Sludge to the Mountain Ghost

He found his backpack on the lawn. There was no valuables in it, and it still looked bulging. Lin Pai found his mobile phone in the side pocket of his backpack. Since the mobile phone was not lost, he did not check the contents of the backpack again.

The school is very quiet, only the cicadas and frogs are screaming one after another.Lin Pai was walking out with a backpack on his shoulders. His mobile phone was running out of battery. He could only hurry up and check the nearby small hotels. He had just opened a page when suddenly an unfamiliar number called.

Lin Pai's mind was muddled, but at this moment he forgot that he had just left his number for someone.He clicked reject directly, but within a few seconds the same number called again.

"Hey?"

"You do not……"

Lin Pai picked up the phone, only to hear a burst of electric current on the other side of the phone, so he asked again, "Hello, who is it?"

This time, the phone was completely quiet again. With the sound of the phone vibrating, he realized that the phone turned off automatically when it was out of battery.

Lin Pai sighed, holding his mobile phone helplessly, thinking that Heshan Town is such a big place, you can always find a small hotel when you walk around.

Not long after walking forward, Lin Pai gradually heard noisy voices coming from somewhere. He walked in the direction, and the noisy voices became more and more clear. brightly lit.

Walking all the way to the signboard of "Sheng Internet Café", Lin Pai saw the recruitment notice posted at the door, which read: Recruiting network administrator, part-time job available, salary and treatment negotiable.

Lin Pai walked into the Internet cafe, and looked at the young people surfing the Internet on both sides in a daze. They crossed their legs and muttered words, and the headphones isolated them from the sound of the outside world, although most of them only communicated through headphones and There was a conversation at the next table, and some people put instant noodles, drinks and a small plate of melon seeds on the table.

"Hello, I saw that there is a network administrator recruiting here outside, is there still a shortage of people?"

Seeing that the person on the counter was playing a game on his mobile phone with his head down, Lin Pai tapped on the counter with his knuckles to get his attention.

The young man playing the game seemed to be at the point of the match, he raised his head slightly, but his eyes still fell on the screen of the mobile phone, and he said as if driving at double speed, "Recruitment, recruitment, recruitment, whether you are part-time or full-time, what you used to do Have you passed the network management?"

Lin Pai thought the voice sounded familiar. He hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't remember who it was, so he said honestly, "Part-time job, I only have time at night, and I have never worked as a network administrator before."

"Yeah!" The young man behind the counter ended the game with a cheer. He put down his phone and looked up, "It doesn't matter if you haven't done it. It's easy. There are night shifts and big night shifts at night... Lin Pai? It's you." ah!"

"Dong Wenwen?" Lin Pai asked confirmingly, and continued after receiving a nod of approval from the other party, "After you graduated from junior high school, you said you don't want to study anymore. I thought you would leave Heshan Town, but I didn't expect to meet you here."

Dong Wenwen came out from behind the counter and pulled Lin Pai to sit down on the chair resting next to him.

He took out two bottles of ice coke, handed one to Lin Pai, pulled off the pull tab and took a big sip before he said, "Hey, we passed the entrance examination from Heshan Primary School to the city's key junior high school together, I really can't learn It’s moving, those urban people are in cram schools and tutors, and their parents are both university professors, it’s too tiring to compare with them.”

Lin Pai smiled politely, pulled off the ring and took a sip of iced Coke. After a moment of silence, he remembered the business and asked, "You are in this Internet cafe now..."

"Oh, Xinsheng Internet Café was jointly opened by my father and my uncle. My father said that since I don't want to study anymore, I will come back and learn to manage."

Dong Wenwen raised his head and took another sip of Coke, as if he suddenly remembered, "Didn't you pass the entrance examination to the city's key high school? Now that you are back to find a part-time job, do you want to earn some living expenses before school starts?"

"It's a long story, why don't you tell me about the recruitment of people in your Internet cafe."

Dong Wenwen nodded after hearing this, and didn't ask any more questions.After chatting with Lin Pai about the part-time job in the Internet cafe, he took him around for a tour, euphemistically calling it "familiar with the working environment".

"When I came in, I saw the light sign at the door saying "Sheng Internet Cafe". I heard you said that there seemed to be four words. "When he walked to the door, Lin Pai asked casually.

"That..." Dong Wenwen immediately thought of what was going on, he pulled Lin Pai to the street, pointed to the light sign at the door of the store and said, "Look carefully, there is a word on the far left, that light is broken , no one has been repairing it, and I see that everyone in Heshan Town knows this place, so I don’t think it’s necessary to repair it.”

After introducing the environment, Lin Pai entered the practical link. It is not difficult to get on the computer if someone teaches him, and Lin Pai learned it very quickly.

Dong Wenwen answered the phone and said he was going home. Before leaving, he saw Lin Pai’s backpack in the corner. He turned back and patted Lin Pai’s shoulder and said, “There is a small room behind the counter, and there is a backpack for resting.” No one usually lives in the bed, and it’s already eleven o’clock after work, so if you don’t think it’s noisy outside, you can spend the night in it.”

When Lin Pai looked back at the door, Dong Wenwen had already walked out of the Internet cafe, and the key to the door was left on the counter.

He took his backpack in the corner. There was only one small window in the small room, facing the streetlight outside. Lin Pai didn't turn on the light in the room. He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and returned as if nothing had happened. Got behind the counter.

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One evening two days later, the internet cafe was at its busiest.

The work here is not very intensive. Lin Pai has been working as a network administrator for two days, and his body has almost recovered.

The delivery man drove to the entrance of the Internet cafe. The delivery man was already sweating. Lin Pai was the only staff member in the Internet cafe. He heard someone calling for help, so he followed the delivery man to carry boxes of drinks.

"Where's the network administrator! Five machines!" There was no one behind the counter. Zhou Ning patted on the table while looking around for the figure of the network administrator, "Where is the network administrator! Where is the network administrator!"

Xu Rui followed behind and lowered his head to play with his mobile phone. He heard Zhou Ning calling the network administrator several times before raising his head to see what was going on.

He walked to the counter. Apart from a computer, a few pens, and a notebook, there were also a few books on it. The covers of the books were green or orange, which were particularly conspicuous.

There is a pen in the middle of the top book, and dense notes are made on the pages of the book. It is obvious that the owner of the book just turned here and walked away for something, so he made a mark.

Xu Rui closed the book with a pen between his fingers, and read out the name of the book, "Full explanation of middle school textbooks..."

From the looks of it, a webmaster who loves to learn came to this Internet cafe recently, and he left his post during working hours.

As Xu Rui thought about it, the complete explanation of the middle school textbook in his hand was pulled out.

"This is mine." Lin Pai didn't raise his eyes to look at Xu Rui, but calmly put the book back on the table, lowered his head to operate on the computer, and asked Zhou Ning who was knocking on the table, "Hello, is it five machines? "

5. Chapter 5

"Yes, hurry up, we've been waiting for a long time." Zhou Ning rested his hands on the counter, waiting impatiently for Lin Pai to operate.

Lin Pai collected the money and pointed them to the location of the machine, and Zhou Ning beckoned the rest of them to go there.

Xu Rui walked at the back. Ever since the book in his hand was suddenly taken away, he has been looking up and down the network administrator. Although his speed of turning on the machine is not slow, he is very careful in every step, obviously not that proficient.

It was not until the four people in front left the counter that Xu Rui stopped in front of Lin Pai. The fluorescent lamp above his head shone on Xu Rui's back, casting a shadow on the desktop of Lin Pai who was about to continue reading the full explanation of the textbook.

Xu Rui only glanced at the opened pages, and then stared straight at Lin Pai's face. A little blue stubble appeared on that fair face, but his complexion was much better than the previous two days, because He was bowing his head, and now he can still see his long and drooping eyelashes, "Lin—Pai—" Xu Rui shouted.

It took Lin Pai a while to realize that there was something wrong with the shadow. Hearing the voice raised his head and met Xu Rui's unabashed gaze, he frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "How did you find this place? I left it two days ago. The phone, you never called."

"I'm here to surf the Internet." Xu Rui said without thinking.

Lin Pai smiled coldly, and said, "If you ask me for medical expenses, you can just take the medical expenses. There is no need to tell me to go online when you see me in an Internet cafe."

"I called your phone twice, the first time I was hung up, and the second time someone answered, "Hello" twice and then hung up. "

Xu Rui found out the two phone calls he made from the phone communication records, which happened to be the two calls that Lin Pai made when his phone was running out of battery that night.

"How much is the total amount, I will give you now."

"Brother Rui, come here quickly, I'll be waiting for you!" Li Cheng's voice drifted through the noisy Internet cafe to the counter.

Xu Rui pointed at Li Cheng, shrugged his shoulders, and waved his hands helplessly, with "Stop being sentimental, I'm really here to surf the Internet" written all over his face.

"Huoxiang Zhengqi water is four yuan and fifty cents, antipyretic medicine is twenty-nine cents, glucose infusion is eight yuan, registration fee is five yuan."

After Xu Rui reported the series of numbers, he stretched out his arms and turned Lin Pai's book to the cover, pointed to the words "Comprehensive Explanation of Textbooks" and said, "You can do the addition yourself, scholar, and send the money over later. ah."

The three of Zhou Ning have already sat in front of the computer, and there are two seats left, one of which is leaning against the wall.

Xu Rui walked to the side of the seat, and happened to run into Fu Yanye who came out of the bathroom. The two of them stood and exchanged glances, confused about which seat they should choose.

Fu Yanye walked up behind Zhou Ning who was sitting in the middle, patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said, "It's a good choice for you, leave the narrowest position for the two of us who are the tightest.