Since Li Haojun's solar farm was completed, providing more electricity, he spent more time in its basement. Although he always took care of Qin Wenjing's feelings before leaving, Qin Wenjing still felt more lonely. So whenever she didn't have anything to do here, she would go to where Li Haojun was. Today, after finishing her work at the company, she went to Li Haojun's solar farm again. To avoid taking up ground space, apart from the solar panels and windmills, all other facilities were placed underground. Following the downward corridor, Qin Wenjing arrived at the basement. First, there was a large basement area for housing electrical equipment, then the electrical equipment room, and finally the electrolytic capacitor storage room.
Usually, Li Haojun was in the first room. Today he was still there, but new equipment had been added: aircraft and car-like operating terminals, which could operate the equipment and also be used for playing games. Today he was sitting in front of a monitor, watching something. As Qin Wenjing approached, Li Haojun noticed her arrival, turned his chair around, and stood up to welcome her.
Despite having these large toys, Li Haojun remained completely devoted to Qin Wenjing, though they undeniably took up more of their time together. Qin Wenjing was conflicted; she wanted her man to be with her, but she also wanted him to have his own profession, career, or at least something he was focused on—that's what a man should be like. A man's abilities, she felt, were like a bird's wings; once a man began to use them, it seemed he was destined to no longer stay by a woman's side, but to soar freely in the vast blue sky.
Li Haojun pulled Qin Wenjing's hand and sat her down in front of the monitors. One screen showed what appeared to be a video of a pet with a camera, searching for a path through the grass.
"Are you watching a live stream?" Qin Wenjing asked, pointing, secretly wondering how she would answer—watching online videos instead of spending time with me.
"Hehe, this? It's not an online video. I set up a video signal from a robot dog, like Johnny's," Li Haojun explained, demonstrating the purpose of the other monitors.
“I installed a navigation system on the shopping dog, so it won’t need a leash anymore; it can go its own way. This video shows the dog’s visual signals.” Li Haojun pointed to the monitor next to him.
“This shows the neural network processing of the robot dog’s video signals, recognizing objects in the environment and determining the path. After making the judgment, it directly converts the direction signal back into the original leash signal. I made a slight modification; isn’t it fun?” Li Haojun looked at Qin Wenjing proudly.
“Really?” Qin Wenjing replied with a smile, then asked, “How far has it gone?”
“More than ten miles. It won’t be a problem to use it to buy daily necessities. It can go much farther, but its four legs are much slower than wheels.” Li Haojun thought for a moment and said, “I haven’t decided yet. Maybe a wheeled autonomous vehicle would be better. But there might be legal issues with a self-made autonomous vehicle on the road.” Qin Wenjing looked at Li Haojun with a smile and said nothing. She liked his seriousness; he was serious, responsible, and always thoughtful. But she didn't like spending time with Li Haojun in the lifeless, cold basement.
"Come here," Qin Wenjing said, pulling Li Haojun to the ground floor. The midday sun cast a golden glow on the earth, and the lawn smelled of grass and earth. Sitting with Li Haojun on the stone steps of the basement entrance porch, Qin Wenjing enjoyed the peaceful moment.
Her upturned face felt warm in the sunlight, and her closed eyes felt the color of the sunlight filtering through her eyelids. After a while, she turned to Li Haojun and asked, "Is this okay?"
"Yes," Li Haojun understood that she only wanted his company; she simply couldn't stop being attached to him. So he put his arm around her waist, took her hand, and enjoyed the afternoon together…
“Hey, do you know anything about my family?” Li Haojun thought back to the past, but she had no memory of it, so she asked Qin Wenjing.
“I’m sorry, your family is all gone. You slept for a long time, but you had already seen them off before that,” Qin Wenjing said.
“Oh, can I ask about your family?”
“Same here. We benefited from the boom in biotechnology, but they’re gone.”
“Oh,” Li Haojun understood why Qin Wenjing was so attached to him. Besides her personality, he was her only family. Well, if a loving partner without blood ties can be considered family.
“Hey, when we weren’t together, was I ever married?” Li Haojun’s inquisitive nature returned.
“Yes, but you were dumped,” Qin Wenjing answered decisively.
"Haha, please excuse my rudeness," Li Haojun replied with a self-deprecating laugh, wondering if this girl was trying to distract him from his ex or other women.
"Why did she dump me? Do you know? Oh, no, have I told you before?" Qin Wenjing smiled at Li Haojun, hesitated for a moment, and said, "She divorced you because you were poor."
"Not me? I'm doing alright now! I have a job, and I'm practically an interstellar citizen!" Li Haojun was a little surprised.
"You only got better after you met me, okay!" Qin Wenjing said loudly.
"Haha, alright, then you're my savior," Li Haojun could only agree with a self-deprecating laugh.
Seeing Li Haojun's puzzled look, Qin Wenjing couldn't help but chuckle. He always took everything so seriously; it seemed she needed to explain things to him carefully.
"You went through a low point in your life before—unemployment, poor health, a mid-life crisis—so she chose to leave you." After a moment's thought, Qin Wenjing added, "Back then, you were like you are now, focusing too much on your own development, neglecting her feelings and emotions, and even damaging your own health. But unfortunately, she couldn't understand you, so she chose to leave." She then looked at Li Haojun. "But your strength is your ability to reflect on yourself; you've told me all of this."
"Oh," Li Haojun looked at Qin Wenjing and nodded slightly.
"So, it seems you can understand me," Li Haojun's serious expression turned into a smile.
"Hmph, you were the one who pursued me, not the other way around. It's not like I'm chasing after you, as if I'm some kind of pathetic person," Qin Wenjing said, pouting her lips like a small trumpet.
“Oh, I see. Come here,” Li Haojun said, pulling her hand back to the basement. “Stand here.”
“What’s this?”
“A 3D scan.”
“What’s it for?”
“I’m pursuing you.”
“Hmm?”
“I want to take you for a ride, okay?”
“Okay.”
“Stand with your legs apart and arms outstretched. I’ll make a 3D model of you and take you for a virtual ride.”
“Pshaw, what’s the point of a virtual one?”
“If you really die in a crash, you’re done for. Only in a virtual world can you race.”
“Okay.”
“Take off your shirt and pants.”
“Why?” Qin Wenjing asked angrily.
“This is an optical scan, recording your skin texture and color.”
“Ugh,” Qin Wenjing complained, but did as she was told. She was always so obedient.
“Come and do the movements with me. This time, we're recording the elasticity of your skin and muscles,” Li Haojun explained while demonstrating the movements. “After recording this response data, in the virtual world, when you make any movement, your muscles and skin will vibrate just like in the real world. Then, we can calculate the state of the clothes you're wearing based on your body surface. This is the technology used for remote virtual clothing customization.”
Qin Wenjing obediently completed the movements, quietly stepped off the scanning platform, and silently watched Li Haojun.
Li Haojun pleaded, “My dear lady, my good wife, what can I do? I love you so much! Even if you're a virtual character, I want her to be as perfect as you. What do you say?” He then tilted his head, looked at Qin Wenjing, and said cutely, “What do you say?”
“You rascal, you're so annoying!” "Qin Wenjing gently scolded him while lightly punching Li Haojun with her fist.
After helping Qin Wenjing get dressed, Li Haojun pulled her into the simulator cockpit, fastened her seatbelt, and put on her FPV helmet. Then he asked,
"Where are we going?"
"Anything is fine, you decide," Qin Wenjing said.
"Let's experience what used to be Highway 1,"
"Okay,"
"Let's choose a car for cruising along the coastal highway? Sports car, station wagon, SUV, luxury sedan, what's your preference?" Li Haojun asked while scrolling through the menu.
"Porsche 356A, silver convertible," Qin Wenjing said softly.
"Oh," Li Haojun was a little surprised by the girl's detailed knowledge of cars. Surprised, he quickly asked, "How do you know so much?" "However, Qin Wenjing remained calm. 'You introduced it to me before,'"
"Oh," Li Haojun indeed found the car in the menu—a Porsche from the 1950s, a small four-cylinder, rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car.
He selected the starting route, era, specific time, weather, traffic flow, and loaded the simulator program. The old four-cylinder engine made a crisp clicking sound but lacked power; however, it was adequate for cruising a small sports car. The simulator not only provided six degrees of freedom for movement and rotational response feedback but also some acceleration simulation. The vehicle's suspension felt rather soft, and during steering, it could be pushed from one side to the other, exhibiting some oversteer. The trend is predictable. In short, it's a small sports car with slightly insufficient power but agile handling.
"How does it feel?" Li Haojun asked Qin Wenjing, who was sitting next to him.
Qin Wenjing was about to say it reminded her of the coin-operated carousel he used to take her on when she was little, but then thought better of it and decided not to dampen his enthusiasm, so she casually replied, "Not bad."
When she turned to Li Haojun wearing her FPV helmet, she noticed that he had also imported a model of himself into the virtual world. The collar of his white shirt fluttered in the wind, but his hair seemed much smoother than in the real world.
Qin Wenjing looked down to see her image, but it wasn't very convenient, so she asked, "What clothes did you put on me?" “Oh, wait a minute,” Li Haojun said, opening a virtual companion camera and projecting the view onto Qin Wenjing.
In the simulated world, she was wearing a deep V-neck maroon shirt, dark blue-green PU leggings, and a bob hairstyle chosen by Li Haojun, along with a light green silk scarf around her neck.
Qin Wenjing was quite satisfied with the outfit Li Haojun had prepared for her, admiring her virtual avatar from different angles. She thought, “Maybe I can use this for video conferences in the future; it’s pretty trendy.” Upon closer inspection, she realized… The bumps in the road transmitted vibrations to the model, and you could see her breasts bobbing with the movement, sometimes seemingly about to burst through the edge of her deep V-neck. A pale green silk scarf sometimes hung down in front of her chest, sometimes fluttered in the wind. Looking closer, her face seemed to have been enhanced with beauty filters, and her figure…
Qin Wenjing turned to Li Haojun again, thinking, "You brat, you can play me like this!" A nameless anger surged within her.
Just then, Li Haojun also turned to look at Qin Wenjing. The two looked at each other in the virtual world, and smiled in the real world.
"Having fun?" Li Haojun, unaware of what Qin Wenjing had just been thinking, still shamelessly asked.
Qin Wenjing calmly and evenly replied, "How was it? Did you like it?"
"How was it? Aren't you pretty?" Li Haojun boasted smugly, "Do you like the clothes I picked out for you?" "Qin Wenjing was furious. She didn't know if it was because he'd chosen her clothes and hairstyle without her consent, or because she was with him while he was admiring a virtual avatar of himself. She grabbed Li Haojun's thigh and gritted her teeth, saying, 'You shameless bastard, you really know how to play...'
'Ouch, what's wrong?' Li Haojun felt a sharp pain in his thigh and quickly dodged, using his hand to stop him. His right foot, which should have been braking into the turn, missed its mark.
'Stop it, stop it,' Li Haojun explained, using his left foot to apply the brakes, steering with one hand, and pressing Qin Wenjing's hand with his right, 'Be careful, don't fall off the cliff. The simulator simulates the acceleration of a crash; it won't be exactly the same value, but it will still be considerable.' Hearing this, Qin Wenjing quieted down, then angrily asked, 'Which beautiful girl is riding with you?'" Upon hearing Qin Wenjing's exaggerated tone, Li Haojun understood and hurriedly said,
"It's my dear Wenjing," he said, locking the gear in fourth and maneuvering around the corner using the clutch and accelerator. He freed his right hand to wrap around Qin Wenjing's waist, then pulled her into his arms, his right hand around her chest.
Qin Wenjing leaned against Li Haojun, turning her head to look diagonally upwards. The evening sunset illuminated the sky above the sea, with glimpses of azure sky through the gaps in the clouds, the deep sea reflected at the base of the clouds, and golden afterglow at the edges. The sound of waves crashing against the rocks below the road could be heard intermittently, along with the rhythmic clatter of engines like a joyful song.
Qin Wenjing didn't care about the realism or beauty of this virtual world, nor whether she had ever traveled the former Highway 1. She only cared about being in Li Haojun's arms.
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and then Add to home screen.