I saddle up for my rival [Rebirth]

Guan Ling had no memory of when he called the car and how he got in the car.This time is not the rush hour, and there is no congestion. The driver is driving very steadily. Guan Ling is facing the window. The scenery on the side of the road is quickly passing backwards. The low houses disappear and are replaced by tall buildings, as if blown by the wind. The pages of the book are densely packed but not repetitive, making people dizzy after reading for a long time.

Guan Ling's eyes were not focused, he was gloomy and lifeless, but his head was dizzy, as if it was blank, or like a ball of thread scratched by a cat, it was complicated and difficult, until the driver reminded him a second time, Back to God.

"Sir, you're here." The driver turned his head halfway, and his voice raised a little involuntarily. This was the third time he had spoken to remind him.

"Ah?" Hearing the voice, Guan Ling turned his gaze back for a moment, then slowly turned to the window, the street scene was unfamiliar.

"Are you okay?" The driver looked worried.

"...No, it's okay." Guan Ling looked away, "Is it here?" He took out his phone and opened the car door, "I'll get out of the car and pay."

Guan Ling walked to the side of the road and paid in the taxi app. When he looked up, he saw a building with a mottled appearance. There were four large metal characters above the entrance of the building - Shen's Building.I don’t know if it’s a long time or no one cares about it. The big characters of the building are a little deformed, and the “factory” head of the Xia character has also lost its paint. The whole building doesn’t look like a “mansion” at all.

Guan Ling took out his mobile phone and clicked on the specific address that Lu Hai had sent him. After checking, it was indeed the Shen's Building, so he called.

Lu Hai answered the phone very quickly. I don't know if he was really busy or he had been waiting. Guan Ling said that he had gone downstairs. He was going to ask the company on which floor he went up by himself, but Lu Hai insisted on coming down to answer it. Without further words, I hung up the phone and waited quietly.

There is a fountain from the side of the road to the middle of the building, but the pool seems to have not been sprayed for many years, and the bottom of the pool looks like it has been dry for a long time, and even the nozzles are rusted, as if it is mottled with the wall of the building in front of us. The building fits nicely.

Guan Ling walked a few steps forward and stopped by the fountain. People occasionally came in and out of the building. He glanced at the main entrance of the building, but didn't intend to go in and wait. Instead, he sat sideways on the platform around the fountain.

It may be to welcome the motherland’s birthday. The weather has been good for several days. It’s cloudless and sunny. It’s already four o’clock in the afternoon, and the sun is still as bright as noon, shining on the opposite building with an all-glass exterior wall. , refracting little stars, at first glance, like the sparkling sea, dazzling and dazzling.

That building is only separated from this Shen's Building by a road, and it is still a one-way street, but its appearance is completely different, one is full of bad marks and the other is shining with gold.

When these two words came out of his mind, Guan Ling suddenly thought of himself and Liang Ze who were full of scandals, and he hooked the corners of his mouth in self-deprecating, it really looks like that.

In fact, he also had a flash of golden light, the moment when he leaped down from the building in front of him, which looked extremely eye-catching under the sunlight.

At least he thought so himself.

Revisit the "old" place, but with a slightly different idea.

"Is it... Mr. Guan?" There was a voice behind him, a clear and bright young voice, Guan Ling's thoughts froze, and he turned his head subconsciously.

When Guan Ling knew the designer's name from Xiaoxiao, he thought that the other person was a rough-looking man. Without his name, the one with a small nose and small eyes is a bit too petty.

But the facial features are not ugly together, and even have a little bit of delicate features.

"Guan Ling." Guan Ling stood up and stretched out his hand while announcing the door of his house.

A look of surprise flashed across the face of the other party, and while looking at Shangguan, he lowered his eyes in embarrassment and reached out to shake hands with him, "Lu Hai."

"Is your company in this building?" Guan Ling asked, pointing to the big gold characters.

"Yes," Lu Hai glanced at the words 'Shen's Building', and probably felt that the appearance of this building was a bit too bleak, so he touched his nose in embarrassment, "Our company The interior is still ok.”

Guan Ling tilted his head towards him: "Then knowledge?"

Lu Hai led the way in front, but did not enter through the gate, as if he knew Guan Ling was curious, so Lu Hai led him around from the left side of the building to the back, explaining as he walked, "This building is too old, it is said that it is going to be rebuilt, what about the elevator?" has been deactivated."

Guan Ling glanced up subconsciously and asked, "What floor is your company on?"

"23." Lu Hai said.

Guan Ling followed him and looked around curiously. Except for a few tall trees about ten meters high in the green belt, he didn't see any other tools for going upstairs. He asked curiously: "Are you going to take How do I get up there?"

While talking, Lu Hai led him into a small half-open door on the side of the building. Guan Ling glanced at it. It was like a security room. Lu Hai led him through the security room and out from another door. His eyes were much wider, with a spacious The dams and green plants look like a small garden.

"Are you entering the building?" Guan Ling followed behind Lu Hai and asked, "Could you be taking me up the stairs?"

"I don't need to climb the stairs," Lu Haihai said while guiding him forward, Guan Ling saw an elevator not far away, Lu Hai raised his hand and pulled up and down the two ropes in the middle of the iron mesh door, and the door opened "It may be a little worse than the elevator experience, but the safety is the same as the elevator."

Guan Ling glanced at the elevator surrounded by iron nets, and hesitated a little before walking forward.

He had seen this thing before, it was what the workers rode on when they built the house, it must be very safe, not to mention he was not timid, but...

The impression of falling was too deep. At that time, I only felt that the person in front of me was more terrifying than death. Now he has become alive again with blood and heat, as if all the fears that were not mentioned directly at that time were all accumulated in his body at this moment. , under his feet, it was like a black whirlpool, and also like an intangible but tangible big hand, it always felt like stepping on it would lead to eternal doom.

Since the public facilities in this building were shut down, Lu Hai has also brought a few clients upstairs, and some of them were timid, but most of them were girls, but it was rare for someone like Guan Ling to turn pale with fright, he thought it might be I didn't think carefully, so I suggested, "Why don't I go upstairs to get the materials and let's find a place to talk in detail."

The body is repelled by the conditioned reflex, but there is a voice in the heart that keeps clamoring, you can't even overcome this hurdle in front of you, you can't get over such a little difficulty, and the others are wishful thinking. Only by getting rid of everything in the past can you truly break through the cocoon. butterfly.

Guan Ling was still fighting between heaven and man, Lu Hai guessed from his face that this person might be afraid of heights, so he didn't say anything more, he took the lead into the elevator, and when he raised his hand to pull the rope to close the door, Guan Ling stood still for a moment stopped.

"Wait," he said.

"I'll go up and get the documents," Lu Hai said, "wait for me for a few minutes."

"I..." Guan Ling took a deep breath, raised his eyes to look along the high wall, let out the breath that was constricted in his chest when his eyes moved back, and the fist hanging on the side of his leg tightened and loosened Tight and tight, as if he had made a big decision, he raised his left foot and stepped in, "I'll go up with you."

Seeing that his complexion was not good, Lu Hai persuaded him kindly, "Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't need to go up. Our company...the environment is quite special now, and it's the same if you make an appointment outside."

"Didn't you say that your company's interior decoration is good?" Guan Ling was very nervous. In order to make his heart beat faster, he chose to joke with the people around him, "I said that I will see and see."

Seeing that he persisted, Lu Hai didn't say anything more. He pulled down the rope and closed the door. The moment he pressed the switch, the elevator began to move upwards. Just like the elevator, when it started, the brain would feel dizzy for a moment due to the feeling of overweight. Fleeting.

The elevator is not as fast as the elevator. Except for the solid place under the feet, there are mesh iron doors on all sides. If you look down, you can see the ground that is constantly moving away from you. Guan Ling only glanced at it and hurriedly looked away. .

"Are you afraid of heights?" I don't know whether Lu Hai was looking for something to say or because he looked bad, so he broke the silence.

Guan Ling subconsciously wanted to shake his head to refute, but he paused after shaking his head halfway, then gritted his teeth and nodded, "That's right."

"If you're scared, turn around and face the inside," Lu Hai said, "It's better not to look outside."

Guan Ling didn't accept his kindness, and still stood there without moving, like a wooden stake nailed to that place.

Seeing that the other party did not accept his kindness, Lu Hai said embarrassingly: "Then you are quite courageous, I have a colleague who exaggerated a lot, you know that escalator in the mall, he dare not even take that, every time he goes to the mall all..."

Even though Lu Hai's chatter filled her ears, Guan Ling was still at war with heaven and man in her heart.

He almost masochistically turned his gaze back through the gap of the mesh iron door to the ground more than ten meters away from him, feeling the increasing distance between his body and the ground, but his mind kept reliving his falling from the window on the 24th floor. The wind was blowing against the ears and the feeling of weightlessness after the body flew into the air. This kind of memory was chilling. Guan Ling even felt his legs were a little weak, but he still stood stiffly on the side, his toes didn't even move a bit.

He survived, with a completely different face and personality from his original self. He had to overcome his inner fear, and his new life could not be thwarted by this little thing.

He even answered "That's quite an exaggeration" after Lu Hai teased his colleague.

I don't know how long it took, maybe only 2 minutes, or 3 minutes, maybe shorter or longer, but Guanling seemed to have passed a century, and the elevator stopped firmly at the 23rd floor.

Lu Hai pulled the rope up and gently lifted the door and it opened. He motioned for Guan Ling to go out first.

Guan Ling swallowed his saliva, and when he lifted his feet, he felt as if his legs had climbed hundreds of stairs and then went down immediately, trembling slightly.

"Are you okay?" Lu Hai asked.

Guan Ling shook his head, and replied in a hoarse voice, "It's okay, Lu Hai gave him a complicated look, stepped forward half a step ahead of him to lead the way, Guan Ling followed behind him, and wiped his back with his left hand. , already wet a large area.

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Nine o'clock in the evening on the second watch, happy new year everyone.