Hello, How Long Has This Been Going On?

Chapter 68: This is exclusively released on Jinjiang Literature City

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Tao Zhiyue unlocked the phone without giving up, opened the app, and refreshed it a few times. The dialog box remained motionless, and it was still the message he replied to six hours ago.

[Tao: I’ll go online and take a look.]

After making pancakes for several hours, Tao Zhiyue gradually calmed down and regretted his previous rashness.

Why did he press the power button with his backhand

He suddenly went offline without any explanation. Would the HR think he was very rude

Maybe the HR didn't have any other intention, he just mentioned it casually because he said he was on the phone.

Older people are usually accustomed to communicating via voice or phone. Their typing speed is not as fast as that of young people, so it is normal that they don’t like to communicate in text.

Asking him if he has a boyfriend may be just out of curiosity. HR has been single for so many years, and it is rare for him to have a lover. He is experiencing this wonderful feeling for the first time, so he is curious about the emotional status of the people around him. It is normal.

As for Zhengzhong... it probably means "this is more in line with the character's image."

After "figuring out" the problems that had troubled him for half the night, Tao Zhiyue felt very ashamed.

Love novels are not deceiving him. It turns out that people who are secretly in love are really fools who like to be sentimental.

After standing at the bathroom door for a long time, Tao Zhiyue had completely lost the desire to sleep. He put on his clothes, turned on the light, and sat back at his desk.

Turn on the computer and log in to Animal Island.

It was also late at night in the game. The brown bear that waved at him on the island next door had disappeared. It must have gone offline.

The shadows of the trees swayed, and the sound of insects chirping could be heard in the silent night.

The hedgehog got on the small wooden boat and sailed to the territory of his new neighbor.

This was the first time Tao Zhiyue used this visiting function. The driving time was determined by the distance between the coordinates of different islands. The HR island was far away from him before, so it took five minutes to get here.

Now the two islands are within easy reach and can be reached in ten seconds.

The little hedgehog jumped off the boat, trotted onto the island, and soon heard snoring coming from the cabin in the center of the island.

It turns out that brown bears snore so loudly.

There is a very cute little setting in Animal Island. When players exit the game, they have two options to choose from: [Bye] and [See you later].

It is said that if you select [Bye Bye], the character will disappear on the spot, making it impossible for others to determine whether the player is online.

Choosing [See you later] will put the character into a sleeping state. If it is night, he will go back to the house to sleep. During the day, he will take a nap in the sun on a lounge chair or hammock in front of the cabin.

Tao Zhiyue always clicked goodbye directly. This was the first time he saw a player character sleeping soundly after choosing [See you later].

In reality, HR should have fallen asleep as well.

Amidst the somewhat funny snoring sound effects, the little hedgehog strolled around the brown bear island.

Unlike many players who would build beautiful gardens full of flowers, HR planted large areas of fruit trees on the open space of the island. Each tree was heavy with colorful fruits that were plump and beautiful.

Next to the largest fruit tree, there was a small wooden sign with four big words written on it: "No stealing allowed."

Thinking of the big bunch of fruit that the brown bear brought during his first visit, Tao Zhiyue, who was feeling nervous in front of the screen, suddenly felt his heart soften.

It's obviously a very ordinary little thing, but when it happens to this person, there is always a kind of inexplicable cuteness.

The little hedgehog returned to his island and picked different kinds of flowers from the garden and tied them into bunches with ribbons.

Then it held the bouquet of warm and bright flowers in its little paws, came over by boat, and carefully placed it at the door of the cabin where the snoring was deafening.

[A Hedgehog: The network failed and the connection was suddenly disconnected.]

Tao Zhiyue thought that his brain network had indeed malfunctioned before, so it wasn't a lie.

[A hedgehog: I brought a small gift to apologize to you^-^]

This time when exiting the game, Tao Zhiyue hesitated for a moment and gently clicked [See you later].

After lying back on the bed, Tao Zhiyue felt much calmer.

He closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep again.

For some reason, the somewhat unfamiliar self from the past slowly emerged in Tao Zhiyue's mind.

I start work at 9 o'clock on weekdays and rarely leave my workstation except to eat or go to the toilet. It is common for me to be busy until 11 or 12 o'clock in the middle of the night. There is no overtime pay, and the only consolation is that the taxi fare can be reimbursed.

Weekends are usually the only day off for him, and he would often stay at home and waste the whole day. Because he and his friends whom he had known for many years were separated by a long distance, they could only get together in the gaming room.

At that time, he was immersed in the blind passion of pursuing his dreams and never noticed that his life was so monotonous.

During his commute every morning, Tao Zhiyue would cling to the handrail and sway with the crowd in the crowded subway. He was squeezed so hard that he could hardly breathe, and he would occasionally think that something seemed to be missing in his life.

During countless late nights when he was waiting for a bus to go home alone, in a small rental house that he only used for taking a shower and sleeping, Tao Zhiyue would sometimes take time to think about this problem to relieve the fatigue of his brain carrying too many code instructions, but he never figured it out.

Until that day, the gas bill for the rental house was used up, and a roommate in the tenant group said he wanted to cook at noon, and this time it was Tao Zhiyue's turn to pay the bill.

It would be too late to pay the fee during lunch break, so Tao Zhiyue had to make an exception, put down his always busy work, sneak out during work break, ride a public bicycle, and rush to the bank in a staggering manner.

It was a very good day. The autumn breeze caressed his cheeks and blew away the complicated strings of thoughts in his head. He hadn't ridden a bike for a long time, and his whole body was shaking. He held the handlebars nervously, and passed by pedestrians and vehicles beside him.

The wind is warm, the light golden sun hangs high in the sky, the air is sparkling with rich light, and burnt yellow autumn leaves are falling from the branches.

A slight tenderness suddenly surged in his heart.

This accident that disrupted his work rhythm brought him a real and warm sense of life.

When he arrived at the bank and inserted his card to pay at the self-service terminal, Tao Zhiyue always had a smile in his eyes. He really wanted to tell someone about this trivial matter and share with that person the joy that was about to overflow from his heart.

But he looked through his friend list and couldn't find a suitable person to talk to.

At that moment, Tao Zhiyue finally understood what was missing in his life.

But he had long been like a clockwork working machine, with no time, no opportunity, and no fate to meet someone.

Even though he knew that life was empty and boring, he still didn't have the courage to change anything.

Not long after, at the moment of cardiac arrest, Tao Zhiyue did not recall any distant past events, but only vaguely remembered the autumn day that was engraved in his heart.

He hopes he can be braver in his next life.

Also, I hope to meet someone with whom I can share the trivialities of life.

However, the fear of death made the reborn Tao Zhiyue forget his little wish before his death. For a long time, he thought he had no regrets.

But those subtle desires and longings quietly awakened in the process of contact with HR.

Love is a wonderful feeling that sharpens your senses and brightens your vision, allowing you to touch the little things that are missed in the cracks of life.

Even a seemingly hopeless unrequited love can make people have a soft and sensitive heart, and everything will be dyed with colorful colors.

The summer night is quiet and beautiful, the chirping of insects is melodious, and even the fruit trees swaying gently in the wind are lovely.

Before logging off, Tao Zhiyue hesitated for a long time, and finally added a few words from his heart that he had been too embarrassed to say in the past.

[A hedgehog: The flowers you planted for me the day before yesterday have bloomed, so I picked the most beautiful ones and gave them to you.]

In the peaceful and beautiful virtual world, the most beautiful bouquet of flowers lies at the door of the cabin, waiting to be seen by the waking brown bear.

Why is hr

The memories were soothing and long. As the morning light was dim outside the window, Tao Zhiyue was gradually overcome by sleepiness.

Maybe it was because of that night full of surprises.

When they first met, the man said to him with certainty: You are so brave.

The two animals, one big and one small, worked hard until twelve o'clock and finally restored the island to its former vitality.

Huo Ran had only been playing this game for a short time and was immersed in the joy of single-player infrastructure construction. He even added only Huo Sihan as his friend.

This was the first time for him to build an island with others. The big brown bear was swinging an axe to chop trees, and his strength was almost running out. He was about to put down the axe to find something to eat, when the little hedgehog brought him some fruit to increase his strength.

It was a strange feeling, and Huo Ran suddenly understood why the group mode of this game attracted players.

So after Dr. Tao went offline and went to sleep, Huo Ran, who was still interested, dug out the Weibo post that made Animal Island popular a while ago. Huo Sihan had sent him the link when she was trying to get him into the game.

There are tens of thousands of comments under the Weibo post, and many of the top-rated comments are about things that happened to the users when they were playing Animal Island. Some are humorous, but more are full of warmth.

Huo Ran was fascinated by the story and followed the recommendations in the comments to visit the creative section of the Animal Island official forum, which contained various forms of derivative works, which were wonderful. Huo Ran stared at the screen intently and clicked on new web pages one after another.

When he came to his senses, he looked at the time in the upper right corner of the computer and it was already four o'clock in the morning.

Huo Ran, who seldom stayed up late, quickly turned off his computer and went to bed. In a daze, he was still thinking about the forum post that he had not finished reading.

The next day, he entered the company with dark circles under his eyes, calmly ignored the roses that were delivered on time, calmly accepted the enthusiastic care of his assistant Xiao Jiang, then followed behind Huo Zhendong and chatted and laughed with several uncles, humbly listening to the sighs of the young people.

After only three hours of sleep, Huo Ran felt like a warrior of life.

After the tour, Huo Zhendong took his old friend to continue his next trip, and Huo Ran finally relaxed.

Since we are here, we might as well hold a few more meetings.

After reading many gamer's feedback in one go in the middle of the night, Huo Ran realized how great the charm of the virtual game world is. He didn't know much about it before and thought playing games was just a pastime when he was bored.

But from Dr. Tao to many other players, they are fully immersed in the game, will establish many new interpersonal relationships, and will learn knowledge and skills that seem useless in reality. Some people have made friends, lovers, and even life partners because of it, while others have developed new interests and gained unexpected opportunities.

Those who are addicted to a certain game should not be simply classified as Internet addicts. Many times, they are looking for a second life in another world.

At a certain time, they will bid farewell to this virtual world for various reasons, but they will never forget the traces they left here, which may change their real lives.

If one-way flowing movies are the art of dreaming, then Huo Ran feels that games with interaction as the core should be the art of entering dreams.

So Huo Ran called the newly formed game development department in the group, hoping to catch up on some lessons and listen to professionals talk about games before leaving for northern Shanxi.

Previously, Huo Zhendong asked people to invest in emerging game companies everywhere in order to quickly enter this blue ocean industry which has great potential in the future as technology develops.

When they walked into the conference room, many people saw this parachuted vice president for the first time. Before they had time to observe the second generation of a wealthy family who was said to be born with a silver spoon in his mouth, their thoughts were quickly taken away by Huo Ran's rapid-fire questions.

When the meeting, which lasted a whole afternoon, was over, the group of people seemed to be drained dry. They could no longer remember the subtle envy and contempt they had at the beginning. There was only one thought left in their minds: He is worthy of being Huo Zhendong's son.

On the way to the airport, Huo Ran's brain was excited as he took in many unfamiliar concepts all at once. He was still not sleepy at all while sitting in the stretched limousine specially arranged by his assistant.