Chapter Forty-Four: The Distant Echo

Units like the Authority, generally there will be people left behind at night, one is the need for monitoring instruments, and if there is an emergency, it can be dealt with as soon as possible.

But few people are willing to do this kind of thing like night shifts. The most unhappy thing to do is Su Hong, she always said that she would be ten years old if she stayed up all night, with wrinkles and dark circles at the corners of her eyes, which could not be made up for by how much overtime pay she was given.

But there are also people who are quite willing to work the night shift, that person is Xiao Wu, he said that the night is clean, anyway, he goes home alone, it is better to stay in the unit, and there is a night shift subsidy to get. Su Hong wanted to say, "Why are you so cheesy, tired and tired for some money", but she didn't say it, because Xiao Wu often worked the night shift on her behalf.

People can't always get cheap and sell well.

Xiao Wu is a good person to get along with, he asks him for something, he rarely refuses, he is five years younger than Lei Jun, and younger than Su Hong, Su Hong treats him as a younger brother, and he often catches him and calls him at will, eats and pours tea or something, and he doesn't care. He called Lei Jun "head", Su Hong "Sister Su" and "big sister head", as if he was willing to be a little brother. Popularity is the foundation of everything, and advanced individuals in the unit for two consecutive years are not obtained casually.

This Wednesday is Xiao Wu's turn to work the night shift, tomorrow is New Year's Day, Su Hong left early, and slipped away at half past four, Lei Jun was going to pick up his daughter from school, and there was no shadow when it arrived, Fang Wuying came over at five o'clock to take a look, and Xiao Wu was left in the office.

"What's going on? Running so fast like rabbits......"

He was depressed and looked around with the audit report.

Xiao Wu laughed: "The thunder bureau walks on the front foot, and the square team arrives on the back foot, why don't you go ten minutes early?" ”

"Forgot - it's all gone?"

"Director Ling hasn't left yet, he's at the equipment." Xiao Wu said.

"Yes, don't wait for her, I'll stamp it the day after tomorrow."

"Tomorrow." Xiao Wu said, "Tomorrow the Thunder Bureau will come on duty." ”

"yes, got it." Fang Wuying walked out and looked back at Xiao Wu again, "Are you on the night shift again?" ”

Xiao Wu nodded.

Fang Wuying was a little surprised: "Why do I think you're the only one on night duty in your bureau?" It's you every time, every time. ”

Xiao Wu smiled: "Those who can work harder." ”

“…… The boast is really unambiguous. Fang Wuying waved his hand, "Let's go." ”

"Okay."

After sending Fang Wuying away, the office fell silent. Xiao Wu cleaned up the table and went to the director's office to take a look, the door was unlocked, and Ling Juan's coat was still on the chair.

She hasn't left yet, Xiao Wu is a little confused, Ling Juan has been checking the data often after work recently, in fact, it is enough to report the data for backup before 5 o'clock.

However, Xiao Wu didn't want to explore this too much, the leader had a leadership matter, and he was not qualified or had to say anything about it.

There aren't many things to do at night, especially since there are no ancients who need to stay for a while lately, so the basic task is just to monitor the data. He likes this kind of relaxing evening, with a little bit of work to do, not so boring that he is in a daze, and not so tired that he is tired to death.

On the edge of the sky, a round of winter sun is rapidly falling towards the horizon, like half of a broken egg yolk, light and cold. Xiao Wu returned to his desk, the machine was making a slight noise, he turned on the computer stereo that was turned off during the day's work hours, found a jazz website from his favorites, and let it freely choose online music.

Thinking of the name of this song, Xiao Wu couldn't help laughing, only seven steps?

He once bought a Davis ciphered record and gave it to Fang Wuying, and in order to thank him for a certain favor, the guy liked this kind of music, like the black BMW, Cuban cigar, and Johnny. Walker whiskey, pure, arrogant, intense, unscrupulous.

It's beautiful.

This is Fang Wuying's character, he is such a person, Xiao Wu often thinks. But Xiao Wu is not such a person, and even he has deliberately avoided embarking on such a path, but this does not prevent him from appreciating such a person.

He listened for a moment, and the high-pitched trumpet sound ceased, replaced by a woman's deep and slow chant, and the air began to echo with Juliet. London's singing voice seemed to come from the bottom of the water, like the most expensive perfume, domineering and gentle massaging the senses of the listener, and she called tactfully and in a low voice: Where are you going? Where else are you going? I'm heaven here.

Exhaling with satisfaction, Xiao Wu walked to the water heater and made himself a cup of hot coffee. It was the instant Nestle given by Su Hong, which was a gift she got from eating Master Kong's instant noodles, because she was always eating instant noodles, so Su Hong accumulated a bunch of coffee. There were very few bags of coffee, and the taste was very weak, so he had to keep adding sugar to them. However, there is an advantage that this coffee does not have the burnt smell of the coffee machine. There was a coffee machine in the office before, but few liked to use it, including Fang Wuying, who was seriously "Westernized", and he didn't feel coffee, Su Hong said that coffee can cause women's bones to loosen, and Lei Jun even felt that the liquid from the coffee machine was like muddy water. When Ling Juan found out that a layer of dust had fallen on the coffee machine, he simply asked someone to move it elsewhere, and no one knew which department would take it away.

Xiao Wu also doesn't like to drink coffee, and in the five years he has been here, he has changed everything, started to apply cologne, fell in love with sandwiches and steaks, and wore a shirt and double-breasted black suit with big lapels when he went to a colleague's wedding to be the best man, but he just couldn't accept coffee. You can change everything, even your stomach, but your tongue can't.

He drinks tea.

But last week he ran out of tea, and he didn't have time to buy it. Although there are more than 300 Ming Qian Yulu in Lei Jun's drawer next to him, Lei Jun is very generous in this regard, and tea and cigarettes are often cheapened by colleagues, and he never cares.

Xiao Wu still decided not to touch Lei Jun's tea tonight, even though he didn't like coffee.

Around eight o'clock, Ling Juan returned to the office, with a thick stack of materials under her ribs.

"Oh, you're on duty tonight?" She looked at Xiao Wu and asked a little tiredly, "Did I remember wrong?" Isn't it Su Hong's class? ”

"I swapped with her." Xiao Wu smiled, "Tomorrow...... Well, it's a college reunion, and it's not good to go with dark circles. ”

Ling Juan shook her head: "That's why you are willing to promise her." ”

"Director, aren't you going back?"

"Well, let's go."

Ten minutes later, Ling Juan locked the director's office and walked to the door of the large office to look at Xiao Wu.

"What are you going to eat for the night?"

"This." Xiao Wu Yangyang's dry noodle box in his hand.

Ling Juan smiled tiredly: "Next time, I can ask Lei Jun to wholesale a box and come back." ”

Estimating that Ling Juan walked out of the courtyard gate, Xiao Wu got up, pulled down the safety valve, and the red light turned on.

When the red light is on, it is solid.

He loves the carefree moments.

Now the whole situation is transferred to the automatic control of safety.

Working 9 to 5 and occasionally working overtime, Xiao Wu often wondered if this was the life he wanted.

At one point he thought he couldn't adapt to this boring life: being a little ant in a big forest of steel and concrete. Working five days a week, there are no waves except payday, time is passed quietly in the slight sound of the computer, there is not much joy, less anger, and even the opportunity to speak out loud is hard to find, this is a dull life, even his name is so boring and cheesy: Wu Haichao.

No one knows that this is not his name five years ago, and the other name has been abandoned by Xiao Wu, although there have been so many romances, joys and sorrows and legends attached to it. To this day, countless poems continue to flicker with the imprint left by that name......

But he wiped away that name, just like wiping away a string of glittering tears on a beauty's cheeks, he didn't need that now, what he needed now was this: about twenty-eight years old, more than one hundred and seventy centimeters, slightly long hair, thin and dignified, gentle and easy to socialize, but always lacking fierce expressions, always wearing a dark suit and a black briefcase...... It's as boring as the colleague's wedding he attended last month.

The wedding was big, but lackluster. The banquet is actually good, the food on a table of more than 1,000 yuan is full of color and flavor, the bride and groom are full of toasts, and the tricks of tricks to trick the newlyweds are endless.

Xiao Wu sat at the table of his colleagues, with Fang Wuying and them, those guys were fighting wine, and the loud noise could tear over the roof, while he sat aside, quietly looking at the wonderful everything in front of him, he couldn't get excited, and his heart seemed to be watching things in another universe.

To this day, he still remembers the confusion in his heart at that time: why did they have so much energy?

These people who have always lived in the routine, they seem to be never tireless, and they will not lose the courage to live for no reason, their thoughts and thoughts are never extreme, and there is nothing huge to squeeze them out of the routine, and there will be no terrible things that force them to become writers. And any little thing can stir their hearts and turn into a source of nourishment in their lives. Xiao Wu even envied them for having troubles: a house loan, car insurance, a child's education, or a girlfriend's new boots......

He also wanted such troubles, and at that moment, he suddenly longed for such trivial matters to bother himself......

But he didn't, he didn't dare to have.

The hustle and bustle of the city is a giant anthill. Everywhere there are tiny creatures busy, coming and going. And he was a more cowardly creature than these tiny creatures, who had broken everything, and his weak shoulders could not afford anything.

So he had to streamline himself and abandon all unnecessary connections, like those inconspicuous ants.

Only in this way did Xiao Wu feel that he could continue to walk.

The phone rang at midnight.

The loud ringing of the phone broke the quiet night and interrupted the singing that seemed to be nothing, Xiao Wu frowned, he put down the ballpoint pen that was writing the year-end summary, and reached out to grab the phone.

"Hello, Space-Time Balance."

On the other end of the phone, there was no sound.

"Hello?" Xiao Wu said again, "Excuse me, who are you?" ”

There was still no sound, but the other party did not hang up the phone, he could hear the slight gasp over there, and the distant sound of the car.

What's going on?

Xiao Wu looked at the earpiece, and then at the clock on the wall: eleven forty-five.

Probably a prank. Thinking so, he politely said, "If you have business, please call tomorrow during office hours." ”

However, just as he was about to put down the earpiece, he heard a sneer.

A very clear sneer, very light, full of contempt, but very brief.

Xiao Wu stood there holding the phone, his whole body stiff as a stone!

“…… Feed?! ”

He suddenly yelled at the earpiece out of control, but there was already a beep of hang-up.

How could it be him?!

No way! How could he come over?!

But that sneer...... It's clearly his voice! It was impossible for me to hear it wrong, that sneer had appeared countless times in my dreams, and it had long been etched into the marrow of memory......

…… The nightmarish memory was awakened, and he heard blood all over his body, buzzing wildly!

As if suddenly sobering up, Xiao Wu rushed out of the office and came to the equipment.

He scrambled to open the door, start the machine, and enter the code.

Three hours later, Xiao Wu came out of the equipment, the door of the equipment closed silently behind him, and he leaned against the door like a soft puddle of mud......

The cause of the vulnerability has not yet been identified, and it is not even possible to confirm that it is some kind of vulnerability, because the entire space-time has been deformed, so it is impossible to determine whether it is a vulnerability in the short term...... No one thought that time and space around the 10th century AD would be distorted into that!

I only checked it a few months ago, and it was still intact at that time!

What the hell is going on?!

…… Back in the office, Xiao Wu paced two steps uneasily, he felt as if his breathing was blocked by someone, there was a pain like fire burning his throat, it took great effort to calm his breathing, he calmed down and returned to the table.

The first thing to do is to find out where the call came from.

Glancing at the caller ID, Xiao Wu's mind immediately laid out a map, this number he is familiar with, that area is the most prosperous pedestrian street in the city, by the way, the small Chengdu Hotel where the last party was gathered is in this area.

However, the moment he grabbed the phone, he began to hesitate again.

However, do you need to call the police? Need to notify the control group immediately?

The question is...... Is it really him?

Xiao Wu sat at the desk for a long time, and he suddenly buckled the earpiece back in an extremely stiff and awkward posture.

Hey, if you really can't escape, let's face it head-on. He muttered to himself suddenly.

Anyway, now, you have nothing to lose.

With a hint of a smile on his ischemic face, Xiao Wu sat back at his desk, he took a deep breath and grabbed the pen again.

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