Luo Lei successfully established a foundation of communication with the two old men through the matter of pickles, and then, under his intentional guidance, talked about one thing that all citizens in Kyushu were extremely concerned about at that time - housing.

"Alas, the housing prices in Skyrim City are too expensive, my girlfriend and I have been thinking about whether to simply move to Dongyuan City in the north recently, I heard that the housing prices there are not high, and the consumption level is also very suitable for ordinary people like me!"

At this time, the two ladies Zhuang Yu and Wen Xue had not come back, and only listened to Luo Lei talking at the dinner table.

"What a coincidence!"

Li Ming on the side clapped his hands and said: "What kind of demon wind is blowing today, why is everyone thinking about going to the north, I want to go!" ”

"Oh? Who else is going? Luo Lei pretended to be puzzled.

Li Ming pointed to Marco who was sitting next to Luo Lei and said, "It's the big brother next to you, he just told me that he was going to settle down in the north." ”

"That's a coincidence!"

Luo Lei smiled and said: "Big brother, it seems that we are really destined!" Not only does the taste be the same, but they also love to eat pickled cucumbers, but I didn't expect that this will soon become a neighbor! ”

He picked up the chopsticks and took a cucumber in his mouth, his face deliberately showed a satisfied expression, and he said while chewing: "Big brother, where are you going to move, is it also Dongyuan City?" ”

Marco shook his head and said, "That's not it, but it's not far from Dongyuan City...... It was about 100 kilometers northwest of the city, near the coastline of the Sea of Ending. ”

"Wow, the seaside!" Luo Lei exclaimed: "But don't you have to build your own house if you live by the sea?" That's all the work of rich people......"

He looked at Marco fixedly, and the thief smiled: "Could it be that you are a big tyrant, brother?" ”

Marco smiled awkwardly and didn't speak, but Li Ming said, "Of course, our big brother is a real tyrant." ”

"You talk a lot!" Marco glanced at Li Ming sideways, and the other party had to laugh.

"Huh...... Don't talk about it, man! I've always felt like you're familiar, and I always feel like I've seen you somewhere! ”

Luo Lei grabbed his hair, took out a serious thinking look, and babbled in his mouth, and after a while, he suddenly shouted: "I'll go!" Are you Mark? Marco of the Astral Group! ”

was recognized on the spot, Rao was a "rocket tycoon" who was used to seeing big scenes, and he couldn't help but be a little distressed at this time, so he had to nod his head implicitly.

"That's a ...... I didn't expect that I would meet the richest man in all of Kyushu when I came out for a meal! ”

Luo Lei looked left and right for a while: "Hmm...... It shouldn't have been discovered by others! Big brother, Brother Ma, Ma Dada! I'm a big fan of yours, and I've been hoping that you'll lead us to colonize Mars! ”

Luo Lei said impassionedly, but as soon as these words came out, the expressions of Marco and Li Ming instantly dimmed!

"Two big brothers, what's wrong? Did the little brother say the wrong thing? ”

Luo Lei suddenly showed a panicked appearance; But his reaction had long been expected.

If there is no mistake, Marco should have given up competing with Lei Li Technology Company at this time, and retreated to the second line as a "loser", and the "Mars colonization" plan was stillborn.

Probably feeling a gaffe in front of strangers, Marco sorted out his expression and reluctantly smiled: "It turns out that colonizing Mars is a utopian fantasy, and human beings finally chose to live comfortably on Earth and give up the exploration of outer space." ”

Li Ming also seemed to have feelings: "Hmph, those people still yearn for the universe!" Merely...... It's the metaverse! ”

Luo Lei nodded hurriedly and followed his words and said, "Big brother is right!" The metaverse is just a virtual world that makes people willing to immerse themselves in dreams, making people addicted to false beauty and unable to extricate themselves, giving up the exploration of the sea of stars! ”

"That's right!" Li Ming echoed.

Next, the three of them each elaborated on their complaints about the metaverse, but during this period, Marco did not express much opinion.

After chatting for a while, Luo Lei finished eating the last cucumber on the plate, smacked his lips and said, "That's right!" Brother Ma, I heard you say that you are going to live in the north, has your house been built? ”

Referring to this, Marco nodded and said: "I handed it over to the construction company to deal with, I have also seen the effect of the house, and I have also put forward a lot of opinions, and after several modifications, I am satisfied." ”

"Oh? Is it? ”

Luo Lei leaned closer and said to him, "If only I had known you earlier...... I'm a house architect myself, and if I can take over your business, I won't be able to show off with my colleagues in the future! ”

He said as if it was true, and made up some developers who he had built houses for and who he had served.

"Brother Ma, can you show me your design drawings? I'm also a professional, so maybe I can give you some advice worth referencing? ”

"Oh? That's right, I'll take it. ”

Marco took a folded drawing out of his pocket, opened it, and spread it flat on the table.

The paper depicts a frontal view of the manor's exterior layout, and a detailed structural design of the tower at the rear of the manor can be seen.

Luo Lei smiled and wanted to move the drawing in front of him, but the moment his hand touched the drawing, the familiar system sound sounded again......

"Do you want to activate the memory fragment and perform a timeline jump?"

"Sure enough......"

Luo Lei didn't hesitate, and answered in the affirmative directly, and then the white light in front of him lit up instantly!

......

After the white light, Luo Lei found himself on the edge of a mountain cliff, in front of which was a watchtower that had collapsed due to disrepair.

"Here...... Could it be the location of the later Marco manor? ”

As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but a watchtower and a dilapidated wooden house not far away.

"Also, after the manor was built, it was transported by drone, and it must not have started construction yet."

Luo Lei looked back at the wreckage of the watchtower, and then he found that there was a piece of paper pasted on the wooden door of the tower that had not yet collapsed, so he took a closer look and found that this was actually the design drawing that Marco showed him in the restaurant at the previous point in time.

"Didn't you say that this design was made by a construction company?"

Luo Lei stretched out his hand to take down the drawings, but suddenly found footsteps behind him, immediately stopped his movements, and dodged into the woods near the tower.

After hiding it, he poked his head out to watch. Sure enough, it was Marco and Zhuang Yu who came in front of them.

Marco took Zhuang Yu's hand and said to her: "Xiao Yu, I have drawn the design of the tower overnight according to your wishes in the past few days, you can come and take a look." ”

After hearing his words, Zhuang Yu showed a rare smile on his face, followed Marco to the watchtower, and saw the design attached to the door.

She reached out and touched the drawing, then looked at it carefully, then looked back at Marco, and said softly, "It's exactly the same as in memory, thank you." ”

Hearing his wife's thanks, Marco just smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Old husband and wife, why do you still say thank you to me......"

"I want to thank you for your willingness to support my wishes." Zhuang Yu said.

Looking at his wife's eyes, Marco moved his lips and said, "Xiaoyu, even if I still think that I should wait until your illness recovers before coming back here, since you are so persistent, I am still willing to respect your decision." ”

"I ...... I just want to be with the ponies. ”

Zhuang Yu lowered his head and stroked the wooden door with his hand, and the expression of joy just now dimmed unconsciously.

"Why do you think people don't want to take care of the pony more than they usually do, and instead watch it fall?"

Facing the wreckage of the watchtower, Zhuang Yu asked stupidly.

Luo Lei, who was hiding behind the tree, was shocked!

"Ponies?"

Before he could think about it, he heard Mark say, "Maybe it's because this watchtower is useless and no longer needed." ”

He walked over, put his arm around his wife's shoulders and continued to explain: "This watchtower was built decades ago during the war, and soldiers stood on it to monitor the movement of enemy troops; And now in peacetime, even if you want to monitor, there are high-tech products such as satellites and radars, and there is no longer a need to stand on a high place and observe with the naked eye. ”

Zhuang Yu didn't speak, this was a silent recitation: "No more...... Is it needed? ”

As if feeling a little sad, she gradually lowered her head and covered her face with her long hair, as if she didn't want her husband to see her sad appearance.

Seeing that his wife seemed to be in a wrong mood, Marco hurriedly said: "But you need it, we all need it, so I will rebuild it and let it stand here again in perfect condition!" ”

He walked up to his wife and took her hands: "We will still live here, and we will build a house here...... No, build a manor! This way, you can see the pony every day, just open the window to see it, and you can come here for a walk whenever you want, and you don't have to fly all the way from SkyCity every year! ”

Hearing her husband say this, Zhuang Yu gradually raised her head to look at Marco, with a hint of excitement in her eyes.

"yes...... I'll be able to stay with the ponies for the rest of the year. ”

As soon as he thought of this, it seemed that all the negative emotions began to dissipate, and then Zhuang Yu stretched out his hand and gave the man in front of him a hug.

Feeling the joy of his wife, Marco also hugged her, gently closed his eyes, and his face showed relief and relief.

......

Behind the tree, Luo Lei sighed deeply, then reopened the transparent state, and then walked out.

Looking at this happy couple, Luo Lei couldn't help but think that in the real world, the two were actually separated forever.

There was something unpleasant in his heart, so he didn't look any further, but left here and began to look for clues in the direction where the two came.

While walking, Luo Lei secretly said in his heart: I didn't expect that the "pony" in Zhuang Yu's mouth before did not refer to their son Ma Xingkong, but this watchtower...... What's going on here?

Puzzled, he didn't take a few steps before he found a tablet near a few rocks not far ahead; When I walked in, it was still the one that Zhuang Yu had been using for painting.

Near the stump, there are several picture frames, which are still framed with rocket drawings.

Squatting down, Luo Lei touched it with his hand, and the linear timeline began to jump again!