CH 3

Chapter 3

001 is curious about who is the person that the host wants to call.

It quietly waited for the host to dial, and after waiting for a while, it saw the host delete the digits that he just entered one by one.

001:?

It senses the host’s anxiety.

As an internship system, it can distinguish the mood of the host, but it is difficult to understand why the host produces such emotions.

001 couldn’t help asking: “Host, why don’t you call?”

“Um.”

“Why don’t you call again?”

Xie Yishu did not speak.

During the five years at Gulanxing, he thought about Gu Yan every day. Thinking of Atlantis, thinking of the family in Mouton Orphanage.

But he didn’t know if Gu Yan was like him.

He had to be thinking at the start. Gu Yan must have spent a long time seeking for him, just as it took him a long time to try to return in the first place.

One day, two days, one month, two months…maybe longer.

But he left for five full years.

Five years, there are too many variables.

He and Gu Yan have only been together for three years, five years is enough to heal the pain and ease all feelings.

Not to mention that he disappeared directly from Gu Yan’s life, and there was no news for five years.

His boyfriend may have become someone else’s boyfriend.

Maybe there will be a child who will call him father.

001 is like a child, he suddenly break the pot an ask in the end, Xie Yishu vaguely answered “I will call again later”, he bowed his head and quickly tapped another string of numbers.

Mouton Orphanage.

001 saw the host dials a number, calm down, and listened curiously.

It can detect changes in the host’s mood. The host’s mood was a little low just now, and now he is jumping for joy again somehow.

The other end of the phone was quickly connected, and a milky voice sounded in the light brain: “Hello?”

Xie Yishu recalled a memory in his mind, but failed to connect this voice to his familiar siblings. Thinking that it might be a child who had just been sent to the orphanage in the past few years, he couldn’t help but soften his tone: “Hey.”

Their Mouton Orphanage, although called Mouton Orphanage, is actually just a small orphanage on Mouton Star.

It situated in the countryside with a small courtyard, far from the main city. Although funding is allocated every year, the amount of funding is not large. The money is not enough to buy books and clothes for older children, let alone buy toys. They use the landline as a toy and take turns to answer calls from outsiders.

It wasn’t until he came to the main star to go to university, that the orphanage’s life improved. He heard that a rich man from the main star donated money to their orphanage.

He also bought a lot of toys that the main star kids like to play with and sent them to college, but the tradition of taking turns to answer the phone seems to have continued.

The child on the other side of light brain seemed to be afraid of him, and his breath was a little short: “This is the Mouton Orphanage, may I ask who you are looking for?”

“I’m looking for Mother Zhang, is she there?”

“She’s in the yard, I’ll call her to come.”

The earpiece was resting on the table, making a “ta” sound. Xie Yishu could hear pattering footsteps on this end, and other children’s inquiries——

“A Zhi, who is it?” “Is it from the government?” “Is he looking for Mother Zhang?”

Immediately afterwards, the familiar, peculiar, hastily sound of footsteps that seemed to bring a gust of wind from far and near, a middle-aged woman’s voice sounded on the other side of the light brain: “Hello?”

Xie Yishu’s nose was sore.

This was a little unexpected to him, he thought he made the call after he was fully prepared. Unexpectedly, hearing a familiar voice he still felt a little sad.

It’s a bit embarrassing, but fortunately, he didn’t cry. Xie Yishu sniffed, smiled and shouted: “Mom.”

He was the first group of children after the Moutong Orphanage was completed.

All of their children lost their parents in their infancy. To them, Mama Zhang, Mama Li, and Mama Wang, who have been taking care of them, are their mothers, and they have always called them “Mom”.

Later, more children were sent from the outside world. Some of the children were older and had already remembered things. They remembered their parents and refused to call others “mother”. This make the previous group of children changed their way of calling, and refused to let their brothers and sisters feel alienated.

Only in private, they are still more calling the three mothers “Mom”.

Xie Yishu shouted “Mom”, and the opposite immediately guessed who he was: “…Xiao Shu?”

Before Xie Yishu had time to respond, he heard the other side crying and cursing, “Look at this kid, where did you go? Do you know that I, Ma Li and Ma Wang, have worried about you for the past five years?”

Xie Yishu touches his nose. Between the three mothers, he is closest to Mother Zhang.

So the first person he finds to call is Mother Zhang, but he forgot that Mother Zhang is the easiest to cry between the three mothers.

“Eh, mom, mom, don’t cry, don’t scare the other brothers and sisters…”

–

Xie Yishu took a lot of time to comfort Zhang’s mother.

After repeating the short story made up in the service hall, Mother Zhang changed her conversation and became: “Look at this child, even if you are diagnosed with a terminal illness by the hospital, don’t think about it alone, come back and come home. , Tell mom…”

Mother Zhang is different from the staff in the service hall. She is more familiar with Xie Yishu.

In order to make his story more credible, Xie Yishu added some small factors such as “diagnosed as terminally ill by the hospital”, “coming out of despair and returning to the follow-up consultation and found that it was a misdiagnosis by a small hospital”.

He promised that he would never be stupid again, he would find a major hospital for a comprehensive examination, and he would return to Mouton Xing to visit them in a few days before Mother Zhang let him go.

She repeatedly urged Xie Yishu to change to another hospital for an examination, and to return home no matter what the result was. She didn’t believe the holographic video sent by Xie Yishu, she had to see him in person to feel at ease.

Xie Yishu responded one by one.

In fact, if it wasn’t for the insufficient balance on the account to afford a ticket back to Mouton, he might already be on his way back to Mouton.

Mother Zhang exhorted a few more words, fearing that Xie Yishu would have other things to work on, and refused to take up his time. Ask him to take good care of himself in the main star, and when he has time to return, he should call and tell them.

Before hanging up the phone, Mother Zhang remembered something: “By the way, Xiaoshu, do you remember that you brought back a boy named Gu when you were in college?”

Xie Yishu hand on the light brain tremble slightly: “Remember.”

“That boy has been looking for you. After you disappeared, he will come to the orphanage every year. He just visited once in June this year… You remember to call him to tell that you are safe.”

It took a long time for Xie Yishu to find his voice: “Okay.”

“He still use that number, right?”

“That’s right.” Mother Zhang paused, as if looking for something. After a while, she read a string of numbers, “He left the orphanage with this number.”

No change.

It’s still the same number from university.

Xie Yishu closed his eyes and promised to Mother Zhang that he would call the others to tell about his safety. When he hung up the phone, Xie Yishu held the light brain and leaned against the wall.

He felt that his heart was about to explode.

He thinks like he was stuck at a certain point as everyone else is moving forward.

He closed his eyes because he was afraid, but when he opened his eyes, he found that some people were still there.

001 finds that it can’t figure out the host’s emotions more and more.

Its host’s emotions change too quickly, and several different emotions are mixed together each time.

It thinks it can do a research, which is called “Host Emotional Observation Diary.”

When the one-year period expires and the inspection and acceptance are carried out, it will hand in the research report. In this way, even if it does not perform well in the task with the host, they can still get points from the research report and give it a pass c-.

Xie Yishu didn’t know what 001 thought.

He dialed Gu Yan’s number again.

“Beep—beep—beep—”

The phone is nowhere.

He didn’t hear the voice he wants, only the cold electronic tone: “The user you dialed is turned off…”

It may be that the light brain happens to be out of power.

Xie Yishu thought about calling again later, but still couldn’t help being a little disappointed.

He put the light brain in his trouser pocket and walked out of the alley with his bag on his back.

The street lights were lit outside. 001 put away the little notebook that recorded the host’s emotions and asked, “Host host, where are we going next?”

“Find a place to live.”

“001 I know!”

If 001 have a form, he must be looking very proud at the moment: “After learning that there are only 377 interstellar coins left on the host account, 001 collected information on all hotels in the main star in advance and calculated the three most economical options.”

It is not an official system, the operations are outdated, and the rate of information retrieval is slow.

These three most economical options are the result of one hour of hard work.

Xie Yishu didn’t have a lot of savings on his account, so he had to save some money. Hearing the three words “the most economical”, he became a little interested: “Which three?”

“Option 1: Take the 738 magnetic levitation bus, five hours later to Xiangli Street, another half an hour walk, you can find an express hotel called Xingchen. Xingchen’s official website has special activities, the one on Xiangli Street has all the stars The last two special-private single rooms. Count it down to only 99 interstellar currencies per night…”

In 001’s tone, he couldn’t hide his triumph. After introducing the other two plans happily, he urged him with a “preferable” tone, “Host, choose one soon!”

There are not many vacant rooms in these hotel, and the room might be book full if the host does not reserve them immediately.

Xie Yishu shook his head.

The few selected by 001 are far from here, and one even spans half of the main star. When he got there, it was almost dawn and there was no need to check in.

All three proposals were rejected, and 001 was a little confused: “Then host, where do you want to sleep tonight?”

Xie Yishu opened the navigation and entered “24 hours”, and said: “Self-study room.”

001:?

Light brain picked out the nearest 24 hour study room. Xie Yishu look at it and followed the navigation to find the study room.

The person at the front desk was a bionic person. Xie Yishu brushed the terminal in a familiar way, and booked a single overnight study room from 8pm to 8am, three stars per hour.

Because it was the return of an old customer, Xie Yishu received a 20% discount coupon.

The bionic man at the front desk also gave him a nutrient powder.

There is a university town nearby, and many students like to prepare for exams in the 24-hour study room. In order to facilitate the students to review and allow them to better carry out the final sprint, the study room is also equipped with vending machines, public bathrooms, and public laundry rooms.

Five-star coins can be used to shower, while three-star coins can be used to wash and dry the changed clothes so that students can put them back on.

Beds are also available. They are folded into the wall of the study room and can be taken out when needed.

Although it is narrower and harder than the hotel’s single bed, it is cheaper.

001 watched that the host spent 46 interstellar coins-10 interstellar coins were use as deposits for the study room and solves the problem of their accommodation easily. It can’t help but saying “wow-”

Xie Yishu was a little embarrassed by 001’s reaction.

He actually has a more economical choice, but although the savings on the account are small, he doesn’t need to treat himself so badly.

Xie Yishu swiped his card into the study room and put down his backpack.

The backpack contains the pen case and notebook he used for the Gulanxing substitute lesson. There are two breads and a bottle of water.

It was originally his dinner, but now he has the nutrient powder, bread and water can be reserved for tomorrow’s breakfast.

The nutrient granules were melted in water, and Xie Yishu drank it while using his light brain to check the work that provides food and lodging nearby. He discussed with 001, and they agree to solve the practical problems of work, board and lodging, and then think about the system tasks.

There is a lot of recruitment information on the employment platform. After screening, there are only two works which he can apply with his resume.

One is a technology company and is hiring assistant to the president. Another one is a private kindergarten and it is recruiting teacher.

The former has good conditions, but the competition is fierce. Xie Yishu’s various conditions can only be said to be barely make it, and there are no other bonus points.

Meanwhile, the latter’s monthly salary is less than half of the former’s, but there are very few candidates who submit resumes. Everyone knows that childcare workers work hard, and they are not willing to receive a meager salary for the hard work.

Xie Yishu doesn’t mind the hard work, as long as the food and housing are included, though the salary will be less.

He also has an advantage. In order to get more scholarships, he took a lot of certificates in the university, including the kindergarten teacher certificate.

Xie Yishu sent resumes to the two companies.

He went to the public bathroom to wash up and on the way, he answered the phone call from the other two mothers and some brothers and sisters in the orphanage, replied a few text messages, and went to the lobby to buy a bottle of water from the vending machine.

When Xie Yishu returned to the study room with water, the two companies sent a reply.

As he expected.

The former tactfully rejected him, and the latter made an appointment for an interview at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning.

The kindergarten is not close from here. If he wants to get to the kindergarten before 8 o’clock, he has to get on the morning bus that went to the kindergarten before 7 o’clock.

Xie Yishu is going to sleep early to recharge for tomorrow’s interview. Before sleeping he take the light brain and tried to call Gu yan again.

Still no one answered.

–

After a whole night of getting along, 001 has become Xie Yishu’s little brother.

It feels that its host is really too powerful! Not only used the least money to solve the problem of light brain and overnight stay, but also received an interview, it is very likely to solve the problem of accommodation once and for all!

Its dependence on Xie Yishu increases, and it can’t help asking questions along the way.

Xie Yishu is also happy to answer some of its questions. He feels that 001 is like a companion. With 001 there, he does not feel alone.

The light brain in his hand vibrate, Xie Yishu lowered his head and glanced at it. It was an arrival reminder from the ride-hailing software.

Xie Yishu pursed his lips.

He called Gu Yan again in the morning, and the other party was still turned off, probably because he hadn’t gotten up yet.

When the light brain vibrates earlier, he thought it was Gu Yan who called back.

001 senses the host’s disappointment, but doesn’t know how to comfort it.

The door opens.

Xie Yishu put away his light brain and got out of the bus.

He looked at the map while in the bus. The kindergarten is very close to the platform and it only takes a quarter of an hour to walk.

If you take a shortcut from a small alley, it only takes five minutes.

Xie Yishu chose to take a shortcut, and after walking for a few minutes, he turned a corner and saw the iron fence of the kindergarten——

And behind the iron fence, a few children were squatting in the grass.

Xie Yishu did not expect that there would be children squatting in the grass.

The children probably never expected to see adults here.

Five pair of eyes was staring at the adult.

After a long while, the little boy in the lead waved to Xie Yishu.

Xie Yishu stepped forward and wanted to ask the children if they needed any help.

The little boy look around, lower his voice and said: “Uncle, we will call u Dad, can you take us away?”

Xie Yishu was stunned for a moment. Before he could speak, a little fat boy next to the boy already shouted: “Dad!”

Xiaopang’s face is full of prayers: “Take us away!”