Carrying three bowls of hot noodles that had just been cooked, Xia Qiu carefully walked down the stairs and arrived at the door of the underground database of Ouyang Ancient House. At this time, the sound of typing keyboards in the database was particularly rhythmic. Because the light in the basement itself was not too strong, the light emitted by several computer screens was even more dazzling.
Since she couldn't spare her free hands to rub her eyes, she had to close and open them to confirm that Du He, Liu Lingmei and Dong Haofan were gathered in the underground database. They cleared Dong Muya's big table and connected the several computers they brought with them in series, each occupying one side and performing various complex operations.
"I smell a scent!" Dong Haofan was the first to look up from behind the computer screen and said.
"Me too!" Du He also closed his eyes and deeply inhaled the scent of noodles, and then asked.
"Sure enough, they are two foodies! How far are you in the work at hand?" Liu Lingmei asked without looking up, with a reproachful tone in her tone.
Du He and Dong Haofan smiled at each other, stuck out their tongues at each other, and then turned to Xia Qiu for help.
Xia Qiu couldn't help laughing when she saw it, and suggested: "Why don't you take a rest, you haven't slept all night."
"Don't let them be lazy, otherwise they will be lazy and do nothing! Life is at stake, we are racing against time now!" Liu Lingmei shook her head and said, but she knocked a few more times. After pressing the key, I temporarily stopped what I was doing.
"I put it here for you! Is there no coffee?" Xia Qiu asked after placing the noodles in his hand on another small table and looking at the empty coffee pot.
"I'd better drink some juice. I always feel like my stomach will be perforated if I drink coffee again." Liu Lingmei frowned and touched her stomach.
"Have a can of Red Bull!" Du He raised his hand and said.
"I want it too!" Dong Haofan echoed.
"Do you really think of yourself as a master?!" Liu Lingmei glared at them both.
She is a person who cannot stop as long as the task at hand is not completed, and she will turn this pressure into motivation and pass it on to her cooperating partners. There needs to be such a person in any team. Perhaps because she has been serving as a class cadre in the class, she is very good at how to distribute work and manage other members.
Without her, it was hard for Xia Qiu to imagine how she could control the naughty Dong Haofan and the easily lazy Du He. Their current job is to use the computer left by Dong Muya that was once connected to the MM system to rebuild part of the database. Once successful, they can simulate an illusion that the MM system is still working. .
This is the result of everyone's joint discussion. They all agree that according to Hei Yun's prompts, Mrs. Lan and her son have considerable knowledge and status in many fields in the human world, which may include computers and the Internet. So hidden in the dark Maybe it's the two of them who control that mysterious forum. If they find that the MM system is still running, they will definitely be attracted by it and want to find out, and then they will naturally come to their door. At that time, Xia Qiu, Ouyang Xiaoleng and others will come to catch the turtle in the jar.
Liu Lingmei took the bottle of pure juice from Xia Qiu and took off the glasses on her nose. She had slight astigmatism caused by frequent use of computers and mobile phones. Xia Qiu felt that the way she wore glasses was somewhat similar to Dong Muya. In addition, both of them were real workaholics. The addition of Liu Lingmei and the other two people restored the underground database to its previous vitality.
Just three days ago, Xia Qiu could hardly imagine that such a scene would appear in front of him. At that time, she and Liu Lingmei had not yet reconciled. She told Ouyang Xiaoleng the answers and information she received from Hei Yun, hoping to get advice from him.
"I think she must still be waiting for you. Although I still can't fully understand all human emotions, the feelings between people are often the product of accumulation over time. Since it is not created overnight, it is difficult to change it in an instant. Collapse, even if it looks like nothing remains, is actually still inextricably linked. If you want to see her, go see her, and if you want to seek her help, tell her frankly. , leave the other things to me!"
Ouyang Xiaoleng's words made Xia Qiu feel that she had overcomplicated everything. Just like Liu Lingmei bravely approached her introverted self and became friends with her many years ago, this time she wanted to return to her. .
Her strong backing was Ouyang Xiaoleng's support. He left all the negotiations with the two elders and other people in the demon world to himself, just to allow her to accomplish what she wanted without any pressure. Her heart was filled with emotion at this moment. Before she indulged in this boundless warmth, she had to go to the market and use this courage to meet Liu Lingmei.
After returning to the human world, Xia Qiu dialed the long-lost phone number. Different from what she imagined, Liu Lingmei quickly answered her call. She must have been waiting for her, so that her voice was filled with excitement. Slightly trembling.
"Hello... Xiaoqiu?"
"Lingmei!"
Hearing her voice again and being called by her nickname made Xia Qiu's face burst into tears.
"Did something happen?"
On the other end of the phone, Liu Lingmei also choked up. She thought she would never wait for Xia Qiu's call again.
"I want to see you!"
A few short words are enough to replace all complex language.
"Well, I've actually called you many times in the past few days, but your phone has never been able to get through."
"It's lunch break now, right? See you on the rooftop!"
Although Liu Lingmei didn't quite understand what Xia Qiu meant on the phone, she believed in her words. This trust came from years of friendship. She climbed to the top of the teaching building and tried to push the door to the rooftop. The door that she thought should be tightly locked unexpectedly opened with a creak. The sun suddenly shined through, shining on her face and body, making her feel warm.
Behind the railing directly in front of her, Xia Qiu was waiting there. She guessed that she should have been there a long time ago. The door of the rooftop closed behind her, and she walked towards her. After not seeing her for many days, she felt that something was different about her, but she couldn't tell what it was.
"Were you waiting here for me just now?" she asked.
"No, I just got here too." Xia Qiu's expression was still a little stiff.
"How?! Why didn't I see you?!"
"Because..." Xia Qiu didn't explain too much, but let his feet rise from the ground.
Liu Lingmei opened her big eyes and swallowed hard. She didn't know what to say for a while. After waiting for a while, she stretched out her hands to her. Xia Qiu took her hands without any hesitation and pulled her to fly together.
"If you are seen by others on the playground, you will definitely..." Liu Lingmei suddenly reacted and reminded.
"It doesn't matter!" Ouyang Xiaoleng appeared beside them at some point and said, "You, Xia Qiu and I are now in a space completely isolated from them."
There was no fear on Liu Lingmei's face as they had imagined before, but more excitement and excitement. She looked up at Xia Qiu and asked: "Tell me what is going on?!"
"I finally understand why you two became good friends!" Ouyang Xiaoleng couldn't help but sigh. He remembered that after Xia Qiu saw her own abilities, she had the same reaction as Liu Lingmei now.
Xia Qiu brought Liu Lingmei back to the ground, and then told Liu Lingmei without reservation about her encounter, contract with Ouyang Xiaoleng, and the countless adventures she had experienced, including of course Liu Lingmei and her encounter with being controlled by the Rakshasa Mother. attack by young men. She originally thought that Liu Lingmei would be completely shocked after hearing this, and she was prepared for this. If she collapsed emotionally because she could not accept it, Ouyang Xiaoleng would erase her memory again.
But the emotions she showed were far from what they expected. After learning the truth, she felt more deeply worried about Xia Qiu. Without her knowledge, her friends had been in danger so many times and even almost lost their lives. In order to protect her, Xia Qiu could only bury everything deep in her heart, but she was misunderstood because of it.
The erased memory was restored, and she recalled the situation when she and Xia Qiu were attacked after coming out of the park that day. Those scenes still made her hair stand on end. She opened her arms, hugged Xia Qiu and said, "I remembered everything, how you protected me when I was frightened. I'm sorry, I misunderstood you!"
"It's me who should be sorry. I just wanted to protect you, but ended up hiding so many things from you, and even took it upon myself to erase your memory..."
"I was the one who erased her memory!" Ouyang Xiaoleng said.
He did not turn his eyes away, such a tender scene seemed so beautiful to him. He remembered that when he rushed to the city hospital, the sisters Xiao Xiao and Xiao Ai hugged each other tightly like this when they woke up. All the grudges were gone. Perhaps only when the storm of resentment and misunderstanding passed, The rainbow that appears will be particularly dazzling.
Xia Qiu also told about the mysterious forum and the disappearance of Dong Muya and Min Entong. Before she could ask Liu Lingmei for help, she said: "I may be able to give you some help with the computer, but I'm afraid I can't do it alone."
"Well, I also thought about Du He, but I'm worried about how he would react after telling him the whole thing!" Xia Qiu said while nodding.
"He should be so excited that he faints, right? Don't look at how versatile and capable he is in all aspects of studies and sports in school. Privately, he has been obsessed with all kinds of supernatural events and UFOs. What you mentioned He had hacked into the mysterious forum that appeared in school recently, and he was still showing off in front of me and Dong Haofan for this."
"Really?! Dong Haofan?!"
"He is also very good at computers. The three of us have communicated in private."
"I remember Ran Mingzhu said that he is the grandson of Dong Fan, the manager of Yujin Apartment!" Xia Qiu asked Ouyang Xiaoleng.
"Yes, he should also be interested in this matter!" Ouyang Xiaoleng responded.
"Is the computer used by Teacher Dong still there? I heard that her computer was connected to that little hacker's MM system and shared databases and so on." Liu Lingmei was already in a state of excitement.
"yes!"
"I think there may be hope to restore some of the data in the MM system database... But I'm not sure yet whether it can be done! I have to go with Du He and Dong Haofan to take a look at Teacher Dong's computer first, and then discuss countermeasures." Liu Lingmei suddenly became serious and serious, completely different from the one who was always confused when studying.