Time manager

In the reading room, Shi Jing was registering new books when someone came in and said, "Teacher Shi, are you busy?"

Shi Jing raised his head and responded, "Teacher Qin, what's the matter?"

This is Qin Shi, the director of the editorial department. In fact, he is only slightly older than him, but wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, he looks much older than him.

"There is a batch of books that need to be adjusted. Let me see if there are any books on the return shelf today." Qin Shi smiled.

"Want to help?" Shi Jing asked.

"No, Mr. Shi, you are busy with your work. I have this." Qin Shi raised the thing in his hand.

This is a unique scanning analysis instrument of the editorial department. As long as the code is scanned, the title and information of the book can be displayed, and there is no need to squat down to search through the books.

Shi Jing nodded and didn't say much.When he glanced over from the corner of his eye, he saw Qin Shi holding a scanner to search among the bookshelves, taking out a few books from time to time to look through them, and finally took two books away.

When Shi Jing changed the storage information, he couldn't help being a little surprised.

Among these two books, the name of one is very familiar——

"Begin not to be a human today"

Isn't that what the man in the thrift store mentioned yesterday?

He looked at the information and said, "This book is returned as lost, and the one-month observation period has not yet been reached. Do you want to notify the borrower before operating it?"

Qin Shidao: "Ah, this is a special warehouse transfer, and the curator personally approved it. Don't worry, I will send him a notice."

Since it is the director's intention, there is no other way.After Shi Jing registered, he continued with his work.Until there was a noise downstairs.

Shi Jing frowned, got up and closed the glass door of the reading room so as not to disturb the readers in the room, then went out, stood in the corridor and looked down.

The Huaixi Library is designed in a circular shape, and the central atrium is a leisure area, with rockery pools and various plant landscapes.Artificial daylight casts through the central glass roof, illuminating the atrium while also creating a natural atmosphere.

At this time, two people were arguing by the central pool.One of them is Lu Sheng, apparently assigned this area today.The other, with his back turned, couldn't see clearly, and seemed to be a reader.

Shi Jing saw that it was almost lunch time, greeted the colleague who was in charge of putting the books on the shelves, and went out to have a look.

It's just that when he walked downstairs, the two of them had disappeared.After asking downstairs, I found out that the reader was about to smoke in the leisure area, but when Lu Sheng found out, he stepped forward to stop him, and the man said, "I just don't smoke after smelling it."Lu Sheng didn't believe it, so he insisted on staring at it, but he annoyed him. In a fit of anger, the man threw the cigarette into the rockery pool, and the two quarreled.

The library is for readers, and the result can be imagined, Lu Sheng was dragged away by Sister Liang and the others, and even complained.

"Don't you think it's strange." The staff from the management office who came to coordinate said, "This Lu Sheng, he looks timid, usually he can't fart a fart, but today he meddles in other people's business and even quarrels with others so that his face is red. "

Shi Jing asked: "What will happen if you are complained?"

Huaixi Library's personnel management and entry assessment are very strict. When Lu Sheng first arrived, he had conflicts with readers. I'm afraid...

"I think it's all right. I heard that the curator nodded for him to come in. If he wants to be kicked out, the curator must agree?"

Shi Jing was right when he thought about it, so he stopped eating radishes and didn't worry about it.

As soon as he went down to the first floor, he saw Lian Ping talking to teacher Wang Xu at the reading desk.

This guy likes to join in the fun and is well-informed, so there is no gossip that he doesn't know about. Naturally, he also knows about Lu Sheng's affairs. Seeing Shi Jing coming, he told him again vividly.

At this time, someone hurriedly passed by, ran to the borrowing desk and said, "Where's that book? Didn't you say you went back to the library? Why didn't I find it after searching all morning?!"

Lian Ping whispered to Shi Jing, "Hey, that's the man."

Shi Jing looked carefully, this man looked familiar.

Isn't it the young man I met in the thrift store?

"Wait a minute, I'll look it up for you." Teacher Wang Xu said, and after operating for a while, said: "Ah, this book has been included in the special collection library."

"Where is the special collection library...?" the young man asked suspiciously.

"Sorry, the special collection library is not open to the public." Wang Xu comforted him, "However, we still have two copies of this book in our collection, which are currently on loan. If you need it, you can make an appointment. As long as someone returns it, we will It will be notified to you in the reservation bookshelf."

"It's...is it?" The young man showed disappointment and murmured, "It's not that book..."

"Do you want to make an appointment?"

"I want... I want to... But wait! You still have a special library?!" The young man was confused for a while, and then suddenly became excited again.

"Why, that book is obviously very ordinary, why is it included in the special collection library? And why are the special collection books not open to the public! Aren't the books in your library just for people to read? Don't you still treat readers in different grades? Like this Unreasonable discriminatory treatment, I want...I'm going to complain to you!"

"..." Wang Xu's gentle smile gradually froze, took a deep breath, leaned back on the back of the chair, crossed his arms and hugged his chest, and said coldly: "This is the rule of this museum, you can complain."

Sex between the two gradually emerged, and the young man's gradually rising voice also attracted the attention of the surrounding readers, who began to whisper.

"Hey, Mr. Shi, what should I do... This way, the influence will not be good." Lian Ping looked at it and squeezed his sweat, and said in a low voice.

"It's okay. Teacher Wang can handle it." Shi Jing said.

"Our special library—" Wang Xu pressed his brows, and resumed his professional smile.

"The collection of books includes orphans, precious historical collections, and ancient books. These books are inherently fragile and can only be preserved in a specific environment. In addition, there are some seriously damaged books in the library, which will also enter the special collection library , it will be released normally after professional restoration. You might as well think about it, the book you borrowed is mediocre, why did it enter the special collection library?"

"This..." The young man was stunned.He really wasn't sure if the book had been damaged after being purchased as scrap.When he went to the scrap yard, the environment there was not good.

but……

That's not his fault!

It was just an accident!

The young man's face sank again, even a little ferocious. "I don't care, if I can't borrow that book, I will..."

It's just that before he finished speaking, the surroundings suddenly became dark.

power cut.

Everyone became uneasy, and some even wanted to get out quickly.

The front hall of the library is very large, and the natural light at the entrance is limited. The borrowing desk is at the innermost side, so it looks rather dim.As for the rest of the newspaper reading area and electronic search area, it is even darker.Lian Ping was busy trying to appease the readers, but Shi Jing saw that the youth's figure trembled and clenched his fists, like a... beast that was about to erupt at any time.

It's just that after the power outage, no one paid attention to the turmoil at the borrowing station, and Mr. Wang Xu, probably too dim at this time, or busy calling the central control room, didn't pay attention to the abnormal behavior of the young man.

The young man arched his back and jumped up suddenly, as if he was about to jump onto the reading platform.

Shi Jing watched quietly, then took out a pen and stuck it into his eyes.

【Time stands still! 】The nervous voice of the note suddenly sounded.

All the darkness fell into silence, only the hustle and bustle of traffic outside the museum remained, as if it was an unrelated world.

Someone came in a hurry outside the museum, but as soon as they entered, they disappeared, as if they had walked into the gap of time and space.

【Master, don't use such a risky way! 】The note said in shock.

The nib stopped in front of his eyes, Shi Jing smiled and said, "I know you can do it."

As a living clock, he knows the properties of time all too well.It is absolutely impossible for the notes to be inaccurate in terms of time!

But if his own danger is not enough to trigger stillness, then Teacher Wang Xu will be in danger.And the crazy behavior of young people will definitely cause riots.

Lu Sheng came out of the curator's office and heaved a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know why the curator was so kind to him, in short, it was good to keep his job.

He checked the time and went downstairs to eat something, but at the corner of the first floor, the power went out.

The corridor was very dark, and there were screams of panicked men and women ahead.Feeling the ground, Lu Sheng continued to walk slowly, but before reaching the first floor, he suddenly stopped.

The voice in front is gone.The footsteps of those men and women also lost their traces, as if they had stepped into another world that did not exist.

And the ground of that world no longer responded to him.