Hello, How Long Has This Been Going On?

In the overwhelming shock, Tao Zhi understood more and more that this was a dream within a chain dream.

He raised his head after a pause, like a robot with a frame stuck, staring at this dream world full of magic.

Tao Zhiyue stretched out his hand, pinched his face slowly, and pulled his eyelids again, tears welled up in his eyes due to the brute force.

After one pass of operation, the drowsiness left when he was woken up completely disappeared, but this dream with too strong a sense of reality did not wake up.

Everything around has not changed, the room is filled with the scorching heat of early summer, the sound of cicadas chirping can be heard, there is a piece of fluffy bread lying on the table, and the message from HR still stays there.

[HR: This is a flower given to me by someone I like. ]

That was obviously the flower he secretly sent online to a brown bear in the middle of the night.

HR said that the person he likes is not a girl, but a boy.

So can he be understood as... the person HR likes is him?

Going a step further, can he think that the person he likes also happens to like him?

The dreamlike feeling overwhelmed reason, Tao Zhiyue picked up the phone again, entered the question in a daze, and sent it.

[Tao: You... aren't you straight? ]

[HR: Speaking of which! ]

[HR: I should apologize to you for that. ]

[HR: I have no relationship experience, and I have never liked others, so I subconsciously classify myself into the mainstream sexual orientation. ]

[HR: That's wrong, not rigorous enough. ]

[HR: But now that I've met you, I think I'm not a straight guy. ]

[HR: No, not should, but definitely. ]

The phone almost slipped to the ground, and Tao Zhiyue stared at the few lines of HR's reply at the speed of light, feeling that his head had become a running oven.

With a shake of his hand, a string of meaningless gibberish was sent out.

[Tao: wwwww]

[HR: Ah, I know this! ]

[HR: This means laughing out loud in Japanese, right? ]

[HR: I made up a lot of Internet buzzwords yesterday! Some are really fun. ]

[HR: wwwwww]

A drop of hot magma fell from his head, melting thousands of thoughts. Tao Zhiyue looked at the string of ws sent by HR, and once again felt the indescribable, soft and pure loveliness.

Coupled with his adorable avatar, Tao Zhiyue couldn't say no to it no matter what.

[Tao: Yes. ]

Tao Zhiyue wanted to sincerely praise HR's learning ability as usual, so as to skip the previous topic that made him blush, but was preempted by HR.

[HR: Wait a minute, are you trying to praise me for being quick to accept new things. ]

[pottery:…]

[Tao: How do you know. ]

[HR: Doctor Tao, do you think I am too old? ]

It's over and found out.

[Tao: Actually...not very big. ]

[Tao: Adorable Mix Pass.jpg]

[HR: Doctor Tao, listen to my explanation! ]

[HR: Actually, I am still very young, but my speech is relatively rigid, and I don’t know how to use emojis, so I seem to be out of tune with most of my peers. Many people felt this way before. ]

[HR: Some people suspect that my dad is chatting online instead of me...]

Seeing this, the distraught Tao Zhi didn't hold back anymore, and laughed out loud.

[HR: I can prove it! ]

[HR: Doctor Tao, can I call you? ]

Back to the original question that caused his brain to shut down and lose his mind all night, it was like going back in time.

But this time, Tao Zhiyue chose to agree by mistake.

[Tao: Good. ]

...he just wanted to hear how HR would prove his age.

HR immediately dialed a voice call, and the lively and cheerful ringtone rang.

Unexpectedly, his movements were so fast, Tao Zhiyue straightened up suddenly, with a tense expression, and hurriedly did mental construction for himself.

From stupid elementary school students to naive middle school students to green college students, after fantasizing about all of them outrageously, he pressed the green answer button with his brows furrowed.

The other end of the phone was very quiet. Two seconds after the connection, the person on the other end cleared his throat with a solemn tone.

"Hello, Doctor Tao."

Tao Zhiyue felt as if he had hallucinations again.

This voice is clear and pleasant, perfectly overlapping with the moment of glimpse in memory.

—"Hello, are you here to play the War of the Roses?"

"You you you are..."

Tao Zhi stuttered.

HR was a little excited, "Doctor Tao, do you still remember my voice?"

Tao Zhiyue sorted out his thoughts for a long time, but his nerves were really short-circuited, so he just said something out of nowhere.

"Are you wearing a white T-shirt..."

"It's me!" HR sounded very happy, "It turns out that Dr. Tao has such a deep impression on me."

too suddenly.

The HR in Tao Zhiyue's heart still stays in the image of a tired and lost middle-aged man, older and single, unable to refuse to entangle himself with the same sex, no one in life to talk to, so he has to go online to ask for help...

Thinking about the white T-shirt boy who almost attracted the attention of all the girls and some boys that day, Tao Zhiyue couldn't connect the two at all.

He even suspected that there was something wrong with his sleeping posture yesterday, which caused him to enter a certain parallel time and space after waking up today.

"you…"

Tao Zhiyue said "you" for a long time, trying hard to come up with a complete sentence: "Why is it you?"

HR understood his meaning accurately, and said briskly: "When I called you yesterday, I recognized you from the voice, but you may not be able to recognize you because you are drunk."

"As for our meeting at the game show, it was a coincidence. I was also surprised for a long time yesterday."

"I think this is the fate that is often written about in novels. I never thought I could have such a wonderful fate."

I never thought I could have such a wonderful fate.

Tao Zhiyue picked up the bread in his hand in a daze, and blocked his mouth that had suddenly lost his ability to speak.

The bread is delicious, bite it down, and the thick quicksand egg yolk filling is full of salty fragrance.

So his last memory of that day is that HR, with a young and magnetic voice, seriously asked him questions amidst the aroma of bread flowing in the room.

"So, Doctor Tao, can I chase you?"

The thrilling three-day paid vacation soon ended, and Tao Zhiyue returned to his normal life from nine to six.

When he went to work the next day, Tao Zhiyue brought two big boxes full of braised beef. This time, experienced colleagues rushed forward and lined up in a long queue in an orderly manner.

It was just after nine o'clock in the morning, but the whole office was filled with a happy atmosphere of having lunch.

Wang Heng was very excited: "Brother Tao, I didn't expect you to remember what I said casually that day. I'm so touched."

"Today's is even more delicious than last time. It's super delicious! How did Brother Tao do it? It's amazing!"

Tao Zhiyue tried his best not to look at his hairline, and quietly pulled Wang Heng aside while his colleagues were all focused on the plastic lunch box.

He hesitated for a long time, but Wang Heng patted his chest very politely: "Brother Tao, do you need my help? Tell me! I can do anything!"

"..." Tao Zhi was full of embarrassment, "That is, the night before yesterday, I drank too much, and then..."

"Yeah." The dull Wang Heng waited for him to continue with concentration, "I also drank a lot, that barbecue is really good."

Tao Zhi gritted his teeth: "Did I say anything strange? Or something like a drunken madness..."

Only then did Wang Heng come to his senses, with a look of discovery of New Continent, "Ah, Brother Tao, don't you know what you look like when you're drunk?"

The moment of social death is approaching, Tao Zhiyue calmed down unexpectedly, and whispered: "You tell me, I can bear it."

"Actually, I'm not crazy about drinking. Brother Tao was scared by my PP news." Wang Heng smiled, "I'm thinking about how to describe it... well, Brother Tao will talk a little more than usual after drinking, and his face will turn red .”

That's pretty normal, Tao Zhi Gao was about to let go of his suspended heart, when he heard Wang Heng continue.

"And the whole person looks very good! When everyone tells you, you will say: good, for example, toast to you, you will whisper: good, and then pick it up and take a sip, everyone is dumbfounded .”

"Several girls were so excited, they asked you for a pp number, and you agreed, and even offered to join the group. It feels completely different from the usual distanced look!"

"By the way, when we were about to leave, you answered a voice call, but you acted like you didn't know the other party. I said Brother Tao, you would not know anyone when you were drunk. Then, Brother Tao, you seriously refuted me and said: I know you, you are Wang Heng, I am not drunk."

"In short, it's very cute! So I remember it very well, and some people said they wanted to record it, but they were stopped hahahaha."

Tao Zhiyue: ...

Well, this life has come to an end again.

He felt numb, his whole body was shrouded in shame, and he couldn't bear it at all.

I also know that what HR said before and casually chatted a few words must be to comfort him.

Tao Zhiyue couldn't even imagine what he had said to HR during the nine-hour call the night before yesterday.

Or, what HR said to him, how did he respond...

Tao Zhiyue bid farewell to his enthusiastic colleague Wang Heng in a trance: "Thank you, goodbye."

Wang Heng was unaware of his pain, and said cheerfully: "Brother Tao, remember to call me next time you drink, my wine is very good, and I can tell you jokes!"

…

Thank you, there will be no next time, he is now a joke.

I could have been very happy, it was all men who killed me.jpg

Returning to his work station from a wandering mind, Tao Zhiyue tried to get into the working state, but he couldn't calm down no matter what.

The colleagues I met along the way seemed to look at him with wonderful affection.

In the extremely lively and crowded PP friend list, HR with a cute avatar floated in the front position. He sent a message an hour ago, but he hasn't replied yet.

[HR: Good morning ^-^]

Now that Tao Zhiyue sees this smiling face that runs through the whole process of his acquaintance with HR, he is in a bad mood.

On the phone yesterday, HR asked if he could chase him in a very seductive voice.

Tao Zhiyue never thought that he would hear this sentence from the same **** in his lifetime.

So he replied immediately: "The water is boiling, I'll pour it."

Then Tao Zhiyue hung up the phone in embarrassment, and hid in the bathroom familiarly.

Standing under the gurgling shower, Tao Zhiyue couldn't tell whether it was the hot water that scalded his skin, or the high temperature of his body heated the water in reverse.

The faint smell of wine from yesterday was washed away by the water, but every word HR said took root in his mind, invading his reason all the time.

He fell in love with a middle-aged old-fashioned male netizen whom he had never met before.

They actually met by chance in reality, and the other party was actually very young and handsome.

The pure and innocent male netizen who looks like Neptune seriously said that he wanted to chase him.

Tao Zhiyue even suspected that he should be the real protagonist in this goofy novel he transmigrated into.

After staying in the bathroom until he was about to pass out, Tao Zhiyue came out on tiptoe. Fortunately, HR didn't send a series of questioning questions and gave him time to breathe.

Tao Zhiyue didn't dare to calm down. In order to find something to distract himself, he went to the supermarket to buy a lot of beef and stewed meat seasoning, and when he came back, he washed, cut and cooked slowly, trying his best to pass the time.

During this period, he cut his fingers twice when cutting meat, burned the back of his hand once when he touched the wall of the pot while stewing meat, and hit his head three times while standing in front of the range hood in a daze.

At this moment, Tao Zhiyue, who was full of scars and ashamed, was sitting in front of the computer. The colleagues around him knew nothing about it, and were enjoying the fragrant braised beef contentedly. Good vision robot.

And the culprit, Cute Bouquet, sent a new message.

[HR: The game show closed yesterday, and this business trip has come to a successful conclusion. ]

[HR: Adorable Mix Pass.jpg]

[HR: Doctor Tao, I have to leave tomorrow. ]

[HR: Do you want to meet me before you go back? ]