001 is very curious about what kind of person the host wants to call.
It quietly waited for the host to dial the number, and after waiting for a while, it saw the host delete the numbers just entered one by one.
001:
It senses the host's unease.
As an intern system, it can distinguish the mood of the host, but it is difficult to understand why the host has such emotions.
001 couldn't help asking: "Host, are you not calling anymore?"
"Um."
"Why don't you fight again?"
Xie Yishu didn't speak.
During the five years in Ancient Blue Star, he thought about Gu Yan every day. Think of Atlantis, think of the family in the Mouton Orphanage.
But he didn't know if Gu Yan was like him.
Definitely thought about it at first. Just like it took him a long time to try to come back in the first place, Gu Yan must have spent a long time looking for him.
One day, two days, one month, two months... maybe longer.
But he left for five full years.
Five years, there are too many variables in it.
He and Gu Yan have only been together for three years, five years is enough to heal the pain and dilute all feelings.
Not to mention that he disappeared directly from Gu Yan's life, and there was no news of him for five years.
His boyfriend might have become someone else's boyfriend.
Maybe the child will call him daddy.
001 is like a child, likes to break the casserole and ask the end, Xie Yishu vaguely replied "Call me later", bowed her head and quickly typed another series of numbers.
Mouton Orphanage.
Seeing the host making a call, 001 calmed down and listened curiously.
It can detect changes in the host's mood. The host's mood was a little low just now, but now he is jumping up again somehow.
The other end of the phone was quickly connected, and a milky voice sounded in Guang Guang's brain: "Hello?"
Xie Yishu recalled it in his mind, but he couldn't connect this voice with his familiar siblings. He thought it might be a child who had just been sent to an orphanage in the past few years, so he couldn't help but speak softly: "Hello."
Their Mouton Orphanage, although called the Mouton Orphanage, is actually just a small orphanage on Mouton Star.
In the countryside in a remote courtyard, far away from the main city. Although the federal government allocates funds every year, the amount allocated is not much. That money is not enough to buy books and clothes for the older children, let alone toys. They treat the landline as a toy and take turns answering calls from the outside world.
It wasn't until he came to the main star to go to university that life in the orphanage improved. I heard that a rich man from the main star donated money to their orphanage.
He also bought a lot of toys that the main star’s children liked to play with in college and sent them back, but the tradition of taking turns answering the phone seems to have continued.
The child on the other side of the optical brain seems to be afraid of strangers, and his little breathing is a little short: "This is the Mouton Orphanage, who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for Zhang's mother, is she there?"
"She's in the yard, I'll call her."
The handset rested on the table and made a "click" sound. Xie Yishu could hear pattering footsteps and other children's inquiries from here—
"Azhi, who is it?" "Is it someone from the government?" "Are you looking for Zhang's mother?"
Immediately afterwards, the familiar, characteristic, and hurried footsteps that seemed to be able to bring a gust of wind came from far to near, and a middle-aged woman's voice sounded from the other end of the light brain: "Hello?"
Xie Yishu had a sore nose.
This was a bit unexpected to him, he thought he made the call only after being fully prepared. Unexpectedly, hearing the familiar voice, the eye circles will still be hot.
It was a bit embarrassing, but fortunately I didn't cry. Xie Yishu sniffed, and shouted with a smile: "Mom."
He was the first batch of children after the Mouton Orphanage was built.
All of their children lost their parents when they were babies. For them, Mama Zhang, Mama Li, and Mama Wang who have been taking care of them are their real mothers, and they always call "Mom".
Later, there were more children sent by the outside world. Some children were older and had already remembered things. They remembered their parents and refused to call others "mother". Feel close.
It's just that in private, they still prefer to call the three mothers "Mom".
When Xie Yishu called "Mom", the other person immediately guessed who he was: "...Xiao Shu?"
Before Xie Yishu could respond, she heard the other person crying and scolding: "You dead child, where did you die? Do you know that Li Ma, Wang Ma and I have been worried about you for the past five years?"
Xie Yishu touched his nose. Among the three mothers, he was closest to Zhang Ma.
So the first reaction just now was to ask Mama Zhang to answer the phone, but I forgot that Mama Zhang was the easiest to cry among the three mothers.
"Hey, mom, mom, don't cry, don't scare your brothers and sisters..."
It took Xie Yishu a lot of effort to calm Mama Zhang.
After retelling the short story made up in the service hall, Zhang's mother changed the subject and changed: "You dead child, even if you are diagnosed with a terminal illness by the hospital, you can't let it go, you come back, go home , tell mom..."
Zhang's mother is different from the staff in the service hall, she is more familiar with Xie Yishu.
In order to make her own story more believable, Xie Yishu added some small factors into it, such as "diagnosed as terminally ill by the hospital", "coming out of despair and returning to a follow-up visit to find that it was a misdiagnosis by a small hospital".
After guaranteeing that he would never be stupid again, that he would go to a big hospital for a comprehensive examination, and return to Mouton Star to visit them in a few days, Mama Zhang let him go.
She repeatedly told Xie Yishu to change to another hospital for examination, no matter what the result was, she had to come back. She doesn't believe the holographic video sent by Xie Yishu, she needs to see him with her own eyes to feel at ease.
Xie Yishu responded one by one.
In fact, if it wasn't because of insufficient balance in the account, he couldn't afford the ticket back to Mouton Star, he might already be on his way back to Mouton Star now.
Zhang's mother gave a few more instructions, fearing that Xie Yishu had other things to do, so she refused to take up his time. Tell him to take good care of himself on the main star, and return to Mouton star as soon as possible, so he has to hang up.
Before hanging up the phone, Zhang's mother thought of one thing: "By the way, Xiao Shu, do you still remember that you brought back a boy named Gu when you were in college?"
Xie Yishu tightened the hands of the optical brain: "Remember."
"That boy has been looking for you. After you disappeared, he came to the orphanage every year. He just came here in June this year... Do you remember to call him to report his safety?"
It took a while for Xie Yishu to find her voice: "Okay."
"Is he still that number?"
"That's right." Zhang's mother paused, as if she was looking for something, and reported a series of numbers after a while, "This is the number he left in the orphanage."
Unchanged.
It's still the serial number in the university.
Xie Yishu closed her eyes, and promised that Mama Zhang would call her to report her safety. When the other end of the optical computer hung up the phone, Xie Yishu held the optical computer and leaned against the wall.
He felt like his heart was going to explode.
It seems that I think I am stuck at a certain point, and everyone else keeps moving forward.
I closed my eyes because I was afraid, but when I opened them, I found that some people were still there.
001 found himself increasingly unable to figure out the host's emotions.
Its host's mood changes too quickly, and every time there are several different emotions mixed together.
It feels that it can do a research, which is called "Host Emotion Observation Diary".
When the one-year period expires, the superior will come to check and accept, and it will submit the research report. In this way, maybe even if it does not perform well with the host promotion, the higher-ups can see that it has a research report and give it a passing C-.
Xie Yishu didn't know what 001 was thinking.
He dialed Gu Yan's number again.
"Beep-beep-beep-"
The phone didn't work.
He didn't hear the voice he was thinking about day and night, but only heard the cold electronic voice: "The user you dialed has shut down..."
It may be that the optical brain just ran out of power.
Xie Yishu thought about calling again later, but still couldn't help being a little disappointed.
He stuffed his bare brain into his trouser pocket and walked out of the alley with the bag on his back.
Street lights came on outside. 001 put away the small notebook that recorded the host's emotions, and asked, "Host host, where shall we go next?"
"Find a place to live."
"001 will know!"
If 001 can have a form, then at this moment it must be a proud little look: "After learning that there are only 377 interstellar coins left in the host account, 001 collected the information of all the hotels on the main star in advance, and calculated the most economical three options."
It is not a formal system, the procedures are backward, and the speed of obtaining information is relatively slow.
These three most economical options are the result of an hour of hard work.
Xie Yishu doesn't have much savings in her account, so she needs to save money everywhere, when she heard the words "the most economical", she became a little interested: "Which three?"
"Plan 1: Take the 738 maglev bus, you will arrive at Xiangli Street in five hours, and then walk for half an hour, and you will find a fast hotel called Xingchen. The last two preferential single rooms. It only costs ninety-nine star coins per night... "
001 couldn't hide his small pride in his tone, excitedly introduced the other two plans, and urged in a tone of "seeking praise", "Host, please choose one!"
There are not many vacant rooms in these houses, and if the host doesn't make a reservation immediately, someone may be the one to get there first.
Xie Yishu shook his head.
The companies selected by 001 are far away from here, and one even spans half of the main star. When he gets there, it will be dawn soon, and there is no need to check in.
All three proposals were rejected, and 001 was a little confused: "Then where are you staying tonight, host?"
Xie Yishu opened the navigation, entered "24 hours", and said concisely: "Self-study room."
001:
Jumping out of the 24-hour self-study room closest to here on the optical brain, Xie Yishu clicked to open a store, and followed the navigation to find the store.
The receptionist at the front desk was a bionic person. Xie Yishu swiped the terminal with ease, and booked a single overnight study room from 8:00 pm to 8:00 am, with 3 stars per hour.
Because it was an old customer returning, Xie Yishu received a 20% discount coupon.
The android at the front desk also gave him a nutritional shot.
There is a university town nearby, and many students like to prepare for exams in the 24-hour study room. In order to facilitate students' review and allow them to better complete the final sprint, the self-study room is also equipped with vending machines, public bathrooms, and public laundry rooms.
You can take a shower with five Star Coins, and spend three Star Coins to wash and dry the clothes for students to wear again.
There are also beds, which are folded and stored in the wall of the study room, and can be taken out when needed.
Although it is narrower and harder than a hotel's single bed, it is cheaper.
001 saw that the host spent 46 interstellar coins - 10 of which was a deposit - to solve the problem of accommodation for tonight, and couldn't help saying: "Wow—"
Xie Yishu was a little embarrassed by 001's reaction.
He actually has a more economical choice, but the savings in his account are small but still there, so he doesn't need to treat himself so badly.
Xie Yishu swiped her card to enter the study room and put down her backpack.
In the backpack are the pencil cases and notebooks he used to substitute for lessons at Ancient Blue Star. There are two breads and a bottle of water.
It was originally his supper, but now with the nutritional potion, the bread and water can be saved for tomorrow's breakfast.
The nutrient granule melts in water, Xie Yishu drank it while using her optical brain to inquire about jobs that provide food and lodging nearby. He discussed with 001, first solve the practical problems of work, board and lodging, and then think about system tasks.
There are a lot of recruitment information on the employment platform, and after screening, there are only two who can let Xie Yishu submit their resumes.
One is a technology company that is looking for an assistant to the president. One is a private kindergarten and is recruiting childcare workers.
The former opened in good condition, but the competition was fierce. Xie Yishu's various conditions can only be said to be just right, and there are no other bonus points.
The monthly salary offered by the latter is less than half of that of the former, and very few applicants submit their resumes. Everyone knows that childcare workers are hard-working, and they are unwilling to do hard work for a meager salary.
Xie Yishu doesn't mind working a little harder, as long as she has food and lodging included, a lower salary is fine.
He also has an advantage. In order to get more scholarships, he took a lot of certificates in college, including the kindergarten teacher certificate.
Xie Yishu sent resumes to these two companies.
On the way, I went to the public bathroom to wash up, answered the phone calls from the other two mothers and several brothers and sisters in the orphanage, replied to a few text messages, and went to the lobby to buy a bottle of water from the vending machine.
When Xie Yishu returned to the study room with the water, the replies from the two families also came.
Pretty much what he expected.
The former politely rejected him, and the latter made an appointment for an interview at eight o'clock tomorrow morning.
The kindergarten is not close to here. If he wants to arrive at the kindergarten before eight o'clock, he has to take the early bus to the kindergarten before seven o'clock.
Xie Yishu was going to bed early to recharge her batteries for tomorrow's interview. Before turning off his brain, he called Gu Yan again.
Still no answer.
After a night of getting along, 001 has become Xie Yishu's little fan.
It feels that its host is really amazing! Not only solved the problem of optical brain and overnight accommodation with the least amount of money, but also received an interview, which is very likely to solve the problem of board and lodging once and for all!
It became increasingly dependent on Xie Yishu, and couldn't help asking questions along the way.
Xie Yishu was also happy to answer some of its questions, he felt that 001 was like a companion, with 001 around, he was not alone.
The optical brain in his hand vibrated, Xie Yishu looked down, it was the arrival reminder from the ride-hailing software.
Xie Yishu pursed her lips.
He called Gu Yan again in the morning, but the phone was still turned off, probably because he hadn't woken up yet.
With the shock just now, he thought it was Gu Yan who called back.
001 sensed the host's disappointment, but didn't know how to comfort him.
The door opens.
Xie Yishu put away the optical brain and got out of the car.
He just looked at the map in the car. The kindergarten is very close to the platform, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to walk.
If you take a shortcut from the alley, it only takes five minutes.
Xie Yishu took a shortcut, walked for a few minutes, turned a corner and saw the iron fence of the kindergarten—
And behind the iron fence, a few children squatting in the grass.
Xie Yishu did not expect that there would be children squatting in the grass.
The children probably didn't expect to see adults here.
Big eyes and small eyes stare.
After a long while, the little boy in charge waved to Xie Yishu.
Xie Yishu stepped forward, wanting to ask these children if they needed any help.
But I didn't want the little boy to look around, and lowered his voice to discuss with him in a low voice: "Uncle, let's call you Dad, can you take us away?"
Xie Yishu was stunned for a moment, but before she could speak, a chubby boy next to the boy had already yelled childishly: "Daddy!"
Fatty's face was full of pleading: "Take Bo Zai away!"
The author has something to say: Pop Cub Appears √ Lin Zhi Appears √ New Characters Appear √
Gu Yanzhi is also living in Xiaoshu's miss today√
(I saw someone asking Gong Shou and Bo Zai in the comments, Gong is Gu Yanzhi (Gu Yan), Shou is Xie Yishu, and Bo Zai is their child)