Huh, I thought it would take several days or even longer to get back in touch, but they arrived already?
But this was on a donkey cart, with the children all around. Hong Xiaoduo wasn't sure what she looked like to others when she entered the space. Did she disappear instantly?
Wouldn't that scare the children to tears?
Or is the person still in the same place, but her consciousness has entered the space? If so, can the people around her hear her when she speaks in the space? Wouldn't that be quite strange, and wouldn't it scare the children?
It's alright if there are only children around, but if it were someone else, seeing her disappear into thin air, they would think she's a monster, and hearing her talking to herself, they might think she's possessed!
“Hong Xiaoduo, are you not available right now? It’s alright, you entered the space with your thoughts, and the people around you won’t hear you talking to me inside the space.” The old man at the science museum said again when she didn’t respond.
That's more like it. Hong Xiaoduo felt relieved after hearing the definite answer, no longer worried that it would be inconvenient to talk about things.
"I got up a little early today, I'm going to take a nap," Hong Xiaoduo said to the six children in the carriage, knowing that Tian Shu, who was on the other side of the carriage, could hear her.
The six little heads nodded in unison. They knew their mother liked to sleep in, and she had gotten up a little early today.
"Mother, you can sleep next to me." Yao Guang said, snuggling closer to her.
Before Hong Xiaoduo could even laugh, the other three children sitting next to her stood up and arranged cushions to indicate that she should lie down.
"No need, I'll just close my eyes and take a short nap. You all should sit down quickly." Hong Xiaoduo quickly told them to sit back down.
I didn't dare say much, who knows if that old geezer's online time was restricted this time?
Hong Xiaoduo closed her eyes and pretended to rest for a moment. Then, a cushion was gently placed behind her, and she couldn't help but smile.
"Oh, Xiaoduo, you seem to be in a pretty good mood today." As soon as you enter the space, the old man on the screen on the wall asks with a grin.
Hong Xiaoduo immediately put on a stern face: "How about we switch places, so you can experience the good feeling of being scammed?"
"No, no, no, Xiaoduo, I admit it. I was wrong. Here's what I'll do: when you come back, I'll apologize to you in person. A house within the Third Ring Road of Beijing, the most expensive car, a luxury yacht at sea—whatever you want, I'll try my best to satisfy you," the old man promised, patting his chest.
Hong Xiaoduo pouted and said, "Stop making empty promises. It's not like you can do anything I want."
"Sure, why not? I'm not bragging, but we have the financial means. There's nothing money can't buy." The old man said.
"Oh? Then I want a private high-speed rail line that loops across the country. You're okay with that, right?" Hong Xiaoduo asked.
The old man was taken aback: "Xiao Duo, stop fooling around, this really won't work. I'll buy you a private island, that would be fine."
Hong Xiaoduo wasn't annoyed: "Then let's change it. I want a spaceship, so that every year on the fifteenth of August, I can ride it to the moon to celebrate the festival." After saying that, she looked at the old man, who looked a little embarrassed, with a half-smile.
"This won't work, that won't work? Don't you have the financial means? Didn't you say there's nothing money can't buy?"
The old man on the screen rubbed his forehead awkwardly: "Hey Xiaoduo, we finally got online, how about we talk about something serious?"
Continuing the previous topic, the old man thought that the girl might also want to eat the rooster's eggs.
The old man cursed himself inwardly, thinking, "At my age, how can I still act so irresponsibly? I can always find loopholes in what I say."
"Stop. I was tricked into coming here by you. I'm the victim, so it's not appropriate for you to call me Xiaoduo." Hong Xiaoduo reminded him bluntly.
She could sense that this call would last a while, otherwise the old man wouldn't have come on so cheerful and playful right away.
Shouldn't people who work in science be very calm and meticulous?
"Alright, alright, Miss Hong." The old man had a very good temper.
Hong Xiaoduo immediately exploded: "Who are you calling 'Miss'? You're the 'Miss'! Your whole family are 'Miss'!" Did she really think she was a pushover who could be bullied at will?
She wasn't afraid that the old man would get angry and cut off the connection, since he was the one asking her for favors now.
As for whether he would deliberately make things difficult for her after things were settled, that's something to worry about later.
We still don't know what their specific purpose is in framing her. Everyone has a backup plan, right?
"Hong, Hong Xiaoduo, aren't you in a hurry to come back?" The old man's assistant, unable to bear it any longer, poked the teacher's back with his pen, reminding him to take control of the situation.
From Hong Xiaoduo's perspective, she could only see the old man turn his head slightly and didn't know what was happening on the other side: "What's the rush? I'm not in a rush. I'm doing quite well now. I don't have to work overtime, I don't have to rush to catch the subway, I don't have the pressure of mortgage or car loan, and I can sleep whenever I want."
"I can get up whenever I want. Besides, you've already told me that my parents don't love me over there, and I'm all alone with my own household registration. Why would I be in a hurry to go back?"
You think you can use that to threaten me into submission? No way!
The old man on the screen felt that he could not take back control, but it didn't matter. In order to fulfill his grandfather's wish and to avoid dreaming of his grandfather's eyes after he breathed his last for the rest of his life, he felt that he could endure it.
"Well, Hong Xiaoduo, the reason I contacted you this time is to tell you that although I haven't cracked the unlock password of the original system yet. Hey, don't get angry, calm down and let me finish what I have to say."
"I will use all my knowledge to try and make things better for you over there, for example, by adding some helpful auxiliary functions to the current system." As he said this, the old man noticed that the girl in the space looked much more relaxed.
"But you also know that research requires time and countless experiments. Some may succeed, and some may fail." This time, the old man was wiser; he couldn't make any definitive statements and needed to leave himself some room for maneuver.
Hong Xiaoduo had already vented her emotions enough and knew when to stop, so she stopped being sarcastic and sarcastic.
"You can handle it yourself. You have no idea about my situation here, who I've met, or what I've been through, right?" she asked.
The old man nodded: "That's true for now. I'm not sure if we'll know the answer after cracking the password."
"What if I encounter danger, and my life is in danger and I can't survive? Will I die? If I die, will I die here permanently, or can I go back without your system's intervention?" Hong Xiaoduo continued to ask...
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