Beneath the desert, a nameless place.

It was a normal day for Daniel, getting up at 8 o'clock, having the same breakfast as yesterday, and at the second intersection of the cafeteria, he said hello to a colleague who didn't know what he was called, in fact, they also said hello here yesterday and then walked into the work area at about the same time, and started to work exactly like yesterday.

It was yesterday, it was the day before yesterday, it was a week ago, it has been the case for three months.

Yes, it's been three months since I came to this place, and that morning, the company's senior leaders solemnly told themselves that they were going to be transferred to an extremely important place for three months, and when you returned to the company, you would be promoted to head of the technical department.

At that time, Daniel almost felt like he had been given to Lady Luck.

So, he agreed to the job without even thinking about it, and then, he was pricked with a needle

Daniel had no idea why he needed a needle for the blending job, but when he opened his eyes, he was already there.

Where is this? What is it for? Government departments? Or is it a production plant owned by a certain company?

He didn't know anything, and his job was to copy the numbers on one screen onto a piece of paper between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., and then type them into another computer screen in another room and hit enter one last time

yes, it's that fucking easy!

This is a little too aggrieved for a talent with a doctorate degree in advanced engineering. Even a dishwasher can do this job, as long as the guy knows the numbers.

However, at the thought of getting a raise and promotion after he returned, Daniel still endured and persevered for these three months.

At 9:20, Daniel entered a string of numbers into the computer, sent it out, and then began to wipe every key gap on the keyboard.

It's not that he has any cleanliness habits, but he really has nothing to do, the whole work area is not allowed to bring mobile phones, snacks are not allowed, even water can only flow out of the pipe at the end of the corridor, and it is impossible to have poker, chess and other pastimes, and even if there is, no one plays with you, because it is forbidden to communicate in the work area.

In such an environment, Daniel can only wipe the keyboard to pass the time.

At 9:26, just as he rubbed the "X" button

There was a knock on the door.

Daniel was puzzled, because after three months here, no one would come to this room except himself

"Who?" Daniel shouted.

"It's me, number 9225." A man's voice came from outside the door.

“9225？” Daniel was stunned for a moment, in this place, all people have to call each other by number, and this number 9225 is the one who greets him in front of the restaurant every morning.

Daniel hesitated, but pulled open the door to the room, "Uh, what's the matter, you know you can't just mess around during working hours." He frowned and said, he didn't want to lose the opportunity to be promoted because of this little thing.

Employee 9225 looked at him, "Uh, nothing, I just wanted to give this to you." With that, he pulled out a metal identification tag from his pocket and handed it to Daniel.

On the sign, the number [2832] was written.

Daniel was stunned for a moment, because [2832] was his own employee number. So, he subconsciously touched his chest, okay, and it was only then that he realized that his badge had fallen.

"Oh, thank you, I didn't even know it was lost." He said, "Where did you pick it up?" ”

Number 9225 smiled: "At the door of my work area." ”

There was a brief silence.

"Oh thank you so much, then"

"No thanks, just a gesture." No. 9225 waved his hand indifferently, and then turned around, ready to return to his work area.

His workspace is not far from Daniel's workspace, just two ends of a "T" junction, and every day he goes to the left and Daniel to the right

However, looking at the back of No. 9225, Daniel frowned deeply and he was a little puzzled, because he found a little problem from the other party's words just now, a very small problem, so small that he shouldn't care about it at all.

But

"Hey, wait a minute." Daniel still couldn't hold back: "You mean, you picked up my badge at the door of your work area?" ”

Number 9225 turned around: "Uh, yes, it's on the ground at the door, maybe you accidentally fell off when you passed by yesterday." ”

Daniel scratched his nose, "But I've never been in that direction." He said with a frown

"This" No. 9225 also scratched his head, he didn't know what No. 2832 meant: "Okay, it may be that you fell somewhere else, and when someone passed by, kicked over." ”

"yes, but then he needs to kick far." Daniel muttered.

"What's the matter, maybe someone is just idle and bored." Number 9225 said, "Okay, it's not a big deal, I have to go back to work." ”

He said, and then waved his hand, and the meaning was obvious, that is, "Lao Tzu doesn't want to ink these rotten things with you, you can figure it out yourself." ”

Daniel could only nod apologetically, and then closed the door to the office area.

And just like that, the time came to 12 noon.

There are very few people in the cafeteria, only a dozen, in fact, in this place, everyone's eating time is not fixed, it may be 10 o'clock in the morning to eat breakfast, or it may be two o'clock in the morning to eat rummover, anyway, it is already very good to be able to eat lunch at this time at noon.

Number 2832 is at a table, eating his bread and bacon patties

Suddenly, Daniel came up to him with his plate and sat down.

This makes No. 2832 a little unaccustomed, after all, in the past few months, they have basically no communication except for a "hi" when they usually meet, and the few words they said when they handed over the badge this morning, and under this kind of relationship that is almost a stranger, you suddenly sit opposite you, it feels like you are in the toilet, there is a long row of peeing pits, but you just come over and pee next to yourself So, No. 2832 is uncomfortable.

"What's your name?" Daniel was the first to speak.

"Uh, we can't give out our names, that's not in order." 2832 said with a frown.

Daniel nodded: "Okay, then I'll continue to call your number, uh, I know it's a bit abrupt, but, I'm still worried about my badge, because I really haven't been to your work area, it's been three months, and I've never been there, so I don't think it's possible for my badge to fall to your door, you know what I mean?" ”

2832 still frowned: "So, you can't even eat well for such a trivial matter?" ”

"yes, hehe, sounds like a bit of an obsessive-compulsive disorder, right?"

No. 2832 shrugged his shoulders: "yes, but it's understandable, if you stay in this place for a long time, you'll have a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but if you've been here for three months, then you should be almost at the end of your job, congratulations and I, damn, I still have to work for another month." ”

"Well, that's unfortunate." Daniel responded, "I'm here to ask a question, though, you found my badge this morning, right?" ”

"Of course, am I going to take it to my bed and cuddle it for the night?"

Daniel hurriedly waved his hand: "Haha, of course not, I believe you but, this may sound strange, but I just remembered it, that is, when I finished work at 9 o'clock last night, I clearly remembered that my badge was still on my clothes, and after that, I went back to sleep."

"Oh, so you want to say that your badge came to the door of my office on a big night?"

Daniel scratched his nose: "yes, I don't understand it either, but here it is, and there are generally only two possibilities for this to happen, the first is that someone stole my badge and threw it in the location you found this morning."

"Well, you're so right." No. 2832 chewed bread and responded impatiently, "What about the second one?" ”

"The second is that you say, could I have been to your workspace, but I don't remember?"

Daniel said with a frown.

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