immature

Xi Yan's eyelashes trembled.

He gently opened his eyes, blinking a few times in confusion.

His eyes were sore and astringent, and the feeling of headache and brain swelling weakened his originally sensitive senses. He frowned and remained motionless, lying on the bed for a while, only to realize the smell of alcohol on his body after a while.

This feeling... like a hangover?

Xi Yan looked up at the unfamiliar ceiling, his mind stopped for a moment.

"hiss……!"

Still not fully awake, Xi Yan got up subconsciously and wanted to sit up, but suddenly felt a splitting headache, like a balloon being filled with water in his head, swaying as it inflated, and finally exploded with a bang, splashing The cold spray filled his head, and even his eyes and ears were stinging.

Xi Yan wanted to relieve this strange discomfort, and supported his forehead with his palm.

After a while, he slowly widened his eyes.

These memories that suddenly flooded into his mind... what are they?

High school, college, and even work, some can't remember clearly, and some are vivid, as if... as if these are the memories he should have.

Xi Yan was stunned for a while.

He clearly remembered that he was still with Ding Xuan yesterday, and the two elementary school scumbags had a meal appointment and drank grandly to celebrate their stepping into the line and being listed in a key high school.

Could it be that the owner of the restaurant bullied the little classmates and sold fake wine?

Or did Ding Xuan really dare to pour water into his brain while he was not paying attention?

He seems to be separated from the things in his mind... and he seems to be integrated into one. It's not like the level of ordinary water injection, it's more like a CPU being implanted with a virus!

Xi Yan shook his head and got out of bed with difficulty.

He looked around at the unaesthetic decoration, and had no idea where it was - it would be wrong to say that he didn't know at all, his memory told him that this was where Ding Xuan lived.

——but not Huating District.

Xi Yan opened the door of the room in a daze, just in time to see a walking dead with an ugly face passing in front of him.The walking corpse lifted up his clothes in a disfigured manner, and picked his belly at him.

"Xi Baba? Good morning... I thought you were dead drunk and didn't wake up until afternoon..."

Xi Yan's eyes widened in disbelief: "I haven't seen you all night, how did you become so old in an instant?!"

Ding Xuan was aggrieved: "It's not because I spent too much energy dragging you back drunk! Good guy, I'm tired! You go to work today, and I asked you for the day off! Tomorrow you Just work overtime until the early hours of the morning! Get drunk on Wednesday night and ask for a day off on Thursday-you want to live in the company completely on weekends! I went to work, please ask yourself!"

Xi Yan: "...???"

Xi Yan: "...!!!"

It's been a month.

It has been a month since Xi Yan came to his "future" out of nowhere.

It took Xi Yan a long time to confirm that he really didn't need to go to the most expensive psychiatric department in the city, and spent the rest of the day resentful that "ten years of youth were eaten by dogs".

But the "past" ten years are really like what he has experienced personally. Those growths, those mental journeys, and those personality changes are all real, and he even knows that it is indeed himself.

All the resentment, regret, and emptiness that he felt caught off guard were finally replaced by doubts and arrogance of "how could I be so unlucky".

His third year of high school was almost like seeing the rabbit and looking after the dog, making up for it after a dead sheep, but fortunately it is not too late to just make up for the basics.

After graduating from high school, he was admitted to a university of science and technology in this city, not 985 or 211, but perhaps he has been a little lucky in "stepping on the line" and "stepping on the spot", at least he went to one university after another.

During college, he blindly followed the crowd and learned some common skills that everyone learns, such as English and computer, and he never spent energy on learning the things he was really interested in.

After graduating from university, he did not continue to study, nor did he listen to his family’s advice to take the national exam. Instead, he joined a real estate company directly after his internship and worked in a group in a certain area of ​​the project department. He dealt with project reports every day at work. The bidding was done in the early morning, and occasionally I left work on time and was taken by the leader to participate in various entertainments.

— This is his life now.

Poor him, a soul under the age of 16, was beaten into a social animal for no reason like this, it is really miserable.

The only good thing is that his job does not require high-tech professional skills, all the ready-made work experience is in his head, and there is nothing special... It's just endless overtime, don't say 996, no matter how hard he works With one hand, maybe he can strive to be a 007 with thick hair.

This kind of work seems to be done by one person, it doesn't make any difference whether it is him or someone else.

Xi Yan can feel that the self now is very different from when he was a teenager. Now he has no enthusiasm in his heart, no edges and corners in his life, the aggressiveness that young people should have has been restrained, and eating and waiting to die has become his ultimate dream... ...After all, according to his memory, he suffered because of his "sharpness".

Xi Yan was a little sad.

His "eating a pit and gaining a wisdom" is in exchange for "instant growth".

The 25-year-old Xi Yan is still very lovable. He is a person who can talk and do things well. This is his characteristic, and it is the last precious thing he has in him today.

The person in charge of the project in their area is surnamed Qiu and called Qiu Ling.

General Manager Qiu sits firmly in the position of a corporate executive. He has his strengths and is the best at employing people.

Qiu Ling doesn't underestimate Xi Yan's young age, he values ​​his ability to do things, and has a lot of trust in Xi Yan.But appreciation from leaders is never a free gift, it means extra work, unavoidable various team building activities and entertainment.

A month ago, in order to win a new project, the whole team spent nine days on standby and worked over [-] hours a day, but the results were not satisfactory.For this reason, not only the vitality of everyone in the group was greatly injured, but the department also asked everyone to hold a reflection meeting. I don't know where this is an inhumane corporate culture that has been passed down.

That night, Xi Yan reflected back and forth, but he didn't reflect on what he did wrong. He just suddenly felt that life is so meaningless.

He asked Shangfa Xiao Dingxuan to drink away his sorrows together, and mixed Bai's beer.He laments that life is more pungent than liquor, and laments that he is like this beer froth, which looks like a thick layer, but actually disappears when you skim it off.

In fact, he is not strong enough to drink, and the drinking capacity he has exercised through entertainment is overdrawn, which is very useless, but he drank to his heart's content in front of Ding Xuan, and drank recklessly. boyhood.

When he woke up again, the person occupying this body turned out to be the boy Xi Yan.

——"Young Xi Yan" sat in the conference room, and Akira sighed.

Qiu Ling stood in front of the projection screen and rubbed his eyes, trying to rub the bags under his eyes that were about to fall to the ground back into the eye sockets, and made up his mind to make arrangements: "This weekend, the investment, design and cost of these lines will be Don't rest, let's speed up the key follow-up projects together, work hard, and find time to take a break next week. The others will leave the meeting, Xi Yan, please stay."

Colleagues walked out of the conference room quickly, as if fleeing.

Qiu Ling pulled the bench and sat down beside Xi Yan: "At three o'clock this afternoon, come with me to the investment meeting."

Xi Yan nodded.Qiu Ling then asked again: "You won't ask for leave tomorrow, will you?"

The corner of Xi Yan's mouth twitched, and he pulled out a forced smile: "...I won't ask for leave."

"Then you and I will go to the outskirts of the city tomorrow to see a few new lands that have been tendered over there, and you can directly apply for a field card, so you don't have to come to the company in the morning." Qiu Ling nodded, looked at the pale-faced Xi Yan again, and sighed Said, "If it ends early, you can go back and rest for half a day."

After being arranged to understand, Xi Yanwo returned to his station and sighed deeply.

The colleague brother at the next table poked his head over from behind the partition: "Let's get a new job, come on Xi Xiaoyan!"

Xi Yan cried with a mournful face: "I don't want to work overtime!"

What a joke!As a little classmate who doesn't even want to go to evening self-study, at his prime age, what kind of extra classes should he put here!

My colleague and brother patted him on the shoulder: "Are you so easy to earn a five-figure salary? None of us are willing to risk our lives! Earn a few more years while you are young. The most real thing is to retire early and go home to take care of yourselves!"

Xi Yan simply lay down on the table, feeling hopeless: "...I have only graduated from college for three years! Can I survive until retirement!"

He has no sympathy for "going home for the elderly" at all, so he just wants to go back and study hard!

the next day.

Xi Yan and Qiu Ling were standing on the side of the road waiting for the bus, Xi Yan watched the autumn wind lift Qiu Ling's hair, revealing a shiny and reflective top of his head - Qiu Ling naturally stretched out his hand, and covered the thinning hair back again.

Xi Yan: "..."

If you are young and don't work hard, the boss is bald.

The land newly tendered by the government is in the outskirts of the city.

Although it is a suburb, it is different from the suburb in Xi Yan's impression.

The outskirts of Xi Yan's student days have already developed, with an industrial incubation park planned and built, and a transportation network extending in all directions.Going further outside, until you reach the boundary of "surrounding tour" in Xi Yan's mind when he was a child, it is the current suburb.

In the taxi, Xi Yan looked at the bizarre world outside the window, and couldn't help being dazed.

He was very uncomfortable when he first "come", but now he is used to such a fast-paced life - not because he wants to get used to it, but because everyone is moving forward and no one stops to wait for him.

Xi Yan admits that this is a wonderful world full of opportunities, but his life...is not a wonderful life, and it is far from the life he likes.

He missed the humanistic atmosphere of the old city, missed the friendly neighbors, and wanted to take another look at the campus of No. [-] Middle School.

He always feels that what he should do now is not to work overtime, he always feels that...

I always feel that I should be a more free person.

The car approached the outskirts of the city, and the surrounding gradually became deserted.

When the taxi turned a corner and drove slowly, Xi Yan suddenly noticed a place not far away that looked like a factory building. The gate of this small "park" was written in a dignified manner:

"Yougui Stray Animal Rescue Center"

Xi Yan was taken aback, and the image of "cream" suddenly flashed in his mind.

Buttercup was a dog he once had—although he and Butterfly hadn't technically... never met.

But Xi Yan remembered very clearly the sadness and anger he felt when he lost the cream, and even more so, his indissoluble bond with stray animals, which led him to a fork in his life.

He couldn't help thinking that if he had gone to high school normally and met such a cute and smart puppy on the grass "as scheduled", he would probably not hesitate to give it a home.

After the end of the day's work, it was already past seven in the evening. Unfortunately, Qiu Ling's promise to Xi Yan to "take a half-day rest" was not fulfilled.

Qiu Ling took an online car-hailing car and said to Xi Yan: "My wife told me to go home for dinner, so I won't have dinner with you at night. I'll take you back to the city first, passing the subway station on the way, I remember you take five It’s very convenient to transfer lines.”

Xi Yan smiled, walked forward, stretched out his hand to help Qiu Ling close the car door, then bent down and said to Qiu Ling who rolled down the window: "Don't bother Mr. Qiu, I'm going to stop by my friend today , just take a taxi by yourself, you go slowly."

Qiu Ling didn't force it, but just told him "don't drink, don't ask for leave".

Xi Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. After watching Qiu Ling leave, he took out his mobile phone, which was about to run out of battery, and opened the online car-hailing applet.

The security guard at the entrance of Yougui Stray Animal Rescue Center is an old man who doesn't look old but is definitely not young.

The uncle has a kind face, he doesn't look like someone who looks at the door fiercely, but like someone who has nothing to do and sits at the door basking in the sun and enjoying life.

After Xi Yan got off the car, he lingered at the door for a while. He subconsciously touched his nose, thinking that maybe his "teenage spirit" hadn't faded away in time.

But since they were all here, he simply stepped forward.

Xi Yan showed his signature lovable smile, and asked tentatively: "Uncle, well, hello. I didn't make an appointment, but I just passed by here by chance, and I saw that you are... working for stray animals, right? I I want to know more about this, can you help me get in touch with the relevant person in charge here?"

The "uncle" who can be an uncle is born from the heart, and he is really kind.Hearing this, he carefully put on his reading glasses, and said cheerfully, "Okay, okay, you can register in this book first, I'll call someone for you, wait a minute..."

Xi Yan took the register book and pen, and smiled gratefully: "No rush, take your time."

"Hey, little Hu, hey, that's it. There's a guy at our door right now, and he wants to come in and find out about our base... I'm going out soon... Okay, let me ask him first, okay, you're busy Bar."

Xi Yan had already written his name and contact information in the registration book, and the security guard hung up the phone and said, "Guy, unfortunately, the person in charge of the base has something to go out today, and he will go out later. But now we can let you Going in for a visit may be a bit rushed, but if you don’t mind, I’ll open the door for you, and you can just go to the office building to find him.”

Xi Yan was puzzled for a moment. Is there only one person in charge of such a big place?

But he didn't understand the situation, and he didn't take the liberty to ask. He just summed it up and asked, "May I ask how long he will go out?"

The uncle said, "About 10 minutes."

Xi Yan felt a little regretful in his heart, but still smiled on his face: "That's unfortunate, time is indeed a bit tight, and he should go out when I find out where the office building is. Well... I have to go to work nearby in two days, I'll come over again at that time. Is it convenient for Fang to leave me a phone number for the person in charge? I'll make an appointment with him in advance. "

Xi Yan left the contact information of a person named Hu Xue, thanked the uncle, turned and left.

But Xi Yan didn't leave directly.

He walked to the edge of the street, squatted down... a little inexplicably aggrieved.

Both Wen Xia and his grandma are not in good spirits.

The movie I wanted to watch didn't work because I worked overtime on weekends, and the tickets I bought couldn't be refunded.

If the work done meticulously does not achieve the results expected by others, you will be forced to hold a reflection meeting.

Standing at the door of an interested stray animal rescue center, but not having enough time to find out.

...Since I came to this wretched place, nothing has gone my way!

When he was busy, Xi Yan didn't have time to think about these things, but once he was free, he was overwhelmed by this confusion and grievance.

If he hadn't come here, if this mysterious and mysterious thing hadn't happened, would he have walked on this path and lived this kind of life?

Xi Yan squatted on the spot, crossed his arms, buried his head and closed himself for a while.

At this moment, a car suddenly stopped in front of him.

Hearing the sound of the engine shutting down, Xi Yan sniffed and was about to stand up when the driver's door opened right in front of him.

——The first thing Xi Yan saw was a pair of long and straight legs.

Then he looked up, only to see the indifferent but handsome face of the owner of the leg.

It should be a man about his "biological age", but he looks more mature and stable than him-even if he is only wearing a simple and casual T-shirt and jeans.

Xi Yan squatting next to the parking space was so conspicuous, the man lowered his eyes.

But even with his eyes lowered, he still raised his chin slightly.

...as if he would never bow his head for anything.

Xi Yan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly thought inexplicably that he should live like this.

The man only glanced at Xi Yan, then he ignored evil, politely looked away, and deliberately walked away from Xi Yan as if nothing had happened.

Xi Yan: "..."

and many more!

This is a place with no front, no village and no shop behind!

Xi Yan reacted quickly, and immediately turned his head to take a look—that person really walked in the direction of "Yougui"!

Xi Yan didn't even think about it, his legs moved faster than his brain, he got up quickly, and quickly chased after him.

"Ah Qin is here? Why are you free to come over at this time?" When Xi Yan walked to his side, he just heard the security guard say such a sentence to him with a smile.

The man who was called "Aqin" by the security guard looked much softer, and there was even a faint smile on the corner of his lips: "Uncle, I'll be off for two days, so I'll come over and have a look."

Xi Yan thought to himself that it was a good thing he called uncle just now, not uncle.

My thoughts were flying around again, thinking about what kind of fairy job this person is doing, he is not at home to lie dead at home, and he still has the energy to run outside!

The security guard pointed at Xi Yan, and then said to the man: "Just in time, this guy wants to know about the situation of our base. Unfortunately, Xiao Hu will be going out later. He originally said he would come back another day. If you are free now, you can Take him around? Our place is quite far away, and it's not easy to go around..."

Xi Yan was about to speak at first, but he didn't expect the security guard to cue him first, so he hurriedly said: "Ah... hello, I... I just passed by and saw your rescue center, and I want... I want to go in and have a look, okay ?"

The man tilted his head and looked down at him: "Yes, come with me."

Xi Yan's heart beat faster. He thought that this indifferent man was not easy to get along with, so he was nervous, and he was relieved when he was not rejected.

——Because he really wanted to learn about homeless rescue.

People feel like this when they are looking forward to doing what they really want to do.

Uncle Security opened the door for them, Xi Yan raised a cheerful smile, and said sweetly, "Thank you Uncle!"

Uncle Security waved his hand, still smiling: "No thanks, no thanks, go wow go wow."

Xi Yan followed the man, and seeing that he didn't intend to initiate a conversation, he decided to "talk first": "That...excuse me, what's your name?"

"No need to address you." The man glanced back at him, "Zhong Qin."