February 14, 2023, Pengcheng.

Looking out from the floor-to-ceiling windows of the company, the traffic in the market was endless, and Mei Fang, who had been stuck in traffic for a long time at home, decided to continue working overtime tonight.

"Brother Fang, today is Valentine's Day, you know...... I don't work overtime at night. ”

"OKOK, no problem, just relax."

"Brother Fang, me too!"

"Brother Fang, then I'll too-"

"Xiao Cao, you don't have a partner, what are you doing during the festival today?"

"I'm going to work part-time at the trash can, hahahaha!"

The younger brothers of the same project team said goodbye to Mei Fang one after another, and Mei Fang watched them leave one after another, and without the usual dinner friends, Mei Fang could only go down to eat by himself later.

There are no people in the restaurant that used to line up today, Mei Fang ate while looking at his mobile phone, and after a while, he came up to continue to work, there are not many people left in the company, only the boss Brother Yu is still fighting at the workstation.

At about nine o'clock, Brother Yu also got up from the workstation, he first went to fetch a piece of water, and then asked Mei Fang on the edge of the workstation:

"Mei Fang, how is the project node now?"

"So far, the progress is quite optimistic...... As long as there are no major changes, I believe that the finished product will be tested online next month. ”

"Mmmm, I've worked hard for you these days! When the company eases up and has the opportunity to go public, equity will definitely be indispensable. ”

"Mmmm, thank you Brother Yu for cultivating."

"Today's Valentine's Day, don't work overtime too late, you object...... Yes...... Yes, even if you don't have a partner, you have to take good care of yourself. ”

"Yes, haha."

"I want to think about it...... The company will set a KPI this year, and it will help you find a target. ”

"That's not necessary, haha."

Mei Fang scratched his head with a smile, "At my age, there are no conditions at home, and people are like this, so now I can only think about making money." ”

"Oh, how can this work, the family and career must have a double harvest, and life will be complete."

The boss had to say a few more words to Mei Fang, then looked at his watch, then picked up his coat and greeted Mei Fang: "I have to go to the venue to watch the show, otherwise your sister-in-law will have to scold me again." ”

"Let's go, Brother Yu."

Mei Fang smiled goodbye to the boss, and then breathed a sigh of relief and began to focus on the work process of the project.

There is no program to collaborate on, and it takes a little time to figure out the process, but after all, he has been connected for so long, and there are many things that he can already handle on his own.

However, if I had studied programming in college, would it have been easier and more free now, and the progress of the project would have progressed faster?

Mei Fang couldn't help but sigh.

The lost days won't come back, and now let him learn code again, with his current overtime intensity, he doesn't have that kind of energy.

Let's go live early.

It would be nice to go online early.

In this way, you can at least get a bonus, and the previous salary reduction may be able to be increased......

Then, the debt owed by my father can be paid off, and the new house bought by my hometown will have money to decorate.

And after that?

Mei Fang couldn't help but sneeze, he looked out the window at the mottled night, and he was now the only one left in the company.

Everyone really went home today.

Obviously, there are few people who have objects, so they are just taking a break from the holiday heat......

However, it can be understood.

I'll go back early today.

Working overtime until half past ten, Mei Fang turned off all the lights of the company, locked the door and went downstairs, on the way to take a taxi home, the restaurant was closed, and only the Lawson convenience store on the side was still brightly lit.

Let's get some supper and go back...... Save yourself from eating instant noodles when you're hungry.

Mei Fang walked into the convenience store, ordered a few skewers of oden, then took a can of diet Coke, and then went to the buffet table and sat down.

Next door is an urban OL who looks quite temperamental.,She has long black hair.,But it's a little frizzy.,Weekdays are just plain-faced.,It doesn't look so good at taking care of it.。

At this moment, she was staring out the window, and there were many empty beer cans on the table.

Looking at the facial features, it's obviously beautiful, but actually spending Valentine's Day alone?

After drinking so much wine, it seems that he is also a sad person.

In fact, this is not the first time Mei Fang has seen her, usually Mei Fang will stay in the convenience store for a while after working overtime, and the two of them can almost always meet back and forth.

Of course, I didn't talk much about it before.

Mei Fang is not a character who will take the initiative to talk to women.

While eating oden, Mei Fang refreshed today's information about the game.

Oh, Wolong is coming out soon.

You can also work with Guan Yu to behead Yan Liang and Zhu Wen Ugly, and it looks very cool to watch.

It's a pity that the project progress is so rushed, so I can only cloud the customs clearance video of the bigwigs at noon......

Mei Fang watched the video while unconsciously glancing at the woman.

She had been in the same position for a long time, and he couldn't see the other party's expression at this angle, and the beer can in his hand had been hanging in the air without moving, which was always concerning.

Wow, she's not going to be asleep, is she......

Mei Fang wanted to raise his hand to greet the other party, but the hand hanging in the air unconsciously retracted.

Ha...... I won't be mistaken for a color lang.

Mei Fang used to be complained by the other party because she was too close to a little fairy when she was working in the imperial capital, and she deliberately shouted loudly at that time, so that Mei Fang couldn't get off the stage, and then he would subconsciously keep a certain distance from women.

Let's take a look after eating the oden, and if she doesn't wake up after eating, I'll call her.

Mei Fang finished eating the oden with his head down, and there was still half a can of diet cola left.

She still maintained a stiff movement.

……

Mei Fang was really worried about her condition, he cleared his throat and shouted softly at her.

"That...... Hello? Belle? ”

The woman moved slightly under Mei Fang's response, she rubbed her numb elbows, and looked at Mei Fang in a bit of a daze, with some doubts in her eyes.

At the same time, the badge hanging from her neck fell.

Mei Fang was slightly stunned after seeing the name on the other party's badge, and was about to open his mouth to talk, but his mobile phone rang.

"Sorry......"

Seeing this, Mei Fang quickly turned off the video request, and instead called back a voice chat, and the two began to talk in the dialect of their hometown.

"The signal here is not good, what's wrong?"

"Isn't that caring about you?"

"Didn't you just contact you on the weekend?"

"You're still outside, have you eaten? You won't be working overtime, will you? ”

"No, ...... outside," Mei Fang paused, "Dinner with friends!" ”

"It's Valentine's Day today, it should be with a woman, right?"

"Uh...... You don't have to worry about it. ”

"Okay, I don't care, you guys have a good chat, haha...... Work less overtime, your body is important. ”

"Yes."

Mei Fang hurriedly hung up the phone, and then saw that the woman he had woken up had been watching him.

"Sorry...... I saw that you hadn't moved just now, and I thought you were asleep. ”

The other party shook his head slightly, "Thank you, I'm fine." ”

"Hmmm......"

Mei Fang glanced at her badge again with some concern, but didn't say anything more.

The young woman took a sip of beer, shook the beer can and thought about it, then turned her head to look at Mei Fang, held her cheeks and asked with a smile:

"You're from Baimei County."

She asked this sentence in her hometown dialect, and Mei Fang was also surprised when she heard it, "Such a coincidence...... Are you also a native of Baimei County? ”

"yes." The young woman nodded, "I haven't been back in years, though. ”

"Uh...... Don't you go back for the New Year? ”

"There wasn't much in the house, my mom died in a car accident when I was very young, my dad died when I was just graduating from college, and as for the others, there's nothing to mention."

“……”

Mei Fang didn't expect her to be able to tell her misfortune to a stranger like herself so lightly, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

"Hmm...... Well, it may not make sense to say this now, but people always have to look forward. ”

"Look ahead......"

Mei Fang looked at the other party's stunned gaze and smiled slightly, "Did you study high school in Baimei No. 1 Middle School before, and your grades in school were particularly good, and you were always the first in your grade?" ”

"Do you recognize me?"

"You are really that Lin Youxi, I am in the same class as you, in class 14, we are on the same floor. Oh yes...... My name is Mei Fang. ”

Lin Youxi stared at Mei Fang for a while, and finally showed a somewhat warm smile:

"I remember your name."

"Haha...... How can you remember me, I didn't do anything famous in high school, and I didn't rank high in my grade. ”

"I'll go to kindergarten with you. You pee and pull your pants in kindergarten, borrow other people's pants, and everyone calls you the bedwetting king. ”

"Hey...... When was that? You remember the events of decades ago so clearly! I forgot to clean it! ”

Lin Youxi smiled at Mei Fang and said, "Because you wet the bed at that time, the teacher asked you to take a bath in a bathtub or something, and everyone was looking around you, so I remember." That was the first time I saw a guy chatter. ”

"Don't mention this kind of black history......"

"Hahahaha-"

Lin Youxi smiled and rubbed his eyes.

She was a college bully in high school, and the goddess's temperament was reduced a lot after joining the work, but she still looked at her from a distance with a cold face, Mei Fang didn't expect her to smile so brightly.

"Xueba deserves to be a scholar, and his memory is so good...... I remember everything in kindergarten so clearly. ”

"Not really...... I remember it so clearly, but there is another reason. ”

"Huh?"

Lin Youxi held his cheeks and drank all the beer in the beer can.

"When you were in kindergarten, you had a good relationship with my childhood sweetheart, and she was ...... Always revolves around you. ”

"It's really fake, is the childhood sweetheart you said a girl? I'm single until now, and I've never been popular with girls. ”

"At least then."

Lin Youxi lightly touched the beer cans around her, and found that the beer was all drunk by her, so she got up and went down to take another piece of beer, Mei Fang looked at her as if she was nothing, and she was suddenly quite surprised:

"Isn't your boyfriend worried about you after drinking so much?"

"I don't have a boyfriend, and I'm single like you."

Lin Youxi put a mention of beer on the table, "It's rare to meet fellow villagers in a ghost place like Pengcheng, do you want to drink some together?" I invite you. ”

"Forehead ......"

Mei Fang doesn't have any habit of drinking, and it's easy to get on when she drinks, but the other party seems to be very interested, and Mei Fang is also interested in the childhood sweetheart in her mouth, so she agreed, and followed Lin Youxi to open a can of beer and take a sip gently.

"Speaking of which, what's the name of your childhood sweetheart? I might remember that, too. ”

"Her name is Xia Yuan, do you have any impressions?"

"It seems that there is a little bit of ......" Mei Fang tried to recall his impressions about [Xia Yuan], but he always only remembered some vague memories, "Is she also studying in Baimei No. 1 Middle School, and what class is it?" ”

Lin Youxi stared at Mei Fang, looked at him for a long time, and suddenly shook his head and laughed.

"You really don't remember her."

Then she lowered her head and grunted her beer.

"I'm sorry, but I'm really not impressed......"

"I don't blame you."

Lin Youxi looked up at the bright ceiling and said softly, "After all, she also passed away when we were in the fourth grade of elementary school. ”

"Huh?"

Mei Fang also felt very incredible when she saw Lin Youxi talking softly about this past, this is comparable to the plot of "Alive", the suffering in the world has actually been encountered by Lin Youxi, she is already great if she is not disgusted with the world.

This also made Mei Fang feel very guilty: "I'm really sorry, I reminded you of sad things again." ”

"It's been so many years, and the feeling of sadness is definitely gone, at most there is some nostalgia left."

Lin Youxi said softly to Mei Fang, "Yuanyuan is really a very good friend for me. ”

"I didn't have a mother since I was a child, and she always played the house to pretend to be my mother;"

"My family was very poor when I was a child, and I couldn't afford to buy any doll toys, so I shared her things with me, and it wasn't the kind of leftovers that I played, and what she gave me was brand new;"

"And what...... When I was a child, I was always dirty, I couldn't even tie my shoes, everyone didn't like me, it was fate that taught me to be hygienic, fate taught me to tie my shoes, only she was willing to be friends with me...... She's like an angel girl, you know? ”

Lin Youxi told Mei Fang about her little childhood plum Xia Yuan vividly, but the more she talked, the more Mei Fang felt sorry for her experience, and as she followed one can of beer, he gradually learned something about the past of this legendary female student.

After a few cans of beer, Mei Fang was already a little dizzy, but Lin Youxi seemed to be fine, seeing that Mei Fang was a little groggy, Lin Youxi didn't embarrass him, and took the beer can from his hand, "You don't seem to drink much usually, it's okay...... You don't have to drink with me. ”

"It's okay...... I could have had a little more......"

Mei Fang's cheeks were a little drunk, and his eyes looked a little confused, "It's rare to meet fellow countrymen, it's okay to drink more." ”

"You're a little cute."

Lin Youxi looked at Mei Fang with his cheeks on his back, "Speaking of which, do you also work around here?" I feel like I'm bumping into you at this point a lot...... What do you do now? ”

"Me? A ...... who makes games"

"It's such a coincidence, I also make games." Lin Youxi smiled, "Are you an art planner or a program?" I'm doing the program at the penguin here. ”

"That's amazing! I'm a dog planner, and although I'm a mastermind, but in a relatively small company, you may not have heard of it. ”

"Small companies also have small benefits, at least you don't have to deal with too many stupid people, right?"

"That's right...... Haha, there should still be a lot of great people in penguins. ”

"Hmmm......"

Lin Youxi smiled at Mei Fang, "Actually, it's not interesting to work for others, I still want to make my own games." ”

Mei Fang became interested when he heard this, "What kind of game do you want to make?" ”

"I haven't figured out what it will be, after all, you are good at planning project plans."

Lin Youxi said softly, "However, the first game, I hope it is a work to commemorate fate, my childhood sweetheart, my best friend for life." ”

"That's good, in honor of your best friend, and I wish you success."

"Hee-hee...... Thank you. ”

Lin Youxi touched the beer can at Mei Fang, "Just touch it, you don't have to drink it anymore." ”

"It's okay...... Actually, I'm fine. ”

Mei Fang drank the beer with a hard face, and Lin Youxi watched him from the side.

"I'm still envious of you, and I'm still chasing your game dreams."

"If we want to continue living in this world, we always have to have some hope, don't we?"

Lin Youxi looked at Mei Fang, "What about you, Mei Fang." What are your hopes? ”

"Me? My words...... I want to wait for the general environment to get better and then take a look, after all, these problems are very troublesome......"

Mei Fang thought to herself, of course I'm just thinking about making money.

Mei Fang said that he supported Lin Youxi on the surface, but in his heart, the game dream was the plaything of those rich second generations, and it had little to do with him as a worker.

He also doesn't have the skills to make indie games, and he doesn't expect that anymore.

But......

Why......

Don't dare to express your thoughts to Lin Youxi?

"It's true that the environment is very difficult."

Lin Youxi smiled and nodded, "But if you continue to persevere and continue to work hard in this industry, I think it will be amazing." ”

She looked at her phone's clock, and it was just after 12 o'clock.

"In this way, you didn't lie to your mother."

Lin Youxi smiled at Mei Fang, "You ate with the girls, and spent Valentine's Day together." ”

"That's it......"

"I heard it on the phone just now, your mother really cares about you, don't let her worry too much."

"yes, I know."

Mei Fang looked at Lin Youxi, who was finally a little drunk, and with the strength of the wine, his courage was much greater than before.

"Anyway...... Do you want me to take you home? After all, it's so late, it's not safe for you to go back alone. ”

"Hmm...... OK. ”

Lin Youxi smiled at Mei Fang and waved his hand, "After so many years, I have become accustomed to being alone, and I also know how to protect myself, thank you for your concern, let's add a contact information, right?" ”

Mei Fang and Lin Youxi exchanged prestige with each other, and Lin Youxi's business card was called [Mountain and Lin Xi].

After settling the bill and coming out of the convenience store, Mei Fang and Lin Youxi waited for the bus at the intersection one after the other, during which neither of them had any more words.

Mei Fang also blamed himself for his reckless act just now.

What the hell was I doing...... How can you directly offer to go to the house of a girl you just met.

He must have been disgusted as a lewd man, right?

However, she and I were just lucky enough to meet in Pengcheng.

Although she is not doing well, she will not look down on people like me.

Someone like me......

What kind of person am I?

Mei Fang is actually very interested in the game that Lin Youxi wants to make.

But the work is hard, his work is very busy, and he does not have time to do something that is almost impossible to make money.

I can only wish her success.

Just when Mei Fang was thinking about this, the car called by Lin Youxi had already arrived first.

"Then I'll go back first?"

Mei Fang came back to his senses and greeted Lin Youxi, "Well, have a good trip." ”

"So are you."

Lin Youxi waved at Mei Fang, and then got into a taxi.

Her warm smile came to an abrupt end the moment she got into the car.

She gently rubbed her swollen brain, and drank too much beer, which gave her a great headache.

I've drunk too much today......

How could you say so much to that person?

She almost never told someone so much about herself, and it was like using him as a trash can to vent a lot of past feelings.

She looked down at the newly added Mei Fang's WeChat, and some distant memories gradually came to her heart.

The taxi pulled up at a long red light.

Lin Youxi gently rolled down the window and blew the February evening breeze, which would make her more comfortable.

I almost threw up.

She slowly opened her eyes and looked at the night scene in the distance.

Maybe making another friend sooner will make you not be so lonely all these years.

But......

If you do that......

I'll forget about it.

After Xia Yuan's death, Lin Youxi has been reluctant to make a second friend, nor does she want anyone else to approach her heart.

Because that would make her forget about her fate.

At that time, fate is really dead.

Don't want to do that.

For such a persistent idea, Lin Youxi insisted on it for many years.

Many, many years......

She might keep persisting like this, anyway...... To date, no one has really walked into her heart.

Valentine's Day 2023 ended without any accident and nothing happened.

——

While Lin Youxi was waiting for the red light.

The footsteps of another man were hurrying closer.

His pace is getting faster and faster.

Faster and faster.

Accompanied by the sound of shouts and waving hands.

"Wait, wait!"

"Master, wait a minute!"

The taxi where Lin Youxi was was about to start, and the window next to Lin Youxi was suddenly grabbed by someone.

"Wait a minute!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Youxi's eyes, and at this moment, what she saw was a sweaty, red-faced embarrassed face.

Mei Fang chased after him from behind and stopped Lin Youxi.

"What's wrong?"

"About ...... About the game you want to make......"

"In memory of your childhood sweetheart - Xia Yuan's game."

"I thought about it later, according to you, she should be my childhood sweetheart."

Mei Fang was out of breath, but asked Lin Youxi word by word, "If we can, can we complete this game together?" ”

"Although I am a vegetarian, I am also a master planner...... I also have all the skills I need to plan. ”

"Since it's a game to commemorate the old days of childhood sweethearts, the game you want to make must have something to do with Baimei County, so I'm also very suitable for ......"

Mei Fang stated his advantages word by word, and Lin Youxi's eyes gradually brightened when he looked at him.

"Okay."

"Then let's do it together!"

At this time, the driver's impatient voice came from the front seat, "Hey, do you want this person to get into the car, the horn is honking in the back." ”

"Master, you let him come up first, I have something to tell him."

"Ah...... I—I'll just say this and leave. ”

"It's okay, you can come to my house to sit for a while, I have sour plum soup at home."

Lin Youxi opened the car door and pulled Mei Fang in, took out a tissue and wiped Mei Fang's face.

"However, it's good that you said no in WeChat, why did you deliberately come over and say it?"

"I think...... It's more ceremonial. ”

Mei Fang smiled at Lin Youxi, "Because the project is a relatively important decision after all, I still think it will be better to say it in person......"

"Have you ever thought about what type of game you want to make?"

"Are you asking me right now? Well...... Think about it.,I think it's good to make this kind of game into a text adventure or role-playing class.,It mainly depends on what volume we're going to make.,Realistic style or fantasy style......"

Mei Fang and Lin Youxi chatted for a long time in the taxi.

Valentine's Day 2023 has passed, after all, it is February 15th.

A new day begins.

This chapter is an if-line that imagines that Mei Fang is not suddenly reborn.,It's a little bit of a knife.,The main focus is the healing story of the two people who lost hugging each other for warmth in a lonely city.,If you like this kind of bridge, I'll continue to serialize it when I'm outside the broadcast in the future.,If you don't like it, you can skip this fantasy line plot.,It has nothing to do with the main story.,There's no parallel plane memory.。

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