"Yes, you went to assassinate Ji and didn't come back, we were kicked out of the city not long after, she chased after her, originally we were exhausted, but then I don't know what reason, she suddenly announced that she was going to retreat, so she pulled all the troops back to the city, so until last year, I remember that day the sky was like a collapse, lightning and thunder, landslides and cracks, the royal city that had been built for many years was almost destroyed, and she herself didn't know where she went, so we returned to the city, It has now been restored to its original appearance. ”

Ning Lan told the situation after their separation in one breath, and while speaking, the middle-aged beauty gradually regained her original appearance, turned back into a beautiful young woman, looked at Xiao Yuan, and asked: "You were pushed into the birth passage by an extremely secret plot, I have been worried about you for so many years, and now that you are back, I can finally rest assured." ”

"I was extremely conspired to go out of the passage, and I didn't feel that the time outside was long, at most one day, I really didn't expect that thirteen years had passed here, Ning Lan, I have worked hard for you." Xiao Yuan said with some emotion.

"Actually, I'm not hard, Yi's intelligence is already very mature, with him, I don't need to bother." Ning Lan said.

"By the way, what is Yi doing now?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"He's busy rebuilding the city outside, and the natural disaster when he left has turned this place into ruins, and it will take a long time to rebuild, do you want to see him?" Ning Lan said.

"Well, you call him, I want to know about the reconstruction of the city." Xiao Yuan nodded.

"You wait." Ning Lan said, taking out a walkie-talkie-like intercom from the desk drawer in the room, and pressed a button on it.

"Mother, what are you looking for from me?" Yi's voice came.

"You go home, I'm looking for you." Ning Lan said.

"Okay, I'll go back right away." Yi said.

About ten minutes later, Yi walked in through the door, he hadn't seen him for thirteen years, his appearance hadn't changed much, but his eyes were full of vicissitudes.

"Father, it's you!" After entering the door, Yi glanced at Ning Lan, who had regained her youthful appearance, and then moved his gaze to Xiao Yuan, a trace of surprise flashed, but his voice seemed very calm, and his words revealed a trace of indifference.

Xiao Yuan nodded to Yi and motioned for him to come and sit, but he didn't come over, but asked Ning Landao, "Mother, is he the reason why you want me to come over?" ”

"Yes, your father just came here and wants to know something about the construction of Nanzhou City?" Ning Lan said.

"Because of natural disasters, Nanzhou City was completely destroyed, and now it is equivalent to building a new city on the ruins, the progress is very slow, less than 10% is completed in a year, and it will take at least ten years to complete all the construction, and it is possible to build it in 15 years." Yi said, and after finishing speaking, he said to Ning Lan, "Mother, there are still very important things waiting for me to do outside, I'm leaving." ”

"Easy, you stop." Ning Lan saw that Yi was indifferent to Xiao Yuan, and drank a little unhappily.

"Mother, I really have something to do, I'll come to accompany you when I'm done." Yi stopped, left a word, and left in a hurry.

"Xiao Yuan, I'm really sorry." After Yi left, Ning Lan said apologetically to Xiao Yuan, "But don't blame him, he has suffered a lot over the years in order to fight against the extreme, and when I see you again, I will inevitably have complaints in my heart." ”

"It's okay, I understand." Xiao Yuan smiled and said, but he was smiling bitterly in his heart, although this guy Yi was designed by him, he seemed to be born with him, it was like this last time, this time he came, it seems that the relationship is not as good as last time.

At this moment, Xiao Yuan found that a line of words appeared in front of him: "Punishment for failure in the mission to defend Nanzhou, help Yi rebuild Nanzhou City, and the time limit is fifteen years." ”

"Fifteen years!" Xiao Yuan's eyes widened, the last mission to protect Nanzhou City must have failed, he thought of various punishments, but he didn't expect it to be a time punishment, and it was fifteen years.

"Xiao Yuan, what's wrong with you?" Ning Lan asked on the side.

"Hehe, nothing." Xiao Yuan said with a smile.

"Is it really okay? Is there anything else you can't tell me? Ning Lan asked with a fox on her face.

"It's really fine." Xiao Yuan felt a little guilty about Ning Lan, if she knew that she came here because of the mission, she would definitely be sad, so she resolutely concealed the mission.

Ning Lan saw that Xiao Yuan didn't say anything, so she didn't continue to ask, but asked, "How long are you going to stay here this time?" ”

"At least until the construction of Nanzhou City is completed." Xiao Yuan said.

"That's going to take years, you're not trying to make me happy, are you?" Hearing Xiao Yuan say that he would stay until Nanzhou City was completed, Ning Lan's eyes lit up and asked in disbelief.

"No, but if you can be happy, I will also be happy, this time I promise you that I really want to stay until the reconstruction of Nanzhou City is completed." Xiao Yuan said.

Seeing Xiao Yuan's assurance, Ning Lan showed a happy smile on her face, happily turned around the room twice in a row, and said after stopping: "Xiao Yuan, there is a test waiting for you now." ”

"What test?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"Yi thinks that I have a lot of opinions about you because you have suffered a lot, you have to stay here, I hope you two can get along in harmony." Ning Lan said.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of his relationship." Xiao Yuan said.

"If you say that, I'm relieved, and when he comes back, I'll talk to him seriously." Ning Lan said.

"Let me talk to him first, where he is now, I'll go find him." Xiao Yuan said.

"The engineering headquarters is located in the original city government, I think he should be there at this time, I'll take you there." Ning Lan said.

"No, I'll do it myself." Xiao Yuan refused Ning Lan's company, and came out of the house, the alley in his hometown has almost been built, and the most valuable thing is that the alley still maintains its original appearance after being rebuilt.

Xiao Yuan came out of the alley, and the scene outside the alley was different, it was a mess, there was hardly a complete building, and the whole city seemed to have been bombed by a nuclear bomb.

"It's so devastated." Xiao Yuan could roughly imagine what had caused the disaster, but he was still shocked by the extent of the damage.

Treading on the rubble-strewn road, Xiao Yuan went to the seat of the city government, where there was a makeshift general headquarters for urban construction, where Yi was found.

"You're not at home with your mother, why are you here?" Yi saw Xiao Yuan, frowned, and asked.

Xiao Yuan smiled and said, "Yi, I know you have an opinion about me, but in the thirteen years since I left, I really can't help myself, and this time I came, I definitely won't leave immediately." ”

"Hehe, you're not leaving?" Yi sneered, obviously not believing Xiao Yuan's words.

"Yes, I will stay here for at least ten years to help you build Nanzhou together, this is my home, compared to you, I have more responsibility to build it well." Xiao Yuan said.

"You're wrong, this is not your home, your home is Nanzhou in reality, everything here is virtual, more precisely, this is my mother's home, and it is also my home, I don't need you to help me build it." Yi Leng said.

"Yi, I hope that in the future we can get along in harmony instead of rejecting each other, otherwise your mother will be sad to see that our relationship is cold." Xiao Yuan said again.

"Father, my mother has guarded this world for you for half a century, I remember the last time you came, the time in the outside world is not synchronized with here, more than fifty years for you, maybe only a few dozen days, but for your mother, it is a real half of the world piled up minute by minute, can you understand what kind of torment it is to wait for such a long time?" Yi asked with some excitement.

"Yi, I can fully understand your mother's suffering." Xiao Yuan said.

"Since you can understand, then what are you still doing here, what you should do now is to spend as much time with your mother as possible and make her happy, I am here enough, I don't need you at all, and if you are a man, I hope you can take on the responsibilities of a man." Yi said.

"Responsibility?" Xiao Yuan chewed on these two words, remembering what she said about responsibility the last time he saw Ning Lan.

"Yes, responsibility, a woman who has been waiting for a city for you for fifty-five years, your responsibility is to spend as much time as possible guarding her and making her happy, not to come here to help me with some construction." Yi said.

Xiao Yuan knew what Yi really meant, but he didn't know how to reply, so he was silent.

"Father, if you want me to live in harmony with you, grant me a request." Yi said.

Xiao Yuan frowned, still not speaking.

"Tomorrow, I will marry my mother, and we will become a real family in the future, and I will naturally not blame you for anything." Yi saw that Xiao Yuan didn't speak, so he continued.

"However, we are different after all, you and your mother are fundamentally both programs, can programs also get married?" Xiao Yuan frowned and asked.

"Father, are you discriminating against intelligent programs, don't forget that the environment you are in now is a virtual world, and in essence, in this world, we are the same." Yi asked rhetorically.

"How can you think that?" Xiao Yuan asked with a smile.

"Since there is no discrimination, then, let me ask you, would you like to marry your mother and give her happiness?" Yi forced to ask.

"I ......" Xiao Yuan didn't expect to encounter this embarrassing scene at all, he was forced to marry by the program he created, this kind of thing made him feel a little ridiculous, but he couldn't resolutely refuse, Ning Lan waited for him in this world for fifty-five years, this love is as heavy as Mount Tai for him, even if she created it herself, even if she is just an intelligent program, this love is not something that can be abandoned casually.

"Why, don't you want to, as a man, I don't dare to bear my own responsibilities, although I was created by you, I want to despise you!" Yi continued.

"Yi, shut up!" At this moment, Ning Lan suddenly appeared at the door, her appearance returned to her previous mature appearance, and she scolded Yi loudly.

"Mother, why are you here too?" Yi hurriedly stepped forward, reached out to hold Ning Lan's arm, carefully helped her into the command headquarters, and asked respectfully.

"Yi, don't force your father, what is his responsibility, I know that if he agrees to you easily, it will make me look down on you." Ning Lan sat down and said to Yi, and said to Xiao Yuan after speaking, "Xiao Yuan, I know what you are thinking, in fact, you don't have to be embarrassed, and you don't have to be responsible for me because I have been in this world for more than fifty years, I really don't need to." ”

"Mother, what do you say?" Yi heard Ning Lan say this, and said eagerly on the side.

"Yi, after so many years, don't you still know your mother, your father has someone he needs to protect, that is his real responsibility, his responsibility is not his mother, you have always been obedient, listen to your mother again this time, and get along with your father, okay?" Ning Lan said to Yi.

"Mother." Yi shouted again.

"Listen to your mother and be reconciled to your father." Ning Lan said again.

Seeing that Ning Lan was so persistent, she could only grit her teeth and agree, turned her head to look at Xiao Yuan, and shouted, "Father." ”

"Wait......" Xiao Yuan interrupted Yi's words with a wave of his hand.