prisoner of time

Yan Tuo's name was given by his grandfather. The old man's original intention was to hope that his grandson would not be burdened by foreign objects, be extraordinary and free from vulgarity, and live a relaxed life.Who would have thought that in the Internet age, when the information exploded and the society became more and more harmonious, Yan Tuo's good-looking name was abruptly changed into a harmonious word. Shampoo advertising slogan linked.

However, Yan Tuo's biggest problem is not his name, but his procrastination.

He has almost hopeless procrastination. He can't turn in his homework until the last moment, he can't stop writing until the last second of the exam, and he doesn't leave the party until the last moment. Everything has to be delayed until the last moment. to complete.

He is not a god, and of course it is impossible to be so accurate, so there are times when exams cannot be answered, homework is sometimes delayed due to ddl, and he is frequently late for classes, parties and other activities.

The so-called procrastination, Yan Tuo's self-summarization is that he is still lazy in the final analysis. He is too lazy, so he never wants to move until the last moment.If he hadn't had to, he still didn't want to move even at the last moment.

But none of this hurt—at least in the first 20 years of Yan Tuo's life, these procrastinations didn't cause him too many problems.If you can't finish the test papers, you will get a few points, and if you hand in homework late, you will only deduct some homework points. At most, you will be scolded by the teacher for being late to class. Friends also know that Yan Tuotuo is always late for some time at parties.

This in no way prevents him from growing into an excellent socialist successor.

Yan Tuo knew that he had this problem, but he didn't pay much attention to it. After all, procrastination has existed since ancient times, otherwise there wouldn't be the tomorrow song of "tomorrow after tomorrow, so many tomorrows".

Until December 31 of this year, he and a few friends made an appointment to go to the most prestigious Time Square in Mingyue City to participate in the New Year's countdown celebration.

As usual, Yan Tuo was late again.

The square was crowded with people, it seemed like half of the city's citizens had gathered here, he looked around but couldn't find a few friends, so he called his friend Bai Xiaopang, who said they were under the bronze clock.

The bronze bell is a symbol of Time Square and a landmark of Mingyue City, where the most people gather.

Yan Tuo had to squeeze all the way through, and it was already 23:59, the crowd suddenly burst into warm cheers, and then the countdown to the new year began in unison.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven..." people shouted, cheering for the arrival of the new year.

Yan Tuo squeezed in the direction of the huge bronze clock, and counted down in a low voice: "Ten, nine, eight, seven...three, two, one!"

Huge fireworks exploded above people's heads, and everyone around them began to jump for joy. Yan Tuo also stopped, and then raised his head to look at the dazzling fireworks in the sky.

He didn't notice that when he was just counting down, he was always one second slower than everyone else.

Soon, the fireworks ended one after another, and the night sky returned to silence. People started talking and laughing and walked back.

The speed of people leaving is not slow, and the surrounding area is quickly empty.Yan Tuo breathed a sigh of relief, stood where he was, and started calling Bai Xiaopang.

But this time, no one answered the call, and it was always the blind voice of "Didi".

It may be too loud, and the friends did not hear it, which is normal.Thinking about it, Yan Tuo called several other friends, but no one answered.

But my friends must be looking for me too, and it's easier to go astray at this time.Yan Tuo sent messages to several people to report his location, and then played with his mobile phone while waiting for his friends to reunite.

He swiped through Moments and Weibo, but the news was still on December 31.

Shouldn't someone immediately post some status on social platforms looking back at the past and wishing everyone a happy new year at such a time?However, it is also possible that there are too many people nearby, so the network signal is not good.While Yan Tuo was puzzled, he had already found an explanation.

He wanted to post two statuses, but the stuck time still showed that it was at 12:31 on December 23st.

The signal is terrible.Yan Tuo complained, put away the phone boredly, and looked back at the century bronze clock as a landmark. The huge dial was the same as what he had seen just now, still staying at the exact position of 24 o'clock, motionless.

But when he turned his head, Yan Tuo saw Bai Xiaopang and four other friends walking towards the periphery of the square.

He ran towards them while calling Bai Xiaopang's name, but those people seemed to have not heard his voice at all, and they were still walking outside, and the pace was so fast that Yan Tuo couldn't catch up with them.

When he was the closest, he even heard Bai Xiaopang say, "Yan Tuo is a scumbag, and I don't know where he is late, let's go, let's go to the convenience store downstairs and wait for him."

But maybe there were too many people, even though they were so close, they didn't hear Yan Tuo's shout, they just walked forward quickly, Yan Tuo could only watch helplessly as the four people merged into the crowd in front, and finally Overwhelmed by the crowd, disappeared.

He glanced at his phone, but there was still no news or missed calls.

Go to the convenience store downstairs and wait for me at least tell me, or who knows where to find you?Yan Tuo muttered, but didn't take it to heart, and walked towards home alone.He couldn't even take a taxi, but fortunately, Time Square is very close to his home, and it takes only 15 minutes to walk there.

However, it is very strange that Mingyue City is considered a well-known first-tier city in the whole country, and Time Square is one of the central areas of the entire city. There are usually many people on the road late at night. Can't see?

There are still many parked cars on the street, but there are no cars in motion.

New Year's Eve traffic control, so cars are not allowed to drive over?Probably.He deduced a reasonable explanation in his heart, and at the same time, new doubts arose—but there were so many people walking out of Time Square just now, why is no one seen now?

Yan Tuo was puzzled, but he didn't doubt for too long. He quickly walked to the convenience store downstairs in the community.

The convenience store is brightly lit with incandescent lights as usual, and there are steaming oden, steamed buns, and tea eggs on the counter. You can feel a sense of warmth when you enter, but you can't see other customers and salesgirls.

It may be that there is no one to patronize, so the younger sister went to the back to tidy up the warehouse, or it may be that she took the opportunity to call her boyfriend.

Yan Tuo sat on the chair beside him and waited for a long time, but Bai Xiaopang and the others did not come, nor did he wait for the salesperson girl.And he found that his mobile phone had malfunctioned, and the time stopped at 23:59:59, so he didn't know what time it was and how long he had been waiting.

Yan Tuo sat for a while, trying to call his friends, but no one answered.He finally sent a message to Bai Xiaopang and the others, saying that he had gone home first, and then he would go directly to his home or call him to come down.

Both his parents lived in another city, and this house belonged to his grandfather.Yan Tuo University is studying in Mingyue City. In order to play games freely, he will come back to live here when his homework is not tight. After his grandmother passed away, his grandfather was taken abroad by his uncle to take care of him, so now he is the only one in the family.

Originally, Bai Xiaopang said that he would stay here tonight and stay up late playing online games with him. He had specially made the bed before, and prepared two pillows and two sets of quilts on his own bed, but now those people don’t know where to go. Where is it, and I can't get in touch, but in the end it is my fault for being late, and I can't blame others.

Yan Tuo no longer had any hope for his New Year's Eve, and he suffered from laziness again. After washing up a bit, he went to bed with his mobile phone and played games, preparing for bed.He fiddled with it for a long time, and also searched for strategies on the Internet, but he didn't adjust the time on his mobile phone. He planned to go back to school tomorrow when he had time to find a professional to take a look.

It must be another mobile phone manufacturer's routine, just to trick me into buying the latest model, so I won't be fooled.The masters are among the folks, and the little brother in the electronics store next to the underground supermarket of the school is super skilled in repairing mobile phones.

He mumbled to turn off the lights, turn on the air conditioner, curl up in the bed, and fell asleep in the warmth and quietness of the winter night.

He didn't know that there was another "consciousness" lying on the pillow next to him.

In his sleep, he felt something hugging his body, whispering softly in his ear with an awkward and blunt human voice: "You are mine now."

At that time, he was wandering in a simple, relaxed and warm dream, worrying about repairing his mobile phone, and hadn't realized his situation.

The whole world has entered a new moment, only he was left behind on New Year's Eve in the East Eighth District.

Forever, December 31st.