The door to the dormitory was pushed open, and singing was heard outside.

"Miss Dong, you put out the cigarette and talked about the past. ”

"You said that the first half of your life will be like this, and there will be tomorrow. ”

The roommate with the lunch box naturally answered: "On a May morning, I finally lost my sleep." So none of that may be true, Miss Dong, you're not a female classmate without a story. ”

The buddy lying on the top bunk of the other bed rolled over and howled at the top of his throat: "I fell in love with a wild horse, but I don't have a grassland at home-"

"Stop, stop, stop singing, it's this song everywhere you go, it's like brainwashing. ”

Qiu Haocheng covered his ears with his hands, unbearable.

In recent days, a folk song that is said to be composed by alumni has become popular throughout Southern Union University, and as long as you are on campus, whether it is in the classroom, cafeteria or dormitory, you can hear the melody of "Miss Dong". Even, in the toilet cubicle, there are people humming and falling in love with a wild horse!

In all fairness, this is an excellent lyrical song, but no matter how good the song is, it lingers in the ears over and over again, and it is unbearable.

"What, isn't this song very good? You can't stand it? Then Miss Dong from our school, you can't collapse yet." ”

The sloppy buddies who refused to get up on the top bunk laughed weirdly, Qiu Haocheng remembered the girl he saw on the third floor of the cafeteria that day, and shook his head a little speechlessly.

"Miss Dong" spread all over the campus, and various versions of the love story between Miss Dong and Mr. Yu also spread all over Southern Associated University.

However, this has nothing to do with Qiu Haocheng, to be honest, he is even a little happy, after all, he has a good impression of the senior surnamed Yu, so in his opinion, Miss Dong, who split his legs and abandoned Mr. Yu, is a villain.

"Who will take the trouble to comfort the ignorant boy. ”

"I want to be like you, regardless of all that—"

The singing came into his ears again, and Qiu Haocheng jumped up from his chair.

"Oh, I can't stand it, I'm not going to stay here. ”

"So where are you going? There's no one singing in the library, but if you go to the library, I'll come back in a moment and bring me a meat eggplant rice bowl." The sloppy buddy on the top bunk waved at Qiu Haocheng, it seemed that he didn't plan to come down today.

Qiu Haocheng waved his hand: "Go to the cafeteria to eat by yourself, I want to go out." ”

"Where are you going?"

"Dynamic world. Qiu Haocheng raised the flyer, "Boxing Championship!"

"Won the treat!"

"No problem. ”

Qiu Haocheng laughed and walked out of the bedroom.

Originally, if you make up your mind to compete, you should go to the Dynamic World Arcade in advance to practice your hands and familiarize yourself with the environment, after all, sitting in a noisy arcade hall and using joystick buttons to operate is very different from sitting in a dormitory with a handle and keyboard.

However, in the past few days, I not only have to attend classes, but also have to participate in the mobilization meeting for joining the party and the party school for party activists.

Just right, hide from the ubiquitous "Miss Dong".

The campus of Nanlian University is not far from the bustling and lively city, Qiu Haocheng took a bus and walked for a few minutes to find the Dynamic World arcade hall, and then he unexpectedly found that the Dynamic World was very different from what he imagined.

In his impression, the old-fashioned arcade machine has long since declined, and the arcade hall is either closed or transformed, or it is like a terminal patient hanging on his last breath, and anyone who sees it will be blocked.

The dynamic world is completely different, looking at the stairwell at the entrance, this arcade hall is obviously a little old, but there are flower baskets on both sides of the entrance, and the door is covered with a brand new carpet, and you can vaguely smell a little fragrance.

If you look closely, there is a line of chalk words on each step of the staircase:

【You're here】

[I've been waiting for you for a long time]

【I hope you come here】

[Not because of emptiness]

[It's not because it's boring]

[but because of you]

【You can find fun here】

【Are you ready?】

[then]

【Let's go to battle!】

"Hey, that's interesting. ”

The stranger's voice sounded beside him, Qiu Haocheng turned his head to look, the man was in his thirties, bloated, wearing a thin black coat, with fluffy hair, and he looked so ordinary that he couldn't be more ordinary.

"I've been here before, no. The fat man continued to speak, and he didn't know if he was talking to Qiu Haocheng, or if he was talking to himself, "At the earliest, ten years ago, it was very clean here, but then it was dirty, hey, I didn't expect it to be cleaned up so well now, I think, Lao Wen is doing this activity to give us a grand farewell." ”

Seeing that Qiu Haocheng ignored him, the fat man grinned and took the lead to step up the stairs, although he was full of fat and swaying, his movements were very agile.

Then Qiu Haocheng also went up the stairs, and as soon as he reached the second floor, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

The overhead strip lights are not turned on, and are lit by a series of small lanterns clinging to the wallpaper like vines on the four walls.

In the blurred coloured light, hundreds of old-fashioned arcade machines are arranged on the second floor in a strange arrangement that is neither empty nor obstructive, and has an indescribable beauty that resembles the exquisite presentation of a Michelin-starred restaurant.

The ingenious environmental arrangement did not make Qiu Haocheng deeply shocked, what really excited him was the people, the people who crowded the arcade hall!

There are a lot of people here.

It's full of people!

There are so many machines, none of them are empty, not only that, but behind the hottest game consoles like Metal Slug and Three Kingdoms War, there are people standing in line!

Qiu Haocheng couldn't believe his eyes, and for a moment, he thought that he had traveled through time and space when he walked up the stairs.

This is 2009?

Or 1999?

The sound of the joystick and the sound of the buttons are all in the same place, and the occasional gap is drowned out by the sound of conversation, and all kinds of people come together for the same purpose, leaving behind their identities, ignoring their differences, and their joys and sorrows are only for the changes on the screen......

This is the charm of the arcade, but hasn't this charm long since disappeared?

At this moment, the music switches, and a familiar melody jumps into your ears.

"Those were such happy times

and not so long ago

How I wondered

where they'd gone

But they're back again

just like a long lost friend."

Qiu Haocheng stood at the door and could hear it.

A boy of a similar age walked over and warmly extended an invitation to him: "Welcome, please come in!"

Qiu Haocheng nodded and asked, "I often listened to this song when I was a child, but I forgot the title of the song, may I ask?"

"Oh. The boy pointed to the crowded arcade and gave the answer, "Yesterday Once More." ”