Time, a simple and ordinary word. No one has ever really seen time as it is, no one knows what time looks like, and no one has ever truly understood the nature of time. But there is such a group of people in the world, they have the ability to control time, they have seen it with their own eyes, they have come into contact with time, they are called "time managers".

Xu Xincha looked at his watch, and before half past eight, he turned into the Tang Ji wonton shop as soon as his footsteps turned.

"Boss Tang! Business is still so good today! ”

The wonton shop was steaming hot. It's still early spring, and although City B is gradually warming up, it's still cold. As soon as Xu Xincha entered, he was hit by the steaming steam, but it was also warm.

Boss Tang stood behind the cauldron, the pot was boiling with hot water and a pot of wontons, and his whole person was buried in the white steam and he couldn't see anyone. But hearing Xu Xincha's voice, Boss Tang still replied enthusiastically and loudly: "Xiao Xu is here?" Or is it the same as before? ”

"Yes, no green onions."

"Gotcha!"

The business in the store has always been very good, this Tang boss is honest and honest, the price of wontons does not rise, the stuffed meat is never small, and the soup is fragrant, so it has attracted a large number of loyal customers, Xu Xincha is one of them. When he was working part-time in this neighborhood, he ran here every week, and he was familiar with Boss Tang. Xu Xincha looked around and saw that there were only two seats left in the corner, so he walked over with long legs and sat down in a small corner.

On the wall opposite him hung a TV showing the animal world.

The ravioli came up quickly. Boss Tang had a white towel around his neck, he wiped the sweat on his forehead, and smiled at Xu Xincha: "Xiao Xu, why are you still at work today?" ”

"Thank you, boss." Xu Xincha took a pair of bamboo chopsticks, "It is said that there is something temporary, and there is a newcomer in the institute who wants to receive it." ”

"Oh, young people are very hard." Boss Tang nodded with a smile, "You eat slowly, it's not enough!" ”

"You've worked so hard, business is so good." Xu Xincha scooped up a wonton with a soup spoon, and the aroma of the meat was already tangy.

He lowered his head and blew on it, and when he bit down, the fresh, hot soup ran down the tip of his tongue, almost not burning him out of a hole. At this time, Xu Xincha suddenly saw a person coming from the seat opposite, and before he could raise his head, he heard a voice asking.

"Is there anyone here?"

Xu Xincha was so hot that the tip of his tongue was sore and numb, and he hadn't swallowed half of the wonton, so he had to wave his hand at the man and said vaguely: "No, no, you sit." ”

The person on the other side pulled out a stool and sat down. Xu Xincha finally swallowed this half of the wonton, raised his head, and saw the person's appearance clearly.

The other party has a pair of beautiful eyes, the bridge of the nose is a little high, and the thin lips are slightly upturned, hooking a polite and detached smile. He was wiping the filament-rimmed glasses in his hand with his eyes down, and his eyelashes were drooping, covering a shallow shadow, which was beautiful and seductive.

The person on the other side quickly finished wiping his glasses, he folded the handkerchief and put it away, put the glasses aside, raised his head, and smiled at Xu Xincha.

Xu Xincha held the soup spoon in his hand for a moment, and then he heard a straight and round word inserted into the TV set opposite.

"Spring has arrived, and it's breeding season again."

He watched as Boss Tang brought another bowl of hot wontons, and the steaming bowl of wontons lay between the two of them, blocking Xu Xincha's sight at once. He lowered his head and stirred the soup in desperation, thinking to himself, "This person is really good-looking, but he looks like a student." ”

Thinking so, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly shook twice, and he saw that it was a group message, and someone was in the group.

"Xu Suo came early today to welcome the new year."

Xu Xincha solved the wonton in front of him in three or two clicks, his fingers flew on the keyboard, and he typed out a sentence: "I know, I will pass as soon as possible." He quickly exited the chat interface, called up the QR code of his account, and raised his head: "Friend, what do you think of the wontons in this store?" ”

The person on the other side didn't seem to expect Xu Xincha to suddenly talk, raised his eyes and glanced at him in surprise, and quickly hid the surprise again, and smiled politely: "It's delicious, it's very fragrant, and the portion is also very large." ”

"yes, I think too." Xu Xincha said with a smile, "I often come here to eat Boss Tang's wontons, I haven't seen you, are you still a student?" ”

The other party nodded and didn't reply, it seemed that he didn't plan to pay attention to Xu Xincha. Xu Xincha didn't think anything was wrong: "Add a friend? You see that we are both sitting at the same table, how fateful. ”

He didn't feel how embarrassed he was to force a conversation.

The other party looked up at him: "Sorry, I didn't bring my phone." ”

"It's okay." Xu Xincha immediately answered, and quickly took back the mobile phone that was about to hand over the QR code, he stood up, swept past the person opposite, and looked at the small business card into his chest pocket, "This is my business card, goodbye." ”

The tail note of "goodbye" went up, indicating that Xu Xincha was in a good mood at the moment.

The man glanced back at Xu Xincha, lowered his eyes, and took out the small business card from his chest pocket.

Xu Xincha is the director of the Institute of Time.

He hesitated, then gently tucked the card into his palm and put it back in his pocket.

After eating a bowl of hot and delicious wontons in the morning, and seeing a pleasing person again, Xu Xincha was in a very happy mood, and almost went back to the research institute in a hurry. He stepped out of the wonton shop and walked a few steps to the zebra crossing to wait for the red light, when he heard a sharp scream suddenly erupt behind him!

Xu Xincha was stunned for two seconds, and immediately turned around and ran over.

He rushed into the wonton shop and stomped on the poured soup. There was a circle of people standing up in the store, and some people were trembling and shouting, "Dead, dead!" ”

Xu Xincha pushed aside the crowd and saw a young man lying on the ground, next to him was a wonton bowl that had been brought down, which was also dumped and fell to the ground at the moment, and the wonton and soup were spilled on the ground.

Boss Tang came in in a panic and took a look, his face pale. Some people around have already taken out their mobile phones and called the police, and some people quickly ran out of the wonton shop, not waiting twice, except for the police and a few people who don't think it's a big deal to see the excitement, the store is already empty.

Xu Xincha glanced at the corner where he was sitting just now, the man he was accosted with just now had already stood up with his glasses on, and he hadn't left yet, at this moment he was also looking at the dead man on the ground, and his eyes met with Xu Xincha for a moment. Xu Xincha looked at Boss Tang, who had lost blood on his face, and it seemed that he had never encountered such a situation. There was also a long spoon at his feet, Xu Xincha took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket, walked over and picked up the long spoon and put it on the table: "Boss Tang, are you okay?" ”

Boss Tang stared at a pair of frightened eyes: "He, he ......"

Xu Xincha glanced at the corpse on the ground: "There is a high probability that he is dead." ”

Boss Tang sat on the ground.

Police and ambulances arrived quickly. The scene was cordoned off, everyone was isolated, Xu Xincha looked at Boss Tang, who had lost his soul, and was a little unbearable, but he didn't know how to comfort him. After all, this person died in his own shop, and he was still eating the wontons he cooked, so it was really difficult to escape suspicion. Moreover, if something like this happens in the store, the future business will inevitably be greatly reduced.

A policeman came over: "Who is the informant?" ”

Soon someone raised his hand, and the policeman walked over to ask him to register, and then turned back to let the person who was still present register: "You are witnesses, please cooperate with the registration to facilitate the follow-up investigation and evidence collection." ”

Xu Xincha had been standing next to the person who was sitting opposite him, he took the pen and paper from his hand, looked at the name and contact information of the previous person, and then wrote his name and contact information and passed it on to the next person.

He looked at the man standing next to him, and suddenly realized that he was slightly taller than him.

Lu and will. Xu Xincha silently recited this name in his heart, and a familiar feeling was fleeting from his heart.

The doctor who came down from the ambulance quickly determined that he died on the spot, and the police immediately blocked the scene to investigate and collect evidence, and took away one or two people to make eyewitness records. He walked all the way to the institute, and suddenly noticed that there was a person behind him who had been following him not far away.

Xu Xincha frowned, his footsteps did not stop, he turned his head slightly, and saw the person behind him clearly from the glass window in front of him.

"Huh?"

It's Lu and Jiang.

From the road Xu Xincha took, you can reach his research institute and also lead to B University. Although Xu Xincha couldn't tell why Lu Ji would follow him like this, this person was also half a face control, and when he saw a good look, his favorability would inevitably rise, and he was not very vigilant.

As soon as I turned the corner, there was a three-story house in front of me, with a not-so-magnificent sign on it, and the five big characters of the Time Research Institute were written. Xu Xincha always felt that this listing was too ugly, so he demolished it in a hurry.

He pushed the door and walked in, there was a "bang" in his ears, and then a bunch of unknown things stuck on his face and fell on his hair, and several voices sounded in a mixed manner: "Welcome to join the Shiyan family!" ”

Xu Xincha: "......"

He plucked the salutes off his face, wiped his hair, and knocked down more salutes. Then he stood in front of the door, looking at the few demons in the hall, and said nothing.

A few of them suddenly shut up.

The one who sprayed Xu Xincha with flowers was a girl with short shoulder-length hair, and she was closest to Xu Xincha at the moment. The girl shifted her footsteps, hiding the flower back, while gesturing frantically behind her back with both hands. She smiled and bowed to Xu Xincha: "Good morning Xu, you are so early today, haha." ”

Xu Xincha looked at her expressionlessly with her uncleaned ceremonial hair: "Fu Chuanchuan, didn't you ask me to come early to welcome the new year?" ”

"Hahaha yes," Fu Chuanchuan saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly rushed back, "I'm sorry, Xu Suo!" We didn't know it was you! ”

Xu Xincha took off his coat as he walked inside: "Who else can it be if it's not me?" Did the newcomers arrive so early? Didn't you say you only came at 10 a.m.? ”

"Huh? Boss, are you mistaken? Another voice rang out. This time it was Song Ming, who was sitting opposite Fu Chuanchuan, who flipped the calendar and said, "The orientation at ten o'clock in the morning is tomorrow!" Monday! ”

Xu Xincha didn't understand it at all. He put on a white coat and white gloves at the same time: "Then what are you doing today?" Rehearsing for tomorrow's orientation? ”

"I see!" Fu Chuanchuan said loudly, "Xu Suo, you haven't read the documents, right?" As for the document I gave you the week ago, it is full of information about the newcomers who have passed the test, and there is a very special piece of paper in it! ”

Xu Xincha thought about it for a while, he was worried about the order issued by his superiors at the time, and he didn't have time to read the document carefully. This is not very good, their institute is a special place, although it is recruiting people every year, but there are very few people who pass the test, and most of the people who pass the test may not become official core members.

"What's written on that piece of paper?"

"Of course it's the big guy coming today!" Fu Chuanchuan was so excited that he danced, and his neat shoulder-length short hair swayed, "The information says that he is a graduate student, and he is Professor Chang Hanping's most proud student!" Looking at his photos, he is really handsome, and he is 1.83 meters tall, and he is completely a male god-level character! And most importantly...... He's the son of the previous director! ”

Xu Xincha: "!! ”

Xu Xincha's movements suddenly became faster: "Why didn't you say it earlier!! ”

"How do I know you didn't read the papers!"