Neverland

"This task was completed very well." Zhong Lu threw the folder in her hand on the table, crossed her fingers and rested her chin, and looked at Yan Cen with a smile: "The bonus is in duplicate, remember to remind new employees to check it carefully."

"Yeah." Yan Cen asked casually, "How much."

Zhong Lu compared a number to him, and said triumphantly, "How about it, be generous."

"Allow it to him." Yan Cen nodded slightly, and said, "He has taken most of the credit for this task."

"So generous?" Zhong Lu raised her eyebrows in surprise, but she still allocated part of the points to Xu Muzhou as Yan Cen said.

After she finished all this, she found that Yan Cen was still standing in the room, with no intention of leaving at all.Zhong Lu tilted her head to look at him strangely, and asked, "What else can I do?"

"This time, I hope the next one is not an example." Yan Cen tapped the mission report on the desktop: "No matter what is the reason for seconding personnel from other systems, I hope that Neverland will give real mission information next time. and reasons. The task of cleaning up the system requires full concentration, and there is no time to work hard on your own people."

It is rare for Yan Cen to speak harshly like this. Ever since Zhong Lu knew him, Yan Cen has been a person who doesn't worry about anything.Although he is not considered withdrawn, he is used to being alone most of the time, performing tasks when he has tasks, staying in his room when not having tasks, and rarely coming out.

When Neverland was first formed, it was a completely disordered world of architecture. At that time, the work was extremely chaotic, and the original staff between the various systems were more difficult to deal with, even in the world balance system of Neverland. created a social system.

Afterwards, Neverland was broken up and restructured. Yan Cen was the first batch of employees recruited at that time. According to the normal timeline, they have worked together for many years.

Song Yan once chatted with her, saying that if the staff of Neverland were ranked according to their temperament and personality, Yan Cen would undoubtedly be the one who ranked first.

It wasn't until later that Zhong Lu gradually figured out Yan Cen's temper. He wasn't very good-natured, he just didn't care much about many things, so it was hard for anything to arouse his mood swings.

Zhong Lu looked at him in surprise, and said with a smile, "Let me ask one more question, are you saying this for that child?"

"Yes." Yan Cen didn't deny it: "I think it's unfair to him."

"But you have to know, that kid is a temporary employee." Zhong Lu said earnestly: "Xu Muzhou is different from you. He has lived in the ordinary world line for a long time, and he lacks the overall situation and understanding of human nature. I think This is the only way to train him in the shortest possible time. This vaccination is well done, and his future work will go smoothly."

"He doesn't need to exercise in this way." Yan Cen frowned, and refused bluntly: "He is the one I brought, and I will be responsible for teaching him."

Zhong Lu was taken aback by him, and couldn't say anything more.

"Okay, okay." Zhong Lu sighed: "If there are any special circumstances in the future, I will definitely notify you in advance. This is the head office."

Yan Cen got the guarantee he wanted, his complexion eased, and his tone softened a lot: "Yes."

He was not a person who talked a lot. After finishing what he had to say, he turned around and wanted to leave, but before he took two steps, he was stopped again.

"Wait a minute." Zhong Lu said suddenly.

Yan Cen paused, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"You get along well with that kid, right?" Zhong Lu said with a smile, "It's rare to see you stand up for someone."

Yan Cen paused, he didn't quite know what the standard of "very good" in Zhong Lu's mouth was, he could only think for a while before giving an objective answer: "He is not annoying."

Zhong Lu squinted her eyes and smiled with malicious intent.

Yan Cen felt uncomfortable being watched by her, so he couldn't help asking: "What else is there?"

"Since the kid is not very happy, I'll make an exception." Zhong Lu took out a folder from under the table and handed it to Yan Cen: "The task you just finished is done very well, and the flow of the timeline has stabilized again. I printed the follow-up of this matter, maybe the children are interested.”

This thing really seemed what Xu Muzhou wanted to see, Yan Cen hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand to take it.

"Other things are fine." Zhong Lu held her chin, "But Song Yan is going to perform a guiding mission soon, and she will leave tomorrow morning, and may not be able to come back for a while."

It's normal for the staff to go out on missions, so it's okay for Yan Cen to hear about it, and he casually agreed: "Got it."

After nightfall, a small row of dim wall lamps will light up in the corridor of Neverland, about half a meter in length, embedded in the gaps in the wallpaper on the wall.

The lighting range of this kind of wall lamp is extremely small, even if it is arranged so densely, there will still be subtle parts that cannot be illuminated by the light.

Standing at the stairs, Xu Muzhou glanced into the corridor, only to feel that the dark color blocks gradually spread and enlarged in his pupils amidst the mottled lights and shadows, overlapping infinitely with the school corridor.

Song Yan doesn't look like those "difficult to get along with" colleagues that Yan Cen said, she has a way of advancing and retreating when she speaks and does things, even if she avoids Yan Cen and comes to talk to him, she doesn't seem annoying.Xu Muzhou asked a few more questions about Neverland in the restaurant, and when he thought about it again, he realized that it was already dark.

Neverland is on the surface of the sea, Xu Muzhou can imagine the sound of the waves in his ears as long as he closes his eyes.He felt a little soft under his feet, as if he would step on the air in the next second.

The first mission inevitably left some influence on him, Xu Muzhou collected himself before taking the first step into the corridor.Xu Muzhou supported the wall and shook his head, only to expel the fear in his subconscious mind.

Fortunately, room 317 is not far from the stairs, Xu Muzhou moved back step by step, but it didn't take a few minutes.

He took out the magnetic card from his pocket, and stuck it against the sensor on the door. The door lock clicked lightly. Xu Muzhou subconsciously breathed lightly, held the handle and pushed the door open.

In the living room, a dim night light was lit, Xu Muzhou put the magnetic card on the shoe cabinet in the entrance, and entered the room lightly.

Yan Cen didn't know when he came back, he should have just taken a shower, his hair was wet and dripping water.The black tooth marks on his arms were shocking, and he was lying on the sofa in a deep sleep with a pillow in his arms at random.

The sofa was a bit cramped for his height, Yan Cen was resting on one armrest, his long legs could only be partially curled up, and his ankles barely rested on the other armrest.

His injured left ankle was obviously swollen, and the bandage that Xu Muzhou used to bandage him earlier was still on Yan Cen's foot, which was soaked in water and hadn't been dried by the body temperature.

Ice compresses are needed at the initial stage of sprains, and hot compresses can only be used until the congestion of the wound dissolves to reduce swelling, otherwise it will only swell more.Yan Cen obviously didn't remember to take off the bandage when he was taking a bath, so that the cloth strip was soaked with hot water, and it was disguised as a hot compress for a long time.

Xu Muzhou had just been forced to listen to Yan Cen's affairs for a long time, now looking at him, he could not help but associate this person with what Song Yan said.Leaving aside whether the so-called "task death" was subjective or non-subjective, Xu Muzhou also felt that he was an admirable person based on the content of his work.

After all, they have accepted so many negative emotions day after day, year after year, and Yan Cen is the only one who has persisted until now.

Xu Muzhou sighed, the sofa was occupied by Yan Cen, he had no choice but to sit on the coffee table and lower his head to untie the warm cloth strips on Yan Cen's ankles.

As soon as his fingers touched the knot, he felt Yan Cen move slightly.Xu Muzhou looked up, only to find that Yan Cen seemed to be awakened by his movement, and his eyes were still a little unconscious.

"The bandage is too hot." Xu Muzhou explained, "I'll take it off for you first."

Yan Cen didn't know if he heard it clearly, he let out a muffled "um" from his throat, and watched Xu Muzhou's movements with lowered eyes.He lay there watching Xu Muzhou undo the bandages layer by layer from his ankle, like a lazy big cat.

"Is there any ice?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"There is a refrigerator under the cupboard at the door." Yan Cen said.

His voice was still casual when he woke up, a little hoarse, like a feather lightly brushing Xu Muzhou's heart, it sounded outrageously sexy.

Xu Muzhou almost shuddered when he heard it, and quickly stood up, took out a clean towel from the cabinet, went to the refrigerator, shoveled some crushed ice and wrapped it in the towel, then picked up the ice roll and pasted it Face.

Yan Cen lay on the sofa from beginning to end watching him busy, his eyes were half downcast, unable to see clearly the emotion in his eyes.Xu Muzhou tried to sit back on the sofa, rolled up the towel in his hand, and tentatively stuck it to his injured ankle.

Yan Cen did not speak, as if acquiescing to his closeness.

"Brother Yan." Xu Muzhou put the towel firmly on the wound for him, then tied it in a circle, then let go of his hands and sat up straight: "Didn't you praise me for being sharp when I was working before. "

Yan Cen didn't know why he suddenly became interested in chatting, so he agreed with great interest: "Yeah."

Xu Muzhou smiled at him: "If I say, it's not my talent, it's acquired through training, would you believe me?"

"Letter." Yan Cen said hoarsely, "Go on."

"Didn't you know that I grew up in an orphanage?" Xu Muzhou said in a relaxed tone, "When I was six years old, a kid about my age framed me for stealing 50 yuan from the office teacher. At that time, I said I didn’t steal it, but the teacher didn’t believe it, so he called me to the office for interrogation.”

He used the word "interrogation", which is enough to show the status of this matter in his heart.

"I could remember clearly that I didn't take it by myself, but children's memory is easily disturbed by external forces. They asked me many times, and in the end even I wasn't sure if I really took the money."

"But you know you are innocent." Yan Cen said.

"That's right, I suffered because I doubted myself that time." Xu Muzhou said, "So from then on, I will engrave every scene I have seen and experienced in my mind and wait for it at any time." Taking it, after a long time, it becomes an instinct."

Yan Cen did not express any opinion on this, he was silent for a moment: "You have met Song Yan."

He said with certainty that it was not an interrogative sentence.Xu Muzhou was stunned briefly, and then readily admitted: "Yes, she said something about you."

"Including my last mission." Yan Cen said.

"Yes." Xu Muzhou pursed his lips, and said bluntly: "Then you died subjectively."

In any case, it would be very hurtful to ask such words bluntly, and Xu Muzhou couldn't help but feel uneasy after asking.However, in the next second, he found that the corners of Yan Cen's lips were slightly hooked, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

"No." Yan Cen said, "That was indeed an accident."

Without waiting for Xu Muzhou to answer, Yan Cen asked again: "What about you, do you believe that I am not subjective?"

Xu Muzhou met his gaze, and those amber eyes became deep again under the dim light, but they were still clear and clean. If you look carefully, you will find some scattered smiles in them.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Muzhou already had the answer.

"Of course I believe it." Xu Muzhou also laughed, imitating Yan Cen's tone and said: "This is probably indeed an accident."