ke didn't bring a bag, not even a mobile phone.When Xu Youyuan sat down, Xiao Ke turned over all the pockets and showed her to show her sincerity.

After the show was over, Xiao Ke didn't have the time to beat around the bush and come up with an opening statement, and said bluntly, "Although it's not directly related, the ghostly look I have now has nothing to do with work... Sister Xu, you should have guessed that I came to you this time I want to say something. You were indeed calculated in the vehicle incident back then."

Xu Youyuan said while pressing the page-turning button of the menu: "At the beginning, you discovered a loophole in the development, and the record of my video was deleted, which is also planned."

Xiao Ke admitted: "I do know about this matter, and I even did it myself. We have a record of communicating with you here, so all subsequent operations can be pushed to you, saying that you ordered it. But your There is no video recording, wiped by ass wipers. By the time you know this, everything will be a foregone conclusion."

Xu Youyuan ordered a few dishes and asked Xiao Ke if she wanted rice, but Xiao Ke said no.Xu Youyuan added a bowl of whole grain rice to herself, feeling that today's topic should be very appetizing.

"It took a lot of work to kick me out." Xu Youyuan also sighed in retrospect, "Unfortunately, in the end, this incident did not make the sales of Reshape the Universe pick up, although I got rid of this big trouble, said In the end, Liu Feng is still at a loss."

"No..." Xiao Ke lowered her voice again, "His goal is no longer in the game."

Xiao Ke's words completely changed Xu Youyuan's expression.

"Liu...has he finally started that project?"

Xiao Ke stopped talking and asked the waiter to bring a pen.Anyone who still uses paper and pen in this era has basically achieved paperless office work, and the clerk helped her find it for a long time before finding it.

After Xiao Ke finished writing on the paper, she handed it to Xu Youyuan.

Xu Youyuan unfolded the paper:

"Reshaping the universe is just a fig leaf from the beginning to the end, a blindfold. What LF wants from the very beginning is to access the player's neurons and read information from the human brain! The method of directly reading neurons is better than using intelligence 20 years ago. It is more direct and more private for mobile apps to steal user information. Although holographic games are all connected to neurons, LF is the only one who has the courage and ability to read the user's brain information illegally. This is an unprecedentedly huge LF wants to enjoy the cake exclusively!"

Xu Youyuan actually knew about this matter earlier than Xiao Ke, so when she saw these shocking secrets written by Xiao Ke, Xu Youyuan did not show much surprise, and wrote on the paper:

"Isn't LF afraid of being arrested?" When writing these words, Xu Youyuan suddenly understood something, "Could it be that someone in the government is supporting him in this matter?"

Xiao Ke didn't take the paper back, she nodded after seeing Xu Youyuan finished writing this line.

No wonder.

Xu Youyuan knew that any major social event or big news that aroused widespread discussion must have government intervention behind it.Either the government's acquiescence, or the government's own creation.

Events not allowed by the government will definitely not be fermented.

Xu Youyuan should have understood a long time ago that Liu Feng has the guts to steal the information of the human brain, and there must not be only the power of S Company behind it.

Xiao Ke took the paper back and continued to write:

"Even the government does not have only one faction. You know that the government is now in a stage where two factions are fighting. Behind LF is only one of the factions. Their power is very powerful and mysterious. I just know that there are such a group of people. But in my position, it is impossible to know who they are. However, I believe that if we can expose the true face of LF and the crimes committed by Company S, we will definitely get the support of another faction. After all, the experiment LF is doing now is very There is a risk of death."

When Xiao Ke said this, she pointed to her white hair: "My hair turned white because of the experiment, and I almost lost my life. Afterwards, LF gave me a large sum of money as comfort money and hush money. But this matter The truth is too dangerous. I think if I don’t say it, a crisis will definitely happen in the next five years. This crisis will not only affect you and me, but also the game industry. It will be a disaster for the entire human race .”

So Xiao Ke took Liu Fatty's money and revealed the matter, which is also very good.

"I know that I betrayed you once, and now you won't fully trust me no matter what." Xiao Ke could also see Xu Youyuan's thoughts, "But I don't need you to believe me, I just don't want more I took LF’s money because I need it to live the rest of my life. From then on, I will quit the game industry and return to my hometown to be an ordinary civil servant who may be replaced by artificial intelligence at any time. This is My destiny. And sister Xu, you created the holographic game, you proposed the technology of reading neurons, and you opened up all of this. So, I think whether you want to stop LF or not, you have the right to know the holographic The game will bring a strong storm to mankind. And you have the right to wash away the stigma on yourself."

At the end of this line, Xiao Ke gave a coordinate.

Xu Youyuan could tell at a glance that this was the coordinate in the reshaping universe.

"The thing you want, the evidence that can wash away your stigma, is still in this place for the time being. It is in the most dangerous depths of the game universe that reshape the universe. When I left Company S, it is still in that place for the time being, as long as There is no disruptive change in transmission bridge technology for a day, and LF cannot remove it for a day."

Xu Youyuan marked this coordinate in her mind, and then tore the paper to pieces.

Their dishes came, and there was a plate of fire-roasted chicken. The small open flame stove was specially ordered by Xu Youyuan. She scattered these shredded papers into the stove and turned them into ashes.

The meal was very silent, Xu Youyuan and Xiao Ke didn't say anything after burning the shredded paper.

After eating, she walked out of the restaurant door, and it was snowing heavily. Xu Youyuan noticed that Xiao Ke was coughing non-stop. Even though she was wearing a thick down jacket, she was still shivering from the cold, and her face was pale.

"What kind of feeling is it..." Xu Youyuan asked.

"Actually, I don't know the real core principle. I'm just a small person. I was tempted by the high experimental subsidy when I participated in the experiment." Xiao Ke said, "But I can tell you how I feel after the experiment. From the experiment It has been more than half a month now, and I have really come out of the experimental scene. And I have come out with the help of others. Outline and organize

"That scene is very confusing. It is not directly read, but it is very similar to the game. It traps you in the game like a nightmare, making you unable to distinguish between the game and reality, and even the brain is deceived. During this long period of time, the information in your brain will be extracted bit by bit without defense, and you have no ability to resist. It will even set up different scenarios to deceive and induce your brain, many Things that you may have forgotten will be re-inspired in the scene. All your memories will be excavated and become LF's commodities!"

Xiao Ke's words made Xu Youyuan's hair stand on end. She expected the tip of the iceberg of Liu Feng's conspiracy, but she didn't expect that there was such a frightening truth under the iceberg.

"I'm afraid." Xiao Ke hid her face in the collar of her down jacket, "I also wanted to stop all this, but I don't think I have the ability. I don't want to enter that terrible game again... I can only escape."

Xiao Ke stared at Xu Youyuan: "Just like when you left SQUAL, Sister Xu. You brought me into the industry, you cultivated me carefully and treated me so well, but I told the truth when you were forced to leave due to unwarranted disasters. I dare not say it... I am a cowardly and cowardly person, I admit it. I have exhausted all my courage to come to you today to tell you these things. I don't expect you to forgive me, I..."

Xu Youyuan sighed softly and said, "I never blamed you, you have broken through yourself by choosing to tell the truth today."

Xiao Ke's heart was touched by Xu Youyuan's gentle words, she couldn't help hugging Xu Youyuan, and cried silently in her arms for a long time, her tears had dried up when she left.

"This world may really be about to change dramatically. I don't know whether it is my luck or my sorrow to live in this era." Xiao Ke said when leaving, "But it is indeed my fate, I admit it."

When Xiao Ke's figure was about to disappear into the snow, she suddenly thought of a question and turned to ask Xu Youyuan: "Sister Xu, do you believe in fate?"

Xu Youyuan put her hands in her pockets and replied without any hesitation: "No, I only believe in myself."

Xiao Ke stared at Xu Youyuan for a long time, and finally smiled gratifiedly: "Fortunately, there are still you in this era."

Xiao Ke left, Xu Youyuan knew that she would never see Xiao Ke again in this life, but what Xiao Ke left for her was extremely precious.

that coordinates.

In the depths of reshaping the universe, what she wanted is still there...

Everything is still possible.

The phone vibrated, Xu Youyuan took it out, and found that it was Shi Ye's WeChat.

"Xiaoyue saw it."

Xu Youyuan frowned, what did she see?

Just as he was wondering, Shiye sent another WeChat message: "We were just next to you and saw you hugging that woman. Are you okay? Who is that woman!"

Depend on……

Can you let me breathe a little easier?

Xu Youyuan immediately called Shi Ye and asked where they were.

"After we drank in the izakaya, we planned to come here to sing and have fun. We just saw you hugging a woman when we came here. Why do you think it's so coincidental?"

Xu Youyuan was helpless: "Is it so bloody... Where's Shi Yue?"

"After Xiaoyue saw it, she said she was going back to rest. She sent us to the singing place and she left." Shi Ye said, "She said that she was too tired recently and wanted to go back to sleep, so she wouldn't accompany her. We played. But yes, she is really tired recently, her eyes are bloodshot."

Xu Youyuan didn't know what to say for a while.

"Are you coming?"

"right away."

When we got to the KTV, Yue was gone, and Jiang Yun saw Xu Youyuan talking about the matter with Xiao Xiao again.When she was in the izakaya, she drank a lot of wine, and she would continue to order wine when she came to the KTV, saying that she would not be drunk tonight, and that she would be a good man after waking up.

Xu Youyuan was a little absent-minded, took out her mobile phone and opened WeChat, looked at Shiyue's bright red peony flower head, wanted to say something to her, and felt a little pretentious after searching for a long time.

Do you want to explain to her that the person you hugged just now is just a former colleague?Does speaking like this mean that there is no money here?

But if you don't explain...

Xu Youyuan was still frowning on the other side, but Jiang Yun on the other side didn't order any songs, but instead projected all the photos on the phone on the big singing screen.

These photos are all old photos they took before, and some were taken more than ten years ago.

At that time, they were all in their prime, high-spirited, full of collagen, and even the curvature of their smiles was several degrees larger than it is now.

Jiang Yun sighed while flipping through the photos, saying that flowers will bloom again and people will no longer be young, as if after tonight she is not going to be reborn but to die.

It’s not over after reading what’s on the phone, but I still have to look through the photos that everyone posted in Moments.There was nothing in Xu Youyuan's circle of friends, so she had to look through Shiye's and A Gan's, pointing and feeling a lot of emotion.

Xu Youyuan disliked her at first, but when she watched, she suddenly stopped drinking the drink in her hand.

"Which year did we take this photo in Japan? It was during the cherry blossom season. It's really extravagant." Jiang Yun pointed to the faces of several people grinning under the cherry blossom trees on the screen, "We were all so poor back then. Damn, Sister Niao hasn't even started making money from reshaping the universe, has she... Just because she likes to go bankrupt and go on a trip, I definitely can't do it now, it's so good to be young..."

Xu Youyuan couldn't hear what Jiang Yun was saying.In her eyes, she only saw the line of words written by Shi Ye on the top of the photo:

"Sakura is my favorite cherry blossom, I have to come"

Cherry blossoms?

Miss Bird's favorite?

The world-limited cherry blossom bath ball that Shiyue snatched from the spot came to mind.

"Don't you like it?"

"Why should I like it?"

"You old fish!"

It turns out that the cherry blossom stalk is here.

Xu Youyuan has long forgotten that she once liked cherry blossoms so much, and traveled all the way for the cherry blossom season.

But there was someone who helped her remember, even to this day.

This brat...why didn't he just say it?

Xu Youyuan stood up with her coat in her arms, and was about to go out when she opened the door.

Ah Gan said "Hey?" and asked her, "Where are you going?"

Shi Ye patted A Gan: "Don't disturb Sister Niao. Sister Niao has a sudden realization."

A pole: "?"

Xu Youyuan went downstairs, quickly got into the car, and drove towards Nanjiang ONE.

If there is any misunderstanding, it would be nice to make it clear in person.

If she really cared about a person's feelings, she would never let that person misunderstand her.Even if there is a misunderstanding, it is impossible to let the misunderstanding stay overnight.

Xu Youyuan wants to explain to Shi Yue personally, even if there is no silver here, even if it is hypocritical, Xu Youyuan doesn't want to make Shi Yue unhappy.

It turns out that life is not just a crowded one-way street. When she lowered her head and rushed forward, there was a gentle gaze beside her silently following her.

The things that Xu Youyuan once liked and was attached to, have been forgotten by Xu Youyuan as she grows older, and disappeared in the gap of time.Even the young self may be buried by time.

But there is someone who remembers her life trajectory and all her preferences.

And the man never said a word.

How did Shi Yue persist until now, never praying for any sweetness?

When Xu Youyuan drove to the gate of Nanjiang ONE Hotel Community, the snow fell even more heavily.

What kind of idol drama plot is this? It doesn't suit Xu Youyuan, a big sister, okay?

Xu Youyuan's car could not enter the community without a permit. She parked the car across the road, walked over, and entered the relative access code at the gate.

I don't know what Shi Yue's expression will be when she sees her sudden visit.

Xu Youyuan held a gift in her hand, not a New Year's gift, but a gift that must be given tonight.She believed that Shi Yue would like it very much after seeing it.

No matter how heavy the wind and snow is, Xu Youyuan's heart is still warm.

With a "buzz", the password is invalid.

Xu Youyuan: "Huh?"

What Xu Youyuan didn't know was that the passwords for visiting relatives were also time-sensitive, and the passwords she got from Shi Ye could no longer open the gate of the community.

If you don't want to act in an idol drama, you don't have to freeze me, right? !

The plot of an idol drama turned into a drama of suffering in an instant, Xu Youyuan called Shi Yue, but Shi Yue didn't answer...

Xu Youyuan: "??"

The uncle at the gate was poking Xu Youyuan's back tightly with vigilant eyes, Xu Youyuan hugged herself tightly, trembling.