"Mr. Cheng, I see that you have not graduated from university on your resume, and it has been more than ten years, what have you been doing during this time?"

He knew that if he was honest, he might lose his job; But let's not tell the truth, maybe it will be even more ugly after the lie is exposed.

So Cheng Jiyun simply replied: "I committed something in college and went to prison." ”

Soon, he also saw a hint of surprise on Meng Xue's face, but it was quickly overshadowed by her professional smile.

"Okay, Mr. Cheng." Meng Xue continued, "If you come here to be a waiter, you need to be patient and careful, I don't know if you can do it?" ”

"This?" Cheng Jiyun knew that his personality was more impulsive, but at present, he seemed to have matured a lot, so he replied confidently, "Yes, I have been in prison for ten years, and my temper is almost exhausted." ”

The words he blurted out made Meng Xue's expression change slightly, but it didn't hinder the smile on her face.

After Cheng Jiyun finished speaking, he felt that he had gone too far in his honesty, but fortunately he didn't say that he had killed someone.

"Mr. Cheng, if it's convenient, go with our Manager Li to get the work clothes, tomorrow at seven o'clock in the morning, we have a morning class, and then training, if it goes well, you can serve as an intern tomorrow night."

"So fast?" Cheng Jiyun was taken aback.

"How?" Meng Xue looked at him, "Isn't Mr. Cheng inconvenient?" ”

"No, no, no." Cheng Jiyun hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile, "Convenient, convenient." "He just thinks he's so lucky to get the first interview? It's the first time I've encountered something so smooth.

"That's good." Meng Xue stood up and said a few words to the waiter just now, and the waiter came to find Cheng Jiyun.

"Mr. Cheng, I'm Anna, and I'm the duty manager here. We all have a waiter name, you can also give one so we can contact us. She laughs.

"Name? English name? Cheng Jiyun looked at her.

"Yes." Anna smiled and said, "We're a Western restaurant." ”

"That'...... I don't have an English name, just call one. Cheng Jiyun smiled, how could he be so foreign.

Anna took Cheng Jiyun to the back of the dining room and gave him a key in front of the dressing room.

"This is your dressing room, there are new uniforms in it, the men are all white shirts and black pants, nothing special." Anna glanced at Cheng Jiyun's figure, "I see that you are in moderate shape, there should be no problem with your clothes, and you don't need to modify them." ”

"Oh." Cheng Jiyun agreed.

"Then, tomorrow morning at seven o'clock, get here on time." After Anna finished speaking, she motioned for Cheng Jiyun to leave first.

Cheng Jiyun took the key, was stunned for a while, and asked, "Hey! That manager Anna, I can just go? ”

"That's right." She replied.

"Don't I have to sign a contract or anything?" Although Cheng Jiyun has no experience, he also knows a thing or two about this kind of agreement.

"No, you don't." Anna smiled and replied, "You haven't completed your internship, how can we sign a contract with you?" ”

"Wait until the internship is finished?" Cheng Jiyun thought for a while, "How long does it take to intern?" ”

"Three months."

"Three months?" Cheng Jiyun shouted, "So long? If it's an internship, do I count it or not? ”

Seeing that Cheng Jiyun was a little nervous, Anna replied with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, as long as your relationship enters our restaurant, whether it is a regular employee or an intern, your personal information will be updated. ”

"It's not unemployed, is it?" Cheng Jiyun confirmed.

"Yes, and we have an internship salary, so you can rest assured." Anna adds, "Of course, if you get started quickly and perform well, it is also very promising to become a regular in advance." ”

"Oooh." Cheng Jiyun nodded, "Okay, okay." ”

Anna smiled: "Does Mr. Cheng have any questions?" ”

"No, no." Cheng Jiyun replied, "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome."

When he came out of Jasmine's Restaurant, Cheng Jiyun found that he had been holding the key tightly in his palm for a long time, and when he opened his palm, he found that he had pinched his palm.

It's really not like I'm so nervous.

It was still early, and Cheng Jiyun was about to take a walk back, feeling that it was not too far from the building where he lived. As he walked down the street, a computer store next to him caught his eye.

Cheng Jiyun walked into the store and looked at these computers, which were very delicate in shape.

He saw a keyboard on the table, and just wondered why this keyboard was placed here alone, but as soon as his hand touched the keyboard, a projection-like interface appeared above it.

He only needs to operate on the keyboard, and he can project it directly, which is really advanced.

"Hello sir." At this time, a waiter walked over, "Do you need me to introduce you?" ”

"No, no." Cheng Jiyun just looked at it casually, and he didn't have the funds to buy it, "I'll just take a look, there's nothing needed." ”

"Feel free then." The waiter left with a smile.

Cheng Jiyun clicked on the computer and tried a simple program, in fact, the operation was almost the same, but it was much simpler than the computer he had used before. His right hand unconsciously groped to the side, only to realize that there was no mouse.

What about the mouse? He looked around and didn't find it. And this projection out of thin air doesn't know how to choose to control. So, curiously, he tapped his finger and closed the window.

This one...... Isn't this a projection? Can you still sense it?

Advanced.

Cheng Jiyun became more and more playful, very happy, and operated back and forth several times, almost making the waiter mistakenly think that he was really going to buy.

accidentally touched a search software, Cheng Jiyun frowned, and typed "Shi Wei" in the search.

The page immediately jumped out of many messages, and he carefully read each one of the pieces of information that might be related to his "Shi Wei", but those old messages were useless to him.

Cheng Jiyun sighed, did Shi Wei evaporate from the world?

At this time, I suddenly recalled in my mind that when I had a conflict with that stupid big man in prison, I heard that several of them went out on a hike together and had an accident. Is this useful information?

Cheng Jiyun hurriedly searched for "college student hiking accident" on the computer. In the information that popped up on the page, there was news that six college students were on an outdoor hiking adventure and all of them were missing, but none of the character information was written.

In addition to the headache, Cheng Jiyun left the computer store, if he could, go back to the university town, can he still find the original tutor and ask about the situation at that time?

When he returned to the hotel, Chen Xizhou was waiting for him at the door of his room.

"How? Did the interview go well? Chen Xizhou's relationship made Cheng Jiyun a little uncomfortable, and it was estimated that the time should be dinner time, this guy was waiting for him at the door with ulterior motives.

"I'm going to work tomorrow morning."

"Really!" Chen Xizhou smiled happily, "I knew you could." ”

"Can I?" Cheng Jiyun laughed to himself, "People who can be okay shouldn't be a waiter, right?" It's all the time of robots now, and I guess I'll be replaced soon. ”

"No, it won't." Chen Xizhou replied with certainty, "It's possible in other places, but Jasmine Restaurant won't." ”

"Are you so sure?"

"Yes, it's also a protected area, a government-approved project." Chen Xizhou leaned against Cheng Jiyun's door frame and said to him, "So, their lives can be said to maintain the independence of human beings." ”

"I didn't think that high." Cheng Jiyun opened the door, "I only think about whether this time is enough for me." ”

"What do you want to do?" Chen Xizhou followed him into the house.

"I don't want to do anything." Cheng Jiyun couldn't answer, "I just want to find someone, and then, let it be." ”

"Hahaha." Chen Xizhou laughed, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Does it matter who you are looking for?" Cheng Jiyun replied, "Why do you care so much about my affairs?" You don't have anything to care about yourself? ”

Chen Xizhou looked at him, as if he was really dissatisfied with himself. So he shrugged his shoulders and apologized: "I'm so sorry, I thought you would need my help." ”

"Help?" Cheng Jiyun didn't have a good voice, "What help did you give me if you ate me?" ”

Chen Xizhou was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed again: "Big brother, you're not such a calculating person, are you?" I'll just eat your meal, right? ”

Cheng Jiyun didn't speak.

"Okay, okay." Chen Xizhou saw that he seemed to be really angry, so he hurriedly made up, "I just came to have dinner with you, and I said okay, I owe you and I will pay you back tonight." ”

Cheng Jiyun glanced at Chen Xizhou, his face was sincere and didn't look like he was fooling him, but did he really mind this meal?

"Forget it, I don't want to eat, I want to rest early."

"Don't, are you really mad at me?" Chen Xizhou continued to ask, "You see I've been here for more than half a year, it's really uncomfortable to change a friend every month, I finally have a friend who can be here for a long time, I want to have a good relationship with you." ”

"Every month?" Cheng Jiyun asked, "What every month?" ”

Chen Xizhou shrugged: "Anyway, the few people I came out of the Choose company together, no one survived a month." ”

"Where did they go?"

"They ......" Chen Xizhou saw that Cheng Jiyun was interested, and immediately became proud, "Look, you're actually very interested in me, aren't you?" ”

Cheng Jiyun pursed his lips and did not admit it. But I do want to know something from him.

"Okay, then don't be angry with me, I'll invite you to dinner!" Chen Xizhou said with a smile.

Cheng Jiyun was silent for a while and replied, "Okay." ”

……

It's dinner time, just as the city is sunset.

Looking at the city's high-rise buildings looking golden and brilliant in the afterglow of the sunset, Cheng Jiyun was also very emotional, how much he had missed in the years he had wasted.

The two of them came to a fast food restaurant, Cheng Jiyun actually doesn't like fast food, but more than ten years ago, he invited Shi Wei to eat fast food together, at that time, because there was no money, only living expenses, so he could only afford to invite her Coke and hamburgers.

Chen Xizhou told him that now they can only afford this, and it is delicious, inexpensive and full - "the best of all three".

Chen Xizhou ordered for him, and then ate in the corner together.

"Then you can say now, why are those people going in a month?" Cheng Jiyun took a sip of Coke, but the sweet and greasy thing was in his mouth, but it was tasteless.

"They." Chen Xizhou took a sip of Coke, "Many people have been sent out of the city. ”

"Outside?"

"Hmm." Chen Xizhou chewed another french fries, "It is said that it is like a desert, there is nothing, and it is very desolate." ”

"And what were they going to do?"

"What to do? I don't know. Chen Xizhou thought for a while, "Some people say that there are big factories outside, and they have been assigned to work with robots in the past, but they don't get paid, just to ensure their basic life." But there are also people who really can't do anything, so they can only be exiled, and life and death are fateful. ”

Cheng Jiyun put down the Coke cup in his hand and thought for a while.

"You know what? One of Choose's games is modeled after the outside world, almost identical, with towns, houses, roads, and even the same things inside. Chen Xizhou talked about the game and began to get excited again.

"Exactly the same?" Cheng Jiyun didn't believe it, "How did you do it?" ”

"It's said to be a mirror capture, it's like scanning what you see and then revealing a replicated world." Chen Xizhou said, dancing with his hands, "For example, when you go out of the city, how many roads and how long you can get to a town, it will be accurately designed for you." For example, if you come to a house and what is in the house, you can also find something in it. ”

"Is it so amazing?"

"Yes, it's a scene replication, which looks very real." Chen Xizhou took another sip of Coke, "This game is said to be very appealing to local people, because they will go back and find memories of the past, exactly the same as their past lives." ”

"Locals?"

"Let's put it this way." Chen Xizhou sat down, "For example, you used to live in a small town, and finally got the opportunity to come to a big city, where you can live a modern life and get a different identity." However, sometimes you will inevitably miss your old life, so you can go back to the past world, the place where you lived, and experience it again through this game. ”

"Huh." Cheng Jiyun sneered, saying that he didn't understand, "In this case, I'll just go out of the city and go back to see if it's okay, what else do I have to do through the game." ”

"Not really." Chen Xizhou added, "The outside world has changed, and it is no longer suitable for life. ”

"Huh?" Cheng Jiyun didn't understand now, "Not suitable for life? ”

"That's right." Chen Xizhou replied calmly, "Pollution, environmental damage, sandstorms or something, anyway, you can think of bad weather, it's all in the outside world." ”

Cheng Jiyun didn't believe it, looked at the city outside the window at the moment, and said he didn't believe it: "It's like a paradise here." ”

In the face of Cheng Jiyun's disdain, Chen Xizhou was much more sincere and replied to him seriously: "Yes, this is a paradise city. ”

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