under fern mountain

In the evening, Pei Haojie had just finished discussing the direction of next week's work with the group online. He threw away the earphones tiredly, sat back with his eyes closed, and gently pressed his temples.

A pair of hands gently came from behind, replacing his, carefully and conscientiously pressing his temples and the back of his head.

The tense nerves slowly relaxed, Pei Haojie took that hand.

"Is the work intensity a bit high recently?" Shi Ran pressed various acupuncture points on his head for him.

"Fortunately, it's like this every Friday. It's just that I spend a lot of time watching the screen, and my eyes are tired." Pei Haojie took Shi Ran's hand to make him stop, and turned the chair to face him. "I plan to buy a music reader for the computer system recently. , All terminal operations can be directly controlled and completed in the brain, no vision is needed.”

Shi Ran is a little scared when he hears the word 'music reader': "Isn't it bad to stimulate the brain nerves for a long time?"

"Alright."

Shi Ran moved his eyes away: "By the way, I called Mr. Lin just now, can't you find "Messiah" now?"

It was only after the words were spoken that Shi Ran felt that the way of expression was inappropriate, Pei Haojie looked up at him as expected: "I haven't played for a long time."

"...I can help you find it."

"I lent it to a friend." Pei Haojie spoke at the same time as him.

"You, did you lend it to a friend?" Shi Ran opened her eyes wide.

"Well, a very good friend, I haven't talked to Mr. Lin at that time, so I didn't take precautions. He will return it to me in the past two days, and I will send it to Mr. Lin when I get it. Is that okay?"

Obviously he was asking for opinions, but Shi Ran felt that he was suppressing his patience and said these words, so he didn't know how to continue asking.Shi Ran also knew that he now looked too much like a coercive questioner, too much like he didn't trust him and forced him to send the game back quickly.It's just that since the conversation with Mr. Lin, he has some inexplicable uneasiness.

Pei Haojie understood Shi Ran's silence as a stubborn silence, and he chuckled lightly: "Of course, do you think I'm still acting for you these days?"

Shi Ran lowered his eyes: "Don't say such ugly things."

"Although you never said it, I can feel a little bit of your attitude." Pei Haojie turned off the power of the main computer with the control of the mobile phone, "I have an appointment tomorrow and Saturday, and I won't be at home for dinner. There are vegetables in the refrigerator. But I guess I won’t have time to do it, so remember to make something to eat.”

The next morning on Saturday, Pei Haojie left the house before ten o'clock. When Shi Ran woke up, there was breakfast in the pot. The kitchen looked clean, and there were no bowls and chopsticks in the sink. It seemed that Pei Haojie went out without eating. the door.

Shi Ran had breakfast, washed the dishes, and began to clean and arrange the new home—they had just moved in not long ago, and there were still many things to organize.

The new house is too big, and when I am alone at home, it seems more empty than before.He cleaned up, and the whole morning passed before he knew it. When he found out that it was lunch time, Shi Ran was already sweating from exhaustion, and planned to take a shower and rest and order takeaway directly.

He relaxes on the sofa and browses online shopping malls, which is his favorite thing to do after moving. It feels good to slowly fill up the home with a little exploration of new things.

Suddenly, his sliding fingers paused for a moment, and he saw a new product recommendation popping up from a corner - it was a system music reader that just came out this year, and Pei Haojie just mentioned it to him yesterday.

Contrary to Pei Haojie, Shi Ran doesn't like things that are too technological, especially controlling people's consciousness or being controlled by people's consciousness, which always makes him feel like his brain is being invaded.

He thought about last night's conversation.

Pei Haojie has already promised him to return "Messiah"... Perhaps out of guilt for "asking" for the gift he once gave, or perhaps out of consideration for Pei Haojie's actual work needs, Shi Ran still clicked on the recommended product link, the holographic projection of the actual product is immediately displayed on the coffee table.

Shi Ran didn't know much about the information parameters of technology, so he searched online technology forums.

His eyes flicked over various stickers, he accurately captured every useful analysis and explanation, and suddenly stopped on a certain comment.

Floor 134: The landlord's request actually reminds me of the 'original disk' that was banned two years ago... It has no other meaning, and I don't recommend it.

Someone asked, and someone asked, and sure enough, many people in the building began to ask about the content of the original disc.

On the 135th floor, a large section of content was posted, explaining to everyone what an 'original disk' is in a few lines.

……

Pei Haojie and his friend made an appointment to meet at the video game city at twelve o'clock. He arrived at 10:30, charged 1000 yuan into the game card, and played all the games as if to vent his anger.

When I went to the counter with my arms full of game tickets, the ticket washing machine took seven to eight minutes to wash them.He stood under the light expressionlessly, remembering that about half a year ago, he brought Shi Ran here to change a GoPro.

I don't know when my friend arrived quietly, and grabbed his neck from behind: "Yes, you boy! The appointment is at twelve o'clock, and you can get tens of thousands of votes by yourself!"

Pei Haojie was staggered by him: "Why the hell are you always haunting me!"

"Blame me? You're so dumb!"

"Hurry up! Did you bring it?" Pei Haojie smiled and pushed away his friend who was holding his hand.

"I feel like we are doing an underground transaction." My friend took out a palm-sized optical drive from a black zipper bag and put it in a metal box, which looked very beautiful. It’s a work! Although I haven’t played it for long, I fully understand why Jin Chuan wants to take it back. The degree of freedom is too high, and it really can’t pass the review.”

Two weeks ago, Pei Haojie lent him this game, but he called him a few days ago to ask him to return it, and said that Jinchuan's product director wanted to take it back himself, so he didn't even have a reason to scold him for being stingy.

There is nothing to say, but I do have some regrets.The friend weighed it in his hand, showing a look of reluctance.

"You're really willing, if you want me, I won't return it... Is there any reason why you have to return what you gave away?" As he spoke, he hid his hand holding the CD-ROM drive, preventing Pei Haojie from taking it, "Hey, why don't you follow me first?" Tell me, how do you play this? It must be different from mine, I saw that your login memory is so big!"

"Have you read it?" Pei Haojie's expression changed, and his eyes turned cold immediately.

"No, I want to see it but I can't log in to your iris!" The friend expressed his innocence.

The login form of "Messiah" adopts human DNA testing, iris or fingerprints are acceptable, which is the safest.

"It seems that you hide a lot of secrets in the game?" The friend smiled, and slapped the CD-ROM drive in his palm. "The music reader it comes with is really good, but you know what I thought of? 'Original Disk'-don't This emoji, you know that with the 'Original Disk' it will definitely have unlimited potential."

Shi Ran frowned and read the explanation on the original disk on the 135th floor of the forum.

"To put it simply, you can understand it as the hard disk of the brain, but it can not only store, but also operate. It is basically equivalent to the combination of plug-ins and hard disks. We usually use spectrum readers, consoles, manipulators, etc. All good, just use external equipment to analyze the nerve waves under the cerebral cortex, and the original disc is directly implanted into the brain through surgery, which is equivalent to your second brain. This technology has undergone countless ethical evaluations from development to production. It was born in 49 (let’s talk about Resby first), but the risk of surgery in the later period was too high, and there were various problems after entering the society, so it was banned. But in the black market and Some countries can still perform this operation, which is very risky, but many people still do it. It is said that if it is discovered, it will be sent abroad for direct dismantling, and the cost will be frozen from the account by the government.”

Shi Ran was somewhat impressed by the name of the original disc, as if someone had indeed discussed it a few years ago.He couldn't fully understand just reading the text description, so he searched for videos on the Internet, and felt that his three views were shocked before watching a few.

One of the bloggers in the video is also a game reviewer who lives in a certain country in Latin America. After implanting the original disk, the whole person is like taking off and hanging.He said in the video that because the original disc completely frees the hands and relies on the brain to control, the mind will be very tired, but the control intensity and reaction speed are very fast, which is very different from the feeling of playing games with both hands.

Shi Ran silently exited the webpage, and suddenly he felt that the brain wave spectrum reader was much gentler than the original disc.

When Pei Haojie returned home, Shi Ran had already had dinner, and there was still some food left in the kitchen, covered with plastic wrap, and placed next to the microwave.

Pei Haojie didn't see it, so Shi Ran pointed, "Would you like something to eat?"

"I can't eat anymore. I'll put it in the refrigerator later, and save it for tomorrow morning." He took off his coat and went straight back to the game room.

The game room in the new house is much bigger than before, because Pei Haojie moved and threw away a lot of things, so now it looks a bit empty.Shi Ran's eyes followed Pei Haojie's figure, watching him enter the game room, his eyes stayed for a few more seconds.

Pei Haojie didn't have work tonight, he only stayed in the game room for a while before coming out, went into the bedroom to change clothes, and went to the kitchen to put the food in the refrigerator.

Shi Ran stared at the TV screen, listening to the rustling sound from the kitchen... Ah, it was the sound of ice cubes.

Pei Haojie took two glasses, poured ice coke for them and put them on the tea table, and sat beside Shi Ran to watch TV with him.

"Do you want to eat?" Shi Ran handed over the bag of potato chips in his arms, and Pei Haojie picked up a few pieces, watching TV and chewing slowly.

Seemingly aware that Shi Ran was looking at him, he turned his head: "What's wrong?"

"How is today? Going out to play okay?"

"Well, I went to the video game city in the morning, had lunch at noon, went to sing with a few friends in the afternoon, and ate barbecue in the evening..." As if she also felt that these words were as dry as reporting a schedule, Pei Haojie smiled and stopped talking, "You What are you doing today? Have you tidied up the house? It seems that there are a lot less things."

Shi Ran got excited when he said this, and took out his mobile phone to show him the household items he pre-ordered today, but he might have forgotten that as soon as the phone page is unlocked, he will see the forum he watched in the afternoon.Shi Ran swiped his finger, and quickly changed the interface, switching to the online mall.

Pei Haojie didn't seem to see it, she put her arms around him and leaned over to look at the things he bought, and listened to his description of what treasures he found today, and smiled.

"What are you laughing at?"

"No, I just feel that you are in a different state after changing jobs." Pei Haojie said.

"Good or bad?"

"Of course it's good." Pei Haojie rubbed his earlobe with her fingers, "Next time I'll pick and pack together with you. I also have some things in my favorites!"

Shi Ran responded.I don't know if it's an illusion, but Pei Haojie's face looked softer under the light.

In the past six months or so, Pei Haojie has changed a lot.The current Pei Haojie, Shi Ran can no longer describe him with vigor and vigor. Certain things have settled down, making him look more angular and handsome. He is no longer a spring whose bottom can be seen at a glance, but a spring. moving sea.

"How's work going? Is everything going well?"

"You mean Cicada House? It's okay now, after all, it hasn't been long since I took over, and it may be busy again after a while." Shi Ran gnawed on potato chips and observed him calmly.

"Well, you are very aggressive now, just keep it."

"I thought you were going to blame me when you heard that you were busy." Shi Ran joked after swallowing the potato chips and wiping her hands.

"You make it seem like I'm being unreasonable." Pei Haojie also laughed.

Sometimes you just don't make sense... Shi Ran thought in her heart.

I don't know when it started, but occasionally, he also missed Pei Haojie's coquettish complaints.