Neverland

Thanks for the smooth traffic during off-peak hours.

Xu Muzhou walked all the way in fear, but at least he didn't get detained by the traffic police in the name of "driving without a license".

During the second half of the journey, Yan Cen leaned against the back of the chair to catch up on sleep, and did not wake up until the car parked again in the underground parking lot of the nursing home.

Xu Muzhou parked the car in the original empty parking space, put on the handbrake, turned his head and asked, "Do you want to rest for a while before going up?"

"No need." Yan Cen pinched the bridge of his nose, leaned forward and took the portfolio from the back seat.

Yan Cen bought this bag from the printing shop downstairs of Ji Yun, and it contained a brand new photo.

——Yan Cen saved the screensaver photo that Ji Yun had used on the plane, then printed it out, and brought it back to the nursing home.

"What are you doing with this?" Xu Muzhou asked while unbuttoning his seat belt, "Are you going to use it to force Ji Yun's psychological defense?"

"Don't make me look like a fascist." Yan Cen opened the car door: "This is a necessary task process."

"Okay, okay, model worker." Xu Muzhou was still a little uncomfortable, he locked the car, threw the car key back to Yan Cen, and asked, "Shall we go to Ji Yun now?"

"Wait a minute." Yan Cen said, "Wait until late at night."

The only time when Ji Yun showed a difference was at midnight yesterday. If it wasn't for those noisy external factors that affected Ji Yun, I'm afraid that state would last a little longer.

Xu Muzhou can probably understand what Yan Cen is thinking - regardless of whether midnight is a fixed waking factor or not, it is at least an important condition for Ji Yun to "awake".

"To tell you the truth." Xu Muzhou said, "If 'Remembrance' really came to her in response to Ji Yun's own obsession, then Ji Yun's obsession has already been achieved, why do we need to clean it up?" Task."

"It's far from over." Yan Cen glanced at the necklace on Xu Muzhou's neck. Xu Muzhou has learned to be smart since he was burned last time, and he no longer put it close to his body. Most of the time he put it so wide open. Outside, it is also convenient to understand the situation.

"People's emotions are very complicated and cannot be judged by a single emotion." Yan Cen motioned him to look at the pendant, and said, "Look, she hasn't got what she wants yet."

"Then what if her obsession is to make 'Remembrance' stay forever?" Xu Muzhou asked, "Then what should I do?"

"What do you think?" Yan Cen didn't answer, but asked instead: "If Ji Yun's wish is to keep her forever, then do you want to send the 'memory' away, or follow Ji Yun's ideas and think about it? There is a way to help her keep the memory.”

He looked at Xu Muzhou with serious eyes.He didn't seem to be testing Xu Muzhou, but was really waiting for his opinion and answer.

Xu Muzhou was silent for a moment, then looked away first, and said, "I don't know."

"You always have to make a decision." Yan Cen turned his head to look at the elevator door, the bright white light from the elevator ceiling fell on him, reflecting a little light color from the edge of the metal mirror frame.

"You are dealing with 'people' this time." Yan Cen said: "During your internship, you are facing a guilty person, so you can make a decision. But among the thousands of obsessions in the world, injustice It’s only one of them, what about the others, how do you choose.”

"...What will happen if the mission fails." Xu Muzhou asked in a low voice.

"Nothing will happen." Yan Cen said: "Points will be deducted, and the trip will be in vain."

In fact, when Xu Muzhou asked this sentence, he knew that Yan Cen had already understood what he meant.

But for some reason, Yan Cen asked again: "So how do you choose?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't do a mission." Xu Muzhou bit the bullet and said: "In fact, even Ji Yun himself understands that the dead will not come back. gone.

"Whether it's from her own point of view or from the point of view of the rules of the world." Xu Muzhou paused: "What she's doing is tantamount to quenching thirst with poison."

"It makes sense." Yan Cen smiled: "I remember."

Yan Cen's smile was very light, and the curvature of the corners of his lips seemed to be absent.

Xu Muzhou glanced at his face, and went through his own logic in his heart again. He felt that there should be no flaws, so he asked, "Isn't it right?"

"There is nothing wrong." Yan Cen said: "Everything in this world is a choice, and 'fate' itself, in the final analysis, is the only path composed of countless choices."

As Yan Cen said, he picked up the pendant on Xu Muzhou's neck and stroked it. He seemed to like this action very much. Xu Muzhou thought about it and asked, "Brother Yan...what is the black liquid on this pendant?" What?"

"It's the 'obsession' itself." Yan Cen said: "This is Ji Yun's entire obsession, concentrated on this pendant, and when the black liquid on it disappears, it means she has let go."

Xu Muzhou nodded: "That's it."

"You don't seem surprised?" Yan Cen asked.

"I probably have a guess." Xu Muzhou smiled: "When I was in the last world, I thought about why sometimes the progress bar would drop even before I did anything to the task object. Now think about it, It should be because the 'obsession point' has been touched, just like the level save point that comes with the game."

"Yes." Yan Cen nodded and said: "In the final analysis, the medium through which you and I came to this timeline is Ji Yun's obsession itself. So even if this world is completely real, there will be some manifestations of subjective influence—and The hydrangea on your body is not only a manifestation of Ji Yun's obsession, but also a hub for us to digest her obsession."

"Wait a minute?" Xu Muzhou suddenly looked at Yan Cen: "You mean the medium?"

"Medium." Yan Cen confirmed: "Just like we came here through Ji Yun's obsession, a bridge must be built between the two worlds before they can officially pass."

"...In other words, the 'remembrance' also came from this bridge?" Xu Muzhou's mind turned quickly: "After we smashed the hydrangea, we will be teleported back to Neverland because the bridge that was built was destroyed gone?"

"Yes." Yan Cen and Xu Muzhou looked at each other, and then continued: "...As you think, as long as this 'bridge' is damaged, 'Memorial' will return to where she should go."

Regardless of whether this is Ji Yun's obsession or not, at least after being in the dark for so long, Xu Muzhou finally saw a little light. He took a deep breath and felt that his suppressed emotions had been eased a lot.

No matter whether this task is successful in the end, they have reached the point of this "obsession".

Xu Muzhou was relaxed at first, just waiting to go back to catch up on sleep, and got up in the middle of the night to confront Ji Yun.Unexpectedly, when he and Yan Cen went upstairs, they were stopped by someone.

They were stopped by two men in white coats, one Xu Muzhou had seen before, he was the ward round doctor when he first came to this world, and the other looked familiar, a middle-aged man who was already close to the Mediterranean Sea.

As soon as the elevator door opened, the two stood at the door, as if they were blocking the way.Xu Muzhou watched Yan Cen's footsteps pause, and couldn't help poking his lower back from behind.

"Who is this?" Xu Muzhou asked in a low voice behind him.

Yan Cen squeezed out two words between his teeth, he didn't know whether he was answering Xu Muzhou or calling someone: "Dean."

"Doctor Yan." The middle-aged man asked calmly, "Where did you go?"

As soon as he made a sound, Xu Muzhou recognized it. He had heard this person's voice in the chaos in the wee hours of the morning. At that time, he was comforting the family members of the patients. Now he was probably done with work, and for some reason, he had his eyes on Yan Cen.

"...Go out for a walk." Yan Cen pushed his glasses and said with difficulty.

"Where did you go?" The middle-aged dean asked angrily, "Need to find a patient to accompany you?"

According to Yan Cen's own personality, he would have left at this time, but unfortunately he still has to work hard to play "Doctor Yan".

Because of the problem of "intermittent amnesia", the dean didn't pay attention to him, the "patient client" who was still present at all. Xu Muzhou simply didn't say anything, and gloated at Yan Cen enjoying the treatment of a social animal.

It happened to be the activity period in the morning, and there were people coming and going in the corridor, and the dean probably didn't want to make this a big deal and get a bad reputation, so he simply blocked Yan Cen in the elevator room and gave him a scolding.

"Yan Chenghong, it's really yours. The last time the patient was hypnotized for no reason has not passed. This time, the patient with intermittent amnesia was taken out of the nursing home without application. What do you want to do?" The middle-aged man pointed at him , gritted his teeth and asked, "Do you want to stop doing it after breaking the rules again and again?"

Xu Muzhou stood up instantly with a vigilant expression on his face. It is one thing to be scolded, but it is another thing to be fired because of this.

It is an important rule in the work that the clean-up task cannot violate the large-scale direction of the original world line. This warning was even written on the title page of the task document. Xu Muzhou read it twice, and was reminded by Yan Cener. sensitive.

And Yan Cen has been playing the life trajectory of "Yan Chenghong" because of this.

If the original "Yan Chenghong" lost his job due to Yan Cen's negligence, it would be considered a departure from the trend. Xu Muzhou subconsciously always regarded Yan Cen as a teammate who needed mutual support, and when he saw this, he became anxious.

"—I asked Dr. Yan to take me out!" Xu Muzhou said anxiously: "We, we are on a date!"

Yan Cen: "..."

Dr. Yan opened his mouth, but Xu Muzhou interrupted him before he could say anything, so he could only swallow the words he had planned, and with a blank face, he acquiesced.

The dean obviously didn't expect Xu Muzhou to say such shocking words, he was stunned for a moment, he didn't want to put his fingers in the air.

"We're going on a date, can't we?" Xu Muzhou didn't know why he came up with such a nonsense reason, but he had already said the words, so he just broke the jar: "Your hospital doesn't allow doctors and patients to fall in love. ?"

Doctor Zhang, who had been pretending to be airless since just now, looked at Yan Cen in shock, and after a moment of silence, he gave him a thumbs up behind the Dean's back.

——You are amazing, Dr. Zhang mouthed silently.