A week later.
The players from Country T who successfully exited the game have completed their rest. Everyone has undergone a rigorous examination. Except for some players who were already in poor health and still need to rest and recover, most of the other players can be discharged from the hospital.
Si Lan was in good health and was discharged from the hospital within three days, but Pei Wen still needed to stay in the hospital for half a month for observation. As the only free person in the two families, Si Lan had to take on the responsibility of accompanying him.
A week later, the Infrastructure Group held a formal, global press conference.
As a representative, Wang Teng explained to everyone the serious impact of the chip incident on global players, and said that even if the players in Country T are fully rescued, Country T will continue to investigate the cause of the accident, hunt down the heads of the game and chip companies who escaped in the accident, and hold them accountable.
After the press conference, Country T also awarded honorary badges, banners jointly presented by players, and certain material rewards to the players based on their great contributions to the rescue operations during the accident.
On this day, Si Lan, Pei Wen, Fang Xun and Fan Wenqing were all supposed to be present, but no one showed up.
Wang Teng thought about it a lot, but he never expected that this group of people would actually refuse the country's reward.
He sent someone to contact them privately, but heard one of them say that he was having heart problems and needed to stay in the hospital for a checkup;
One said someone had heart problems and wanted to accompany him to the hospital for a checkup;
Another said that his friend’s friend had heart problems and he had to accompany his friend to the hospital for a checkup;
The last one who directly said that she felt uncomfortable in her heart was going to marry the one who accompanied her for the checkup. With such a big event in her life ahead of her, she had to take charge of all the arrangements for the wedding and be the bridesmaid, leaving her no time for other unrealistic things.
The excuses these people came up with almost made Wang Teng's heart sick.
But the awards ceremony was about to begin, and he couldn't chase them away. He had no choice but to hold the medals for these few people and award them to others first. Before the ceremony ended, he said to the netizens watching the live broadcast of the awards ceremony across the country: "Actually, we still have a few heroes today who should accept our country's thanks."
"Unfortunately, several heroes were unable to come due to important matters. They also expressed their willingness to do good deeds without leaving their names, thus rejecting the country's kind offer."
"That can't be helped. Our country won't force anyone to do anything they don't want to do."
"We would like to use this live broadcast to express our sincere gratitude to Ms. Si Lan, Mr. Pei Wen, Police Officer Fang Xun, and Ms. Fan Wenqing, who wish to remain anonymous."
"I also sincerely wish these 'unsung heroes' success in their careers, happy families, smooth sailing, and the fulfillment of all their dreams in the future."
The ceremony came to an end and the live broadcast also ended.
Yuan Kuo, the Wan couple, Li Duanqing and others in the back all covered their mouths and laughed, and applauded and bowed with sincere blessings to those who were not present.
Si Lan and the other three, who were hiding in the hospital to avoid the ceremony, had no idea that their "names" had been spread all over the internet. The four who wanted to keep a low profile are now more popular than anyone else, and even the trending searches on major social platforms are: #姒沛方凡#
#Reverse explosion! The four gods of "The First Empire"#
#Some people want to be low-key, but not completely low-key#
#Heavy Reward: Si Pei Fang Fan! Wanted online, don’t let the hero remain nameless! #
There were more and more hot searches. Within two days, the place where Pei Wen was hospitalized was accidentally exposed. Countless reporters rushed there, trying every means to interview him.
Pei Wen and the others were stunned, wondering what they had let slip. They then looked online and discovered that a "caring citizen," Team Leader Wang, had exposed them during a livestream and had them trending for days.
Pei Wen was speechless.
Looking at Si Lan silently.
Si Lan flipped through a few trending searches, sighed, and looked at Fang Xun again: "Officer Fang, if I want to do something to make these trending searches disappear..."
Fang Xun: "Calm down, don't be impulsive. We are celebrities now, so we can't do that kind of thing."
Fan Wenqing: "Then can we still be discharged? Will we be blocked by reporters at the hospital gate? Honestly, I'm afraid this little unknown person in our agency has never seen such a big scene before. Can you teach me what to do?"
At this time, Fang Xun thought: There is no way, this can be regarded as disturbing social order, right?
He called the police.
I found my colleagues in the police station.
On the day Pei Wen arrived, several police cars drove up one after another and drove away all the reporters blocking the hospital entrance on the grounds that they must not disrupt the order of the hospital.
Pei Wen and his companions then walked out of the hospital gate.
Fan Wenqing was so scared, fearing that Fang Xun would be falsely accused of "abuse of power".
Fang Xun said, "What are you thinking? Reporters aren't allowed to crowd around the hospital entrance. Publicly, I'm maintaining public order. Privately, I'm a law-abiding citizen. How could I be abusing my power?"
Only then did Fan Wenqing feel relieved. She hid behind Si Lan and walked carefully.
Who knew that you could dodge one wave but not the other.
Just as Fang Xun's colleagues left, a group of reporters quietly came over and surrounded them.
Fan Wenqing and Fang Xun were both stunned.
Si Lan looked at this group of people, sighed deeply, and finally took out her cell phone and dialed the number in the address book.
After a few words with the other side, just a few words, soon, this group of reporters received calls or messages.
After answering the call, they were stunned for a moment, and finally looked at Si Lan who was on the phone. Unfortunately, they had to apologize to them respectfully: "Sorry to bother you four. We will leave first. Goodbye."
The reporters dispersed.
Pei Wen looked around for a long time, making sure no one had returned. He looked at Si Lan in shock, "You finally couldn't help yourself and used your uncle and aunt's connections?"
Si Lan:?
"What the hell? What right do they have? It's all nonsense."
Fang Xun: "Then you just..."
She showed her cell phone screen, revealing the phone number note: Team Leader Wang.
Fang Xun took a look and was speechless.
Fan Wenqing: "Sister Lan, you really dare to borrow strength..."
Si Lan: "Although I shouldn't say this, this incident was indeed thanks to Team Leader Wang. So he should solve the trouble he caused. This is called starting and ending well. I believe everyone will understand."
Fang Xun & Fan Wenqing: No, I don’t understand…
Pei Wen: "Our Lanlan is awesome."
Si Lan glanced at him and said unhappily: "Stop praising me all day long."
Pei Wen: "I should do this. Doesn't my wife praise others? I'm a good husband, so I should do what a good husband should do."
Si Lan: “…”
I didn't want to bother with him, so I hailed a car and prepared to leave.
God have mercy on her. When she and Pei Wen were discharged from the hospital, no parents came to pick them up. They were like forgotten little pitiful children. They were truly a match made in heaven. No one could say they were not a good match.
After Fang Xun's colleague drove away the reporters, he came back to pick him up.
Fang Xun looked at the two forgotten people and couldn't bear it, so he waved: "Let's go, our police team will escort you home, get in the car."
Before he finished speaking, Pei Wen said, "Forget it, that's not necessary. We can just go back by ourselves."
Fang Xun was about to say, "Why are you being so polite?" but when he looked up, he saw someone with ulterior motives. He was startled, paused, then understood immediately. He turned around and pulled Fan Wenqing over: "Then let's go, let's go, at least one of you has to show some courtesy. If they don't come, then don't come!"
Fan Wenqing: ???
Isn't this embarrassing for me, a person with social anxiety?
But when she saw Pei Wen's eyes, she sighed and automatically followed Fang Xun: "Okay, thank you Officer Fang, I won't disturb you anymore, see you later, Sister Lan!"
So Si Lan, who really wanted to get a ride, said: "..."
He turned around and looked at the person beside him: "Then you take a taxi, you pay, I'm just an ordinary salesperson, I can't afford the fare."
Pei Wen: "Okay, I'll be right there."
The car arrived and the two got in, but their destination was not either of their homes. Instead, they drove farther and farther, and finally arrived at the city center.
After getting off the car, Si Lan looked at the tall buildings ahead and said, "...What do you want to do now? Don't tell me you've got the location wrong."
Pei Wen: "You promised me dinner. Look, isn't that the top floor? Come on, treat me to dinner."
Si Lan closed her eyes, sighed, and remained silent.
Finally, he walked over and said, "Okay, okay, you're the only one who's hard to please, Pei Jiaojiao. Just wait for me."
Pei Wen smiled mysteriously from behind: "You wait too."
The two came to the most famous couple's restaurant in Country T. The environment inside was indeed excellent, and the pink bubbles between couples inside were simply disgusting.
Si Lan walked in and let Pei Wen choose a seat and order food, showing his gentlemanly demeanor to the extreme.
Pei Wen didn't say much the whole time.
To be exact, he had been looking down at his phone from the moment he got in the car until the food was served. He was so quiet that it was a little weird.
So even though Si Lan was usually annoyed by his talkativeness, she felt a little uncomfortable now.
Just as I was about to ask a few questions, suddenly, all the lights in the restaurant went out and it was dark.
The sound of footsteps coming and going all around was as frequent as if someone was fleeing or invading.
Si Lan suddenly became alert, holding the chopsticks in her palm with one hand, and a murderous look flashed in her eyes.
There was a sound of footsteps approaching, and the chopsticks in Si Lan's hand silently changed direction, ready to go.
However, at this moment, Pei Wen suddenly reached out and held her hand: "Shh, calm down!"
As soon as the words fell, the lights came on again!
Si Lan squinted her eyes because of the shock, and at the same time, she heard the sound of a piano coming from the side.
When I opened my eyes again, there were many balloons and streamers in the restaurant.
In the blink of an eye, all the diners in the restaurant disappeared. Instead, familiar faces stood before her, holding baskets of flower petals. When they saw her looking over, they threw the petals into the air: "Surprise!"
Si Lan: ...? ? ?
At this moment, Pei Wen stood up, took out a small box from his arms that you could tell what it was, and walked up to her: "Lanlan..."
He knelt on one knee and showed his diamond ring.
Si Lan was shocked. She looked at him for a long time before she uttered, "...Are you unsophisticated?"
Pei Wen: ???
He covered her mouth and suppressed her voice: "Be quiet!"
"This was a collective plan by the Infrastructure Team. They said they saw how hard I was trying to pursue you, so they personally helped me plan this proposal. If you call me unsophisticated, isn't that the same as calling the Infrastructure Team unsophisticated?!"
Si Lan was puzzled and looked into the distance again.
Wang Teng, Xiao Wu, representatives from the medical team and technical team were all there, holding large bouquets of flowers, winking at her, urging her to agree.
Si Lan: “…”
I was so embarrassed that I was digging my toes into the ground.
At this time, several people came into the restaurant. They were the parents of her and Pei Wen. They said they were busy out of town, but each of them was holding a large bouquet of flowers. In the center of the flowers, a word was formed with red roses. The four bouquets formed three words plus a punctuation mark: Marry him!
Si Lan: “…”
Help! ! !
She was almost suffocated by embarrassment.
Seeing Fang Xun and Fan Wenqing saying they were leaving, as well as acquaintances like Li Duanqing who had rushed over from some other province, she felt dizzy, her ears were buzzing, and she wanted to run away.
Pei Wen was actually also very uncomfortable. This proposal ceremony arranged by his parents was too damn anti-young people.
But the opportunity is fleeting. If he misses today, he won’t know where he will end up wailing.
So he followed the routine his father had given him and knelt firmly: "Marry me."
Receiving Si Lan's sudden glare, he quickly changed the subject: "Will you marry me?"
Si Lan pursed her lips and gritted her teeth, still feeling awkward and at a loss as to what to do.
Pei Wen became increasingly anxious, his expression changing from embarrassment to nervousness to anxiety, with even a layer of sweat appearing on his forehead.
Si Lan remained silent, and Fan Wenqing could no longer bear it. She reminded her from a distance, "Sister Lan, Sister Lan, come back to your senses! Give him some reaction!"
Si Lan barely came back to her senses and looked down again: It was really a proposal.
It was really in this kind of occasion where she was not suitable.
After a while, she finally noticed Pei Wen's almost collapsed expression.
She sighed in her signature style, glanced at the sparkling diamond ring in Pei Wen's hand, and shook her head: "I will marry you?"
Pei Wen: "This, isn't this what you said? You said you want to marry into the family..."
Si Lan stood up.
He felt in his pocket and took out a small box.
"Isn't that the reverse procedure?"
In front of everyone, she pulled Pei Wen up and gently opened the small box in her hand. In a blink of an eye, she was about to make her signature proposal pose.
Pei Wen grabbed her fiercely: "What are you doing?!"
Si Lan: "Propose."
"Why are you proposing?!"
"Will you marry me? That's indeed what I asked for."
Pei Wen:!!!
He put down his diamond ring box, snatched Si Lan's diamond ring box, whose diamond was bigger than his, and picked her up: "You're talking nonsense! Are you really so disrespectful to me? I'm a grown man, and you marry me, but you don't even give me the chance to propose? Do you look down on me that much?!"
Si Lan:?
"what's on your mind……"
Pei Wen: "No, you can't do that. I have to be the one to propose. It doesn't matter whose last name I have, I have to be the one to propose!"
Si Lan and he were in a stalemate, neither of them giving in.
This scene left Fan Wenqing stunned and amazed.
"Hey, Officer Fang, do these two even have to decide who wins when proposing marriage???"
Fang Xun spoke cautiously, "This is probably the world of highly intelligent people. You're stronger, I'm stronger, and no one is allowed to be stronger than me—this is probably their most important attitude towards life."
Fan Wenqing: "Doesn't that mean no one wants to give in to the other?"
Fang Xun: "That's probably it."
"Will they fight after they get married?"
"It's hard to say, but judging by the force, Jiaojiao, oh no, the professor was beaten unilaterally."
Fan Wenqing exclaimed, "But the professor clearly seems to dote on my sister Lan!"
Fang Xun suddenly chuckled, and inexplicably became a bit of a poser: "You don't understand this, do you?"
"This man can indeed give up all dignity for love, but he must also maintain the greatest dignity for love."
"So what dignity do you think we must maintain? It's the proposal. Even if a man marries a woman, the proposal is a ritual that a man must never give up. No man would bear to see his beloved woman kneel before him!"
Fan Wenqing was the first to disagree: "That woman is the same!"
Fang Xun didn't intend to reason with her, so he just turned off the microphone and refused to argue about it.
And Si Lan was still arguing.
The noise was so loud that everyone was afraid that the wedding would be ruined. Si Lan's mother finally couldn't stand it anymore and shouted on the spot: "Enough!"
He glared at the two of them and said, "Are you two still begging me? Are you still going to talk?! Don't think we're lying to you. We're really busy with a lot of things, and we only found time to come and propose to you two. If you delay any longer, you'll have to come with us to the construction site and move bricks for others!"
This roar silenced both of them.
Si Lan glanced at her and could see that she was really anxious. Si Lan then retracted her gaze and looked at Pei Wen.
Finally, she sighed again and tapped the table: "Then hurry up. Will you marry me?"
Pei Wen immediately took out the diamond ring and put it on her hand: "Marry, of course, then will you really marry me?"
Si Lan put her diamond ring on his hand and said: "Marry me, marry me. The salary and capital will be yours, the property will be in your name, and the child will have my surname."
Pei Wen was stunned, then shocked: "We will have children?"
Si Lan was also stunned. After thinking for a while, she changed her words: "I just slipped my tongue. Just ignore it and let it go."
Pei Wen: “…Oh.”
The two of them started arguing for no apparent reason, and then made up for no apparent reason. This rhythm was something that the entire audience couldn't get used to.
But everyone gradually reacted, and soon, the graceful piano music sounded again. Wang Teng clapped his hands in satisfaction: "Alright, a talented man and a beautiful woman, a perfect match, everyone is happy!"
"Now, everyone, please sit down and eat. This meal is hosted by our infrastructure team. We've reserved the entire place. Thank you all!"
Si Lan and Pei Wen were still feeling awkward, but upon hearing this, they sat back quietly, lowered their heads and ate slowly.
After eating a few bites, Si Lan found that her parents were still at the door. She was about to call them over, but when she saw the two families happily chatting together for a few words, she threw the flowers on a seat beside her and left.
Si Lan: ???
"You're leaving without even eating?"
Her mother: "I told you, we are really busy."
"If we weren't so obsessed with seeing you two kids together, would we have come here? Wow, we're really overthinking it!"
Si Lan was so angry that she retorted on the spot: "Then go away. Don't come if there is nothing else. There won't be any bigger happy events."
Her mother gave Pei Wen a look and said, "Young man, try to be more motivated. Try to have two babies in three years, three babies in five years, and then we can have many children!"
Pei Wen was about to reply when he felt a sudden chill in front of him.
He immediately changed his words: "Lanlan has the final say on this matter. Mother-in-law, oh no, mom, please be nice to her. We may be able to discuss this matter later."
Si’s mother:? ? ?
"Well, your attitude changes really quickly."
Pei Wen: "Of course. Once you're married, your wife is the most important. Dad, Mom, bye. Keep busy. I'll let you know when I get married."
Both parents: "..."
Well, this is what you deserve.
I didn't bother to care about these two people, so I left together without any nonsense.
While everyone here is happily watching the show, over there, in the game "The First Empire", foreign players who are still struggling to survive: TTTUTTTT
Ever since they saw a certain country and its city walls disappear on the spot half a month ago, they finally realized: there are players from other countries here.
And they are all high-level players.
Hundreds of millions of people in a country live together peacefully, law-abidingly, unitedly and harmoniously, and together they build this "First Empire" which seems advanced but also seems like a lot of semi-finished products; it is called a semi-finished product, but I don't understand why it can complete the game.
All the resources that Si Lan had copied and rewritten using data at that time disappeared, and the only things left were the supplies that had actually been built and stockpiled by players from Country T.
The environment here is so charming that after being shocked, the foreign friends all flocked to this "ruin", eating, drinking and sleeping, enjoying the joy of the game for the first time in nearly a year.
They lived there in chaos for another two months.
Until the resources here also began to dwindle and the people panicked.
But suddenly, on a clear and cloudless day, a muffled thunder sounded in the sky.
Strange lightning appeared in the sky along with the thunder.
Lightning quickly gathered and gradually took shape, unfolding a giant subtitle in various languages across the planet's sky: [Hello everyone, this is the T Country Infrastructure Group.]
[Since players have stayed in the game for too long, Country T, adhering to the friendly philosophy of peaceful coexistence and mutual benefit, is willing to lead everyone out of the game and back to reality.]
[Next, players who are willing to cooperate with this infrastructure team, please follow the instructions below and move to the designated coordinates for formal game training.]
This collaboration is voluntary. Those who do not wish to join are free to leave. Next, please follow the coordinates. Once you arrive at your destination, our professional team will guide you to sign the cooperation agreement and begin the first training session.
We are waiting for your good news at the indicated location. See you next time. ^-^]
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