The heart instinctively reacted to the number "67" - it thumped twice, and the chest hurt slightly.
All the surrounding sounds seemed to be pulled to a place beyond hearing.
I don't know what the host said after that, and the audience didn't know what they said... I only heard my heartbeat start to thump and become violent.
Qi Jin mechanically stood up from his seat slowly and stood up straight.
"Is it okay to move the players to the 67th group regardless of the return date?" On the field, Yang Chunqu was asking him for advice.
For a long time, there was no answer.
Yangchunqu wondered.
"I don't ask the returning players, your team number will be changed to 67, is that ok?" Although the arrangements have been arranged, it is always necessary to ask questions out of politeness.
This time, she finally heard a rustling sound of fiddling with the microphone from the other end of the line, and then the other party's indicator light flashed. Finally got a response. Yang Chunqu was a little relieved, and let the 66th group start first.
Qi Jin was still standing there motionless.
My mind was empty, as clean as a large bleached tablecloth, and I got caught up in my thoughts, blinded them all, and fell into a trance for a while.
When the psychological impact reached an extreme, he gradually calmed down—not that he didn't panic, but that he had lost his cognition of "panic". However, his physiological response obviously couldn't keep up. When he slowly turned over his hands on both sides of the table and looked down, he saw a thin layer of sweat oozing from the palms of his hands, and his ten fingers were shaking slightly. panicked.
So he went into the bathroom, turned on the cold water and splashed him hard on his face.
The speed of the heart pounding is like the water droplets falling one after another from the side of the face, from rush to slow, and finally stopped gradually, just like the water falling from the chin.
"Huh..."
Qi Jin took a deep breath, tightened the water tap, and slapped his cheeks twice with both hands.
- I feel like this person who is planning to be poor for the rest of his life suddenly wins a million-dollar lottery ticket.
The surprise and joy are true, and it is also true that I almost had a heart attack.
Qi Jin couldn't help laughing when he thought of this. Looking at the embarrassed self in the glass mirror, he was even more amused, and he couldn't help but laugh while covering the towel to wipe off the water droplets that were dangling from the ends of his hair. In the end, he sorted out his surging mind, and finally settled down and walked out.
Back at the desk, the screen of the mobile phone just dimmed, and it seemed that a text message had come.
Of course Qi Jin knew who sent it.
When I opened it, the only line in it didn't mention anything related to the game, just a short sentence: [I'm holding the button in my hand now. 】
"Cunning..." He knew that he had nothing at hand and couldn't touch it.
He murmured softly, but a pair of eyebrows were gently stretched, and he bowed his head and smiled. After I go back... I'll take a button off that man's shirt as revenge.
I was immersed in it and smiled silently, when I suddenly heard the host calling me in the earphone: "Don't ask the returning players, we will go to the 67th group, thank you for your understanding of this special treatment - now, let's ask the field manager immediately. The relevant players move up."
Qi Jin's Adam's apple moved slightly when she heard the words.
I saw the list on the screen refreshed, and there really was a combination that I never thought I could achieve tonight—
Group 67: [Don't ask about the return date] vs. [The cat's father].
She thought she was mentally prepared, but when she saw the IDs of the two of them appear at the same time, Qi Jin still subconsciously stretched her upper body slightly, and even had the urge to wash her face with cold water.
Too bad time doesn't allow it.
He was nervous, but because he knew in advance, there was not much reaction on the surface.
However, the audience who were completely unaware when they saw this combination were like water droplets dripping into a frying pan and frying, and they all screamed on the public screen.
Audience 1: What! ! Return date and cat dad? ? Ah, help this group... The whole person is not good! !
Audience 2: Ah, what an unexpected combination! !
Audience 3: (╯‵口′)╯︵┴─┴ This kind of combination appeared when the group was almost 70, and it made people sleepless!
Audience 4: (╯‵口′)╯︵┴─┴ Anyway, there are already so many combinations that people can’t sleep, don’t care about one more! [Actually, I’m full of chicken blood!]
Audience 5: Lie down! groove! Don't ask about the return date and cat dad! [This combination is really full of chicken blood! 】
Audience 6: Lie down! groove! These two people actually combined, I was a little sleepy when I heard that, but when I saw the ID, I didn't feel sleepy at all, and I woke up all of a sudden! Strongly looking forward to it! 【← Excited to the point where you can't straighten your tongue... 】
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"You two, please do the debugging before starting." Yang Chunqu greeted them with a smile.
The heated discussion on the public screen is obvious to all. She actually has a good impression of these two people, but the host is the host after all. She must treat all the players equally in her attitude, but this time the smile in her voice is a little bit more. .
Qi Jin's palms were still wet. Whether it was because he didn't dry his face thoroughly when washing his face, or whether he was sweating again, he had no time to think about it.
After pressing "F2", he felt as if he had become a cursor, and the blinking rhythm of the cursor was the rapid heartbeat on his throat at this moment. He knew that everyone was waiting for his cursor to move forward and write something, but he was unable to type in the face of a blank page.
And the other side is waiting quietly.
He suddenly remembered that the first time they met, that person did not take the initiative to speak, but silently waited for the start of the opposite play, completely a shadow of conscientiousness. And he became curious about this shadow-like man, and lightly cast a beam of light in it, just wanting to take a closer look, but unknowingly it illuminated the first intersection in their lives—
What did you say then
At that time...
The lips slowly opened involuntarily, and it seemed that the cursor finally moved forward four spaces, and a sentence appeared in a daze: "Hello, Grandpa."
The man on the opposite side seemed to be stunned for a while, and then I heard him laugh slightly over there, and his breath hit the surface of the microphone and made a small squirting sound. There was an indescribable harmony in the atmosphere.
The audience laughed.
Audience 1: o(*≧▽≦)ツ Hahaha what is this greeting~
Audience 2: o(*≧▽≦)ツ ha ha ha ha, the return date, don’t bully the cat dad like this as soon as you come up~ [It’s not easy to say it in a fake grandpa voice]
Audience 3: o(*≧▽≦)ツ I was looking forward to the special opening remarks without asking about the return date [it has become a landscape, and can apply for a patent ← a serious face], but I never expected the first sentence to be this, poof...
Audience 4: o(*≧▽≦)ツ Did not expect the first sentence to be this +1
Audience 5: o(*≧▽≦)ツ I didn’t expect the first sentence to be this +2
Audience 6: o(*≧▽≦)ツ What a joy! ! Did Cat Daddy get molested by Hong Guoguo the first time they met?
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Actually, it wasn't the first time we met.
However, this is really the first sentence I said when I first met. And using this sentence to tease this person is also true...
Qi Jin's ears flushed slightly.
Apart from them, no one will know about this.
At that time, I just laughed and said it with a light smile, because I heard that the stand-in of the great god is an old grandfather sound of "Xianfengdaogu", who was temporarily invited by the crew to save the scene. At the same time, he is a person who never chats on QQ. , is the first time on the YY voice. He said hello like a joke, but also out of the psychology of letting the other party put down the burden and play with him easily.
I just can't think of it... Now it's me who can't let go of the burden.
"Are you alright?" the man asked in a low voice at this time, and a faint and sweet smile came over.
Adding a word "return" in the middle of "Hello" completes the span from first acquaintance to old acquaintance.
Qi Qin's heart warmed slightly.
"Um..." The answer was almost without voice, only breath, overflowing warmly.
"You sound nervous and your voice is shaking." The man listened to his breathing for a while, then expressed his concern seriously.
Qi Jin suppressed her pounding heart, but did not deliberately suppress the slight tremor on her vocal cords, letting it flow out naturally, and answered hoarsely, "Yes, I am now playing with Teacher Longgong more than just now. I'm still nervous and scared."
"What are you afraid of?"
"I'm afraid it won't work with you."
"No," the man smiled, his voice calmer than ever, but what he said was more surprising than ever, "The first time we played each other in front of everyone, it was you who took the initiative. Cooperate with me and tell me not to be nervous—you remember that?"
Saying so is nothing more than actively denying the setting of "strangers".
Originally, I had been thinking about not pretending to be a stranger in front of the audience, so that my gangsters would not have the opportunity to splash dirty water on that person. but…
Qi Jin suddenly felt that a small piece of his heart was torn apart, and some sweet and sour things flowed out, which reminded him of drinking a bowl of hot soup at a street stall in winter when he was a child. The feeling - so contented that I want to cry.
"...I remember," he repeated softly after a pause, "of course I remember."
"Well, it's the same as before."
The tone of the man on the other side was indeed the same as before, as if two old friends who were very familiar were chatting with each other in front of everyone, just as they usually were at the dinner table, on the balcony, and on the pillow. Chatting without caring about other people's eyes.
Just like, only the two of them exist in this world, and only each other is in their eyes—
Audience 1: Σ(っ°Д °)っ… Huh…
Audience 2: Σ(っ°Д °)っ… Huh, eh eh eh
Audience 3: Σ(っ°Д °)っ The first time to play against each other? ? What, when, now is not the first time?
Audience 4: Σ(っ°Д °)っ I remember that the two of them have not met in the finals yet? Could it be... Did you know each other before? 【OMG! The door to a new world has been opened! 】
Audience 5: The dialogue between the two of them has a... indescribable... warm taste? 【I've been incoherent for words】
Audience 6: Actually know each other and have a good relationship? ? Ahhh what should I do suddenly I'm hot! Blood! Boiling! Teng! Speaking of which, didn't Daddy Cat have a roommate whose voice is said to be very similar to the date of his return...
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The front was fine until the "roommate theory" came out, and the public screen turned into a kettle on the stove.
Audience 1: Σ(っ°Д°)っI'm going! ! Didn't the forum reveal that Daddy Cat's roommate was the retired fast horse Qingqiu! !
Audience 2: Σ(っ°Д°)っI'm going! ! Is it true that there is no return date? ? [I am completely in a state of burning]
Audience 3: Σ(っ°Д °)っ Is this the rhythm of breaking big news? ? [Completely into the burning state, let's go upstairs together]
Audience 4: Σ (っ°Д °) っ also! let! No! let! people! sleep! !
Audience 5: Σ(っ°Д °)っ Can someone check the IP? I am now eager to know if they are the same IP!
Audience 6: Someone, someone, black vest classmates can't do it! ! Black vest classmates, please do another good deed! ! Please tell me if their IP is the same, I don't want to know the specific address, just tell me if it is the same! ! ┭┮﹏┭┮【Rolling all over the floor crying and begging for blood】
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This situation is out of control.
I already have an "old acquaintance" identity, but... do you want to have another "roommate" identity? Honestly, he thinks it's okay to click until now, and it won't do them any good to continue like this. I don't know if the black vest will respond, Qi Yin is a little nervous.
The black vest really responded, but it responded quite subtly.
Good deeds: ╮(￣▽￣”)╭ Oops, since so many people have asked, I’ll just say something without violating privacy—in short, their current IPs are different, different, totally different~
This is the truth.
Qi Jin secretly rejoiced that she was out of town now.
It is estimated that the black vest is too authoritative, and it also uses the absolute word "completely", which suddenly extinguished the raging fire of "roommate theory". Some of the audience thought "it seems that roommate is really fast and light", and some thought "Isn't it a pity to not ask about the return date...", but they all gave up this assumption and opened up ideas in other directions went.
However, the black vest specially put the word "now", and the subtext that sounded was "only now is different", so he kept his hand.
In the end, Qi Jin was still confused, and she really wanted to know who this black vest was.
"Cough, so are we going to start?"
It wasn't until the conversation between the two people stopped for a few seconds that Yang Chunqu suddenly came back to his senses, remembering his responsibilities as the host, and hurriedly coughed and asked a question.
Qi Jin was about to agree, but heard the man on the other end of the line softly stop him: "Wait. Before we start... I have a request."
what…
Qi Jin was stunned.
Yang Chunqu was also very curious: "Cat Daddy contestants, please speak."
The man's voice was calm as water, and he said slowly: "I want to change back to my real ID now, and I beg the host for permission."
Hearing this, Qi Jin suddenly raised his head. It seemed that someone had banged a bell in his ear, making a "hum" sound, and his head was numb, and he couldn't move.
I wanted to type, but my fingers froze.
I wanted to speak, but my voice stopped.
In front of the boiling public screen in an instant, his reaction was the sharpest contrast—
Audience 1: Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! ! °. °(((p(≧口≦)q)))°. °
Audience 2: 〒▽〒 Cat Daddy's real ID! ! Ooooooooooo! ! 【Excited Index MAX】
Audience 3: 〒▽〒 I knew that the ID "cat's dad" is definitely a vest! !
Audience 4: 〒▽〒 Ah, the blood rushed to the top of the head all of a sudden! ! A while ago, I was complaining that no one found out the real ID of Cat Daddy on the forum, but now he actually wants to say it himself, Jane, straight, it! ! [Forgive me, I'm so excited right now]
Audience 5: Is 〒▽〒 a great god? It must be some great god in the circle, or is it business matching? [Emma's heart can't take it anymore]
Audience 6: 〒▽〒 I'm looking forward to whatever it is~ Come on, say it! !
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In theory, it doesn't matter what ID the contestant changes to on the spot, as long as the person is still the same person, there is no violation of the competition rules.
So Yang Chunqu replied dumbly: "Okay..."
The man whispered, "Thank you, host."
Then, at this moment, the ID on the player list changed from "Cat's Daddy" back to three characters—the same three characters that were used when they first met "No Question of Return Date".
[Yan northward].
After going round and round, I returned to the starting point, and ending with this is a kind of perfection.
"This game, I want to use my real ID, and I will only use it in this game. Because..." He paused for a moment, then smiled indifferently, "This is unique."