Neverland

Xu Muzhou's first reaction was to look behind him.

Zhong Lu burst out laughing, and beckoned to him with a smile: "Come here."

Xu Muzhou: "..."

He suddenly felt that, judging from the situation, Zhong Lu might have the potential to go to Pansi Cave to welcome guests.

But Xu Muzhou also knew in his heart that Zhong Lu would not come to block him for no reason, and he must have something to say before Yan Cen would be dismissed.

Xu Muzhou walked over, took out a magnetic card from his pocket, and swiped it on the lock.

The door lock turned from red to green, with a beep sound, the lock cylinder turned over, and the restraint of the door buckle was released.

"...How many of you are there in Neverland?" Xu Muzhou asked with a wooden face, "Will you show up immediately? How many can be divided into one when necessary?"

Zhong Lu immediately laughed even more heartily, and couldn't help pinching Xu Muzhou's face.

She shot like lightning, and when she succeeded, she quickly retreated. Xu Muzhou was caught by her, but he didn't react.

Xu Muzhou: "..."

Zhong Lu was out of breath from laughing, she waved her hands, covered her stomach and said, "It's so cute, really... I think too much, I only have one, unique, true to life."

"But..." Xu Muzhou subconsciously glanced at the direction of the stairs behind him again, it was empty, and Yan Cen did not come down.

Yan Cen is not someone who would wait in an empty office, even if he went to the cafeteria to look for him first, he should have come down by this time.

"He has someone to report to." Zhong Lu explained thoughtfully, "Neverland has a special emergency mechanism, so it doesn't matter if I'm not here."

Xu Muzhou thought about it, and felt that it was not impossible with Neverland's level of modern management.

Xu Muzhou pressed the handle, pushed the door open slightly, and asked casually: "Aren't you a 'rule', why don't you go in by yourself, and wait for me to open the door for you."

"Privacy is very important." Zhong Lu was a little dissatisfied: "I'm not a tyrant, of course I respect human rights."

Xu Muzhou threw the magnetic card on the small cabinet at the door, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Really?"

"Isn't it?" Zhong Lu followed closely, looked around as if visiting, followed Xu Muzhou into the room, and said with a smile: "The staff of Neverland also have emotions, so they are different from people."

"Speaking of this, I'm curious. According to the risk avoidance mechanism, you should deprive them of these abilities." Xu Muzhou bent down to take out a can of Coke from the freezer, and said, "It's safest to have no desire."

"What's the point of that?" Zhong Lu said naturally.

Xu Muzhou's words both inside and out showed that he was no longer that "non-staff" who knew nothing, he knew a lot of inside information, but Zhong Lu didn't seem to be surprised by this.

"If I really want to become like that, I might as well find a group of machines to do things. Not only is there no risk, but it is also more precise - in Qin Wei's era, this thing is easy to find." Zhong Lu shrugged exaggeratedly, and said helplessly: "And in comparison, as long as the machines that charge and drink engine oil are much easier to support than this group of workers... At least they follow the codes and instructions, and there will never be any violations."

"But what is the world line? The world line is not the square characters in the history books, but the 'time' composed of countless people. Only people can change the time and the world, and vice versa." Zhong Lu said lightly: " Violation may be risky, but if you deprive risks of opportunities that may arise because of risks, this is not in line with the 'rules' themselves."

Interesting, Xu Muzhou thought.

When he first came to Neverland, when he met Zhong Lu for the first time, his influence on her was that she was beautiful, dangerous, and extremely powerful. After Qin Wei's incident happened, he felt that Zhong Lu seemed to be superior, like It is the dictator who holds the power of life and death in Yongwu Township. Later, after he learned that Zhong Lu is not a "person", when he looks at Zhong Lu again, he always feels that the other party is an emotionless shadow, just a person after the rules have been concretized. The conveyer should be the endorsement of absolute rationality and absolute calmness, and the emotions and desires on his face are nothing more than the protective color of this skin.

In other words, indifference.

But now it seems that it is not entirely accurate.

In Xu Muzhou's view, there is no doubt that Zhong Lu's behavior is based on complete reason and rules, but at the same time, she seems to understand "emotions" and respect them.

But trying to see through Zhong Lu was obviously not a wise decision, and Xu Muzhou didn't bite the bullet to analyze the faults of the leapfrog boss. He pulled the Coke ring, and the drink sprayed out from the small ring and splashed on his fingers.Xu Muzhou habitually lowered his head and took a sip, almost being sprayed all over by Coke.

Xu Muzhou put the coke can on the marble table next to the entrance, went to the bathroom in the bedroom and washed his hands.

The cold water flowed down between his fingers, and then flowed into the sewer along the outlet at the bottom of the pool. For some reason, Xu Muzhou stared at the pure white pool in a daze for two seconds before suddenly regaining consciousness and hastily turned it off. up the tap.

He wiped his hands hastily on the towel, and when he turned around, he saw that Zhong Lu had disappeared into the bedroom and was leaning on the edge of the balcony door looking out.

"Should I say it or not, Yan Cen's room is really in a prime location." Zhong Lu praised: "The scenery is really good."

"Is there any business?" Xu Muzhou said, "You don't come here just to see the scenery, do you?"

"Some people turn their faces away after asking questions." Zhong Lu winked at him and smiled meaningfully: "Why can't I come and see the scenery?"

Putting this action on ordinary people will always make people feel a kind of ambiguous frivolity for no reason, but when Zhong Lu does it, not only is it not offensive, but it looks a little naughty.

——Being good-looking is a bit of a cheat, Xu Muzhou thought, fortunately he has no interest in women.

"If you don't want to say it, let me say it." Xu Muzhou said calmly: "You picked such a punishment task for me, do you want to keep me in Neverland?"

"Yes." Zhong Lu nodded bluntly, and admitted: "Indeed, to me, if you carry out the task yourself...you also know the end of the task, so I don't need to say more. If Yan Cen carries out the task for you , then what he has been keeping from you will be revealed."

Zhong Lu sighed as she spoke, with a look of resentment, and complained: "Hey, I have long felt that this method of concealing things is not very good, and everything should be spread out and put on the table." To put it bluntly, how can the blisters heal if they are not punctured... keep hiding it like this, and there will be no results if you hide it for a long time."

Zhong Lu's topic jumped up very quickly, and she was very independent, so she didn't give Xu Muzhou a chance to interject at all.

Xu Muzhou: "..."

Xu Muzhou doesn't want to hear others discuss his relationship life with Yan Cen, no matter what Yan Cen is doing is right or wrong, good or bad, he doesn't like to listen to other people pointing fingers at him.

Xu Muzhou brought the topic back to normal, and asked: "So, in fact, no matter what this matter is, it is within your calculation range, right?"

"Of course." Zhong Lu said, "How does Yan Cen treat you? Are you moved? Do you want to stay here with him forever?"

Xu Muzhou: "..."

"That's between me and him." Xu Muzhou said.

Zhong Lu shouldn't ask about this matter, and Xu Muzhou doesn't want to discuss it with Zhong Lu.He should tell Yan Cen behind closed doors, including what he thinks about this matter, and what he thinks about the future.

Xu Muzhou is actually a very rebellious person to some extent, the more people want him to do something, the more he has to reflect the importance of "self".

If he decides to stay in Neverland, it must be because of Yan Cen, because he wants to stay, rather than being plotted to stay.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhong Lu brushed her hair and continued, "Actually, in the end, from my standpoint, I hope you will stay...or I will do my best. let you stay."

Very honest, Xu Muzhou thought.

"Because if you leave, there is a risk for Neverland, and I want to avoid this risk as much as possible." Zhong Lu said: "But then again, I will not force you, if you want to leave , of course I will let you go... everything is up to you to choose, and as a 'rule', I will respect anyone's choice—including you of course."

"Of course, you don't have to make a decision now, it's still early." Zhong Lu said, "I came to see you today for this—"

As Zhong Lu spoke, she held the folder in her palm and raised it to gesture to Xu Muzhou.

It was the folder used to distribute missions all the time, and Xu Muzhou had seen it many times.

Xu Muzhou frowned, walked over to take the folder from her, and sat by the bed to read it.

"A mission so soon?" Xu Muzhou said, "Brother Yan..."

"He's almost healed." Zhong Lu said, "Don't think of him too delicately... Besides, he's almost taken off work-related injury leave, so he has to get up and work to loosen his muscles."

Zhong Lu pursed her lips, bent down mysteriously, and said with a smile, "I picked a very interesting world for you."

Xu Muzhou: "..."

Now he is almost conditioned to this sentence pattern!

Whether it's Robert, Qin Wei, Song Xueyao, or even Qi Yuan, as long as it's a world that Zhong Lu personally chooses, there will be no moths.

But after all, it was a staff member, Xu Muzhou couldn't put this document back into Zhong Lu's arms, so he could only open it in humiliation, and be a model employee who obeyed the arrangement.

While flipping through the materials, Xu Muzhou asked, "When are you going?"

"Tomorrow morning." Zhong Lu said.

"...so urgent?" Xu Muzhou was a little surprised.

"Hmm." Zhong Lu said.

As soon as Xu Muzhou read two pages, he felt that something was wrong. He accelerated his reading speed and flipped back quickly.

"What kind of world is this?" Xu Muzhou asked in shock, "You want me to engage in metaphysics?"

"This is just a small, insignificant task background." Zhong Lu said with a smile: "It's a vacation task. It's not busy, and it's not dangerous. It's more suitable for the two of you."

I believed in your evil, Xu Muzhou cursed.

"Oh—" Zhong Lu suddenly made a long sound, as if remembering something.

"By the way, there is something I forgot to congratulate you." Zhong Lu bent her eyes and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You may not be clear, the special task reward is one to three, and Qin Wei's task counts as half. All things add up...you have your last mission in hand."

Xu Muzhou was taken aback.

"Xu Muzhou." Zhong Lu said, "Congratulations, you can go home soon."

As she spoke, she straightened up, humming a little song happily, brushed past Xu Muzhou, and was about to leave.

Xu Muzhou subconsciously turned around and tried to stop her: "Wait—"

Then Xu Muzhou's neck seemed to be squeezed tightly, and the second half of the sentence was silenced on the spot.

He saw Yan Cen standing at the door, and he didn't know how long he had been back.