Chapter 5: The Night
"No, it's not the dog's fault, it's the man's problem."
Fang Ran's complaint, Shangguan Rin's answer was like that of a judge, but he couldn't refute it.
Along the way, Shangguan Rin asked frequently curious questions, asking Fang Ran a lot of commonplace but unreasonable strange phenomena, such as the water delivery motorcycle running the red light, the ragged beggar who blocked the road and asked for money, and the fraudulent advertisement of "asking for a child with a lot of money" on the telephone pole.
However, this emotion does not last.
On the way back to the Hilton Hotel, his mind was deserting, and he was once again in a state of mind, in fact, it didn't matter what it was, did it?
Anyway, the world will soon be ......
At night, the lights come on, and the sprawling city gradually comes alive with a colorful nightlife.
In the presidential suite on the top floor of the Hilton Hotel, in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the side of the living room, a beautiful girl dressed in a loose casual dress stopped for a long time, and her deep eyes looked at the city skyline in the distance through the heavy laminated glass, and there was no trace of waves on her delicate face.
"I didn't expect that the night scene here would have a different kind of beauty."
"Yes, ah, after all, it's a megacity, and twenty or thirty million people live on this land."
Is the night scene beautiful, Fang Ran, who was sitting on the side eating, looked up, to be honest, he, a city man who grew up in the city and entered the Ang Polytechnic University at the age of seventeen, really didn't think it was anything good-looking; From a distance, it may be okay, but he really plunged headlong into the capillaries of the city, and for him, the strange and colorful night only meant the fact that the lust and hope flowed under the glamour, and the sin in the corner could not be illuminated.
Fang Ran's thoughts only swirled in his mind, and Shangguan Rin continued to speak after a while, but there was a secret agreement:
"yes.
However, although they are all on the same land, the situation of people is completely different.
Some of the people here live in single-family houses, some in high-rise apartments, some in very dilapidated houses, and even some in places that cannot be called 'dwelling'. Strange to say, but the thought of 30 million people living in front of me makes me feel incredible; Between people, the living environment can be so different, and the distance between them is so close. β
"Yes, but ...... That's true of every big city in the world, isn't it?
Rin, your hometownβ" Speaking of this, Fang Ran remembered that she had said that she would keep it secret, "There is no such big city, is it?" β
"Of course not;
Well, the largest city I came from, has a permanent population of only about 50,000. β
Shangguan Rin's words provided some specific information, and Fang Ran began to search in his knowledge base, trying to find out which small country's largest city has only a population of tens of thousands, but Rin's next sentence cut off his train of thought:
"However, when it comes to the level and scale of infrastructure, the 'Angsien' in front of us is far worse than our city.
This does not surprise me, I am surprised that in the face of such a very different living environment, the majority of the 30 million people, most of those with a relatively poor standard of living, are still so comfortable; - Yes, do you want to say 'hope'? People live in hope, but, Fang Ran, you must also admit that 'hope' is ultimately supported by 'future'.
And it is clear that not everyone who has hope in their hearts has a future.
Some people have a future, some people don't, and it's a strange thing that such a world can go on forever. β
"'Future'...... ......"
The speaker may have no intention, but the listener has a heart, and the words came out of the girl's mouth in a quiet tone, which unconsciously stimulated Fang Ran's resonance, and he almost wanted to rush out "There may not be such a thing in the future", but reason told him that it was unnecessary and abrupt to say this, and in the blink of an eye, he was a little stung by Rin's words, and the image of the elegant lady in front of him did not seem to be very beautiful:
"So, Rin:
You must think that you must have a future, don't you? β
ββ¦β¦β
Fang Ran's words obviously carried a trace of enduring hostility born of class estrangement, Shangguan Rin could not avoid it no matter how dull she was, but she did not attack, she did not evade his gaze.
"I don't need to answer this question.
You already have an answer in mind before you ask, don't you? β
- Answer?
She thinks so too?
Rin's answer made Fang Ran stunned for a moment, he instantly recalled the past communication with Lynn in the chat room, and didn't remember what he had said to her, so he began to wonder again, what ability does this mysterious girl in front of him have to read through other people's thoughts?
Just as his throat moved slightly, and he was about to sort out his thoughts before asking questions, it was obvious that the eldest lady's thinking had jumped, and the atmosphere in the living room had changed:
"It's not early, I think, the living conditions here are okay.
Fang Ran, do you want to stay together?
With all due respect, I'm guessing you've never lived in this kind of 'Presidential Suite' before, even if it's out of curiosity, it's not impossible to experience it, and I've already paid for it anyway. β
"Ah, is itβ"
From the almost Zen verbal confrontation to the retention, the jump in the topic made Fang Ran's thinking suddenly stuck, after all...... He swallowed twice unconsciously, his eyes swept over Rin's body, after all, "staying overnight" is a big or small thing, and if you stay, you don't have to worry about washing and the like, but what about the computer running continuously in the apartment, he is still waiting for the results of the next stage of testing, so, how to respond now?
In the low-key and luxurious presidential suite, in the face of the invitation of the beautiful girl, he didn't think about it for the first time, Fang Ran's thinking didn't seem to look like a normal young man, but the mobile phone that rang the bell resolved the embarrassment for him.
When I picked it up, it was a roommate who lived in the same apartment:
"Fang Ran, it's late, when will you come back, do you want to stay at the door?"
"Oh, Yang Bin, I'm now-"
While talking incoherently, Fang Ran raised his eyes to look at Rin by the window, the latter, who was not reserved and reserved at all, saw that it was inconvenient for him to answer the phone, so he walked over and gently took Fang Ran's hand.
The first time I held hands with a girl, or the other party took the initiative, Fang Ran suddenly had a dry mouth:
"Well, I'm not going back tonight, maybe I'll stay in the lab for the night, you remember to lock the door, and don't turn off the power, my computer is still-"