Chapter Eighty-Three: Trivia
Bai Yan woke up from his sleep, as if he was in another world.
He yawned slightly, sat up from the bed, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked into the distance.
The pale sky and the unchanging sky occupied his field of vision, the light was terrible, and from time to time a few mechanical birds hovered in his field of vision, but he couldn't even hear the sound of flapping wings, no wonder, it was just some machines, and it wasn't real.
He pouted and walked out of the bedroom.
The battle with Zhang Hatshui is still vivid, the gorgeous dead butterflies, the dangerous black mang, the smelly backwater, the endless sword light in his own hands, and... The incomparably sharp Gengjin Qi brought it down in one battle.
Blue sky, waterfalls, blades, strong enemies, Bai Yan thought of such a magnificent scene, and the confusion that had just woken up was suddenly much less.
If he hadn't woken up every morning, Bai Yan would have almost taken Gensokyo for real.
He smiled self-deprecatingly, no matter how much he fantasized about it, as a human being, he categorically could not be separated from reality. It's like the world of Gensokyo is no matter how strange and magnificent it is, and when you wake up in the morning, you still have to wash your face and brush your teeth, and then start working.
He casually slipped on his shirt, opened the window to breathe, squeezed himself a glass of orange juice, and sat down at the table to get ready for today's work.
In the new era, the weather in the human world has been maintained at room temperature, neither hot nor bitter cold, and the temperature is moderate all year round, so even though it is mid-November, Bai Yan still only wears a shirt.
Although the journal to which Bai Yan submitted, although there is no hard time limit for the monthly deadline, Bai Yan is embarrassed to really delay it until the end of the month, and often the manuscript has been finished in the middle of the month, and then submitted for review.
Although this publication is small, it is well maintained, and Bai Yan has basically not used his savings since graduation, but he does not worry about food and clothing at all.
Searching for information, organizing language, refining rhetoric, Bai Yan has been concentrating on his creation since the early morning, he has always been concentrating on his work, and when today's things are done, he has unconsciously passed the lunch point.
"Let's go out and eat..."
Bai Yan opened the empty refrigerator and sighed, cleaned up a little and went out, walking towards a familiar restaurant nearby.
Bai Yan's room is a social welfare, the location is not in the city center, it is relatively remote, so it is actually not very lively outside, and floating cars are rare, let alone pedestrians.
Bai Yan has his own car, which is a cheap old car bought five years ago, and the age requirement for a driver's license is only over ten years old, because the floating car is really simple and easy to use, and it only needs voice commands to drive. It can also be connected to the traffic system, automatically coordinate with other cars, and do red light stops, green lights, and even turn around, which is really convenient.
At that time, in order to facilitate going to the highest university some far away from home, and I hated being fixed by the shuttle time every day, I took the bus on time, so I saved up money to buy one. However, he doesn't really like driving props such as floating cars and flying boats, he yearns to fly, but not by virtue of the props, but wants to rely on himself to really fly.
So his car has been in the garage for a long time since he got to work.
On the empty and uninhabited road, Bai Yan was alone, silently thinking about some things.
Subconsciously, he tried to manipulate the qi in his body in the same way as the star map in Gensokyo, but of course he failed.
Where does the anger come from in reality? Naturally, there is no such black and white mixed tight-fitting short fight, and there is naturally no green knife.
He smiled and patted his head, it was really a game that was confused with reality.
Not far away was a small shop that Bai Yan used to go to, and he walked a few steps into the store.
"Uncle Xue, a bowl of signature ramen, just add the same ingredients."
Bai Yan is a regular customer, and after entering the store, he went to the counter very familiarly and said a word, so he casually found a place and sat down.
"Okay, make a bowl of noodles." The middle-aged man surnamed Xue shouted to the back kitchen.
At this time, it was almost two o'clock, and it was already past the meal, and there were no other customers in the store except Bai Yan, so Boss Xue sat opposite Bai Yan and said with a smile: "Xiao Yan, are you too busy again?" ”
When Bai Yan heard this, he responded: "Uncle Xue, I came here to eat noodles at this time, and I caused you trouble." ”
"Hahaha, do business, I'm afraid of any trouble." Boss Xue laughed and said, "Besides, if you don't come, my uncle is really bored, so I usually have time, so I will come more!" ”
Bai Yan smiled slightly and replied "yes".
This Boss Xue has been opening a shop here for many years, Bai Yan and Wu Yinhe can be said to have grown up eating noodles from this house, and they will come here every once in a while, and over time, the relationship with this boss will be familiar, Boss Xue has always taken care of their two children, Bai Yan used to live an embarrassing life, every time he came to eat noodles, Boss Xue always gave a lot of portions, but collected less, if it wasn't for a little self-esteem to take care of the children, Boss Xue was not even ready to collect that money.
Bai Yan rarely said it, but he was grateful in his heart. In his life, there are few good people like Boss Xue.
Bai Yan looked around, but he didn't see the son of the boss who used to help, so he asked, "Uncle Xue, why didn't you see Xiaochen?" ”
The boss's son, Xue Lichen, is two years younger than Bai Yan and Wu Yinhe, has a lively temperament, and he signed a contract with the two, and was a playmate of the two when they were young. However, after Bai Yan graduated, he rarely contacted others, especially after playing Fantasy Sky Wars. It's the Xue family's ramen shop, and I haven't been here for a few months. In the past, Xue Lichen was helping in the store, but I didn't see him today, so I felt a little strange.
Boss Xue smiled: "Ha! The kid pushed a cart and went out to make a mobile stall, saying that he wanted to carry forward the ramen skills of the old Xue family, and he didn't come back for a month. I thought that this is the new generation, and young people will not be interested in ramen, and it is noodles and soup, sticky and hot, and it takes a lot of effort, don't you say? This kid is good, he is learning from me and opening a stall, it seems that he really wants to inherit the ramen kung fu of the old Xue family. ”
"Xiao Chen likes to make ramen, and his skills are good, he often said when he was a child that he wanted to open Uncle Xue's shop bigger."
"Hahahaha." Boss Xue was obviously very pleased.
After saying a word, the back kitchen had already passed the noodles over, and Boss Xue personally brought it to Bai Yan, and looked at Bai Yan, who hadn't eaten for a long time, with a loving face.
Xiao Yan has no father or mother, he grew up alone and suffered a lot, but now he has grown into a big man. This child is honest, independent, and strong, and the kid named Wu Yinhe who is traveling with him supports each other, and until now, after so many years, I am still very impressed by these two children.
He still remembered that when he saw Bai Yan back then, this kid was palpitating except for Wu Yinhe and everything else, and the coldness and loneliness in his eyes made people's hearts palpitate. It's really better now, really, it's growing.
Just don't be lonely like that.
"It's delicious." Bai Yan said indistinctly while eating.
Boss Xue laughed and asked, "What about Xiaoyin?" That kid must have not been in the store for half a year, didn't he come with you? Really, I don't even want to come to see my uncle. ”
Bai Yan took a bite of noodles, "He moved out after graduation, and now he is mixing quite well, he is very busy with work, and it is rare to take a break, Uncle Xue don't blame him, I will bring him over another day to ask you to take a look." ”
"Good, good, good."
Seeing that the young boys in the past were all out of the way, Boss Xue was very happy.
Bai Yan was eating noodles, and when he looked up, he saw a poster of Fantasy Sky Wars posted in the store, so he asked, "Uncle Xue, are you playing that game that has been very popular recently?" ”
"Games? It's that fantasy sky... Right? ”
"Yes."
"Oops, these are all things that young people play with, I'm this age, I didn't have much interest in this, it's all that kid, I just sent me an earring, no way, I tried it, hey, it feels good."
Boss Xue laughed, and the wrinkles on his face also wrinkled in a smooth arc.
"I'm old, and I don't want to engage in the things that fight and kill, but the environment in this game is very good, and it's not bad to look at the scenery in it and play chess and chat with a few old friends. I closed the stall at ten o'clock in the evening, and when I went back to sleep, I played by the way, and I didn't delay the daytime time. It's strange to say.,After playing this game.,Every morning I wake up not as dizzy as before.,The body is a lot better.,Didn't the supreme power say that playing this is good for the body.,It seems to be true.。 Now I play every day. ”
Bai Yan nodded, the advancement of the Heart Dao Fantasy Sky War in the new generation is really fast, the excellent game quality, the alternative use of sleep time, and even the benefit of the body, coupled with the intentional guidance of the supreme power, after a year and a half, the whole people have entered Gensokyo, and it is not uncommon to play Fantasy Sky War.
If everyone really entered it, wouldn't Gensokyo be equivalent to another real world?
This amazing idea popped into Bai Yan's mind.
The noodles in Uncle Xue's shop are delicious, and they are also the taste that Bai Yan is used to, and he ate them clean after a while, and there was not even a drop of soup left.
"By the way, Uncle Xue, I came here today, I just have something to tell you." Bai Yan placed the chopsticks on the bowl.
"You say."
"I'm going to move out recently, and I came to eat noodles today, which can be regarded as saying goodbye to Uncle Xue." Bai Yan's faint voice was a little gloomy.
Boss Xue exclaimed: "Move away? What's going on? If you live well, how can you say that you will move away? ”
"That's right, Uncle Xue, do you remember that my room was a social welfare given to me by the highest authority. Now that I'm an adult, I'm past the time limit for this benefit, so the department in charge sent me a message a few days ago asking me to move out at the end of this month. ”
"That's right..."
Since it is a provision of the supreme power, Bai Yan must not violate it, although Uncle Xue regrets it, he can only accept this fact.
"Can't you buy another house here?"
Bai Yan nodded, "I've inquired, the vacant houses in this area are all welfare houses of the highest power, and the rest are already full, so..."
Uncle Xue sighed and said, "What about the money, is it enough, if it's not enough, uncle will lend you some, I've been open for so many years, and I still have savings, don't open your mouth." ”
Bai Yan smiled and shook his head: "Thank you, Uncle Xue, I understand it." I still have some money to buy a house, and the previous scholarship plus the current salary is completely enough. Already bought near the city center. ”
Bai Yan was the third in the school of the highest university back then, and almost all the scholarships for this rank were issued to the children of the seventh surname, and this money was a lot of money for the children of the seventh surname, and it was a huge amount of money when it fell on him. He was very economical in food and clothing, so he also saved a lot of money. With the help of Wu Yinhe before, he quickly found a good house in the city center, but the owner lived in it for another two months before moving out, so he had to find a place to rent in these two months.
Speaking of which, if it weren't for the special requirements of the homeowner, the price of every inch of land in the city center would not have dropped.
Of course, there is no need to tell Uncle Xue these words, so as not to worry too much.
"Ha, yes, Xiao Yan, you were the third in the school of the highest university back then! This matter is glorious to mention, and now I still keep telling my kid about it, he, he just doesn't grow in learning, if he can study more, how good? ”
Bai Yan smiled and said: "Xiao Chen has his own talent, Uncle Xue, you don't have to worry too much, isn't he grown up now?" ”
After chatting with Uncle Xue for a while, and agreed that he would often come to the store to eat noodles in the future, Bai Yan said goodbye and left the ramen restaurant.
In the afternoon, I went to the publishing house to show my head, and then went to a few intermediaries in the city center to go around, looking for a good house, although it was a shared house with someone made the withdrawn Bai Yan a little unhappy, but I really couldn't find a more satisfactory house than this, so it was the only way.
Dealing with these trivial matters, Bai Yan returned home and began to take care of the house he had lived in for twenty years, after all, it was an old house, and there were many old things to clean up, and Bai Yan didn't buy convenient things like housekeeper robots, so he had to do it himself.
After taking a shower, Bai Yan lay down in bed early and put on earrings.
Although there are good people like Uncle Xue, compared to the daily trivialities of reality, it is really the experience of Gensokyo.
Intense, exciting, laid-back, comfortable, a variety of even very different experiences come together to make it better than the immutable reality.
Even the time when I was looking forward to Gensokyo was so good.
7:58 a.m.
7:59 a.m.
8 p.m.
Bai Yan closed his eyes, and a pleasant smile crossed the corners of his mouth.
System Prompt: Players are welcome to log in to Gensokyo.
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I'm back~
This break brought me a lot of new ideas and ideas, and it was a breakthrough for this book that readers will be able to see later. And then the long-lost update naturally has a little more words.
Bai Yanfei's Gensokyo adventure starts again!