Chapter 2: A Dialogue with the Self
After coming out of Chumer's house, I wandered through the sparsely populated streets until nightfall.
I went back to my cheap rental house, pushed open the door, looked at the simple furniture in front of me, and sighed softly: "When will I have a big house of my own?" Recalling Chu Mo's big villa and the independent courtyard: "Sometimes, there is really no possibility of comparison between people. Hey~"
And it's almost the end of the month, I have to pay the rent again, and I quit my job a few days ago, where did I have so much courage at that time? Dare to cut off the only source of income......
I looked at the five-digit balance on my mobile banking and my thoughts kept flowing.
Gotta get a new job quickly. I hurried to open the laptop on the desk and organize my resume: "I don't know if I can find a job that I wants." ”
Soon, a resume was ready. But I didn't have a high degree of education, and I had little hope of finding a satisfying job again.
……
In fact, there were no accidents, and all the resumes thrown out were sunk into the sea, and no big waves were splashed......
At this time, in the small courtyard of Chu Mo's house, a "rare guest" appeared.
Not far in front of Chu Mo, a middle-aged man in a coarse cloth coat was standing.
"They've found him." The middle-aged man spoke.
"I had guessed it a few hours ago."
Hearing this, the middle-aged man glanced at the small table behind Chu Mo, "Has he been here?" ”
"Well, don't care about it so much now, they shouldn't have any ill will towards Chu Ran...... The top priority is to give Chu Ran a new job. ”
"It's already been arranged, and it will be arranged." The middle-aged man replied.
Chu Mo was silent for a while and said, "That...... It's time for us to go. ”
"Let's go? Where to? The middle-aged man was stunned for a while, obviously a little confused.
Suddenly, the middle-aged man was pleasantly surprised: "So, you agreed?" ”
Chu Mo's face was a little unnatural, and he said helplessly: "Uncle, let's go!" ”
……
At this moment, two figures flew between the stars at an astonishing speed... The small courtyard villa dissolved after the two left, and the original land was also covered with new vegetation, as if the small courtyard had never existed......
A few days later, I had sent out hundreds of resumes, but there was still no response...... Just as I was about to lose confidence, I received an email.
After reading the content of the email, I sighed: "It's just 'the mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village'." ”
It turned out that Lin Churan received a recruitment interview email from a company called "Xiguang Jingyao Group", informing him that three days later, he would bring all the relevant documents and go to the group's designated interview to participate in the interview......
Three days later, I went to the interview on time for the interview, and the process went very smoothly. I felt something was wrong, but I couldn't figure out what was wrong; Thinking that the brain began to ache in the end, I had no choice but to give up.
I work as a clerical worker in the group headquarters, and during my work, I learned that all the regular employees of the group are paid according to the highest standards, which gave me a reassurance.
Before I took office, the head of the company's human resources department informed me that all my treatment in the company was the same as that of a regular employee in the company. According to the company's regulations, I should still be on probation, and I was very surprised and uncomfortable to have such a contrast.
Time always passes inadvertently......
After working in the company for more than half a year, I have fully adapted to the company's rules and regulations. Fortunately, my colleagues in the office got along very well and there were no intrigues and conflicts between colleagues. Of course, small frictions are inevitable.
Regarding the origin of the group's name, on the wall of the hall on the first floor of the group building, it is written: "Xiguang Jingyao" is taken from the Tang Dynasty poets Han Yu and Meng Jiao's "Tongsu Couplet": "Xiguang Ji Dawn, Jing Yao Shuo Xiaoyu." ”
Overall, I'm very happy with my new job. It's just that there has been no news from Chu Mo for more than half a year, and I don't know how he is now.
……
In a separate single office of Dawn Shine Group.
"Director Li, that Lin Churan's resume and ability are mediocre,
Why can he be treated so well? A young man questioned a delicately dressed middle-aged man about Lin Churan's abnormal position.
"Xiaofang, you have to know that for work, many times the ability is enough."
Director Li continued: "In this society, you may have discovered that there are only two ways for us to do many things, one is to have extremely strong skills; The second is the help of noble people in life.
Do you understand? ”
"Understood." Xiao Fang was obviously helpless.
"Now that he's on the job, there's nothing wrong with his work. In the same company, then get along with him and work hard. ”
"I see, thank you, Director."
"Uh-huh, work hard."
After Xiao Fang left, Director Li sighed: "Don't say that Lin Churan didn't have a problem with his work, but if there was a problem, I can't do anything with him." As the saying goes, officials crush people to death. Not to mention ......"
……
At night, I stood on my balcony and looked through the window at the stars in the night sky, and I knew that they were stars that were many light years away from me, and they contained terrifying energy, ancient and powerful...... And my thoughts drifted away with the stars that kept twinkling in my eyes.
I felt as if I was in a void, everything in front of me was not real, and in this space, I found that my perception of time was weakened, and I did not know the speed of time in this space......
I don't know how long it took, but the vague and illusory scene in front of me gradually became concrete, and gradually became ...... What my home looks like!
When I pushed the door open, I was greeted by a scene that was a little different from what I remembered......
"It shouldn't be, it's absolutely not, how can it be so clean......" I looked at the ridiculously neat environment in front of me and fell silent.
"What are you thinking?" A familiar voice came from an unknown direction.
"I'm behind you, just turn around."
I followed the sound and turned to look, and the sight scared me a lot...... Behind me stood a man who looked exactly like me, dressed and demeanor, or even in some small habits, very similar to me.
"Who are you? How exactly the same as me. I blurted it out almost without thinking.
"It's a shame that you haven't seen the world before," the man continued, "I am you, you are me, and the two of us just exist in different planes. To put it simply, I am the future you, and you are the past me. ”
After a brief period of shock, I have calmed down a lot......
"Yo, did your mood settle down so quickly? It's not bad, it's a lot better than I expected. ”
"Hehe, have you ever seen the world? It doesn't matter what kind of demon you are, you really want to harm me, and here I am not your lamb to the slaughter, the fish on the chopping board? Slowly, my face remained as usual, and I was free: "If what you say is true, then you and I are the same person, why should I be afraid of myself?"
If what you say is false, then I can tell you that I have seen strange people like you before this, and now you tell me, why should I be afraid? ”
"Weirdos? He asked you to call him Lao Ye, right? ”
"yes, how do you know?"
"It's all said, we're the same person, I don't believe it, why do you think you're so stupid?" The man scoffed.
"If what you say is true, we are the same person, and you call me stupid, aren't you scolding yourself?" I immediately retorted.
He seemed unconcerned and continued, "What is it to scold yourself? I'm still pitting myself. ”
"You're still pit yourself, you're really ...... Wait a minute...... Meaning you're going to pit me? "I realized in hindsight that something was wrong with his words.
"Hmph, it seems that the brain is still clear, and there is still salvation."
"Scolding yourself and scolding yourself so well, you are such a pervert, are you sick in the brain?" I asked.
"Don't you know if I'm sick in the brain?" The man immediately asked rhetorically.
"You're calling me for having a sick brain? I'm so healthy, how can I be sick? ”
"To be honest, I don't know if you're sick or not, but you must have had doubts in your heart." The man said with great certainty.
"It's not a diagnosis, what's all the fuss about?" I shot back.
"Your suspicions have taken a toll on your life, haven't they?"
The man who looked exactly like me looked at me calmly and was silent for a long time, and just as I was about to ask how to leave, he said slowly, "Let's talk?" ”
“…… Good. I even agreed again, "Maybe I'm really sick." ”
"Do you often think that the people in this world are too complicated......
"Yes," I interrupted him before he could finish speaking, "not only do I think that human beings are too complicated, but sometimes I even think that the dark side of human nature is far greater than their kind and friendly side, including myself." ”
"Not only did you think about it, you even thought about leaving that world in a hurry, didn't you?"
At this moment I was almost sure that I was the same person as him, and that he knew me too well.
"The reason why you didn't do this is because there are good enough things in that world that you are sure of, and those good things tell you that you deserve them, that you deserve to live well." He continued to speak to himself.
"Are we really the same person?" I want to make sure one last time, even though I already have the answer in my mind.
"Yes, I've told you a long time ago, why don't you believe it?"
At this point, the vision before my eyes became illusory again, including "myself".
"I'm running out of time in this space, if there's anything else you want to ask, hurry up and ask." The "I," which had become illusory, urged.
"There's no problem, you can send me back."
As soon as the screen turned, my mind returned to its original form.
"I wanted to ask you, what is my future? But if you think about it, it's not necessary, how boring a sure life should be! I looked at the distant and deep sky and muttered to myself.
It was a different kind of encounter.
……
"Lin Churan in the past, let's look forward to the eternity after the dawn together......"