In the sudden outbreak of unexpected chaos, time passed quickly, and it was morning again in a blink of an eye.
Monday mornings are always extra busy, and many people have to get back into their rhythm.
Ruiwen sat at the dining table for almost five minutes. Mo Peng, who had a pair of panda eyes, yawned and sat next to her under the "kind care" of Ms. Luo Shuqing. There was obvious swelling on his already round face. . And when he looked at the neatly arranged dinner plates and the even more neat and soulless dishes, he suddenly lost all his energy, collapsed on the table, and groaned:
"Why 'Lao Mo', where is my biological father? I am in urgent need of supplements that are high in sugar, fat and protein..."
Ms. Luo Shuqing smiled and replied: "Your biological father only sleeps three hours more than you. He goes out at four in the morning. Now he is at work to earn money to support the family. Unlike someone who wastes time, money and life..."
Mo Peng tried to cover his ears with the tabletop, but he could only cover one side.
"Caught all night?"
Due to industry constraints, Moya must often eat diet meals, but she still has a certain tolerance for the "Lao Mo Eco-friendly Cuisine" of home artificial intelligence, especially when there is someone to gloat about.
"I'm the victim!"
Mo Peng hit half of his face on the table, but he was weak: "I really didn't want to stay up all night, but Nanzi caught me and cleared the expansion pack in one night. He will repay a favor with an vengeance! This kind of game should be played slowly, and after a while I am familiar with the characters and data a little bit, but there is no experience at all if I forcefully pass the level..."
Moya raised her eyebrows: "What an unexpectedly good reason to indulge!"
"If I indulge, I can just fall asleep on his bed, okay? Instead of being forced by him to complete the level, and not even getting a thank you in the end..."
"Oh, you look so pitiful. It seems I ripped you off too early."
As Mo Peng's biological mother, Ms. Luo Shuqing knew her son after all. She did not really regard her biological son as a hopeless degenerate, but just wondered:
"Nannan doesn't have a gaming addiction?
"He's not playing a game!"
Mo Peng had no appetite, only the desire to express: "Who plays games, opens a workspace, takes notes, checks data, and makes conference calls? You are not even that serious about writing a paper! Ten days in the wilderness... I will touch it again within ten days Just chop it off!"
"Okay, I'll buy a pig's trotters in advance and prepare them for you."
Moya saw through Mo Peng's words at a glance, and then turned her eyes to the other side: "Ten Days in the Wilderness... Ruiwen, do you know? What's going on?"
Raven considered it seriously, but it was really difficult to describe the situation clearly in concise language.
At this time, hurried footsteps sounded, and Ronan went downstairs without stopping at the dining table. He hurried over and said:
"I'll go out."
Luo Shuqing raised her voice: "Aren't you going to eat?"
"There is a meeting over there. Let's all be together. We won't be hungry." The voice fell and the person disappeared.
At the dinner table, except for Ruiwen, all three people sighed, although the core was subtly different.
Moya continued to ask Ruiwen: "Is there a problem with the newly released expansion pack?"
Raven recalled the information she received last night and nodded silently. As for what the problem was, she still couldn't say for a while.
Moya kicked her brother with her long legs: "Hey, you've been playing all night, and apart from the dark circles under your eyes, you don't have any useful information?"
"The information is there, but I don't dare to ask if it's correct."
Mo Peng snorted twice, but still struggled to get up despite the sight of his mother and sister, trying to remember: "First of all, it must be the game settings. The new expansion pack opens up a whole series of heroes, and the corresponding evolutionary trees. It is about controllable A deformed new human being. There is something wrong with this smell if you touch it carefully..."
Breakfast turned into a seminar temporarily, which undoubtedly greatly affected the proper time arrangement. However, in such an environment, it is naturally impossible to draw effective judgments and opinions, let alone feasible plans. In the end, everyone can only go to work and go to school separately.
Today it was Moya's turn to take Ruiwen to school. Monday's traffic was destined to be particularly congested. Even if she was sitting in Moya's red supercar, she couldn't even imagine having a speedy experience.
From Raven's point of view, this is undoubtedly a super inefficient behavior, but it is also an effort to delay the retention of vivid colors, or even the color itself, so she has no clear idea of rejecting it.
But choosing this method will inevitably allocate the time spent studying the mist maze and confusing sea of flowers to the real world between the urban traffic layer and high-rise buildings, which is equally confusing but quickly turns gray and chaotic.
Raven knew that she was seeing things based on current conditions and known information, the process of rolling forward until death. Theoretically, every second will change and may bring about completely different results.
But the reality is that after watching it thousands of times, the trend will never change.
As for the details, those fleeting details are no doubt colorful, but if you really want to study them seriously, you will inevitably have a kind of "meaningless" doubt or consciousness.
Well, Raven wasn't too clear about "meaning", but after living with Ronan for a long time, she realized that he was troubled all the time, as if he was being whipped forward by an invisible whip, and she couldn't help but feel that... It is definitely wrong to waste time.
The problem is, Ronan himself is also following the same trend.
From Raven's point of view, Ronan also devoted his limited energy to details that constantly appeared, bifurcated, and quickly declined into chaos.
Maybe that wasn't his original intention, but in this complex and confusing real world, there will always be factors that affect him, such as the sudden game expansion incident.
In fact, Raven didn't quite understand why Ronan cared so much about this incident. She couldn't judge whether Ronan's approach was correct - because she couldn't rule out the situation that the "tributary" would eventually become the "mainstream", although in the end Still have to return to deathly silence.
Raven was confused, but in most cases, the only target she could and was willing to refer to was Ronan.
She hopes to be able to understand and imitate this pattern. Perhaps, this will help her to be more separated from the long, gray and silent river, so as not to prematurely merge together and fall into endless chaos.
Raven instinctively didn't want that, although she couldn't find a particularly clear distinction now - she couldn't tell whether she was detached or whether she was part of this long river of death.
When those gorgeous colors fade away, is she observing the fate of all things, or is it the process of the occasional surging waves of the long river intertwining and separating from the real world?
Raven looked out the window, but saw her own shadow on the car window glass. In the environment where the light from inside and outside breaks and flows, and also in the blurred mirror carrier, the image above seems to be squirming and changing, as if the shell will be peeled off at any time, and something completely different will jump out of it.
When her fingers touched the car window, they also touched the shadow. The touch was slightly cold, just like the "water vapor" of the dead river, nibbling at her fingertips.
But, is she above the water or below the water?
Moya is the person in the family who knows Ruiwen best besides Ronan. It is precisely because of familiarity that he will not deliberately interrupt in the silent atmosphere.
The car remained quiet most of the time. Moya was also handling some of his own affairs during the autonomous driving period. He didn't speak until he was almost at school:
"Seeing as Ronan is busy these days, don't cause trouble for him in other aspects."
Raven looked away from her own mirror and turned to look at her.
"I'm talking about those messy things on the Internet, just stop them. I'll tell the company and BHD that if you encounter those paparazzi or talkative women at school, hide away if you can, and try to cool things down in these two days. "
Rui Wen thought about it seriously: "I'll just skip class."
"...Then am I an accomplice or the principal criminal?"
Ruiwen still lacked this kind of sensitivity and had no reaction to Moya's teasing. She lowered her eyes and said nothing, and in her heart she began to plan the exploration goals for the whole day.
Moya rolled her eyes and said nothing. Five minutes later, the car arrived at school smoothly.
After Ruiwen and Moya said goodbye, they did not go to the main campus, but went directly to the self-propelled conveyor belt and headed towards the jungle on the north bank.
In fact, Raven wanted to move directly to the underground laboratory of "Gear". But during this period, she became really famous. When she walked on campus, people stared at her almost every second. It is very difficult to find a suitable visual and psychological blind spot in this environment.
She could only spend a little more time, like a normal student, from the self-propelled conveyor belt to the school tram to the outer reaches of the North Shore jungle.
However, at this time, the normal student's activities must be in the opposite direction to her.
Raven ignored the strange looks along the way and prepared to go deep into the jungle. At that time, she could just jump to the laboratory.
At this moment, a horn sounded from behind: "Hi, Luo Xiang...Senior Sister Ruiwen!"
The man next to her first said Rui Wen's registered name at school, but felt it was too unfamiliar, so he followed Ronan's usual name and used a more intimate name - what he thought was her name.
The problem is, Ruiwen didn't look back at all, as if she didn't hear his greeting at all, and walked straight onto the Jiuqu Bridge that spanned the long river through the forest and connected the south bank to the north bank.
The man behind jumped off the sightseeing bus, hurriedly took two steps, and kept saying: "Do you recognize me? I'm Ou Que, we have met before."
Raven doesn't remember.
She continued to walk forward, and the guy named Ou Que followed up and kept talking in her ear: "Riwen, aren't you going to go to class at this time? Ah, although your behavior is not very good, but because of It's quite interesting for you to do it... The most valuable thing about occultism is that it's fun, and besides, you're mysterious enough."
Raven followed Moya's teachings and remained silent in front of the tongue-tied woman.
But Ou Que had no intention of holding back at all: "Are you going to 'Gear'? Have you had breakfast? The calla lily cake here is surprisingly authentic, I treat you...ah yo!"
Ou Que subconsciously screamed because he had just passed the Jiuqu Bridge and stepped onto the north bank ground paved with gravel and grass. There was a brown shadow, passing through the grass and trees that were still slightly damp in the morning. Break out and hit this side.
Ou Que almost didn't kick him out, but fortunately he finally saw which one it was, and staggered to stop it, but the fat and round guy took his place, and he could no longer keep up with Ruiwen.
This guy who jumped out obviously occupied a good seat, but he didn't dare to rub against Ruiwen. He just circled around her feet excitedly, and his long tail whipped the mud, stone and grass stalks, making a popping sound.
There is no doubt that this is Jerry.
Ou Que often sees it in the club and knows that it is Xie Junping's godson and one of the group favorites in Ronan's circle of friends. He usually slips in and out of the arms of Ronan's very beautiful friends of the opposite sex.
Including Raven.
What Ou Que didn't know was that this little thing, which looked like a common muskrat in jungle swamp areas, actually had a mysterious and complicated experience. What is known so far is that it has been precisely transformed by Luo Zhongheng, and has stored a large amount of key information. It also usually does some cleaning work in the tree holes of the dead tree sandbank.
It can be said that it is precisely because of Jerry's existence that the letter Luo Zhongheng left for Ronan, the architectural structure of the tree hole space and other information are well preserved.
Since that incident, the status of this muskrat in Ronan's heart has changed. But as the first person to "introduce" Jerry to Ronan, Raven's attitude towards this little thing remains the same as before.
She did not stop, and Jerry also followed her obediently. His plump body achieved a perfect position in the relatively narrow jungle path, making it impossible for Ou Que to walk side by side with Ruiwen.
Ou Que could only stay one position behind, raise his voice, and try his best to talk to Ruiwen:
"By the way, are you really preparing to debut if you don't waste your energy on your studies? Although Mingtang Culture is not very popular this time, I still believe in you - a girl with such courage as you can do it in any field. Success, in the entertainment industry, will allow more people to see and appreciate your beauty, that bold and mysterious beauty!
"I will definitely be a fan of you then. Well, I am actually a fan now."
Ou Que did not hesitate to speak kindly and made his attitude clear, but Rui Wen still ignored him. Ou Que frowned a little, but quickly calmed down - it's this kind of Cool Girl that catches his eye, isn't it?
In this way, the two came all the way to "Gear".
At this time, there were not many people inside the "Gear". Some are weirdos who do those inexplicable occult experiments, forget the time, and simply stay here; there are also guys who think the coffee and pastries here are delicious, come here to have breakfast and enjoy the benefits of the club. In this case, bring a female companion. What's more, it's the most atmospheric.
But no matter which one they are, they are not the same as those hurried little guys on the South Bank - the freedom to control their time and enjoy life leisurely is a right that only seniors in the university department have.
In the foyer, Cao Shanhai, the well-known "Bagua King" of the club, is one of the people who pick up girls for dinner in the morning. There is a beautiful school girl hanging in his arms. At this time, when you meet an acquaintance, you must show off. Cao Shanhai gathered a few friends in the elevator hall on the first floor and discussed going to the leisure booth to drink coffee and chat.
At this time, he watched Ruiwen and Ouque walk in.
Here, Ruiwen is on the right "direction", but her age is becoming more and more out of place, not to mention that she is accompanied by the vice president of the club, which is even more eye-catching.
"I'll wipe it!"
When Cao Shanhai saw Ruiwen, his eyelids twitched several times, and he subconsciously turned his gaze away. He also inevitably thought of Ruiwen's brother, Ronan, who had given him nightmares for months.
At the end of last year, he suffered a lot from Ronan because of his big mouth. Especially at the "Grand Feast" event, I shed tears, sat on the ground begging for mercy, and even sold my old friend Huang Bingzhen. It can be said that I lost all my face.
To say that he must have hatred in his heart, but to say revenge... go to hell!
At that time, the people who were helping Ronan and dragging him on the ground by his neck all had the rank of captain. Not to mention that afterwards, he and the elders in his family were all "specially cared for" by big shots... With this kind of background Guy, revenge? Did he hit his head?
The momentum was taken away, but Cao Shanhai's mouth was always ahead of his mind, bypassing Ruiwen, and something else:
"Haha, Ouque's taste changes quite quickly."
Everyone in the circle of Shenyan Club knows that Vice President Ou Que is a standard senior executive. Whether it is President Tang Yi or Fei Jin, the beautiful agent who took a leave of absence due to illness, he is the one who is good.
And this young man, who still has a little bit left in his freshman career, has never denied this, and always uses his status and resources as vice president to create opportunities for himself and create public opinion.
Not to mention the effect, this persona has been established.
But now this scene...
A circle of people looked at Ou Que. They had already entered the elevator with Ruiwen, but they exited with their hands raised amidst the sound of the alarm. This elevator was installed later and went directly to Ronan's underground laboratory. Ou Que really permission denied.
In comparison, the muskrat that wagged its head and tail was even more powerful than him.
The people standing here now, together with Cao Shanhai, are all people from the same circle, and they have more or less privileges, but seeing this scene, it is inevitable to feel a little sour.
There are also those who have a good relationship with Ou Que, teasing him from a distance: "Deputy Ou, are you interested in this person, or are you interested in this person's sister, aunt or something? Let me say hello to everyone in advance!"
Ou Que turned back, not angry at all. His face was full of smiles, and he shook his head: "You have ambitions, not years. Do you understand courage, courage?"
"Aha?"
"Have you not seen the video of Ruiwen? The one coming out of the elevator. That look is not a pretense, not a performance, it is completely natural and infinitely charming! In comparison, the others..."
When Ou Que said this, he saw that there were girls here too. He laughed, bypassed the comparison, and rubbed his hands:
"Besides, my emotions are very pure. I decided to start from the fans first. I will establish a support group and club first... and watch Ruiwen grow up step by step!"
Seeing Ou Que's appearance, several familiar men were still laughing and joking. The school girl holding Cao Shanhai's arm had just figured out the situation and asked quietly:
"That one is the devil-eyed girl."
"Yeah, you don't know?"
The school girl curled her lips: "You're not a big star, do you have to be remembered by everyone?"
Cao Shanhai smelled the sour smell, and smiled and tapped his elbow lightly: "Yes, yes, I'm definitely not as big as you!"
The school girl slapped him on the shoulder angrily, recalling Ruiwen's slender and straight figure, she laughed out loud, and said in Cao Shanhai's ear: "Fortunately, she is wearing a skirt, but it would be nice to change it up. Are you sure you got the gender right? This is so popular now."
Cao Shanhai rolled his eyes and slapped the schoolgirl back to tell her to shut up.
He must not offend Ou Que because of a woman's jealousy. Most importantly, he must not offend Ruiwen and the person behind her!
The problem is that his attitude is not firm enough, and the school girl's thinking has also deviated a bit: "That's it! Look at this, Luna just changed the desktop, it's super handsome, but I heard it's a girl!"
Cao Shanhai had no time to look at the shared resources between the girls, but when the projection area was opened, he had to take a polite glance...
Then it couldn't be pulled out.
At this time, the school girl also said "Eh" and discovered new information from the desktop picture: "This person..."
She looked up at the elevator door. Of course she couldn't see anything but the metal door.
Cao Shanhai saw it clearly in the projection area:
The character who occupies two-thirds of the picture looks like a boxer by profession. His upper body was bare, revealing his lean and smooth muscle lines. Raise your forearms and make empty fists, making a defensive stance in fighting skills.
This posture covered most of the man's face, but the exposed half was really pretty, young, and childish.
Of course, the most impressive thing is the cold and dark eye that seems to be able to absorb light, giving this flat picture a vivid and vigorous sense of power. It seems that the next moment, he will punch quickly and fiercely, directly attack the powerful enemy, and kill him with one blow.
Just as Ou Que said "vigor"...
The corners of Cao Shanhai's mouth twitched and his eyes were half-squinted. He subconsciously bypassed the lines of his upper body and focused on the head and face area, and began to evaluate:
If, if the person in the picture had longer hair, slightly plumper cheeks, and wore a Zhixing School uniform, then...
Holy shit!
At this moment, Ou Que turned his gaze and circled around the palm-sized projection area. The next second, his whole body was sucked in, and he cried out:
"Riven?!"
Cao Shanhai shivered in shock.
