She suddenly leaned in and asked me: 'What memes do you usually play?'

I felt a chill down my back, stammering: 'Well... the one that's quite popular recently.'

The girl's eyes lit up: 'Is it the base chain? The $ping that increased tenfold in a day, using the x402 protocol to launch new projects is so cool.'

My voice trembled: 'No...'

'It must be the bsc chain then, the $giggle charity meme just hit the spot today, cz really knows how to control the hype.'

'No, that's not it...'

'Is it the Sol chain? What's there to be embarrassed about? The $索拉拉 Chinese meme is also quite fun,' she tilted her head and laughed.

'I don't play SOL...' I swallowed hard, my voice sounding like a bullet stuck in its shell. The girl was silent for two seconds, suddenly widening her eyes: 'You wouldn't... still be playing tron, would you?'

Her concerned gaze was like a spotlight shining on my face, I trembled all over, my eardrums buzzing.

I gripped my thigh tightly, squeezing out a mosquito-like tremor from between my teeth: 'None of... none of them!'

The air suddenly went quiet.

The girl's smile froze, her voice suddenly turning cold: 'Then what exactly are you playing?'

'The popular meme, what else could it be?' Her words pierced my heart like an icicle. My knees buckled, collapsing to the ground, tears splashing onto the tiles: 'I... I play xlayer...'

The entire corridor fell silent in an instant, only the sound of my sniffles echoed.

People around cast pitying glances. I covered my face tightly, hot shame seeping through my fingers. The girl grabbed her coat and turned to leave.

I cried out, grabbing her sleeve: 'Please don’t go! Our xlayer... really is fun!' The crowd burst into laughter.

But I held on tighter, 'Don’t laugh, so what if the boss writes a little essay about fud? So what if the leading $xdog can’t be built? Every day shouting that if $XX life doesn’t reach 1m it will go to zero, so what... it’s not like we can’t play! And besides, our xlayer is about to upgrade, with stronger performance and scalability, in the future... it will definitely get better...!!'

(At this moment, footsteps and a sigh from security came from a distance: ...another one playing xlayer)