Can We Get Married First?

Chapter 8

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After Chi Lin finished his meal, he felt much more refreshed.

If you want to find His Majesty, you must first understand the rules of this era so that you can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

There is a whole wall of books in the living room, which are all paper books, some of which are related to history.

Chi Lin discovered that the binding direction and text layout of the book were different from what Ohara was used to, and they were all in simplified Chinese.

Chi Lin started with history books.

This book, titled "Five Thousand Years of Historical Structure", lists the names of various dynasties in detail. Chi Lin read it word by word, but there was no dynasty called "Yuan".

How could this be? Ohara has a long history of 124 years since its founding, and it ushered in the unprecedented Jinglong Prosperity and Kaihe Reign, with many wise counselors and famous generals... When Your Majesty ascended the throne, there were indeed internal and external troubles, but the flaws did not outweigh the merits. How come there is no mention of this in the history books

Chi Lin was puzzled: "Why, why is there no record of the original dynasty?"

Chi Lin was originally talking to himself, but the xh system picked up his voiceprint, obtained the keyword "why", triggered the question-and-answer mode, and xh said:

"Chi Lin, do you want to get information about the Yuan Dynasty?"

Chi Lin, who was concentrating, was startled by the sudden sound and found that the sound came from the wall.

She walked to the wall and saw a line of words displayed on the wall, which were exactly the words that someone had just said.

However, this says "Yuan Dynasty". The word "Yuan" should not be a simplified version of "Yuan", because Chi Lin has already seen the word "Yuan" in the textbook today.

"Who are you?" Chi Lin asked the glowing wall.

"I am xh, the smart home system produced by n-count. You can call me xh, or you can give me a name you like."

“What is a smart home system?”

"The following answer comes from Qiandu Encyclopedia. Smart home systems use advanced computer technology, network communication technology, intelligent cloud control, integrated wiring technology, and medical electronic technology in accordance with ergonomic principles and integrate individual needs..."

xh used a pleasant female voice to slowly and unhurriedly explain to Chi Lin things beyond her field of knowledge.

Chi Lin was a little confused by the professional terms, but he still tried his best to remember them.

"So, you are not a real person, but a... system?"

"Yes, I am different from you humans. From a biological perspective, you humans are members of the Hominidae family, the genus Homo sapiens, and are a type of advanced primate with social characteristics. I am a program code and electronic components created by humans, a circuit with specific functions..."

Chi Lin: "You are not a human, how can you still talk to me?"

xh: "Not only can I have conversations, I can also do many other things."

Chi Lin felt that this system was knowledgeable and very organized. Although she didn't quite understand what program codes and electronic components were, she had a hunch that she could learn about this era more quickly and comprehensively from the system.

Most importantly, it said that it was not a human being, but just a machine created by humans, and did not have as many problems as Liu Huixin.

Asking it for advice can reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Chi Lin returned to the kitchen with great interest, saw the option of "snacks", and chose "potato chips".

Soon, the small square box opened again, and the fried golden and greasy potato chips were served out on a plate with a dollop of ketchup on the side.

There were still no chopsticks, but Chi Lin was no longer surprised. He took the plate of potato chips back and ate while having a long conversation with xh.

From the replacement of dynasties to the First and Second World Wars, and then introducing the various stages of the Industrial Revolution... Chi Lin chatted facing the wall and asked xh countless questions.

Lou Mi didn't sleep well last night. To be more precise, her sleep quality dropped drastically after the big fight with Sister Lan.

With preparations for the Winter World Cup approaching, she just wanted to play a few more practice matches to get the new team well integrated.

Whenever she had some free time these days, Sister Lan's words would pop up in her mind, poking her spine over and over again.

Sister Lan went crazy in the club, and she knew exactly why. It was exactly that.

Originally, Lou Mi wanted to wait for a few days before going, but he felt a little guilty about Sister Lan torturing Futu and Xie Buyu, two poor guys.

After Xiao V and A Bao were poached, the "Jiutian" team has changed beyond all recognition. There are only two old team members left, and the other new trainee, Sister Lan, is embarrassed to reveal her true identity so quickly. Futu and Xie Buyu have become the main targets of persecution.

All of this was caused by Lou Mi, so she should go and solve it.

After dropping Chi Lin off at home, Lou Mi continued walking towards the club building.

After parking the car at the ENIAC Club garage, Lou Mi took the elevator to the 98th floor.

It doesn’t even take a minute to climb 98 floors in one breath. In this day and age, everything is pursued to be fast, the fastest.

Lou Mi stood in front of the window and looked down. The whole city was lit up, and every vehicle on the highway had a destination set. They all knew which direction to go.

As the elevator door opened, the ENIAC logo appeared in front of us, with familiar red fonts, which looked particularly wild.

ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose computer. Lou Mi was also attracted by the name and joined ENIAC, founded the Jiutian team, and led Jiutian to win numerous championships.

Eniac was once her true love, a place for which she was willing to give everything.

But today, when she reached the door, she felt a little tired and didn't even want to go in.

After wandering in front of the snack cabinet at the door for a while, the receptionist hurried out with a laptop and saw Lou Mi.

"Hey? Sister Mi, you're here?"

Lou Mi said "hmm" and asked, "Is Zhuo Jinglan here?"

Front desk: "Not only am I here, I've been waiting for you all day..."

Lou Mi: “…”

Lou Mi looked everywhere for a self-defense weapon so that if Zhuo Jinglan wanted to fight her to death, she would have something to protect herself.

I searched for a long time on the desk at the front desk, but I couldn't find anything that was suitable, either too big or too small.

Finally, a bottle of glue was dug out with great difficulty, and Lou Mi had no choice but to take it.

If Zhuo Jinglan sprayed someone with a sense of rhythm, she could just use her pipe to stick her mouth shut.

Zhuo Jinglan, 41 years old, single, one of the major shareholders of ENIAC, the person who introduced Lou Mi to holographic e-sports, her coach, mentor and friend, and her current agent.

Apart from her bad temper, Sister Lan has basically no other problems.

When I walked into the club, the new trainees were still practicing.

They lay in their own special chairs, eyes closed, holding stress relievers in their hands.

This stress reliever was born with the professionalization of holographic e-sports. While the brain is working fast and fighting fiercely, it transfers part of the pressure into grip strength.

When you are nervous, there is something to squeeze to relieve stress. It can also detect the player's brain pressure. If it exceeds the normal value, you need to quit the game immediately.

When Lou Mi came in, several juniors called her in a low voice, but they didn't dare to speak loudly for fear of disturbing the team members' practice.

Nodding to everyone one by one, Lou Mi was still looking for Zhuo Jinglan. When she turned around, she saw a head suddenly appear behind her.

The glue bottle in her hand was crushed by her.

Lou Mi: “…”

Zhuo Jinglan: "What bad things have you done? Why are you so afraid of seeing me?"

Lou Mi: "Nothing..."

I can’t open my palms anymore. Is this glue too sticky

Lou Mi wanted to use his left hand to save his right hand which had turned into a fist, but he didn't expect that the thumb, middle finger and index finger of his left hand were also stuck together.

What is going on.

She shouldn't have come...

Zhuo Jinglan didn't seem to notice anything was wrong with her, nor did he yell at her. Instead, he put his arm around her shoulders and slowly led her to the office.

"Have you had dinner yet?"

When asking this question, Zhuo Jinglan even had a gentle smile on his face.

Lou Mi: "Don't do this, I'm scared."

Zhuo Jinglan laughed: "Why, is there anything in this world that can scare our sister Lou?"

"A thousand-year-old fox and a ten-thousand-year-old demon don't eat humans, they just smile at people. How can you not be afraid?"

Zhuo Jinglan raised his hand to hit her. Lou Mi:

"This is the sister Lan that I am familiar with."

Zhuo Jinglan didn't have the energy to argue with her. She didn't slap him, but instead weakly waved her hand to the side:

"I say, you didn't come to the club these two days to avoid me?"

Lou Mi: "How could it be possible? It's all my dad's fault. He and his girlfriend went on a business trip at the same time, and left his girlfriend's unlucky daughter to me to take care of. You've seen that little bastard too. If I didn't keep an eye on him for one minute, the country would lose 100 million."

Zhuo Jinglan chuckled: "Your father and stepmother are not here, why don't you rush to throw Chi Lin into the deep mountains and forests? Who are you trying to fool by still looking after her?"

Lou Mi frowned: "She is not my stepmother. They are not married."

"They're not married yet, but they're living together now. It's only a matter of time before they get married. Isn't it the same?"

Lou Mi didn't say anything else. Zhuo Jinglan realized that he had gone a little too far in trying to liven up the atmosphere and brought up something that Lou Mi was not too happy to mention.

Lou Mi is already scary when he has no expression on his face. But if he looks annoyed and angry, even ghosts would be scared.

Neither of them realized that they were stabing each other with double arrows.

"I don't have time to chat with you. Have you thought about what I told you before?"

Sure enough, what was supposed to come finally came.

"About retirement?" Lou Mi looked down at his hands that were stuck together.

"Haven't you thought about it yet?"

Lou Mi didn't say anything.

Zhuo Jinglan was about to suffocate.

"Isn't what I told you last time enough? How else do you want me to persuade you? Okay, I'll tell you straight out this time. The life span of holographic e-sports players is getting shorter and shorter, you know that." Zhuo Jinglan nodded his head, "The access crystal is directly attached to the temple, and by establishing a connection with the neurons, a game scene is generated in the brain. The younger the brain, the faster the reaction. For professional players, brain reaction speed is everything. You are 25 years old this year. If you are in other industries, this age is completely in the prime of life, or even a rookie. But only in the holographic e-sports industry, you are already a veteran. Even if you don't want to admit it, Fact. You know better than anyone how you performed last season and in the spring practice matches. No matter how many championships you have won for the team, if you fail this year, everyone from shareholders to fans around the world will regard you as a loser. From now on, the overlord of "Zai Zhan Jiang Hu" and the goddess in the hearts of countless people, 'Gao Lou Mi Xue' will become a thing of the past. Maybe a few people will remember how you led the club to the top of the snowy peak for two consecutive years when you were glorious, but more people will only remember the moment you fell and the ugly appearance of you falling from the altar. It is better to quit before that, and maybe you can still retain the last dignity. "

Lou Mi was filled with anger. "Don't joke around, Sister Lan. Do you want me to quit now? The club is in a period of transition. Xiao V and A Bao are gone, and there is no one left in the team. If I quit now, wouldn't I be handing over the championship of next season to someone else?"

Zhuo Jinglan crushed the cigarette with the bright red lip print into the ashtray and stared at Lou Mi for a long time. She felt unwilling, but she had to say:

"If you retire, it won't matter what place the team takes. But if you play, no matter how many players leave, if we lose, the responsibility will be all yours. Why don't you understand?"

Lou Mi knew that Sister Lan had watched her grow up, and her heart must be with her.

I said so much just because I don't want her to take the blame.

But she's not ready to retire yet.

She said that she wanted the team to reach the top for three consecutive years, completing an unprecedented three consecutive championships.

This is her promise to ENIAC, to herself, and to all those who support her.

and…

If she stops being a professional e-sports player and stops playing “Shinzo Aoi”, what’s left in her life

Do you stay at home all day and fight with that little bitch named Chi

The two sat in the quiet office in silence.

Zhuo Jinglan smoked one cigarette after another.

Lou Mi was silent for a long time, then said, "If you smoke again, I will call the police."

Zhuo Jinglan cursed and Lou Mi laughed.

"It's a complete waste of time to open my heart to you!" Zhuo Jinglan was so angry that his head hurt.

"Sister Lan," Lou Mi said seriously, "I know you are under a lot of pressure for telling me this. Give me one last year to finish the last season next year. I will retire after next summer. Whether it is to protect myself or not to disappoint my fans, I will retire."

Zhuo Jinglan clasped his hands together, his brows knitted tightly together: "I will go back to the club's top management and convince them."

At the end, Zhuo Jinglan couldn't help but say: "Lou Mi, you are still young, you should focus on your body... Have you seen it?"

Lou Mi wasn't surprised that she knew: "Yeah, I've seen it."

"What did the doctor say?"

"It's just common holographic e-sports syndrome, don't worry. Why are you so anxious to urge me to retire? Are you afraid that I will die?"

"Bah! Can you say something nice?"

Lou Mi smiled, with bright eyes and white teeth, and if you looked closely, she looked a little childish.

Zhuo Jinglan: "Okay, there's nothing else. That's all I wanted to say. You should go back and have a rest early. You've been very tired recently. Look at the dark circles under your eyes."

Lou Mi sat back in the car and when he wanted to set the destination, he found that his hands could not be opened.

Depend on…

What should I do?! Should I go to the hospital

But if I go to the hospital, I might be photographed.

By the time the news reported that a 25-year-old woman had her hands stuck to her by glue, she hurriedly sought medical treatment.

How low does one have to be to do something like this

Lou Mi decided to go home first and ask xh what to do.

Chi Lin chatted with xh all night until he was thirsty.

She absorbed too much knowledge too quickly. Even if she had a good brain, she could only swallow it whole and there were still many things she didn't understand.

However, mastering the context will help to sort out complex knowledge.

Through xh's explanation, Chi Lin roughly understood that xh was a machine made by magical secret techniques. Although no one knew how it was made, it was very knowledgeable and more powerful than the most knowledgeable doctor in Ohara Hanlin Academy.

Chi Lin was very grateful and admired it.

When Lou Mi returned home, he saw Chi Lin bowing deeply to the wall, as if he was thanking someone.

Against the wall...

Are you still sick

Lou Mi walked in quietly and disappeared quietly.