Chapter 37: The Old Man

Xie Chen forced himself to calm down temporarily.

Although the scene in front of him is very different from before, it is still possible that it is an illusion.

"Illusion ......"

"It's all an illusion......

Xie Chen exhaled and muttered calmly.

But the scene in front of us remained unchanged.

Old.

Even the air seems to have a little dust in it.

Xie Chen covered his mouth and nose, and stepped back a little reluctantly.

Although his pace was a little hasty, he still took a few steps back steadily.

"Huh?"

Xie Chen's expression was a little puzzled, and he quickly pulled up his trouser leg in surprise.

The bruises on the knees magically disappeared.

"This ......"

Xie Chen wanted to speak and stopped.

While looking at the pocket watch in his hand, he couldn't help but feel a trace of doubt in his heart.

Could it be that this pocket watch also has the ability to dispel the illusion of the scene?

But this is still a bit unrealistic.

Why didn't this pocket watch show any ability before? It wasn't until this time that there was such a reaction......

Xie Chen exhaled deeply.

The thought of sleeping in such a messy bed made my whole body start to itch a little.

Xie Chen hurriedly pushed open the door and turned around to go out without looking back.

I really don't want to stay here for a moment.

Xie Chen just closed the door.

A shadow stretched long in the hallway just obscured his vision.

Xie Chen frowned very vigilantly, his eyes were a little solemn.

It's just not Rogu.

It was an old man who was not young, standing with his hands in his hands.

Xie Chen didn't dare to be careless, after all, the figure of Luo Guyu was gone, and he didn't know who this old man was.

Xie Chen thought of something, and subconsciously pretended to hold on to the door panel, putting on an uncomfortable expression.

But the old man just stood there dumbfounded, his eyes fixed on him.

Other than that, there was no movement.

Seeing that he was indifferent, Xie Chen did not act rashly.

Although the atmosphere is awkward, fortunately, he is also thick-skinned, and he can still stalemate with this old guy for the time being.

Xie Chen leaned against the door, pretending to lean over and rub his knees, while glancing at the corners of his eyes, secretly observing the movements of the old man in front of him.

The old man stood hunched over, his steps steady, unlike the kind of legs and feet that are not good when he is old, and his legs tremble after standing for a long time.

Over time.

Almost two or three minutes.

The old man's brow was visibly furrowed with the naked eye, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes became more pronounced with the movement of his eyes.

"Do you know where the toilet is, young man?"

"Huh?"

After the old man spoke, Xie Chen froze for a moment, and he didn't know how to respond to him.

But in fact, the main thing is that I didn't expect that this old man would stand in place and confront him for so long, and finally only say such a fart question.

"What's the matter, boy?"

"Ah, don't you know?"

"Then it looks like I'll have to ask the others."

The old man shook his head with regret on his face, put his hands behind his back, and turned around to walk towards the second floor.

"Eh, uncle, wait."

Xie Chen straightened up and stretched out his hand to shout.

The old man also turned around.

"What's the matter, boy, do you have anything else?"

Xie Chen gritted his teeth and clenched his fists slightly.

"Are you looking for something to me or am I looking for something for you!"

He didn't say it loudly, and the old man had a little back of his ears, so he immediately hooked his ears with his head sideways.

"What, young man?"

"What are you talking about? Young people have to speak louder. ”

Xie Chen bit his lip, calmed down and asked seriously, "Old man, why did you come to our second floor?" ”

"Our second floor isn't the business place of the swimming pool."

Two sentences are finished.

The old man still had a poked head on his face, and his face was full of impatience.

"If you want to say anything, just say it, old man, I'm in a hurry, and I'm still waiting to pee on this."

Xie Chen also gave up his disguise, strode to the old man's side, and shouted loudly with his hand close to his ear.

"And now!?"

"I still hear you!"

The old man took two steps back and looked at himself with his eyes open.

"It's pretty much the same now, how nice it would be like this sooner."

The old man spoke softly in a slightly hoarse voice.

Xie Chen endured the anger in his heart and maintained a tireless mentality.

"Ah, yes, yes, I was abrupt and not thoughtful enough."

Xie Chen thought that when he said these words, he was about to shout out all the strength he had to eat milk in his life.

The old man nodded with great satisfaction.

"Yes, yes, you have to ensure this attitude."

"But boy, where the hell is your toilet?"

Xie Chen pointed downstairs and shouted, "Down." ”

The old man gave a thumbs up and nodded his head in praise again and again.

"Yes, yes, a young man like you is a good person."

"That's right."

"What were you doing crouching in the doorway?"

Xie Chen shook his head, not wanting this kind of useless question to be a waste of time.

"It's okay if it's nothing."

"You have a pitiful number of guests in this swimming pool, and if you continue like this, I guess you won't even be able to afford it."

Listening to the old man's words, Xie Chen's face couldn't help but be full of doubts.

Why would this old man say that?

After he just left the room, he was not only confronting the old man, but also observing the scene around the second floor.

However, it was found that there were no signs of old age.

It's still the same as before.

"Is it only a small range of pocket watches?"

Xie Chen was a little confused.

The old man was also suspicious when he saw Xie Chen listening to his words, and his mouth moved up and down.

"Young man."

"What are you muttering?"

"Alas......"

"I guess you're worried about losing your job, right?"

"There is no way to do it, it can only be said that the young man who runs the swimming pool is not properly managed."

"I regret it, old man."

"Obviously, my good grandson used to like to swim here."

Xie Chen listened to the old man's explanation word by word, and his heart was a little more turbulent.

If you say that, the old man in front of him actually knows the director of the swimming pool?

And a frequent visitor to the swimming pool?

"Old man, old man."

Xie Chen took the old man's hand very attentively, and slowly walked to the staircase.

"I think our swimming pool is still quite new, and there were a lot of guests yesterday, how can you say that there is no and no?"

Xie Chen tried to use the perspective of what he saw to let the old man refute him, so as to find out the wrong information in his own perspective.

The old man touched his beard, looking puzzled.

"What were the guests yesterday?"

"Old man, I drank tea for a long time in the security room outside, why didn't I know that such a thing happened?"

Xie Chen's face was shocked.

Yesterday?

I obviously stayed in the security room for a while yesterday afternoon, why didn't I see this old man at all.

"Old man, are you really fake?"

"You can't fool me, right?"

When the old man heard Xie Chen's words, he immediately glared back at him.

Xie Chen also closed his mouth.

finally got such a useful clue, this old man is now his important "guest".

For this reason, Xie Chen's attitude has also lowered a lot.

"Eh, old man."

"You said you had been drinking tea and chatting in the security room yesterday?"

The old man, supported by Xie Chen, slowly walked down the stairs, extremely slowly.

"What did you say?"

The black lines on the dusty face.

I have to turn my ears back at a critical time, and I really don't have much to do with him.

"I mean!"

"Did you stay in the security room yesterday?"

The old man blinked and looked at Xie Chen, then nodded slightly.

"That's right."

"But I went in the afternoon, and I didn't stay there all day."

Xie Chen exhaled in his heart.

Sure enough, as he thought, the swimming pool that the old man estimated was not in the same time and space as his current self.

It's just the key point of space-time switching.

Xie Chen still didn't think it was on the pocket watch.

The main thing is still in this copy.

It's just that I don't have a clue how to trigger it.

With the step by step walk on the stairs.

In the blink of an eye, he had already helped the old man to the first floor.

It's just that there are still a lot of guests today, and they are not empty as the old man said.

Jiang Wanqiao, who was on the platform, was still wearing headphones.

It's just that this time he wasn't fishing, but looked around, as if he was doing his duty as a lifeguard.

When Xie Chen helped the old man to the first floor.

Jiang Wanqiao also noticed the movement here at the first time.

There was some surprise in her eyes.

Xie Chen also knew what she meant.

I guess I was thinking about why I suddenly ran downstairs?

And even my feet can move.

But what she didn't expect was that Jiang Wanqiao took off the headphones and hung them around her neck, turned over and slid down the platform directly along the railing.

He then ran briskly towards his side.

Seeing the girl standing in front of him, Xie Chen also tried his best to stabilize his expression.

"What's wrong?"

"What's the matter?"

Jiang Wanqiao looked at Xie Chen, who had no waves, and her expression was very serious.

"Do you think it's going to be okay?"

Xie Chen didn't dare to look her in the eyes, but glanced into the ground.

After all, I'm not very good, and I can explain to her how good I am.

Jiang Wanqiao stretched out her hand and pointed to Xie Chen's knee.

"I hope you can explain it to me."

"Are you pretending, or are you lying to me from beginning to end!"

Xie Chen's heart sighed.

Only then did I realize the seriousness of the matter.

The topics that I discussed with her before were also based on the foundation of temporary trust.

Now that he swaggered downstairs in the swimming pool, it is tantamount to "attracting bees and butterflies" in front of Jiang Wanqiao.

"Forehead ......"

"I don't know how to explain this to you."

Xie Chen stammered, and couldn't think of a good excuse for a while.

"Young man, why are you standing still?"

The old man looked at him with a puzzled expression, and the corners of his eyes were visibly bloodshot.