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Fortunately, a game version update was just completed yesterday, so I can take a break for the next few days. The planners have not submitted any requirements for the time being, so Tao Zhiyue can slack off with a clear conscience.
Tao Zhiyue had already forgotten what he talked about with the HR guy last night. It was basically about them giving each other the "nice guy" card. Anyway, they had a simple understanding of each other, which would facilitate subsequent communication. Tao Zhiyue comforted himself in this way.
After lunch, Tao Zhiyue took a nap on the table and became a little more conscious.
He took out his cell phone, opened pp, and scrolled up the chat history from last night. He found that he disappeared while he was talking, leaving only HR brother talking to himself.
Tao Zhiyue felt a little embarrassed, so he took the initiative to send a message.
[Tao: Good afternoon. I accidentally fell asleep yesterday. I didn’t mean to not reply.]
[Tao: I get off work at six o'clock every day, have dinner at eight o'clock, and go to bed at ten thirty. If it is convenient for you, we can communicate between eight and ten in the evening.]
Tao Zhiyue waited for a while, but there was no reply from the other end, probably he was busy.
He ignored it and opened the Little Green Bird IT Technology Exchange Community to see what hot topics there were recently.
He was so focused on the screen that he didn't notice a figure flashed past behind him.
Tao Zhiyue's nickname in the Little Green Bird community is also Tao. He occasionally posts some technical discussions and occasionally responds to other people's help posts.
Because every time he responded, the content of his reply hit the point directly, the solutions he provided were concise and practical, and he did not act like a big shot and was very patient in answering a variety of questions, he gradually gained a lot of fans in the community.
Now every time he posts, there will be a group of people taking photos and checking in, so unless there are technical problems that bother him, he rarely speaks up and just quietly becomes a lurker.
But the list of online members will be displayed at the bottom of the community. Most people may not pay attention to it, but some people who want to get him to work on a project together have been paying attention to him persistently.
One of the best among them even wrote a small program, which would display a screen full of red text on all his electronic devices as soon as he went online.
A minute later, Tao Zhiyue indeed received a new private message.
[gua: Ah!! Taotao, you are here!! You have not been online for seven days, eight hours and three minutes!!]
[Tao: … ]
[Tao: Hello, quack.]
[gua: You haven't been online for so long. Are you too busy with work? Are you being exploited by your black-hearted boss?]
[gua: Why not quit your job and come work for me! Afternoon tea at Sunshine Villa, the boss is handsome and obedient, and you will get free shares when you join the company/Rose/Rose/Rose]
Tao Zhiyue was amused by him. Gua was a programmer he met when he posted before. The two of them had a lot in common when discussing technical issues. Tao Zhiyue happened to have done some research in the direction that Gua was interested in in his previous life. As a result, Gua regarded him as a close friend and always wanted to drag him to work on projects together.
The company he's working for now is really a waste of talent for Tao Zhiyue. The games they make are relatively simple. They are mostly reskinned games with established systems and are not challenging at all.
But this is also the result of Tao Zhiyue's careful selection. He learned from the lesson of his previous company being favored by the Huo family, so he chose this small company whose future development direction has absolutely no characteristics and innovations.
[Tao: Although I am touched by your persistence, you know my answer.]
[gua: No!! I just got rejected when I confessed to a girl yesterday, just take it as comforting me, don’t reject this poor guagua againqaq]
[Tao: …My condolences.]
[Tao: Then, I still have to ask, can the company not raise funds within two years? As a veteran, can I not have contact with anyone other than the company's employees? Or, can I always work remotely and not show up in my real identity?]
Tao Zhiyue is a very responsible person. When the company where he makes a living is noticed by the Huo family, he can resign without any burden.
But if the company he co-founded has a great opportunity to cooperate with the Huo family, he cannot block it because of his own selfishness. This is unfair to those who fight side by side with him, even if this opportunity may have come because of him.
[gua: Ahhh why are you so against money! ]
[gua: Why!! Why is there such a weird request! Even if it’s social phobia, it’s too exaggerated!!!]
[gua: To be honest, you hate the rich, and you can't control your evil hands when you see the capital father! ]
[Tao: No... I'm just vengeful.]
[gua:? Hatred? Is this a name for a superstitious activity?]
[Tao: You won’t understand.]
[Tao: I am under pressure that shouldn’t be felt at this age.jpg]
Huo Ran, who had just woken up, suddenly sneezed.
He rubbed his nose, stretched comfortably, and then nestled motionless in the soft quilt, recalling last night's beautiful dream.
Ever since being pursued crazily by a group of male friends, Huo Ran hasn't had such a good sleep for a long time.
During this month, whenever he arrived at the company, he would always see someone holding flowers waiting for him in the reception room, and when he went into the office, he would see the assistant's blushing face.
He skipped work yesterday and stayed at home all day, but someone came to his house in the middle of the night and wanted to throw himself into his arms. Huo Ran, who had never seen such a scene, was almost scared to death.
And it wasn't just like this when he was awake. Every night he lay in bed, tossing and turning in worry, unable to fall asleep. When he finally fell asleep, he would dream of a man he didn't know being very affectionate with him. He was so startled that he woke up with a somersault.
Huo Ran, whose body and mind were devastated, became increasingly haggard, so he confided his tragic experience to his best childhood friend, hoping to find a solution.
After a long silence, my childhood friend asked quietly, "Will you be with one of them?"
Huo Ran: "Of course not! I don't like men!!"
Childhood friend: "So you won't consider me either, right?"
Huo Ran:
Huo Ran: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Therefore, Huo Ran never dared to mention these things to his acquaintances again, for fear of accidentally revealing some long-buried secret.
After much thought, Huo Ran decided to seek help from the mysterious world of the Internet. He opened the search engine and solemnly typed in "What to do if being pursued by someone of the same sex".
Then he met Director Tao of the Seventh Mental Hospital of Jinbei City, a kind and considerate doctor.
Huo Ran originally wanted to tell Dr. Tao his name, occupation and living environment in detail. Although he had never searched for a doctor online, a psychiatrist in real life should need to understand the patient's true situation.
However, Dr. Tao was kind enough to tell him that he should not reveal his real identity information online. Huo Ran thought about it and deleted the self-introduction he had already written.
He should respect what Dr. Tao said. Perhaps this is the special feature of online medical treatment.
Huo Ran was very unfamiliar with the online world, so he was cautious and respectful.
He talked with Dr. Tao until very late last night, complaining about his fearful life and praising Dr. Tao madly for his selfless dedication, but Dr. Tao did not respond later.
… I don’t know if Dr. Tao is annoyed with him.
Huo Ran was a little worried, so he quickly got up, put on his clothes, ran to the study, turned on the computer, and logged into the pp.
Although his antique keypad phone could also download pp, the screen was very small and the operation was inconvenient, so it was not possible to chat normally. Huo Ran had never used it.
In his eyes, mobile phones are used to make calls and send text messages.
There are unread messages from Dr. Tao on pp.
[Tao: Good afternoon. I accidentally fell asleep yesterday. I didn’t mean to not reply.]
[Tao: I get off work at six o'clock every day, have dinner at eight o'clock, and go to bed at ten thirty. If it is convenient for you, we can communicate between eight and ten o'clock in the evening.]
In the context of middle-aged people, what does solemn mean
Tao Zhiyue almost opened the search engine and searched for the meaning of solemnity.
Before his fingers moved, Tao Zhiyue decisively instructed his brain to control his body and stop this stupid and illiterate behavior.
If the names of Peach and Idiot during the day were purely accidental, then the name of HR at night should have been changed to imitate him, right...
Tao Zhiyue lacks romantic literary talent and has always been bad at naming. In PP and technical communities, he is simply called Tao. As for entertainment forums and games that are not suitable for being associated with real names, Tao Zhiyue will be stuck at the naming stage for a long time.
In the end, they chose common and uncreative names like "Hedgehog" and "Peach".
So when Tao Zhiyue saw the silly meme about Director X of XX Mental Hospital on the Internet, he quickly changed his original forum nickname to "Taozi76267" and was very proud of his own wit.
For a while, Tao Zhiyue envied people with the surname Bo because they could name all their user names like pineapples, which are neutral and easy to remember, while peaches always sound like girls.
This shows that the world where naming is useless is really sad.
So why did HR imitate him and change his name to this boring one? Why did she ask him if he had a boyfriend
With his face flushed and his heart beating for a long time, Tao Zhiyue still turned on Qiandu while despising himself.
[Solemn: A Chinese word that means careful and serious.]
Good, he was really retarded today.
Tao Zhiyue lowered his head deeply, too embarrassed to face himself whose IQ had dropped.
He kept repeating the phrase “HR is a straight guy who likes girls” in his mind, but still couldn’t hide his excitement.
In any case, he felt indescribably happy at this moment.
Tao Zhiyue got up and ran to the bathroom to wash his face with cold water, then drank a large glass of ice water, forced himself to cool down physically, and managed to regain some composure.
After he came back, he sat upright, took a screenshot of the game without changing his expression, and saved it into the folder filled with the little hedgehog's life.
Having your first neighbor is certainly something worth commemorating, and it should be captured and saved.
He didn't do that to save HR's answer.
[A brown bear: Here I am!]
[A brown bear: Can I come visit my new neighbors now?]
HR seemed to have realized that Tao Zhiyue on the other side had stopped moving, so he sent a cautious test.
[A brown bear: Doctor Tao, are you offline?]
[A brown bear: /poke]
Tao Zhiyue felt a little guilty and made up an excuse.
[A hedgehog: Sorry, I just received a phone call.]
[A hedgehog: I see, your island is very beautiful.]
[A hedgehog: /flower]
[A brown bear: Dr. Tao, can I call you later?]
Tao Zhiyue widened his eyes.
Then the screen went black, and when Tao Zhiyue came back to his senses, he found that he had reflexively pressed the power button.
Okay, this time I’m really offline.
Local physical cooling was not enough, so Tao Zhiyue walked into the bathroom with unsteady steps, took off his clothes stiffly, turned on the shower, and let himself be engulfed by the dense stream of water.
Why... call him
Tao Zhiyue had a head full of white shampoo foam. He rubbed his hair mechanically and felt like a robot that had malfunctioned due to water taking in its hair.
When he came out again, he stayed away from the computer and mobile phone, as if he was avoiding some terrible allergen.
Tao Zhiyue crawled into the bed that he used to fall asleep as soon as he touched it. He closed his eyes, but his mind was filled with what HR had said.
He rolled back and forth countless times on the large double bed, the thin quilt tangled around his body like a knot. Tao Zhiyue buried his face in the soft pillow, feeling like a self-heating pancake.
He suffered from insomnia for the first time.
Dr. Tao has not responded yet.
Huo Ran stood up a little nervously and paced back and forth in the hotel room.
The drinks in the refrigerator were a bit monotonous, and the feel of the bathrobes in the closet were not particularly good. He preferred linen ones. The view from the floor-to-ceiling windows on the balcony was very beautiful, overlooking most of the brightly lit Jinbei City.
Huo Ran walked and walked back to the computer. It felt like half a day had passed, but in reality only two minutes had passed.
Dr. Tao still did not respond.
[A brown bear: Dr. Tao, can I call you later?]
The private chat conversation froze here, and Huo Ran felt a sense of melancholy.
Doctor Tao won't answer the phone again...
Did he say something wrong
Huo Ran tried to seek help off the field.
[hr: Is it too much to ask netizens to make phone calls?]
[I am OK again: … … ]
[I'm OK again: Brother, how obsessed are you with making phone calls!!!]
[I am OK again: What should I say, I am indeed an antique straight man?]
[I am OK again: No, when did you start dating someone online behind my back?!]
[I'm OK again: male and female! Could it be the old doctor from last time?]
Huo Ran paused and started to talk about something else.
[hr: Have you watched the game video? Do you like it?]
Earlier, he sent the video to Huo Sihan, and when this was mentioned, Huo Sihan's attention was immediately diverted.
[I'm OK again: Feelings are all in the id.]
[I'm fine again: Since you recorded such a long video, I'll reluctantly not pursue the idiotic name you gave me.]
[I'm OK again: So... who is the peach that you're trying out with? Is she your friend? Is she a cute little sister?]
[I am OK again: starry eyes.jpg]
… Why did the topic come back here
Huo Ran typed out his reply with a bit of depression.
[hr: I won’t tell you.]
[hr: Going to bed, good night.]
Usually when he says he's going to bed, he really means going to bed.
But today Huo Ran had no sleepiness at all. The game screen was still. He sat in front of the computer in a daze, his mind full of random thoughts.
The online status of players is not displayed in Animal Island. At one point, Huo Ran even wanted to ask someone to log into the system to check if there was any problem.
Huo Zhendong just decided to invest in the production company of Animal Island some time ago, and now he is also a shareholder behind this game.
What if Dr. Tao’s game is disconnected and he can’t log in again
Half an hour later, both pp and the game were dead silent, and Huo Ran gave up the hope of getting away with it.
Dr. Tao is really offline.
He must have pissed off Dr. Tao.
Huo Ran turned off the computer in annoyance, took a shower, turned off the lights, and then sank into the soft bed without moving.
He should have thought that Dr. Tao was a very cautious person. He had not agreed to meet him before and certainly did not want to have any sudden contact with him other than text.