The Midnight Owl

Not long after Sun Jiang quit, the four of them received new reminders.

The three people who are still in the team state received: <roster>—<the number of the team is insufficient (3/4), do you want to increase the number? >

What Sun Jiang received was: <roster>—<The Lonely Ship will never land. >

A poetic message with a cursed result.

Sun Jiang disappeared.

Xu Wang, Wu Sheng, and Kuang Jinxin watched him fade away, and finally disappeared. The place where he sat was empty, as if there was no such person in the first place.

The air in the cave froze, as if it had been rapidly frozen, it was downright cold.

"Did he bounce back to reality or..." Kuang Jinxin groaned, not daring to say the last word.

Returning to reality means liberation. If a person is completely gone, it is death in another sense.Two guesses, one thought of heaven, one thought of hell.

A lonely ship can never dock.

Xu Wang silently recited the words he just saw on Sun Jiang's arm in his heart, and walked slowly with his heart. This really didn't seem like good news to send someone home.

"He didn't return to reality, but he didn't disappear either." Wu Sheng said suddenly.

Xu Wang instinctively didn't believe it, and squinted at him: "You know?"

"I don't rely on guesswork like you. I have logical reasoning." Wu Sheng shrugged, the calmness on his face was in stark contrast to the worries of his teammates.

"Then what did you deduce?" Xu Wangbai rolled his eyes to the sky, but strangely, the dense cloud in his heart suddenly dissipated a lot.

Wu Sheng no longer plays tricks: "Choose 'increase staff'."

Xu Wangxin was reluctant and moved slowly, while Kuang Jinxin, who was listening attentively, followed suit without hesitation.

Soon, the same candidate list for additions appeared on the arms of the two——

1/23 Sun Jiang [Invitation]

1/23 An Peng [Invitation]

1/23 Bai Haichuan [Invitation]

1/23...

There are at least 30 people in a series of names, and the results are all 1/23 of their synchronization.Except for Sun Jiang, who has formed a team, the rest are arranged according to the first letter of the surname.

"So many people are in 'Owl'?" Kuang Jinxin didn't expect it at all, "Why didn't we meet any of them? And why are they all alone and not forming a team?"

Xu Wang heaved a sigh of relief after confirming that Sun Jiang was still safe, and slapped Jin Xin on the head with a smile on hearing the words: "Since it is a candidate list, the list must be single people, if there are people in the team, it is not called An invitation is called poaching."

Kuang Jinxin: "But whether there is a team or not, we haven't met anyone?"

"Uh, the people who left the team may disappear temporarily like Sun Jiang, other teams..." Xu Wang tilted his head and thought for a while, and suddenly understood, "It must be because of fate, we just missed it all!"

Kuang Jinxin frowned in embarrassment, as if he really wanted to believe it, but he couldn't convince himself: "Is that a coincidence..."

Wu Sheng glanced at Xu Wang unbearably: "If you don't know, just say you don't know, don't take other people's children and run wild on crooked roads."

The three did not invite any teammates in the end.Regarding the matter of going to northern Shaanxi, not to mention the unknown attitude of the invitees, even the three of them have not yet reached an agreement.

At exactly five o'clock, that nasty voice bubbling from time to time sounded in my ears——

[Owl: Baby~ It’s dawn, I’ll take you home. 】

Three people popped out, but four people got together.

Sun Jiang also looked surprised.

After a brief exchange of information, the three people knew that after Sun Jiang disappeared, he appeared in another same place, the same cave, the same ice waterfall, but there was no one else. Later, he returned to the cave and sat there until five o'clock.

Just like the four people on the original mahjong table were re-divided into two tables, the mahjong placed on each table is still the same set, but one table lacks one, and one table lacks three, and the two tables are in different rooms. Can't see each other.

Kuang Jinxin's question of "why I never met other teams or other people" seems to be able to be explained by applying this mahjong theory-it is true that everyone is in the "Owl", and they may even face the same bear, the same Guess the idiom, but the rooms are different and independent of each other.

This time they were greeted by Liuyin Park, which is only four to 500 meters away from Qingnianhu Park last time. It is exactly the same as the location and distance of the ice waterfall and cave in "Owl", which once again confirms Wu Sheng's "little place" in geographical location. External Correspondence" inference.

Sun Jiang hailed a taxi and didn't say anything else. After getting into the car, he smiled at them through the window, as if he wanted to wave, but in the end he just nodded.

The taxi drove away and finally disappeared at the end of the street, lost in the darkness before sunrise.

Under the street lamp at the entrance of the park, three young men who were blowing in the cool breeze were speechless for a while.

A large fallen leaf blown up by the wind hit the back of Xu Wang's head. Xu Wang didn't know what it was, so he raised his hand reflexively to pat it, and the dry leaves cracked and wailed under his palm.

Xu Wang grabbed the dead leaves speechlessly, feeling even more disturbed: "Come on, don't just stand there, go home!"

"All go back to my house" was omitted and became the word "go home".The speaker is unintentional, but it makes the listener have a kind of intimacy of "going back to his home".It's amazing, like a ray of warm wind in the cold morning.

It was still the living room of Xu Wang's house, the same sofa, and the same chair.

As soon as Kuang Jinxin sat down, he shouted loudly: "Brother Xu, I've made up my mind, I'll go to northern Shaanxi with you!"

Xu Wang almost fell off the chair, and then looked at Wu Sheng, and found that Jinxin's expression was not much better than his own, and he even confirmed it again: "Are you really thinking about it?"

Kuang Jinxin looked at Wu Sheng fixedly, and nodded vigorously without hesitation: "Thought it out. If I don't figure things out, I don't have the mind to practice at all. No, it should be said that there is such a thing pending, I can't do anything." Make up your mind."

Wu Sheng was unmoved: "What about the internship appraisal?"

Xu Wang silently praised his classmates in his heart.

Hot-headedness is the patent of youths, but as adults, even if they can't become positive role models, don't contribute to the flames, otherwise no matter who cheats the children, it will be a crime.

Kuang Jinxin obviously didn't expect Wu Sheng to think so comprehensively. He was dazed for a while, then patted his head in embarrassment: "Don't worry about the internship appraisal. Actually...that...hey, let me tell you the truth, the owner of this teahouse It's a distant relative of my family, and according to family seniority, he still has to call me Uncle."

The unexpected "character relationship" left Wu Sheng and Xu Wang stunned.

"Actually, I will go home to help after I graduate. I don't need to look for a job. Our school does not require every graduate to have an internship appraisal. But there are no classes in the senior year. Students who are looking for a job are looking for a job, and they are taking the postgraduate entrance examination. Work hard, I don't want to idle around every day, so when I called home, I casually said that I wanted to find a part-time job to experience the society, but my second uncle and sister-in-law found me an internship unit the next day..."

The shame of "going through the back door" made Kuang's voice and head lower and lower.

Xu Wang was more concerned about another matter.What he said was calling "home", but the ones who responded were "Second Uncle and Sister-in-law"...

"Brother Xu," Kuang Jinxin's suddenly loud voice interrupted Xu Wang's thoughts, and he raised his head again, repeating his decision with the simplicity and determination unique to young people, "I will go with you! "

"Okay." Wu Sheng didn't hesitate this time.

After compiling Kuang Jinxin, Wu Sheng naturally turned his attention to Xu Wang: "What about you?"

Xu Wang looked away at the stars outside the window.

Wu Sheng got up, walked around the coffee table, came to the direction he was looking up, and used his height advantage to block his sight: "Why don't you talk?"

Xu Wangbi couldn't avoid it, so he could only look at the other person's handsome face, and said slowly and solemnly like a wise man: "I'm meditating."

Wu Sheng's old blood choked in his chest: "What's there to think about? You don't need an internship appraisal, and you didn't drag your family along."

Xu Wang's old blood came to his heart: "Single dogs don't need to be respected?"

"What does this have to do with respect or disrespect?" Wu Sheng couldn't understand Xu Wang's brain circuit, "Single means less worries, you and I are the same. It's the so-called 'single dog without a house or a car, walk away as soon as you say it." '."

Xu Wang: "...Does everyone in the United States speak Chinese?"

Wu Sheng: "Huh?"

Xu Wang: "Otherwise, where would you come up with so many witty words!!!"

"Take it for granted" is Wu Sheng's second biggest flaw besides "pretending to be aggressive". I don't know how many classmates were tortured by him back then.This character is called "I think we should all think like this" in a good way, and the vernacular is "How can you think differently from me, you are so weird".

Although it turns out that most of the time, Wu Sheng's thinking is fine and the best solution, but this kind of purely rational thinking that is too simple and rude really makes people want to beat him up.

Even if you think about it a little bit, and say something nice in a roundabout way!

As the moon sets and the sun rises, the sky outside the window gradually brightens.

When Kuang Jinxin looked at Wu Sheng who was "taken for granted", and then Xu Wang who was "intensely meditating", he felt that it was better to be a crowd of onlookers.

Xu Wang didn't care about classmate Kuang for a long time. Any decision is the result of weighing many factors. Now he is concentrating on calculating the score of each factor in his heart.

To go or not to go?

Work is worth 5 points.

Safety takes 3 points.

Spending (money) is worth 1 point.

Wu Sheng...

Xu Wang stole a glance at the guy.

91 points.

Depend on!

Xu Wang made a decision in his heart, but he couldn't give in. "I'll ask for leave and try." He raised his eyebrows at Wu Sheng, and added, "Don't have too much hope."

Wu Sheng had a face full of dissatisfaction: "You just don't have enough determination, if you don't come to ask for leave, you will resign... Hey, kick it lightly!"

"The widow was kicked" put a stop to the discussion of whether to go or not to travel.

The missing fruit knife was finally found on the ground beside Xu Wang's bed.

At that time, Jinxin had already left, and Wu Sheng was holding a notebook in the living room to check the exact location of the new coordinates. Xu Wang went to the bedroom to change into a suit for work, but when he was wearing a tie, he inadvertently lowered his head and looked straight.

Wu Sheng, who was finally allowed to enter the bedroom, took the fruit knife, fiddled with it twice, and analyzed: "Maybe it didn't drop it. If you are sure you put it in your pocket, it is likely that 'Owl' is not allowed to enter with lethal weapons."

Xu Wang didn't say a word, and accepted his deduction in a low-key manner.

The question of the knife came to an end, Xu Wang looked down at his half-tied tie, then looked up at Wu Sheng, and then raised his chin to the door, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Wu Sheng looked at him quietly for a while, then turned around and left.

Xu Wangzheng was wondering why this man was so obedient today, when suddenly his head poked out from the door of the bedroom where no one was there: "You look good in a suit."

Xu Wang was stunned for a long time before replying like a fool: "Oh."

It wasn't until he got on the subway that Xu Wang came back to his senses completely, and a long cry came from the bottom of his heart—how can you not marry me!

Arriving at the company, the "Northern Shaanxi Tourism Plan" will naturally be put on the agenda——

"Ask for leave again?" Clouds appeared on the manager's face, "Why do you have so many things to do every day?"

Xu Wang lowered his eyebrows and looked down, his attitude was too good to be true.

The manager couldn't get angry, and was feeling depressed. When he saw the number of days on the leave note, his face turned black, and he uttered a voice through the office door to the sales hall: "One week?! Why don't you just go out and stop doing it—— "

Xu Wang slightly raised his eyes, and nodded sensibly: "Okay, I'm resigning, please settle this month's salary."

The manager was stunned, obviously he didn't expect Xu Wang to be so decisive.

Without further ado, Xu Wang went directly to the finance department to get the money.

Unexpectedly, after one phone call, there was only 900 yuan left on the salary slip that the financial department paid him.

Xu Wang suppressed his anger and reminded the other party: "I just sold a large apartment two days ago."

"You have to resign one month in advance, and those who leave with you will not be paid commission bonuses. The basic salary is [-], deducting absences and the social security that the company has paid for you, and that's it."

Xu Wangding stared at her for a while, then smiled suddenly, with an extremely gentle voice: "I regret it, I won't resign."

Smell the unusual employees who were whispering, and saw Xu Wang come out of the financial room empty-handed, not only did not leave, but stood in the lobby as if he was going to work normally, they all looked sideways in surprise.

A few minutes later, the door of the manager's room was knocked open by eager employees: "Manager, come out and have a look!"

In the hall, Xu Wang in a suit and leather shoes was explaining the house type to a customer——

"You are really discerning in choosing this one. We changed the layout of three bedrooms and one living room to four bedrooms and two living rooms. The room is a little too small to move around, but you can get used to it if you squeeze it. The key is practical. You see In the living room, the sunlight will never come in, so I am not afraid of summer or sunset, and it is guaranteed to be shaded..."

He has a bright smile, a loud voice, and exudes an eye-catching aura from head to toe. Even the customers next to other real estate consultants are hard not to be attracted by him, consciously or unconsciously, they all listen with their ears up.

"Green? Don't worry about greening. This community is surrounded by wasteland. The nearest bus stop takes half an hour to walk. Whatever you want to plant, you can enjoy the joy of harvest. Supporting facilities? There will definitely be one, I promise , at the slowest [-], it also rose up..."

"Xu Wang," the manager who came out to check the situation, gritted his teeth endlessly in a calm voice, "Follow me, come in, come in."

The french doors were closed and the shutters were drawn.

The manager didn't talk nonsense, and directly issued an ultimatum: "You have been fired."

Xu Wang nodded, and it was easy to negotiate: "I don't take a cent for what's not mine, and I can't lose a cent for what should be mine. I'll leave when it's over."

The manager sneered: "Either you go out, or I let the security guard throw you out."

"Okay," Xu Wang also smiled, very warm and kind, "If you throw me out, I will report to the Labor Bureau. You fired without reason, which violates the "Labor Law." And I want to remind you, employees Suing the company doesn’t matter who takes it or not, it just depends on who makes the trouble. I’ll put up a banner in front of your sales office the day after tomorrow after I sue. Or is it better to say "the unscrupulous developer cuts corners, and the hard-working owner has no way to defend his rights"?"

The manager was so angry that his cheeks were shaking, his face turned pale, and he couldn't say a word.

In late autumn, the air is crisp and the sun is shining brightly.

With [-] cash in his pocket, Xu Wang found the nearest ATM and deposited it all.

When he walked out of the self-service bank, Xu Wang stretched his arms wide open, as if saying goodbye to the tired past and welcoming the unknown tomorrow.