Although the water in the toilet was clean, Wei You still hesitated for two seconds before reaching in to pick up the phone, then took a few pieces of tissue paper to wipe the surface dry.
When he had wiped the phone screen until it was shiny and free of fingerprints, Wei You stopped.
His head now seemed to be split in two.
Half of me was regretting and blaming myself for bringing the phone into the bathroom and placing it in such a dangerous place, while the other half was instinctively thinking about what to do next.
He remembered reading on the Internet that if a cell phone falls into water, do not turn it on, but just turn it off and place it in rice for two to three days, and maybe nothing will happen.
Wei You didn’t know whether this method was reliable or not, but given the current situation he could only give it a try.
So he resisted the urge to open his phone to check the situation, went to the kitchen, tore off a plastic bag, filled it with rice, put the phone in the bag and sealed it.
Of course, before putting the phone in, he first took out the SIM card and temporarily put the card into a new phone he had bought before and had hardly used. Then he sent a message to Xia Guangsi in the work group, explaining to everyone that his phone had fallen into the water and asked them to post the video again when they had time.
After finishing his work, Wei You sat on the sofa in the living room, staring at the background wall of the TV with an empty mind.
At this time, both parents were not at home. My mother must have gone out to buy groceries, and my father was probably playing chess and chatting with friends in the pavilion in the community garden.
Because it was too quiet, Wei You's thoughts began to wander again, and he regretted putting his phone under the towel rack.
It's such an important thing, how can you just leave it there randomly!
Other things are fine, he has all the important data backed up in the cloud, and he can get it back by changing the phone and inserting the card to log in, but the key is the games in the phone...
He left suddenly this time, without leaving a note for Wei Xu or giving him living expenses, so he was particularly worried about the child's living conditions.
Although he estimated that Wei Xu should have saved a lot of money in recent years and could support himself for a while, the speed of time flow in the real world and the game world was very different after all.
He only stayed outside for a day or two, and Wei Xu might be able to get by with his savings, but three to five days would be a stretch.
If he could never go to the game world again because of this accident, Wei You estimated that this would become the biggest regret of his life.
Of course, it was useless to regret now. Wei You could only pray that the method of using rice to absorb moisture was effective, otherwise he would have to take his phone to a mobile phone shop for repair.
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The cell phone stayed in Mili for two full days, and Wei You didn't take it out until the afternoon of the third day.
He carefully pressed the power button to turn on the phone, and soon the familiar lock screen lit up.
Wei You's heart was pounding as he unlocked the password quickly and lightly.
At this point, there was no problem with the phone. He tried to open a chat software and there was still no problem. Just when Wei You thought the phone was saved, the screen suddenly flickered and then went black.
The air was quiet for a few seconds, and Wei You cursed, "Damn it."
Looking at the dark screen, he had a bad feeling in his heart. Sure enough, no matter how many times he pressed the power button, the phone did not respond. There was no change when plugging in the charger. In the end, he had to go out and take the phone to a specialty store for repair.
Half an hour later, Wei You appeared in the official experience store closest to his home.
The person in charge of repairing the phone was a young man in his twenties wearing glasses. He listened to Wei You's description of the phone's condition calmly, and then said in a matter-of-fact tone: "It's probably the internal screen or the main board that's burned out. We need to take it apart and have a look. If the internal screen is broken, replace it. If the main board is broken, then I suggest you just buy a new phone."
Wei You understood what he meant. He checked the Internet for the repair prices of accessories for his phone, and found that replacing the motherboard was the most expensive, almost half of the price of the phone itself.
He has been using this phone for two years. It is not cost-effective to spend so much money to repair an old phone.
But Wei You’s situation is special. This phone is the channel connecting the real world and the game world, and he must repair it.
So he shook his head and said sincerely: "There are very important things in here for me. No matter where it is broken, I have to fix it."
The other party looked a little surprised: "Don't you have a backup?"
Wei You shook his head.
"Well," the boy said, "I'll open it and take a look."
Wei You had already prepared for the worst, so when the repairman told him that the motherboard was indeed burned out, he just sighed and said resignedly: "Replace it."
The young man nodded and said, "It will probably take me two or three hours to finish it. You can wait here or go out for a walk. Come over around 6:30."
Wei You responded and didn't want to wait in the store, so he went out for a stroll.
He remembered that there was a branch campus of Jinyang University nearby. After entering from the east gate, he could soon see an artificial lake surrounded by lawns and cedar forests. The scenery was extremely beautiful.
He was really bored so he went there to see the scenery.
Perhaps because it is winter, there are few people near the lake and the grass has withered and turned a dark yellow, but it is still very beautiful. The setting sun in the west is reflected on the lake, like a piece of flowing gold powder.
Wei You sat on a wooden chair provided for pedestrians to rest beside the lakeside greenway, took a few photos of the lake view with his mobile phone, and then leaned back in the chair aimlessly to edit the photos.
Occasionally, school students would pass by on bicycles on the road behind him, but he paid no attention and just focused on taking pictures and editing them.
Until he caught the words "Wei Xu" in the chatting of several people passing by.
Wei You suddenly raised his head, turned around and saw the backs of three men walking side by side.
They should all be students of this school. They were chatting while walking along the greenway along the lakeshore to the dormitory or library.
Wei You thought that he might have misheard and didn't take it seriously.
However, his gaze lingered for a moment longer on the man in the middle of the three people.
There was no other purpose, it was simply because that person was the tallest and the most eye-catching.
Moreover, while the other two were wearing coats and cotton-padded jackets, the young man was only wearing a thin white shirt!
Jinyang's climate is indeed warmer, but not so warm that you can wear a shirt outside in winter.
Although the way that person is dressed does show off his figure, from the back he has broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and his legs are long and straight, almost as thin as chopsticks.
"Like a paper man."
Wei You muttered softly, turned around and continued doing his own thing.
He did not stay in the school for long. As it gradually darkened, he went to a nearby well-reviewed restaurant for dinner.
After dinner, the phone was almost repaired.
Wei You went to the store and got his cell phone back.
This time he spent nearly three thousand yuan for no reason. When paying, Wei You felt his heart was bleeding.
Anyway, the phone was finally repaired.
After returning home, Wei You told his parents that he was going to record a video and asked them not to come in and disturb him. Then he closed the door, lay down on the bed, turned on his mobile phone, and clicked on the game icon of "Zizai's Growth Plan".
A progress bar popped up on the screen. Wei You was excited and prepared to lose consciousness.
However, after a few seconds, his eyes were still bright.
Looking down, I saw the progress bar on my phone was stuck at 20%.
Wei You was stunned. He tried to close the game and reopen it again, but the same thing happened.
He took out the SIM card from another phone, replaced it with the old phone, and tried again. The game progress bar improved slightly, but only moved 1%, and then got stuck at 21%, just like before.
Suddenly, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Wei You's forehead.
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