MTL - Hello, How Long Has This Been Going On?-Chapter 36

The flash of warmth on his lips made Tao Zhiyue's heart stop suddenly.

At that moment, they were so close that they seemed to be face to face, and he even saw himself reflected in the other's eyes.

Tao Zhiyue opened his eyes wide in astonishment, the pupils were filled with the brilliance of the night, so the colorful world overlapped in the depth of their eyes.

His reddened ears didn't catch Huo Ran's words, but they echoed in his body, taking root and sprouting.

It was with great difficulty that Tao Zhi calmed down his disordered breathing and hid the pounding heartbeat.

He didn't know what to say for a while, so he touched the corner of his mouth subconsciously, and complained softly: "Why didn't you tell me earlier."

Huo Ran clutched the used tissue tightly, unwilling to throw it away, and showed a silly smile: "I'm embarrassed to say."

Afraid that Tao Zhi would get angry, he hurriedly explained: "It wasn't there at first, but you took another sip of milk tea, and then it was there. I wanted to say it, but it suddenly disappeared..."

Following his clumsy and long-winded words, Tao Zhiyue blushed more and more, and blurted out: "So you have been staring at me."

Huo Ran paused, then nodded solemnly, "I like looking at you."

His eyes were as bright as the scorching sun, without a trace of impurity.

Tao Zhiyue seemed to hear the sound of melting snow.

He wanted to find a suitable word or sentence to express his mood at the moment, but no matter how beautiful the language was, he couldn't do anything.

In the face of the sun, everything is eclipsed.

He thought for a long time before he said softly, "Next time I will bring you the stewed beef I made."

"Really?" Huo Ran suddenly became excited, "Actually, I wanted to ask you just now, but I'm sorry..."

He has a lot of embarrassment today.

Tao Zhiyue laughed, "Really, as a gift from me."

Hearing the word "gift", Huo Ran seemed to be reminded, and his voice became a little muffled, "Speaking of which, when we meet for the first time, it seems that we should bring gifts to each other."

"Because you promised to meet me, it is the greatest gift to me."

"So I forgot to prepare a present for the gift, sorry."

Huo Ran honestly bowed his head to admit his mistake. He reached out and took out two rectangular medicine boxes from his bulging pocket.

"Although I gave you medicine when we met last time, and I gave you medicine again today, it doesn't seem very good, but I think your burn is a little serious, and the place where your finger was cut has not completely healed, so..."

It's a burn ointment and a scar ointment.

In the summer night wind, a tall man stood in front of him with his head bowed.

It was obvious that he secretly prepared medicine for him, but it seemed that he had done something wrong.

Tao Zhiyue looked at his thick hair, his eyes gradually filled with transparent stars, condensed into moist dew.

While Huo Ran couldn't see, he sniffed quietly, and then did something he wanted to do before.

He gently rubbed Huo Ran's hair, and tears fell silently.

When Huo Ran raised his head to look at him in a daze, Tao Zhiyue only had a little redness in the corners of his eyes, which seemed to blend with the faint blush on his cheeks, as if he was simply shy.

Tao Zhiyue showed him a pure smile.

"Can I give you a hug?"

Before Huo Ran could react, he had already taken half a step forward, hugged him gently, and let go quickly.

It was a short hug, really just a touch.

The redness in the corners of the eyes dissipated with time and disappeared without a trace.

Tao Zhi laughed and teased him, "You smell like hot pot."

And Huo Ran froze, like a light bulb with a blown fuse, he couldn't even move his gaze.

After a long time, he said in a trance: "I'll wash it when I get back."

Tao Zhiyu nodded amusedly, "Well, I'm going back too."

Huo Ran started to stammer, "I, I will take you home."

"Today I want to walk back by myself."

Huo Ran conditioned reflex.

"Then don't walk on the road, take the sidewalk on the side, and be careful of vehicles."

The more Tao Zhi thought about it, "Why do I feel that this sentence sounds familiar?"

Huo Ran came back to his senses and immediately fell silent.

When we parted, he couldn't even blink his eyes.

When Tao Zhiyue took the two ointments he gave and walked towards home, Huo Ran stood there and watched for a long time.

The picture that once existed in his imagination has become reality at this moment.

The slender figure was shrouded in warm yellow light, leaving a slanted shadow on the asphalt road.

He felt happy, and even more indescribably moved.

Tao Zhi could feel the hot gaze behind him more, as if he could break through the deep and dense night.

He couldn't remember how long he hadn't been watched like this.

But soon, Tao Zhiyue woke up from his charming mood.

There were people coming and going on the streets at night, and he passed them by himself with a solemn and solemn expression.

Tao Zhiyue has been obsessed with the sense of order since he was a child. Whether it is a building made of bricks following the principles of mechanics, or a code compiled sequentially in a language framework, there is a clear and beautiful logic behind it.

Logic brings order, and order enables individuals to have a reliable and stable life experience.

He can't accept a life without logic, it makes him feel unreal and unsettled.

Tao Zhi carefully sorted out the information he got from Huo Ran.

He first avoided the acquaintance with Huo Ran in college by dropping out of school and moving. Two months ago, he resigned from the previous company, and he had the foresight to escape the encounter written in the plot again.

So the investment was lost. At the same time, four suitors appeared in Huo Ran's life.

Tao Zhiyue felt that maybe it was because his character was too out of control, the plot gave up on him, and chose other people to take on the "function" of this cannon fodder.

But he still met Huo Ran, and became the first love that Huo Ran really fell in love with. The plot was on the right track, so those substitutes quietly left the stage.

Everything revolves around Huo Ran's feelings. He is destined to fall in love with someone, and then leave with incurable pain until he is redeemed by the real protagonist.

This is the logic displayed by the entire novel world at present, which is very strange but extremely strong.

Tao Zhi couldn't understand why such a distorted logic appeared. According to the plot in his memory, Shen Nian is the first protagonist of the narrative, and Huo Ran is just his backer and lover. The image shown in the book is very rigid. Almost like a tool guy.

He intuitively felt that all this should be related to the real protagonist, Shen Nian.

But according to the timeline in the book, Shen Nian will not meet Huo Ran until two years later.

Tao Zhiyue didn't know what Shen Nian looked like at all, and there was no specific description of where he lived in the book, so he couldn't do anything at the moment.

He frowned, and in depression, a notification sound came from his phone.

[HR: Let me know when you get home. ]

[HR: I will walk back today too^-^]

Seeing this familiar smiling face, Tao Zhiyue couldn't help showing a little smile.

Huo Ran has nothing in common with the unkind president in the book.

After thinking about it, Tao Zhiyue didn't reply him, but clicked on the space news.

He wanted to take another look at the picture that this person ran to the game in the middle of the night to plant flowers hard, and then posted it in the feed with his bare thoughts.

my garden.

A few lines down, it is summer.

Tao Zhiyue glanced at it, and there were already many likes and comments under the rose photo.

[Comment] Lin Jiajia from art group: It looks good! Beautiful shot! !

[Comment] I can't be bald: it's the season to eat crayfish! When will Brother Tao come out for dinner?

[Comment] Gym Coach: Summer is here, it's time to exercise, and we are waiting for every member at any time.

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[Comment] Is it an official, not a croak: You changed your profile picture and posted roses again, are you in love!

[Comment] It's an official, not a croak: Wuwu, my sister hasn't caught up with me yet, and you're actually off the list first! !

Seeing Guan Yudong's message, a vague thought flashed in Tao Zhiyue's mind, and he sent a message.

[Tao: Are you there? ]

[It's an official, not a croak: Yes! ! ]

[It's an official, not a croak: I'm so sour, so sour, so sour! ! ]

[Tao ::D]

[Tao: I want to ask you a question. ]

[It's an official, not a croak: Hmm, tell me. ]

How should he describe it?

Tao Zhiyue suddenly fell silent.

He died with the regret of not being loved before, came to a novel world with bizarre and entangled plots, and became the first love of the protagonist Gong Huo Ran in the book. His existence is to create conditions for the protagonist's acquaintance and love, and even commit suicide in the end. It is also to open the heart knot of the two protagonists and let them get a happy ending without any barriers.

However, he is not the indifferent and snobbish Tao Zhiyue in the book, and Huo Ran does not have the ruthless and paranoid look in the book.

Huo Ran did come to Jinbei because of the power of the plot, but he stayed here and refused to leave because he wanted to see himself.

Although they met because of the plot, but accompanied by the little bits and pieces of life, every inch of heartbeat is extremely real.

Tao Zhiyue may be able to deceive himself, Huo Ran's words that he wanted to chase him were his groundless imagination and auditory hallucinations.

But when he heard that sentence, he just took a bite of the bread in his mouth. The delicate and rich taste still lingers between his lips and teeth.

His life is real, and so is love.

This is Tao Zhiyue's undoubted logic.

So he wrote down the message word by word.

[Tao: I have a beautiful piece of code, I have checked it many times, and there is no error, but it cannot be executed. ]

He used the metaphor he is most familiar with. When programming, such problems will appear from time to time.

But here, the consequences are far more serious than a piece of code that cannot be executed, which means that he and Huo Ran will not end.

They have just started, but they are destined to fall apart.

Guan Yudong didn't know anything about it, and he enthusiastically sent one reply after another.

[It's an official, not a quack: Ah, it shouldn't be. ]

[It's an official, not a croak: Are you sure there are no bugs? ]

[It's an official, not a croak: No, Tao Tao said no, it must be no. ]

[Is it an official, not a croak: Memory allocation failed? ]

There is no problem with everything, their encounters covered with countless misunderstandings, and the quietly sprouting emotions are so real and vivid, filling every gap in his empty life. When I think about it, there are countless details circling in my mind.

The only problem is that he is the cannon fodder set in the novel.

He is not the protagonist who matches Huo Ran.

[Is it an official, not a quack: Could it be a compiler problem? Just change the compiler. ]

Seeing the answer sent by Guan Yudong, Tao Zhiyu gripped the phone tightly, his fingers turned white with force.

What if, let this story change the main character?

[Tao: Do ​​you read online novels? ]

[It's an official, not a croak:! Is the topic so jumpy! ]

[It's an official, not a quack: Look at the duck, I like to read romance novels/shy]

[Tao: In romance novels, what kind of person can be the hero? ]

[It's an official, not a croak: This question is very in-depth... Let me think about it. ]

[It's an official, not a croak: I definitely like the heroine very much. ]

[It’s an official, not a croak: In addition, it’s basically handsome and rich. If the campus orientation is a school bully or a school bully, those with an urban background are probably successful in their careers, presidents and stars, anyway, they have to be very powerful. ]

[It's an official, not a croak: Unlike me, I only have cuteness all over my body. ]

[It's an official, not a croak: Little Bear Spreads His Hands.jpg]

Tao Zhiyue's tense expression finally loosened, revealing a faint smile.

He felt that there should be only one condition short of him.

In the strange and treacherous logic of the novel world, he temporarily found a possible solution.

Even if the error fails, it doesn't matter.

He'll keep trying until he finally cracks the weird program that's got them stuck.

[Tao: There is one last question. ]

[Tao: Is your Sunshine Villa still short of people? ]