Hello, How Long Has This Been Going On?

For a moment, Huo Ran didn't know whether to continue brushing his teeth or answer the question.

He also felt that he should wash up quickly, and he wanted to see what would happen after making a choice right away.

As a result, while hesitating, the phone screen automatically dimmed. Huo Ran thought that the problem was going to disappear, and even lost his toothbrush in his panic.

The poor toothbrush plopped into the water glass, and then the water glass rolled into the sink with a loud noise, making him look like an idiot.

Laughter came from outside the bathroom.

"The question won't disappear until it's answered, and it can be called up at any time."

Tao Zhiyue finally stopped staying in bed, got up sleepily, and stood at the door of the bathroom watching him.

His hair was messed up in sleep, slightly curled up, and it was faintly golden in the cool morning light.

It looks and feels good.

Huo Ran tried hard to resist the urge to reach out and pat him.

"Is this my gift?"

Tao Zhiyue nodded, and the stupid hair on the top of his head also swayed.

Can't help it.

Huo Ran decisively reached out and stroked his hair.

"Wash up, I'll make breakfast."

He was about to turn around and go to the kitchen when he was stopped by Tao Zhiyue.

"Wait a minute—" Tao Zhi, who couldn't laugh or cry, woke up completely, "You haven't finished brushing your teeth yet."

So Huo Ran walked back obediently, and crowded with him in front of a sink to brush his teeth and wash his face.

The original morning reservation was for the two of them to gather together in front of the window to watch the old man downstairs boxing, but today Huo Ran was only interested in silly fun, and Tao Zhiyue looked at him and smiled, completely forgetting about other things.

In a happy mood, even the fried poached eggs and poached eggs are particularly beautiful.

Although he didn't guess the gift correctly, Huo Ran was still very happy.

Tao Zhiyue must have prepared this gift for a long time.

More surprising than any possibility he had guessed before.

So of course, a sufficient supply of mutated watermelons must be used in return.

Today Tao Zhi got worse and was going to be late again.

Fortunately, Huo Ran took him to the company, which was much more convenient than taking a bus.

Stopping the car at the gate of the villa area, Huo Ran rolled down the window and waved to him.

"See you tonight."

Tao Zhiyue didn't want to talk to him at first, but when he turned around and saw his extraordinarily bright eyes, he couldn't help laughing.

So he also waved his hand: "See you tonight."

Let's spend Christmas Eve together at night.

Hope it will snow today, it will be more romantic.

When he arrived at the company, Huo Ran's mood was so good that even his assistant couldn't hold back his curiosity and looked at him frequently.

"Mr. Huo, are you going out to celebrate the festival tonight?"

Huo Ran felt that her eyes seemed to be filled with four big characters.

I want sugar.

Huo Ran was very generous, and said without hesitation: "Yes, I invite everyone to drink milk tea today, and you can leave work early after you finish your get off work in the afternoon."

This is his consistent style, to share happiness with everyone.

Although I didn't hear the specific plot, the assistant lady, who was completely stunned, immediately ran out to announce the double good news to everyone.

In the morning, Huo Ran completed the work that had to be dealt with today with unprecedented efficiency.

Then he would concentrate on opening the gift.

After lunch, Huo Ran restarted the game and opened the settings interface. The villain with the peach head was still waiting for him with a smile.

[11 days][12 days][13 days][many days]

Huo Ran subconsciously wants to choose many days.

But he quickly remembered the two red circles that were very vivid in his memory, the 13th and 24th that were divided into two rows on the calendar.

24-13+1=12

Because he was worried, Huo Ran manually listed it again, and it was indeed 12 days.

If the question in this situation is to take a picture, then from the day of the public beta, he has taken pictures for a total of 12 days.

Huo Ran was about to order 12 days, but stopped very cautiously.

He felt that with Tao Zhiyue's personality, this question should only be triggered once, and if he answered it wrong, he could not start over.

Otherwise, if other players discover this wonderful easter egg entrance, endless tests may start.

Then why 12 days?

And why take a shot?

The first time I used the function of Pai Yi Pai was when I first met Tao Zhiyue.

Huo Ran suddenly thought of something.

While reminiscing, he went through the chat history in PP.

Then, next to the row of numbers where he counted the dates, some additional notes gradually appeared.

1. Post and add friends.

2. "Tao" patted me. Teach me how to tease green tea.

3. I wanted to meet and thank you, but I was declined.

4. I had no intention of playing, so I patted "Tao".

5. There is no sense of reality, so I patted the back of the little hedgehog in the game.

6. I went on a business trip to Shanxi and changed my mobile phone.

7. Game show, allergies, loratadine.

8. On the first phone call, I walked home drunk and found out his name.

9. Changed a new avatar. can i chase you

10. He also changed his avatar. I recorded a lot of delicious food on Nanshan Road.

11. Watch movies together in the air and send flowers.

12. Formal meeting, fishing for the moon.

Exactly 12 days.

Looking at the memories written on a piece of paper, Huo Ran always had a smile in his eyes.

He seemed to have stripped off another layer of gifts.

This time, Huo Ran played [12 days] with great determination.

At the same time, a small firework was placed next to Taozi's head, and gorgeous ribbons fluttered.

Another dialog box appeared in front of him.

—I’m so tired from work, I want to drink milk tea, the one with a lot of chopped nuts and cream on it, do you want to buy it together?

This time there are still four options.

[want! I also like to drink. ]

[Okay, I brought tissues. ]

[You will gain weight, drink something else. ]

[Why are you speaking suddenly? ]

Huo Ran chose the second option without hesitation.

—Okay, I brought tissues.

Because of the cream on the lips.

When they walked out of the moonlighting room, they looked at the night sky to discuss their fate, then Huo Ran mustered up his courage, picked up the tissue that had been held in his hand for a long time, and gently wiped it off for him.

Tao Zitou showed a bright smile.

— Great, let's go then.

Good that you remember too.

Then he stepped out from behind the computer, electronic chirping sounds coming from the headset.

The gray computer slowly disappeared, and a guiding arrow appeared on the right side of the screen.

Huo Ran followed the arrow, exited the game settings, and came to the main interface of the game.

The background of the interface is a small town with beautiful scenery, which is the map he chose. The beautiful heroine is sitting in the small courtyard, reading a book quietly.

The peach-headed villain also came over together. He was no longer a villain, and became the same size as the heroine, looking curiously at everything in front of him.

- Is this your world?

— Yes, do you like the scenery here?

—I like it, I heard that a painter came to the town, do his paintings look good?

Tao Zhiyue even guessed that he would choose a small town.

He also quietly ate jealously among the four options.

[Good looking, I accompanied him to sketch yesterday. ]

[I don't know, I haven't seen him yet. ]

[I guess you can also draw, would you like to draw a sketch for me? ]

[I'm also curious, let's find him together. ]

Huo Ran found the correct answer in an instant.

—I guess you can also draw, would you like to draw a sketch for me?

Taozi thought for a moment, then said slyly.

—You guessed it right, but I don’t want to draw it today, so I’ll draw it for you another day.

In fact, he has already painted it, more than once.

Beginner Tao Zhiyue's first serious sketch, a half-body silhouette of Huo Ran working overtime at night, was excitedly framed by the person concerned, and it is still placed in the center of the display shelf.

Later, there were many silhouettes of life, which he slowly rubbed onto the drawing paper.

—Okay, next time we have to fulfill our promise. You just arrived in town, do you have a place to live? I have a spare room in my house.

A faint blush appeared on Taozi's head again.

— It’s okay, I worked hard and saved some money, so I can find a house for myself. The house next door seems to be vacant, is it available for rent?

[No, I heard that it was just rented out yesterday. ]

[If you want to save money, come and live in my house! ]

[I brought you to the town, of course I am responsible for you! ]

[Okay, we will be neighbors from now on! ]

—Yes, we will be neighbors from now on!

-Very good!

So Taozitou lived in the house next door.

The heroine volunteered to help him clean up the house. In the rush, the ground slipped and Tao Zitou was about to fall.

The heroine hurried to pull him, but the two fell together, in each other's embrace.

Both blushed and looked at each other, the heroine fled back to her home in a hurry.

As a result, not long after, when the heroine was helping downstairs in the flower shop, she was almost hit by a flower pot that fell from upstairs.

Fortunately, Tao Zitou, who happened to pass by, caught her in time.

She was caught off guard and ran into a warm embrace.

[How did the flowerpot fall? ! ]

[Thank you… thanks to you. ]

[One to one, we are tied. ]

[let go—]

While watching, Huo Ran couldn't help but think: What a silly plot.

But the one he had answered was even stupider.

The first day of love, the hug when we parted at the airport.

—One to one, we tied.

—Fortunately, you are fine, but this analogy is strange, like playing basketball.

—I just watched the game last night... But I really know how to play basketball, can't you tell?

-Amazing! I won't.

In getting along day after day, they gradually developed a good impression.

Huo Ran suddenly discovered that the peach headgear that often turned red had disappeared.

Behind the hood, it turned out to be a young and delicate face with clear eyes.

Much like Tao Zhiyue.

—Where's your peach head?

—Hiding in the hood is actually very lonely, now that I meet you, I don't need it anymore.

The programmer who has been typing on the keyboard behind the computer no longer feels lonely.

In this game with only five male protagonists, he is the hidden sixth male protagonist.

Every morning when brushing his teeth, he would deliberately go to the balcony to look at the heroine opposite who was getting up early to water the flowers.

The heroine was embarrassed at first, and then she turned her back to smile, and the eyes of the people behind her were sincere and warm.

She is both shy and happy.

The crystal water mist from the shower passed through the colorful sunlight.

The time flowing among the flowers is also so brilliant.

They had a first kiss that came unexpectedly.

In the summer afternoon, the turning fan, the watermelon on the porcelain plate, and the topics that were deliberately opened up.

—What kind of vegetables and fruits do you think watermelon is in the same category?

— Tomatoes, of course.

—I think too, I love candied tomatoes.

-I like it too! The tomatoes grown in the small town have a strong fragrance!

…

Huo Ran played quietly all afternoon, laughing a lot of the time, and occasionally felt his eyes sore.

Outside the window, the sun was shining brightly, and it gradually turned to daylight.

He concentrates on attacking this hidden hero.

Dialogue, laughter, daily life, all the little things.

When this strategy line came to the end, cheerful Christmas music sounded in the game.

Amidst the melodious music, the hero knocked on her door.

He was wearing a nice blue sweater, holding a rose in his hand, and smiling brightly.

—On Christmas Eve, do you want to go on a date with me?

This time there are no four options, only one simple answer.

-good.

Then the white snow began to float outside the house.

Huo Ran watched for a long time without knowing it, until the game screen was still and an incoming call window popped up.

It's Tao Zhiyue's call.

He was silent for a few seconds, picked up the phone, and heard the sound of vehicles passing by on the other end, mixed with horns and horns, it didn't look like he was in the company.

Huo Ran was a little surprised: "Where are you?"

"I'm downstairs in the company, here to pick you up from get off work."

Tao Zhiyue smiled and said, "I don't want to come up, because it's snowing outside, come down quickly."

Huo Ran's office is on the eighth floor. He heard Tao Zhiyue's words, and immediately walked to the window.

Light snowflakes really floated in the clear dusk.

He saw Tao Zhiyue standing on the opposite side of the road, wearing a dark blue sweater, a white scarf, holding a large bouquet of brilliant red roses in his arms.

In the snow all over the sky, he was looking up at the building in front of him.

"I saw you, the fifth window on the eighth floor." Tao Zhiyue said, "It's so small."

"You look small too."

"To each other, are the presents finished?"

"It's over, I like it very much." Huo Ran said softly, "It's better than all the gifts I've guessed together, and it's the best gift I've ever received."

Huo Ran answered his feelings honestly.

His previous judgment was not wrong.

Tao Zhiyue has always been a very logical person.

So he completed the logic that he thought was the most important to Huo Ran.

Huo Ran stored everything about this relationship in a notebook with a dark brown leather cover, and Tao Zhiyue under the same roof was also writing a diary.

His diary is intertwined with his most familiar code, becoming a most special program.

In the bewildering randomness, in the compulsion of the written life story, Tao Zhiyue found the only certainty.

Even though the beginning of everything has already been written, their encounter is unique and true, leading to a unique ending.

It was the most precious gift he could give.

"In this special plot that requires very harsh conditions to be triggered, there are a total of 127 choices and 508 options. If you make a wrong choice once, there is no way to continue."

"The probability that two people can make the same choice is infinitely close to zero. You are the only one who knows the correct answer. It is the answer we wrote together in our lives. Everything is our own choice. No one else can. Come here."

"From the past to the present, from the present to the future, you are the only one who can discover this seemingly intractable character and get a happy ending in the end."

Huo Ran who was standing by the window couldn't see the expression on Tao Zhiyue's face clearly, but he felt that he must be smiling.

Through the transparent glass, he even smelled the fragrance of roses and felt the coolness of white snow.

"Now I'm also a character in the game."

Tao Zhiyue's voice pierced through the boundless radio waves and noises, passing by his ears like soft feathers.

"We're tied one to one."