Chapter 40: Truth
Back at the familiar intersection, the two slowed down in front of the corner convenience store.
Lin Wang took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and found that at this time, there were still more than two hours before Tang Xiaomian's daily "get off work" at ten o'clock, far from the time to go home and sleep.
He put away his phone and turned his head to look at the girl next to him: "It's still early, do you want to go to my side to sit?" ”
"What are you going to do?" Tang Xiaomian was actually ready to go in the direction of his apartment, and when he heard this, he suppressed his impulse again, revealing a flat expression of "why should I go over".
"Let's take a look at the sales of the game and the player reviews."
"yes, we haven't seen the game sales ......"
Tang Xiaomian suddenly realized, paused for two seconds, and pretended to be embarrassed, "Hmm...... After all, I'm also one of the makers of the game, and I still have to care about its sales...... Then go to your side and have a look, and I'll go back after that. ”
"There's no need to rush to leave, right?" Lin Wang reached out and grabbed her arm and led her across the street.
"I've done all my job, and there's nothing to do while I'm on your side." Tang Xiaomian pretended to say casually.
"You can talk to me for a while."
"You can also chat on your phone."
"I want to talk to you face-to-face."
"Then you can open the video."
"We are not online dating, why do we need to do this extra when we can meet and talk about it......"
Lin Wang said, pausing for half a second, and turned his head to look at her with some confusion, "Why do you feel that you have been alienating me?" ”
"No, it's you thinking too much." Tang Xiaomian snorted lightly and turned his head away from him.
In fact, she had been making a fuss about what had happened on the subway just now.
It's just that her unpleasant performance is limited to this at most, and she won't let her mood continue to deteriorate.
She doesn't have any inexplicable princess disease.
She just wanted to express her dissatisfaction in a small way without disturbing the other party's emotions.
Five minutes later, the two returned to their apartment.
Lin Wang turned on the light in the living room, changed into slippers, and walked straight to the bathroom.
"I'll go to the toilet first, you go directly to the bedroom to turn on the computer, and see the game sales in advance."
"Oh......"
Tang Xiaomian answered, loosened the scarf around his neck, skillfully took out his slippers from the corner of the shoe cabinet and changed them, and then went to the restaurant to pour two cups of hot water to confirm that the water temperature was suitable, then picked up the water cup and walked into the bedroom slowly.
Turn on your computer and log in to the game platform.
Tang Xiaomian held a water cup in one hand and operated the computer in the other, and soon saw the sales of the game.
After waiting for a while, she saw that Lin Wang had not returned, so she clicked on the store page of "Coming Home" again and checked the various reviews of players.
About five minutes later, Lin Wang pushed the door and walked in.
"How?"
"See for yourself......"
Tang Xiaomian let go of the mouse, tilted his body to the left, and made way for a space, "The sales volume is more than 1,500, I don't know if this number is good or bad, but the player reviews in the store are quite good, with a positive rating of 97%. ”
"Fifteen hundred?" Lin Wang was slightly stunned, then pursed his lips and smiled, "That should be considered a very good result." ”
"Really?" Tang Xiaomian glanced at him, handed over the hot water, and his expression was a little puzzled, "Then why don't you look like you're happy." ”
"I'm happy, but not to the point where I want to cheer loudly."
Lin Wang explained with a smile, "The main reason is that I didn't develop this game independently, so even if it sells well, it is difficult for my positive emotions to reach the peak." ”
After a pause, he added, "Also, you don't have to think about it, when I say 'no independence', I don't mean that you participated in the production of the game, but that the game has its own 'life'...... We're not separated from each other, but if the game was really done by the two of us alone, I would definitely jump for joy if we had the current sales. ”
"Who is inseparable from you......"
Tang Xiaomian muttered quietly, paused for half a second, and asked with some hesitation, "But why does the game have its own 'life', it can't be regarded as something we completed independently, isn't that your own special ability at work?" ”
"Hmm...... It's a subtle feeling, and it's a bit hard to explain. ”
Lin Wang thought for a while, considered his words and said, "I think it may be that my curiosity and awe of my special ability are far higher than the psychology of gladly accepting it, right?" ”
If this special ability was innate, then he probably wouldn't be so entangled.
But it appeared out of nowhere one last month...... Or rather, a sudden awakening.
When ordinary people are faced with new things, there is always a process of gradual adaptation.
And adaptation may take longer than most people think.
"It's like, 'We won, but we don't know how?'"
"Pretty much, anyway, the sense of accomplishment in my heart now is far from the height I want."
"Hmm......" Tang Xiaomian looked at his expression, and the emotions in his heart suddenly became a little complicated.
"Do you think I'm thinking too much and too seriously?" Lin Wang asked with a smile.
"Nope." Tang Xiaomian shook his head, was silent for a moment, and said with a serious face, "I think you are very sober." ”
"Sober?"
"Well, and it feels more real."
"More realistic?" Lin Wang became more and more confused. "Sober" he can still understand a little, what does "real" mean?
"Nothing, huh...... Let's see for yourself how much the game sells. Tang Xiaomian got up and left the seat, clenched the water glass with both hands, and exhaled lightly with his back to him.
She didn't know what kind of feeling she had for Lin Wang now.
She only knew that at a certain moment just now, the other party had indeed become more real.
…… It was so real that she suddenly felt that the other party seemed to look good when he smiled, and he looked very cute when he was dazed, in short, how to look at it.
This emotion came without warning, but it disturbed her heart for no apparent reason.
"I don't look at it." Lin Wang waved his hand, "I just got a basin of hot water, let's go soak my feet first." ”
"Soak your feet?"
"yes, on the way back, I saw that you had been stomping your feet there, your feet should be quite cold, right?"
"......" Tang Xiaomian pursed her lips slightly, not knowing how to answer.
She didn't hear anything embarrassing, but she noticed that her heart seemed to be beating faster and faster.
"Let's go, or the water will get cold." Lin Wang grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the living room.
"Is there only a basin of water?"
"Well, let's soak together."