under fern mountain

Shi Ran clutched the phone, leaning against the radiator in a daze.

He drank last night, and he remembered clearly what he said before he got drunk... Tietou had to take a break from work for a few days, but Li Qing'er's salon was all ready.Seeing that the renovation has started, we can only put it on hold for now.The decoration company kept calling to remind me, and I was in a state of desperation.

He slowly got up from the radiator, the rough paint rubbing against his skin, and he shuffled towards the game room.

Pei Haojie was sitting in front of the computer desk playing a video. There was a plate of candied fruit on the keyboard pad, and the mouse clicked back and forth. His energetic and interesting voice came out from the game video, but he was yawning listlessly in front of the computer desk.

Shi Ran suddenly felt sorry for him, and hesitated even more when it came to his lips.

"What's wrong?" Pei Haojie found Shi Ran at the door, and he paused the video.

"Last night..."

"Is he all right? Your buddy." Pei Haojie clicked the mouse aimlessly.

"Well, I got sober today and just talked to me on the phone." Shi Ran approached him and sat on the game table, and asked softly, "What did you want to say to me last night?"

The hand that clicked the mouse paused: "Oh, it's nothing, it's just that I may have a business trip to Changsha in two days, um... about two or three days?"

"What's the matter?" Shi Ran asked.He knew Pei Haojie's work, and there was very little need to go out. Even if he cooperated with a game company, most of the time, the other party would send things to him.

"It's still something about cooperation. They want to have an interview over there, and the interview is more sincere." Pei Haojie was vague.

"What time is the plane? I'll take you to the airport."

"No, no, you're going to work then!" Pei Haojie said.

"Then I'll help you pack your luggage." Shi Ran paused and continued, "I also have something to discuss with you. Isn't Tietou his father-in-law passed away? Li Qing'er is not in a good condition now, they Last time I mentioned that salon, it seems that the decoration is quite urgent, I want to see if there is anything I can do to help."

Pei Haojie's eyes fell on the video on the computer screen, and he dragged the progress bar back and forth: "Okay, good job! Just in time for you to go and find out the situation. When are you going?"

"I'll discuss it with Tietou in the next two days." Shi Ran whispered.

"If you go, just drive my car." Pei Haojie threw away the mouse and looked at Shi Ran, "Did you know that someone was stolen from our building recently? Go home early, eat outside as much as possible, and remember to lock the door when you come back. I'm going to Changsha I'll call you, remember to answer!"

Three days later, a packed suitcase was spread out at the entrance, and Shi Ran hugged Pei Haojie at the door: "I'm going to work. Give me a message when you get to the airport."

"Okay!" Pei Haojie pursed her lips, "Remember what I said."

"Understood!" Shi Ran smiled.

After Pei Haojie confirmed from the door that Shi Ran drove away, she squatted next to the suitcase and made a phone call.

"It's me. I found someone to find the place. It's in Changsha. I've contacted the police over there, and I'll go there in person today to settle the matter."

The microphone answered something, and he raised his hand to look at his watch.

"The plane at noon will leave later. Please help me take care of him for the past two days. I'm really worried... um, um, I have his real-time location for me. I'll tell you the commuting time. Follow me on the way That's enough...yes, just two or three days...thanks, buddy, I'll treat you to a good meal when you come back. "

On the second day after Pei Haojie left, Shi Ran went to the salon to help Tietou look at the decoration.He has to go to work during the week, so he can only go off work to inspect the work and check the results, and he runs early in the morning on weekends.

Every day, Pei Haojie would make a call before he went to work, a call after get off work, and a call when he got home at night, just like clocking in.

Shi Ran didn't know the inside story, so he just laughed at him and said he was clingy.

When receiving the call on the last day, Pei Haojie sounded in a good mood on the other side: "Everything is done, I have an early flight tomorrow morning, come and pick me up!"

"Okay, but I can't accompany you to eat, and I have to take care of the salon."

Not long after hanging up the phone, Shi Ran received another call from Tietou.After arranging the father-in-law's affairs these two days, he was so busy that he never touched the ground. Shi Ran's help was like sending charcoal in the snow, and he appreciated it very much.

"Does Jinchuan company know? Their product manager had an appointment for dinner tonight, and there are several game circles. You know my situation, and I definitely can't go. I thought, isn't Xiao Pei working on game content? Let me guide you Line, you can go chat."

Jinshan, of course Shi Ran knows, he has heard it too many times in the live broadcast with Pei Haojie in his life, and it is the team with the most 3A games in the mainland.When VR games first entered the public eye a few years ago, Jinchuan quickly developed a series of black technologies to develop reality enhancement, including the best holographic technology and brain wave implantation technology.There is also Jin Chuan's complete game collection on the bookshelf in Pei Haojie's game room, and he is completely a fan of their team.

If that guy knew the news, he would definitely want to fly back now, right?Shi Ran thought.

Sure enough, when he called Pei Haojie again to tell him the news, he couldn't hold back immediately, and even paid for a half-day refund on the ticket.

"Of course, you must go for me!" Pei Haojie's voice contained suppressed excitement.

"But I don't know anything about games?"

"It's enough to understand better than most people." Pei Haojie said again, "If the chat doesn't go well, you can withdraw first. Don't forget to ask for my autograph."

Shi Ran laughed loudly: "It's too exaggerated, aren't you? I can still do this, leave it to me!"

In this way, after inspecting the decoration results, Shi Ran quickly went home to take a shower and change clothes, and went to the dinner appointment in a dignified manner.

The place was chosen in a magnificent hotel, and the huge crystal lamp in the lobby made Shi Ran always worried that it would fall down like in the movie.When asking the front desk for the address, he even joked a few words, but the service staff in suits and leather shoes said blankly, "I'm sorry, sir, although it's the holographic era now, we are more oldschool."Shi Ran laughed dryly in his heart, with goosebumps all over his body, not only doubting whether this dinner could really be a good conversation.

To a large extent, it might be just like what Pei Haojie said, the conversation didn't go well.he thinks.It doesn't matter, the big deal is that I really want an autograph and run away.

However, unexpectedly, the dinner went smoothly beyond his expectation.A total of more than a dozen people came that day, divided into two private rooms, and everyone was drinking half an hour before the food was served.They didn't have the full house clothes as imagined, but they all dressed casually, and the people were also very casual.

When he was seated, there was only an empty seat next to Shi Ran, and he didn't care, until someone opened the door and said sorry for being late, Shi Ran didn't notice that someone called him Mr. Lin.

Mr. Lin is the product director of Jinchuan.

Mr. Lin sat in the only vacant seat next to him.

Pei Haojie's plane landed at ten o'clock the next morning, and Shi Ran arrived at the airport at 09:30.As soon as Pei Haojie got into the car, he took out a piece of cardboard from the drawer and handed it over.

"No signature, but do you want a postcard of the concept image they printed internally?"

Pei Haojie froze for a moment, suppressed her emotions and turned over the thin card: "Are you really coming?"

"How dare you refuse to follow the task assigned by our little leader?" Shi Ran glanced at him with a smile while turning the steering wheel, "I'll tell you something even hotter. Yesterday I talked about you with Mr. Lin—the product manager of them." , He said he saw your video. Didn’t you make a complaint video about “Desperate Land” before, the one with [-] retweets?”

"Fuck me." Pei Haojie touched the printed characters of Jinchuan on the card, and on the back was the promotional image of Desperate Situation, "If I had known I would have run back last night, I would have come back on foot!"

Shi Ran laughed so hard that he couldn't drive the car straight: "Don't worry, Mr. Lin and I have exchanged contact information, and there will always be a chance in the future! By the way, how is your business in Changsha? Did it go well? "

"It went well. Just like before, the audio of the lines, the promotional aspect." Pei Haojie passed by vaguely.

He couldn't tell Shi Ran about it, because he didn't do business at all.

After sending a lawyer's letter to the previous platform company, he went to the company in person.With the cooperation of the other party, he was finally able to meet with his diehard fans and confront him on the spot.Pei Haojie stayed alone with him for about 10 minutes, and when she came out of the meeting room, her loyal fans had a very bad look on her face.No one knew what kind of conversation the two had. They only knew that the diehard fans finally signed an agreement from Pei Haojie, and the matter was completely over with him.

False alarm, plain worry.But since the matter has been settled, there is no need to tell Shi Ran and make him worry in vain.

It has been almost two weeks since Shi Ran helped stare at the decoration of the salon.

In fact, after the first week, Li Qing'er and Tietou were able to withdraw to take over. Seeing the half-finished project, Shi Ran didn't want to give up halfway.He was looking forward to the final look, so he still went to the salon once every two or three days to see the decoration.

Li Qing'er has lost weight and is a bit haggard, but her condition is much better than before.Except for the serious dark circles under his eyes, Tie Tou still had the same cheerful look as before.In the past two days, the weather has cooled down, and the fallen leaves are falling like crazy, covering the entire sidewalk.Every time Shi Ran ran over breathing white gas, Tietou would buy him a cup of hot cocoa on the opposite side of the bridge, and then the three of them would step on the dead leaves all over the ground, drink hot drinks, smoke, and chat.

Tie Tou whispered to Li Qing'er, look at his enthusiasm, he definitely cares about it now.What did I say, you like this, just do it with us, it's all for fun, and you can make money, how good?Shi Ran scolded Tie Tou Xuekeng.

The business in the company came to an end, and Li Qing'er and Tietou came back to watch the salon, so Shi Ran was no longer so busy.

When he came home in the evening, there was hot food on the dining table, and the white porcelain plate was turned upside down to keep the heat warm, while Pei Haojie recorded videos in the game room.

After taking a shower, he swiped his phone for a while and felt bored, so he nestled on the sofa and adjusted the variety show.He saw a particularly funny one, so he trotted to call Pei Haojie, but Pei Haojie gestured at him through the computer to ask him to keep silent.

Shi Ran was watching TV alone on the sofa, laughing and being touched at the same time. When he realized it during the commercial, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

In the past two years, the time between the two of them has become less and less due to work staggered, and what they can share is also very limited.I don’t know since when, I can only communicate and share in the most superficial way. I ask each other every day if they are tired or if they have eaten, and almost only laugh together when watching variety shows.

Is Pei Haojie always like this?Do you often watch variety shows alone and laugh, want to share but find no one at home?

The noisy and exaggerated variety show on the screen suddenly became less funny.

Shi Ran hugged his knees, and read the rest of the content dullly, until the door of the game room opened, Pei Haojie came out with his neck hooked behind his back, and turned his stiff neck.

"Did you just look for me?"

Shi Ran's dark pupils looked at him: "Want to do it?"

Pei Haojie put her hand down.

"Let's do it." Shi Ran kneeled to the edge of the sofa and hugged him, "I miss you."

The author has something to say: I wonder if you can see a little change in Haoer