Neverland

The conversation ended badly.

Xu Muzhou excused himself to go to the restaurant for dinner, and left the room first.

Yan Cen didn't follow, although he and Xu Muzhou have always maintained a strange tacit understanding of "must eat together", but today the other party obviously doesn't want to be so close to him, so Yan Cen wisely didn't mention this.

Xu Muzhou was suffocated by Yan Cen's anger, and of course he couldn't eat anything.After he used this excuse to leave the room, he didn't know where to go. He stood at the stairs for a while, choosing between going upstairs and going downstairs.

——Who knows if you will bump into Song Yan when you go downstairs, Xu Muzhou thought.

Since Qin Wei left, the order of Neverland has returned to normal.When Xu Muzhou passed by the fourth floor, he looked out of the window at the other end of the corridor. It had become sunny outside at some point, and the turbulence before was like an illusion.

Xu Muzhou was upset, he sneered in his heart, turned around, and went to the office on the fifth floor.

Xu Muzhou acted on a whim, but Zhong Lu was well prepared.

The door of the office on the fifth floor was ajar, and there was a note saying "Please come in" on the door.Xu Muzhou stood at the door, hesitating for a moment at the door, which was suspected to be a Hongmen Banquet, but followed his will, pushed the door open and walked in.

Zhong Lu was leaning in the office chair and looking at the scenery outside the window. The cigarette at her fingertips had just been lit, and the lip marks on the cigarette holder were only a layer of light.

She heard the sound of the door opening and closing, and asked without raising her eyes, "Why didn't you knock?"

Xu Muzhou sat across the desk without seeing anyone else, and said in a bad tone, "You left the door open, didn't you know I was coming?"

Zhong Lu smiled, glanced at him happily, and said, "Look, today's weather is fine."

"...Two or ten minutes ago, it wasn't so good." Xu Muzhou said very shamelessly: "Besides, the weather that fluctuates by the standard of 'normal' can't be called the weather."

"Children fall in love and quarrel, don't vent your anger on others." Zhong Lu finally turned around and said disapprovingly, "Otherwise, people who eat melons would be so innocent."

Without waiting for Xu Muzhou to speak, Zhong Lu flicked the cigarette ash and said to herself: "You guys have done a good job this time, and the reward points have been credited to your and Yan Cen's accounts respectively... Well, of course , I promised before, after this extra task, I will give you a promise, you can choose to use it now or use it last."

"This is not a cleanup task." Xu Muzhou cut to the chase: "You chose Brother Yan to perform the task this time, and you didn't rush to get rid of your obsessions from the very beginning, right?"

"Until the end of this mission, Qin Wei's obsession has not been eliminated, and even touched Neverland because of an omission in the mission." Xu Muzhou said lightly: "But now you say that the mission is completed 'very well'. Then It means that getting Qin Wei to let go of Song Yan is not the focus of this mission at all. In fact, I should have thought of this earlier. Brother Yan didn't work hard on Qin Wei when he was carrying out the mission. He was just doing things to promote the development of the mission line. The thing... seems to have replaced Qin Wei with another identity for a short time."

Xu Muzhou paused, and said, "That's why you asked Brother Yan to carry out the mission...but why, why must it be him?"

"It's not good for a child to be too smart." That's what Zhong Lu said, but her eyes turned carelessly on Xu Muzhou, and she answered the question: "Of course it's because you, Brother Yan, are different from ordinary people. He can do the job."

Xu Muzhou felt uncomfortable with Zhong Lu's explicit eyes. He rubbed his arms and suddenly remembered a small matter.

When he first arrived in Yongwuxiang, Song Yan told him that Yongwuxiang asked Yan Cen for help to protect Yan Cen's safety.At that time, what Song Yan said was that Yongwuxiang attached great importance to Yan Cen. Xu Muzhou originally thought that it was because there were only such a single seedling left in the cleaning system, which was extraordinarily precious, but now thinking about it according to Zhong Lu's words, he had a faint feeling other guesses.

"I've been in Neverland for a while." Xu Muzhou spoke slower than usual, appearing very cautious: "I personally think that a proper understanding of the working environment will improve work efficiency, so—"

"Ask." Zhong Lu bent her eyes, looking easy to speak.

Regardless of whether Zhong Lu made up her mind to deal with him or had other ideas, since she spoke so generously, Xu Muzhou would not be polite.

"The question I want to ask is very simple." Xu Muzhou said, "There are three systems in Neverland. Except for the 'judgment' system that requires almost no employees, why is there such a huge difference in the number of people in the remaining two systems?"

"Of course it's because..." Zhong Lu elongated her voice and said with a smile, "The potential employees are different."

Xu Muzhou tightened his fingers.

When Yan Cen mentioned the working mode, he was vague, and never mentioned the actual situation of Neverland. Xu Muzhou thought about it and could only come up with one guess——Neverland is a very special existence.

And judging by Yan Cen's appearance, Neverland is not necessarily a place that is completely out of ordinary people's cognition, otherwise there is no need for him to guard against it so strictly, it seems that Xu Muzhou can guess as long as he leaks half a clue The truth is the same.

For Xu Muzhou, although the mysterious "Neverland" is covered with a layer of fog, it is not a seamless iron plate.

After playing detective detective games for so many years, the biggest truth Xu Muzhou understands is that "clues will never be put on the bright side".

Since Neverland is a "working" place, where do you get the "employees" and what are the details of these "employees".

Xu Muzhou originally thought that he would have to go round and round with Zhong Lu several times before he could find some clues, but Zhong Lu didn't play cards according to common sense, so he just put the answer he wanted to know so carelessly. On the bright side.

Xu Muzhou frowned slightly. It was one thing for him to try his best to get the clues, but the other party was so honest, Xu Muzhou would naturally become suspicious.

"Kids, don't be so suspicious." Zhong Lu seemed to know what he was thinking, raised three fingers at him, and said with a smile: "For the sake of the smooth completion of this task, give You have a chance... you can ask me three questions, and I will answer you according to the situation."

"Answer according to the situation, but it is possible not to answer, right." Xu Muzhou was not fooled.

"I promise I'm telling the truth." Zhong Lu asked back: "Isn't that enough?"

Compared with Song Yan and Yan Cen, this guarantee is indeed very important.Xu Muzhou was silent for a moment, and asked, "Is Qin Wei still a 'human'?"

At first glance, this question sounds nondescript and has no substantive meaning.But Zhong Lu didn't seem surprised at all, she puffed out the smoke ring, and answered firmly: "Of course."

Xu Muzhou asked the first question very skillfully. This is a question with a lot of room for answering. Xu Muzhou himself left room for asking questions because no matter what Zhong Lu answered, it would not affect his eliciting the next question. question.

"...Is that brother Yan too?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"Why don't you ask him this kind of privacy question?" Zhong Lu asked back: "Or in other words, do you want this answer to be obtained from me?"

Zhong Lu was right, Xu Muzhou thought.Falling in love is a process of exchanging trust. Actively obtaining information from a third party itself means a crisis of trust.If he starts this way, no matter whether Zhong Lu's answer is what he wants or not, it will become a knot in his heart.

Xu Muzhou pursed his lips, put aside this question for the time being, and asked the third one instead.

"Then what about you." Xu Muzhou looked up at Zhong Lu and said, "It's not someone else's privacy, is it?"

"Me?" Zhong Lu smiled: "I am different from them... I am the 'rule'."

Xu Muzhou suddenly stood up.

"Why are you so nervous, I don't eat people." Zhong Lu blinked, crushed the cigarette in her hand into the ashtray, and said calmly: "A place like Neverland that manages the balance of the world has 'rules'. , isn't it a normal thing?"

"Enterprises need managers." Zhong Lu said: "The 'rules' of course also need a communicator...or what do you call it, an agent?"

Xu Muzhou calmed down from the momentary shock just now, and after thinking about it, he felt that what Zhong Lu said was also reasonable.

Such a big Neverlander is placed here, and he cannot ignore the "unscientific nature" of it because he is already familiar with it. Thinking about it from this perspective, if Zhong Lu herself is just the embodiment of "rules" in Neverland, then she It also seems to make sense to manage the various systems of Neverland.

Xu Muzhou didn't have much contact with Zhong Lu, so he didn't know enough about her character and handling of things.But 15 minutes ago, he almost thought that everyone in Neverland was Yan Cen and Song Yan's soft-hearted and tight-lipped characters who couldn't beat a fart.

But now the cruel reality gave him a dull blow - Zhong Lu seemed to be a little too frank.

What's wrong with the people in Neverland, Xu Muzhou couldn't help thinking, either they just refused to say a word, or they were just rumors when they exploded, don't these people know what the golden mean is?

"Xiaomuzhou." Zhong Lu said, "I know what you want to ask."

Xu Muzhou was taken aback.

"About Qin Wei being able to come to Neverland, although the timing is not normal, but it is following the normal process." Zhong Lu said: "It's not just this, you can ask me anything you want to know. But the premise is that you Do you really want to know the truth?"

Xu Muzhou: "..."

"Or I'll ask you another way." Zhong Lu narrowed her eyes: "After all, as the manager of Neverland, although I don't stop office romances, I always have to consider the mental health of my employees."

"Xiaomuzhou." Zhong Lu said, "If I give you a chance to choose, after the mission is completely over, do you want to stay in Neverland."

Xu Muzhou opened his mouth, and was about to say something when Zhong Lu interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"Don't rush to answer, I'll add a premise to you—" Zhong Lu said slowly and word by word: "After the task is over, do you want to 'indefinitely', 'no room for regret', 'give up your life The environment, friends, and all traces of life', 'desperate', stay."

Xu Muzhou fell silent, with a very ugly expression on his face.

—Because he may not have the courage.