On the tenth day after Bai Chuan went to work alone, the 5D game "Lone Man" developed by Bai Chuan was officially released, because it is the first large-scale 5D game in China that can be used by multiple people online at the same time. The game held a very grand conference.
Caijing.com, E-sports.com, and even the National News Network are all scrambling to report, and Yifeng's stock also went up to the daily limit shortly after the stock market opened due to the development of this game. But these are not what Mu Xiaoya cares about, what Mu Xiaoya cares about is only Bai Chuan sitting next to her.
Today's Bai Chuan was dressed very grandly. At Mu Xiaoya's strong request, he changed into a suit and the pair of leather shoes that she custom-made. And the usually clean and refreshing hair is also applied with hairspray, which lifts the bangs on the forehead.
"Don't move." Mu Xiaoya held down Bai Chuan who always wanted to reach out and tug at her hair.
"It's uncomfortable." Bai Chuan didn't like how his hair became so stiff.
"But it's very handsome. Let me watch it for another hour, okay? I'll wash it for you when I go back." After another hour, the press conference should be over.
"Hmm." An hour? Bai Chuan glanced at his watch and started the countdown silently.
The two interacted quietly under the stage. On the stage, Bai Zheng responded to various questions from reporters. The most common question was why the chief designer of the game did not come to the scene.
Bai Zheng glanced at Bai Chuan, who was sitting quietly under the stage, and replied with a smile: "Our chief designer is preparing for the 20th version of The Lonely, and when the 20th version goes on sale, I think... the chief designer should be standing there. Here it is."
Everyone didn't care too much, why did Bai Zheng add one in front of the designer? I think, they were instantly distracted by the upgraded version of the game, and the topic was smoothly drawn to the development of Lonely 20.
"This game has just been released, are you about to develop version 20?"
"When will it be available?"
"The upgrade of the game mainly changes what aspects, will you develop the kind of game helmet that appears in the movie?"
The reporters had so many questions to ask that the microphone and camera almost hit Bai Zheng's face. Seeing this scene, Mu Xiaoya suddenly felt a little fortunate, but fortunately Bai Chuan didn't stand on the stage. But at the same time as being fortunate, I couldn't help but feel a little pity, because... these honors should all belong to Bai Chuan.
"Xiao Chuan, do you want others to know that you developed this game?" Mu Xiaoya asked Bai Chuan.
"I don't want to." Bai Chuan shook his head.
"why?"
"I don't want to know so many people." If possible, apart from his family and Mu Xiaoya, Bai Chuan didn't want to know other people, and he didn't want to be crowded in the middle to ask questions like Bai Zheng.
"Then we don't know each other." Mu Xiaoya smiled.
An hour later, the press conference ended successfully, Mu Xiaoya and Bai Zheng said hello and left with Bai Chuan. When he came out of the conference venue, Bai Chuan's hand never left his head. His neat and handsome hairstyle was soon caught by Bai Chuan into a chicken coop.
"Don't arrest me, I'll take you to wash your hair." Mu Xiaoya originally wanted to take Bai Chuan home to wash her hair, but seeing how uncomfortable he was, she changed her mind.
The location of the conference venue is very close to her former school. It takes less than ten minutes to drive there. Mu Xiaoya found a hair salon that she used to go to frequently, with a small storefront and few staff.
"We want to wash our hair." Mu Xiaoya asked Bai Chuan to sit on the chair and said to the hairdressing assistant who came over.
The hairdressing assistant heard that the other party wanted to wash his hair, so he turned around and came over with the dry cleaning supplies. Just as he was about to move, he was stopped by Mu Xiaoya who was standing beside him: "I'll wash it." She promised Bai Chuan just now that she would wash it for him. head.
"But..." The hairdressing assistant glanced uncertainly at the boss standing beside him.
"You can wash it, you can take the money." The boss was obviously familiar with Mu Xiaoya.
"Isn't it only twenty dollars?" Mu Xiaoya said disdainfully.
"The price has gone up, and now it's thirty yuan for shampooing."
"Then give me another apron." Mu Xiaoya took the opportunity to ask.
The boss threw an apron and stopped caring about the two of them. Mu Xiaoya put on her apron and followed the actions of the hairdressing assistant next to her to dry-clean Bai Chuan. Her shampooing skills were naturally not good. She applied too much foam, and a lot of foam was left on her cheeks and scalp, not only wet the suit, but also irritated Bai Chuan's eyes.
"Yeah, Xiaochuan, close your eyes, I'll wipe it for you." Mu Xiaoya hurriedly reached out to wipe off the foam on Bai Chuan's face, but her hands were already full of foam, and the more she wiped, the more foam.
In the end, the hairdressing assistant on the side couldn't see it, and handed over a towel to solve the crisis of the two.
"Beauty, our business is not as easy as it seems." The hairdresser teased.
"Yes... Yes, hehehe..." Mu Xiaoya smiled awkwardly.
"If you leave it alone, I'll wash it later, don't hurt your boyfriend's eyes."
Mu Xiaoya looked in the mirror and found that Bai Chuan's eyes were already sensitive with red blood, but she was still stubbornly open, looking at Mu Xiaoya from the mirror, and even smiling.
"Xiao Chuan, otherwise, I'll find someone else to wash for you." Mu Xiaoya asked Bai Chuan for advice.
"Don't." Bai Chuan, who didn't reach out to wipe his eyes into the foam, grabbed Mu Xiaoya's clothes. That expression seemed to say, you promised me just now.
"You have to sit and wash, you can wash in the back." The boss reminded passing by.
"..." Mu Xiaoya coughed awkwardly, and obediently took Bai Chuan to the back to wash her head.
After washing his hair, when he left the hair salon, the owner of the hair salon held thirty dollars and joked: "You sweetheart, pay me thirty dollars and break a suit."
Mu Xiaoya ran out of the hairdresser with Bai Chuan, whose clothes were half-wet, and found a place with few people, and asked Bai Chuan to take off his suit jacket. Bai Chuan, who took off his jacket, was left with a pure white shirt, which was tight against his body because it was soaked in water.
"Unbutton the neckline." After saying that, Mu Xiaoya stood on tiptoe to unbutton Baichuan's neckline. Mu Xiaoya didn't feel anything when she unbuttoned it, but when her fair collarbone was exposed to the sun, Mu Xiaoya didn't feel anything. Ya was stunned unconsciously.
"~~~" It wasn't until a few passing students made an ambiguous roar that Mu Xiaoya was shocked and returned to her senses.
"Let's go... Let's go home." Mu Xiaoya only felt shameless, and dragged Bai Chuan to the parking lot.
But Bai Chuan didn't move. He pointed to the front and said, "Your school."
"Yeah, this is my school. I spent my four years of college here." Mu Xiaoya didn't expect Bai Chuan to know that this was her school.
"I know… "
"You know?" Mu Xiaoya was a little surprised, "Then do you want to visit?"
"Okay." Bai Chuan agreed without thinking, he was very curious, what kind of place was it that Xiaoya would not want to go home after so long... to see him.
"Let's go." Mu Xiaoya took Bai Chuan to the direction of the school gate, and introduced while walking, "This is the south gate of the school, and outside the south gate is the commercial street, here are some beauty salons and clothes. Class storefronts, that is, where students take care of their own images.”
"Go in from the south gate, walk straight forward, and go to the other end of the school, which is the north gate. There are restaurants outside the north gate. There is a whole food street there, which is very delicious." Mu Xiaoya suggested, " Otherwise, we'll have dinner at the North Gate at noon today, okay?"
"Then... where is the east gate?" Bai Chuan asked suddenly.
"East gate? Outside the east gate is the main road. There are cars coming and going at the gate. We rarely go there."
"Do you rarely go? Not once a day?"
"It's more than a whole day, sometimes I don't take it once a week." Mu Xiaoya said, "The subway station is at the west gate, the food is at the north gate, the clothes are at the south gate, and there is nothing at the east gate. Only people from the school come to visit or receive leaders will come in through that road.”
"Oh~~" Bai Chuan snorted softly, with a hint of annoyance on his face, "No wonder, I didn't see you last time."
"Last time, when?" Mu Xiaoya was taken aback, "Have you been to our school?"
"Yeah." Bai Chuan nodded, "You didn't come home for a long time when you first went to college. I missed you, so I came to see you."
"You... came alone?" If it was Grandma Bai or the rest of the Bai family who accompanied Bai Chuan, it was impossible to find him.
"Yeah." Bai Chuan nodded and said sadly, "I was at the East Gate and waited for 24 hours."
"About four years ago, Xiaochuan sneaked out alone and only went back all day and night. Since then, the Bai family never dared to let Xiaochuan go out alone. No one knows where he ran away all day and night. , maybe you can ask him."
Mu Xiaoya was once curious about this question, but she never asked. Because she was afraid that if she asked, she would, like the rest of the Bai family, dare not let Bai Chuan go out alone. So she decided not to expand her panic until Bai Chuan learned to go out alone. But she never thought that the answer to this question would appear in front of her so unexpectedly.
"It turns out that you only go to the East Gate once a week, so I should have waited another six days." Bai Chuan reflected on his mistakes at the time. If he had waited another six days, he might have spent four more years with Xiaoya. .
"You...why didn't you wait at another door, why did you keep waiting at the east gate?" Mu Xiaoya's voice was a little choked.
"Because the east gate of your school... is the closest to your house." Bai Chuan replied.
Because the straight-line distance between the east gate and my house is the closest, you are waiting at the east gate, so why don't you think about it, I have to eat three meals a day and stay at the north gate. Why don't I think the subway is at Ximen, if I want to go home, I will go through Ximen...
Why do you have to stay at the East Gate all the time
But... If Bai Chuan can take this into consideration, then Bai Chuan is a normal person. If he is a normal person, would he care about himself as much as he is now
"Go!" Suddenly, Mu Xiaoya pulled Bai Chuan, turned at the intersection in front, and walked straight in the other direction. After walking for a full twenty minutes, she stopped at the gate of the east gate of the school.
"Past." Mu Xiaoya let go of Bai Chuan and pointed to the front.
"Where to go?" Bai Chuan was puzzled.
"Wait for me." Mu Xiaoya looked at Bai Chuan and assured him word by word, "This time, I will definitely come out."
Bai Chuan's eyes lit up, he nodded, turned and ran towards the gate. Running out of the gate, he stood under a poplar tree on the left of the east gate, and then stared at the direction of the gate.
Mu Xiaoya stood there and watched Bai Chuan leave. But instead of chasing after her immediately, she waited five minutes before starting to walk out the door.
She walked to the school gate step by step, trying to get herself back to the state and frequency of walking when she was a student, as if a student who had just finished the morning class was walking out of the school gate holding a book. Stepping out of the school gate, Mu Xiaoya saw Baichuan under the Populus euphratica tree without looking for it deliberately.
It turned out that you once stood in such a striking place and waited for me...
Mu Xiaoya smiled at Bai Chuan, her calm pace became anxious, she ran over quickly and stood in front of Bai Chuan: "You came to me?"
"Yeah." Bai Chuan nodded happily. Time and space became a little blurry at this moment. The scene from four years ago gradually merged with the scene in front of him. He waited, waited until Xiaoya.
A warm current poured out from the bottom of my heart, pulling out the regret that was hidden by him and lingering in my heart, and washed away.
"Why are you looking for me?" Mu Xiaoya continued to ask.
"I want to tell you..." Bai Chuan replied unconsciously, "in the future, can I go home on weekends too?"
"Okay, I'll go home on weekends. Not only on weekends, but every day from now on, I'll go home." Mu Xiaoya smiled, her heart swelled and uncomfortable, the sunlight falling from the gaps in the leaves illuminated the tears in her eyes.
Bai Chuan's heart moved, he lowered his head and kissed Mu Xiaoya's eyes, the tears in Mu Xiaoya's eyes, and the leaves. Let the short autumn pass in an instant, ushering in the bitter cold winter.