Gratitude License

In the middle of the night, Chang Jing was lying on Xu Liang's bed with insomnia, and two voices were heard alternately in his ears——

The silly ones and the painted bones.

It's like a grade school math problem.

Silly Liang painting bone pill = Xu Liang.

Xu Liang-painted bone pill = silly Liang.

When Huagudan was full, Chang Jing and Xu Liang had just finished the race and were lying on the grass chatting.

The former sentence is still "Chang Xiaomao", and the latter sentence becomes "quiet and quiet", which is a bit unacceptable, but the memory confusion caused by the ignorance of water is normal. Sha Liang thought that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and even thought that The place where he is lying now is the open space that Yong Ye once took him to.

He asked Chang Jing when he would go home to eat moon cakes, and said that he had a lot of dreams. He dreamed that he was back when he was a child, and he dreamed of goldfish, foxes, and long, long snakes.

Chang Jing thought about the previous topic and asked, "Siliang, what do you want to do in the future?"

Silly replied: "I want to eat moon cakes."

"What about after eating mooncakes?"

"Coaster! Shall we go tomorrow?"

Chang Jing pinched Sha Liang's nose, and stopped talking after agreeing, lying on the grass, thinking about problems that he couldn't communicate with Sha Liang.

He had raced against Xu Liang three times, and each time they were tied. Chang Jing asked himself that he ran as hard as he could every time. There would be such a coincidence, which could only show that Xu Liang ran faster and deliberately let the water go.

Xu Liang continued the previous topic and asked Chang Jing what wish he had, and also said that running would definitely be impossible, and that it would be possible to change it.

Chang Jing has nothing to say now, so she just talked about her thoughts in the second period.

At that time, he watched a lot of movies and anime, and he always felt that he could be a superhero or something in the future. He didn’t have to go around the earth three times in a second, but it was no problem to be a jump hero. He led the purists to fight against evil spirits and save the world.

There's nothing wrong with thinking, but it's a pity that the world doesn't need him to save it.

As far as the two worlds of humans and monsters are concerned, the peace of the world has become boring. If he wants to save it, Chang Jing has to find a way to destroy it first. This is like digging a hole first and then filling it in. I can't be bored to this level for my ideals, and Chang Jing can't do it either, and gradually I don't want to save the world.

Of course, secondary illness is not so easy to heal. Chang Jing was only 17 years old when he first defeated Chang Junyang. Although he didn’t have to save the world, he was full of expectations for his future work. He had seen the black suit red from the Subduing Demon Management Office since he was a child. I feel that this outfit is not inferior to Superman's red underwear, and silently guarding the city is also a good life choice.

So low-key and powerful, he can still fantasize that he is Superman, but he has never had the chance to transform, but the rigid overalls can't change the essence of Superman as Superman.

When did this thinking start to change?

It probably started when I entered the management office at the age of 20.

At that time, Chang Jing was like all the young boys who had just started working. He felt that he was the man who would become the Pirate King sooner or later. What awaited him was a passionate adventure and touching friendship. But within a month, he found that he was completely Misjudged the direction.

First, colleagues didn't like him.

Some were unhappy with his family background, some were unhappy with his personality, some were worried about being robbed by him, and some couldn't stand him being too active.

Chang Jing, who was in the hot-blooded period, felt that these are the trials that should be done in life. After getting along for a long time, everyone will naturally see his personality clearly, so he didn't take it seriously.

What really let him down was the job content.

According to Chang Jing's thinking, as the heir of the Chang family, he has received strict training since he was a child, and now he has finally started working. The content of his work should be to deal with dangerous turbid monsters. Even if he is not good, he should be like a ranger. Patrolling the streets and alleys, silently guarding the safety of the people, but in fact, his main job is to accompany his superiors to meetings, secondly to help the superiors sort out information, and finally related to goblins. For example, a certain goblin gets drunk and makes trouble. Peeing in public places, a so-and-so goblin posting discordant remarks on the Internet, disclosing and challenging the management office, and so on.

Throughout the year, he never met a goblin who deliberately harmed people, not to mention the goblin sword, he rarely even used the purification talisman, and the most powerful goblin he met in a year was a bull.

That guy was in estrus and crashed into a store, and his colleagues were discussing the strategy of getting monsters seriously, but after he arrived at the scene, they shot him honestly.

Chang Jing was very disappointed at work, but she never gave up looking for reasons to comfort herself, but life always has a way to challenge your tolerance.

At the first annual meeting after joining the company, the leader named Chang Jing to appear on the show and asked him to show the legendary demon sword to his brother departments.

For the sake of effect, Chang Jing and several colleagues cooperated to complete the program, summoned Shuoguang in front of everyone, demonstrated the process of the demon sword's illusion, and made several rounds with colleagues.

Since then, he has been nicknamed "Chang Daxia" in the management office.

While waiting for boiling water in the tea room, he was often asked about the demon sword by his colleagues, and he answered seriously every time. As a result, after a period of time, he added a few more nicknames, such as "Chang pretending to be forceful" and "Chang Dadao".

Chang Jing would try to reflect on what he did wrong. When he met a colleague who wanted to watch the Demon Sword, he would agree when he could. As a result, half of the colleagues in the management office watched the Demon Sword. He "shows off a lot".

Especially their team leader at the time, the next day after watching it, he said in the office that no matter how awesome his background is, a newcomer is a newcomer, and a newcomer must keep a low profile and be humble, and don’t show off all day long without any real skills. You will only embarrass your ancestors.

Chang Jing was busy sorting out a case at the time, so he didn't realize that the words were talking about him. It was not easy for the poor team leader. He ran on Chang Jing many times and he didn't realize it. Divorcing him was just the time when she needed to find a sense of presence at work, so she simply kept her fingers clean and rolled her eyes when she spoke.

Chang Jing saw the group leader's movements from the corner of her eye, walked over and pressed her hand on the group leader's desk, "Who are you talking about?"

Team leader: "So-and-so knows clearly."

There were only a dozen people in their team, and they stayed in a small office. Chang Jing started from the colleagues closest to her and asked, "Is the team leader talking about you?"

"Does that mean you?"

"is it you?"

"You know it in your heart?"

……

After asking around, he returned to the group leader with a green face, "No one knows, so who are you talking about?"

The group leader slapped the table and got up, "Chang Si'an! Who do you think you're talking to! It's great to inherit a broken knife? Show off everywhere all day, as if you are so powerful. If you have the ability, go catch monsters. Your Chang family has An heir like you is really hopeless, Chang Junyang is also a well-known big shot, and I don’t know how to educate this kind of person—”

Chang Jing grabbed the team leader by his collar and pulled him up into the air. No matter how the colleagues around him persuaded him or how the team leader struggled, he dragged him into the yard.

Chang Jing took off his coat and threw it on the ground, "If you can beat me today, I will kowtow on my knees and call you grandpa three times. If you can't beat me, then go home and kowtow to admit your mistake. I can't afford you to kowtow, but my dad can afford it, so you kowtow to him."

Team leader: "Why should I fight with you!"

"Aren't I incompetent? Aren't I embarrassing my ancestors? Team leader, in order to set an example, you have to teach a rookie like me personally, right? Otherwise, what can I do to stand up? Besides, isn't my dad not good at educating his son? You won today After leaving me, you are my grandfather, wouldn't it be great for you to educate my dad yourself?"

The onlookers changed from persuasion mode to gossip mode, gloating on their faces.

The team leader couldn't get off the tiger, so he had to forcefully say: "You have a demon sword, it's not fair!"

"I don't even need a demon sword, I don't even use runes." Chang Jing picked up a brick from the corner and threw it up and down, "You can use any weapon as you like, I just have a brick, it's fine to fight with bare hands, but I I don’t want to get my hands dirty for a game like this.”

The team leader was a parallel importer who became a monk halfway, and was so provoked by Chang Jing that he rushed up with a stick, but Chang Jing slapped him down with a brick, and then kicked and punched him dozens of times.

The team leader lay on the ground and admitted his mistake, but Chang Jing persisted and took the team leader home.

At that time, Chang Junyang was pruning bamboo, pretending not to notice his son was coming, and received a slap from the team leader firmly, and then exclaimed to save the team leader, and scolded Chang Jing in front of him , and personally brought Chang Jing back to the management office to make amends.

The management office made it clear that Chang Jing was wrong. Originally, Chang Jing was going to be punished no matter how she looked at it, but the punishment was delayed again and again.

The team leader involved first asked for leave in the name of illness, and then stopped working altogether. Two months later, a new team leader was elected, and it was announced that he had been transferred to a local office.

After this incident, Chang Jing and Chang Junyang had a serious talk.

Chang Jing was too young at that time, and there were many things that he couldn’t understand, such as why he couldn’t get along well with his colleagues, why he was the only one who did the most chores, and why he was not fired or even transferred after beating up the team leader.

Chang Junyang explained one by one.

First of all, the big tree attracts the wind. From the day the Chang family became famous, the relationship with their peers began to be delicate. It was okay during the turbulent period. For example, in the last years of the Song Dynasty, there was a time when demons were rampant. Other small families could not get used to the Chang family, but For the sake of profit, I still have to attach to the Chang family.

But it's different now, the Chang family's family-inherited unique knowledge is no longer useful, and the attitude of the higher-ups towards a family like them is cold, and the attitude of those colleagues is naturally even colder.

The content of the job is easier to understand. The higher-ups want to suppress and weaken the Chang family, but they can't be too blatant. It is indeed a good choice to train the heir of the Chang family to be a small handyman.

As for dismissal or transfer, that is impossible, because the most reassuring thing is to put it under the nose.

In the end, Chang Junyang concluded that Chang Jing’s job is probably the most iron job, and it is the kind that is so hard. If there is no accident, what is it like for him to enter the management office at the age of 20? When he retires at the age of 60, he will still be No matter what, even if you make achievements, it is impossible to be promoted to a position of real power. The best possibility is to become the Secretary-General of the Special Relations Department, and usually lead a group of old scholars to sort out the materials, and show your face at critical times to decorate the front.

Chang Jing concluded after listening, "Does that mean I'm going to eat and die from now on?"

Chang Junyang: "Not really."

"Wake up, don't be tricky."

"Lao Cai's granddaughter just had her birthday, so she sent me a photo. Come and see if you like it."

"..."

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you look at it. Our family has been in this business for more than 1000 years, and we always have to go through some bad times. Your father and I didn't catch up with the good times, and you are the same. It's better to get married and have children earlier. Is it time to catch up with the good times in one generation?"

"Ah."

Since then, Chang Jing has become calm and calm, and her second illness has been cured.

So Xu Liang asked him what his wish was, but he really couldn't tell.

But there are many things to do, the most important thing is to get Xu Liang out of trouble.

Judging from Zhao Qinghan's attitude, he has no doubts about Xu Liang's identity, he may have known it early on, but before the old king was imprisoned in the fantasy sea, Xu Liang was not a threat, so just leave him alone, from this point of view It is said that the fundamental way to solve the problem is to bring back the old king.

Once the threat is removed, Xu Liang is safe.

Of course, the old king doesn't mean that he can be caught if he is caught. Besides, he has just offended Zhao Qinghan, so even if he goes on a mission, he may not be part of it. For the time being, it's safer to let Xu Liang stay by his side.

The wall clock on the wall announced two o'clock, Chang Jing turned over on the bed and decided to go to sleep.

Xu Liang muttered something next to him, moved over like a magnet, put his face on his shoulder, and hugged his arm with his hand.

Chang Jing took a light on his mobile phone, and saw that Xu Liang was sweating in his sleep, with his mouth slightly open, looking like a carefree child, clinging to him like a brother clinging to his brother, every cell from head to toe Very relaxed and showed [-]% trust in him.

The one who is not stupid will not be like this.

Even if I lie on the grass after the race and talk to him about the future and wishes with a smile on my face, what relaxes is only my body and words, and my eyes always keep a distance from him intentionally or unintentionally.

Chang Jing stared at Xu Liang for a while, touched his head, and thought about it, until dawn.

At 07:30, the ladybug alarm clock rang on time.

Xu Liang sat up reflexively.

Chang Jing had dark circles under her eyes, and a layer of frizz on the top of her head.

Amidst the loud alarm, Chang Jing's cell phone rang.

While holding the phone, he tried to turn off the alarm, but for some reason, he pressed the button and it kept ringing.

Throw his alarm clock to Xu Liang, throw him out of the room, and answer the phone.

The alarm bell sounded through the door as a backdrop, and Chang Jing heard Zhao Qinghan say that the higher-ups had already decided to transfer him to the Repayment Management Office.

Zhao Qinghan put on a business-like tone, and the reason given to him for the transfer was absenteeism without reason, but everyone knew in their hearts that the real reason was yesterday's conflict.

Chang Jing knew that there would be punishment, but she never expected that she would be transferred to repay her kindness.

As soon as he put down his phone, he received another call from Chang Junyang.

"I heard that you have been transferred."

"Who said that?"

"That's not important, my son, Si'an. Remember to come home to eat dinner today. I have something to tell you as a father."

Chang Jing thought that his father wanted to talk to him about the transfer, analyze the current situation, and better study how to deal with the old king.

Who knows that the atmosphere is not right as soon as you enter the house.

Today's security guards have a normal painting style, but it seems abnormal.

Soon he knew the reason for the abnormal style of painting - there were guests at home.

The 52-year-old Cai Hongbo, the eldest son of the Cai family in the demon city, came here with a son and a daughter.

The son's name is Cai Jing'an, the other of the Si'an mentioned by Meng Chang'an, and the daughter's name is Cai Si, whose name is easier to remember than her brother's. Chang Jing has known since she was a child that there is a little girl in Lao Cai's family named Lens.

After saying hello, Chang Junyang gave Cai Hongbo the host and guest seat.

As a junior, Chang Jing naturally knew where to sit. After she sat down, she pulled Xu Liang to the seat on the right, intending to let him sit down, when Chang's mother brought Cai Si over and was pushing him next to Chang Jing.

Xu Liang and Cai Si were facing the same chair, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.

Mother Chang hurriedly pulled Xu Liang over, "Can Liangliang come and sit with Auntie? Auntie made eight-treasure rice that you like today."

Xu Haohao spoke and agreed with a smile.

Chang's mother took him to the seat only to realize that her son was actually following. After a closer look, she realized that just like he was pulling Xu Liang, Xu Liang was also pulling Chang Jing.

The three held hands and formed a row.

Cai Jing'an laughed a few times, "Coincidentally, my sister also likes to eat eight-treasure rice. If the three of you sit together, I won't grab it."

As he said that, he changed places with Cai Si, thus changing the order of Mama Chang, Xu Liang, Chang Jing, Cai Si, and Cai Jing'an.

People often come to the house as guests, Chang Jing didn't pay much attention at first, and only tasted the different flavors in the middle of the meal.

His parents have been bringing the topic to him and Cai Si tonight, even if he is dull, he can still feel that this is a secret blind date for him.