Time manager

8:30

Another new day.

Shi Jing sat at the borrowing desk and greeted the readers.No matter how many times he repeated such work, he never got tired of it.He pinpointed the last second to swipe the card, but today, the notification sound for successful punching did not sound.

Lian Ping noticed it, and said, "Mr. Shi, is your machine broken? Come to my side."

Shi Jing opened the borrowing system and found that there was no problem, so she shook her head with a smile, made a note to explain the situation, and continued to work as usual.

Lian Ping, however, looked worried and glanced this way from time to time.

Shi Jing asked: "What?"

Lian Ping whispered: "Mr. Shi, if you don't check in on time, you will be unlucky too?"

Shi Jing nodded: "Yes, stay away from me today."

Lian Ping obediently moved towards Wang Xu.

On Shi Jing's side, there were unexpectedly many readers queuing up today, and there was almost no time to do other things.Although it was not a problem for him and the operation was very fast, Wang Xu got up to adjust and divert the team.

Even so, Shi Jing encountered some troubles.

"Hello, it is not allowed to write or draw on the books in the library." Shi Jing flipped through the books and said sharply.

"I didn't draw it! It was like this when I borrowed it back. It was drawn by the person who borrowed it before."

"We will strictly control the books that are returned, and we will make a record of the defacement. If it is not handled properly, it will never be allowed to be put on the shelves again." Shi Jing said. "Of course, we also have a restoration technology department. If you suspect that our librarian's eyes are wrong, we can also issue a technical report."

The man was dumbfounded, and said angrily: "That's fine, what can you do. It was drawn by the children in the family by accident, and I didn't do it on purpose!"

……

There are also students who said that they wrote down the answers in the exercise book without knowing it, and the young man who accidentally tore the book... and so on.Almost all of the remaining readers had problems.

Even Ping looked at him with a big head.After finally reaching noon, this guy hurriedly said: "Teacher Shi, you should rest."

Shi Jing threw a book to him and asked, "Test you first, what's wrong with this book?"

Lian Ping felt apprehensive when he saw his serious eyes, and carefully took it over and said, "No, it's quite new, without stains or even corners."

Shi Jing said lightly, "Let Teacher Wang Xu take a look."

Lian Ping couldn't figure it out, but he did it anyway.

Wang Xu took the book, flipped through it quickly, spread it out to a certain page, and said, "There is a page missing."

Lian Ping: "..."

"It's terrible!" Lian Ping said in horror, "Ms. Wang, do you have a banknote detector? How did you find out that there is only one page missing in a few seconds!"

"It's Mr. Lian Ping, you have poor eyesight." Wang Xu raised his glasses.

Shi Jing threw the book to him. "This is the same, take it back and practice hard."

Lian Ping: "..."

But dealing with it is a matter of dealing with it. It is really strange that the books in question come from such a large number of concentrated damages.

In the afternoon, Shi Jing walked away for an excuse and found that the phenomenon stopped immediately.

It seems to be aimed at him... Shi Jing thought for a while, and when he returned to the borrowing desk, he put on his glasses.Sure enough, no readers came back with defaced books.

But Shi Jing was still a little annoyed by this wave of operations.

"But you don't look angry at all." Lian Ping wondered.

Shi Jing was finally able to be quiet, and while drawing the timetable, he said: "I decided to go to the villa tonight. If Ji Qun really did it..."

He accidentally applied too much force, and the tip of the pencil broke.

Lian Ping: "!!"

I must be very angry...

Shi Jing is not joking.He has no interest in the system created by Ji Qun, and he has no objection to the system holders coming to make trouble.But... you can do it with him, but you can't do it with the book!This is disruptive to library operations!

He is now a librarian and must take this matter seriously.

So for the first time today, Shi Jing greeted his colleagues and left the library at 05:30.

"Ms. Shi, is it really enough for the two of us?" Lian Ping said worriedly.

"Actually, I can do it alone." Shi Jing sat on the driveway, "What's more, I'm not alone."

not alone...

Lian Ping always felt that he was not the one who was talking about it, until he sneezed, and when he looked back, he found that the two cats in the back seat were already in place.The orange cat has already started to take a nap, but the black cat is quite energetic...looking at the scenery outside the window.

Shi Jing hung up the gear and said: "I regret it now, I can go back."

Lian Ping said unconvinced: "I don't..."

The silver car rushed out, leaving the second half of his sentence in the time and space behind him.

Yes, Lian Ping saw a different time and space outside the car window.The speed of the car was obviously not fast, but the scenery outside the window was all blurred into streaks of color.Even at the intersection of traffic lights, the red light is particularly short-lived.It wasn't until the destination that the scenery became normal.

It was the first time for Lian Ping to come here, and he immediately lamented that the Ji family is worthy of being a rich man. This villa is so big that it not only has a garden swimming pool, but also includes woods, lakes and lawns.

Shi Jing rang the doorbell, unlike the butler who came to greet Ji Xian when he was alive.However, the door opened.

The villa area is quite large. In the past, the housekeeper would send a car to pick up the villa, but this time, there was no one in the distance, so it seemed that he had to leave by himself.

"This is deliberately making things difficult!" Lian Ping couldn't help complaining.

Shi Jing said indifferently: "It's also good to take a walk."

The scenery in the villa is indeed very good. It is just in the evening, and the sunset glows, reflecting the lake, which is very breathtaking.

Shi Jing stopped by the lake for a while.

【What is the master thinking? 】

Shi Jing took out his phone and took a picture. "nothing."

Afterwards, he seemed to be addicted to taking pictures, and took many more pictures along the way.

"Ms. Shi... Are you collecting some evidence?" Lian Ping asked in a low voice.

"No." Shi Jing walked to the front of the villa, but still no one came to guide him, so he opened the door and entered.

"Hey, Teacher Shi, it's not good for us to come in like this." Lian Ping said in a low voice.

Shi Jing patted him on the back amusedly: "Stand up straight and walk properly, don't sneak around."

"I mean, in case there is any danger..." Lian Ping suddenly paused while explaining.

Upstairs, there is the sound of a piano.

This hint could not be more obvious.Shi Jing walked up the steps without hesitation.

"Hey, what if it's a trap..." Lian Ping was in a hurry, he raised his waist again, looked around, and followed.

There is a small hall on the second floor of the villa, and Shi Jing has been there.When he came to visit that year, Ji Xian played the piano there.

But now, it was replaced by Ji Qun.

Ji Qun was wearing a tuxedo and looked very gentlemanly, with a smile on his lips when he played, completely gone from his original gloom.The setting sun slanted in, and the small hall looked very warm, dispelling the coldness of the air conditioner.

Shi Jing was the same as back then, sitting aside, listening quietly.

"I didn't expect you to come so soon." Ji Qun said suddenly. "I actually don't want to do anything to you. After all, grandma likes you very much."

Shi Jing was silent.

"But, I'm a little jealous." Ji Qun didn't stop playing, the sound of the piano entered a low ebb, and he continued to murmur.

"Her old man clearly only liked me before, so she left all her property to me. Ah, of course, I have no objection to the pen she gave you. I respect any decision she makes. The value of that pen, It doesn't even bother me.

"Ms. Shi really don't think about it? It's not a bad thing to follow me. On the contrary, I can help you achieve many things, and even make you a god-like figure. God of time, sounds great, hehe..."

"So what about you?" Shi Jing asked, "What do you want from me?"

"You can help me convince other managers to abandon those ignorant thoughts." Ji Qun finished playing the song, got up slowly, and walked gracefully to the bay window. "The development of our human beings is too stagnant. They don't understand how much we are behind the outside world. This will be very dangerous in the future."

"Is this the purpose of your system?" Shi Jing sat without moving.

"You don't seem to agree?" Ji Qun turned around and said with a smile, "I know you interfered with my plan. But think about it, if everyone owns the camera I developed, everyone can Seeing other people's inner thoughts, evil thoughts will be invisible, and there will be no more crimes. Students who have no money to continue their studies can make money by encouraging reading books. Isn't it the best of both worlds? Hehehe, to tell you the truth, I also developed a body exercise A system that actually earns cash. Isn’t that a good thing? Didn’t you also make a system so that people don’t waste their time?”

He issued a series of questions that seemed to hit people's hearts.

If Shi Jing hadn't remembered the past, he would have believed his words.

"Your imagination is beautiful, but it's not realistic." Shi Jing said slowly, "Human minds are very complicated, not all of them are as simple as you think. I don't want to elaborate too much, and I don't think you understand, after all... ...You are no longer from this world. Mr. Ji, you have been corrupted by the virtual race."

Ji Qun still smiled. "No, Teacher Shi, I am still me. I will not be conquered by foreign civilizations, I just think that borrowing these powers will be very helpful to us."

"Please don't talk about us." Shi Jing stood up. "Mr. Ji hasn't realized yet, you have become his slave."

"I didn't!" Ji Qun couldn't hold back the smile on his face, and his face began to become distorted. "Obviously it's your manager's inaction! Since you are the time manager, you can definitely help Ji Xian delay her life when she dies, even if you put her in a static time and space to spend her old age! She won't affect anyone! You keep saying you understand her, but you don't do anything! Let her leave like this!"

"You are a self-deceiving guy just like Chuhe!" Ji Qun gave a strange smile, "Hehe, I have persuaded him a long time ago that as long as he is lucky, his lover's illness will turn around. But he didn't, just like that Watching her die... He is such a cruel guy, does he really love her? So he must be condemned by everyone! He will always live in the pain he caused!"

Shi Jing did not argue.When he met Ji Xian, he hadn't become a manager yet.However, he completely understood why Chuhe was shaken...

"Mr. Shi, you have the power of time, but do you think you are really worthy? A talent like you is living in the library without any pursuit, that is a waste of time! People in the world who know more about time management than you, There are more people who cherish time than you, why did you become a manager?" Ji Qun stared at him closely.

【Master, don't listen to him! 】The note said quickly.

"Yeah." Shi Jing raised his hand and looked at his watch. "It's time."

Ji Qun: "?? What's here?"

Then he stared at the watch and froze again. "Isn't your watch stolen..."

Shi Jing: "Well, if the old ones don't go, the new ones won't come."

Ji Qun: "..."

Shi Jing: "Don't worry, it's just a jewelry."

Ji Qun: "..."

Shi Jing: "Is there anything else to say? I won't do anything."

Ji Qun showed a sneer in his eyes, and took a few steps forward provocatively: "You can try it. But remind you, stillness is useless to me."

"But don't forget." Shi Jing cleared his throat, "I control not only time, but also bad luck."

After he finished speaking, the chandelier on the roof immediately fell down.

Shi Jing took it for granted, and dodged away.Ji Qun was taken aback, but still jumped away nimbly.

"In this case, let's speak according to our ability." Ji Qun suddenly rushed forward with his hands, so fast that even a phantom appeared.

Shi Jing has never seen such a fast skill, it's like a fairy tale drama!Ji Qun came up to him in an instant and took out a needle.

[The countercurrent of time. 】

Seeing that the needle tip was about to touch the neck, time froze for a moment, and then Ji Qun actually retracted his movements.

But Shi Jing soon realized that it wasn't that Ji Qun had stopped his actions, but... that time was going backwards!It's like rewinding the tape.

Shi Jing immediately grabbed his hand holding the needle, pushed it along the backward flow of time, and stabbed Ji Qun himself...

But the resistance of time was really hard to shake, he felt as if he was pushing a huge boulder.

At the same time, Ji Qun seemed to have noticed it, and said in a slow and distorted voice: "Heh-heh-that's all you can do?"

Since the trend of time could not be changed, Shi Jing chose to avoid it.The original intention of this skill should be the same, just to give managers the opportunity to avoid danger, not to hurt others.

The effect of time reversal faded faster than expected in the note, and Ji Qun quickly returned to the normal flow of time, stepped back a few steps, looked at his hands, and murmured: "Is this time reversal..."

Shi Jing thought for a while, and answered him seriously: "No."

The notes also said: 【Master is right!Time cannot be reversed, otherwise the world will fall into collapse.Even managers cannot change the past, but they can change what is happening and what will happen in the future. 】

Shi Jing probably understood that at the moment of regress, time actually entered a pause, and managers can use this opportunity to change their own disadvantages. When time resumes, what is happening will have a different ending.

Ji Qun was at a loss for a while, and then suddenly excitedly said: "This...isn't it? The real time travel must be more..."

The space in front of him seemed to distort.Shi Jing even heard a low humming sound.

A fist appeared suddenly and hit Ji Qun on the chin.

Lian Ping suddenly appeared and gave him a hard uppercut.

[Has the master seen it? 】The note said,【There is a field barrier around him. 】

Shi Jing did observe it.Ji Qun showed no sign when he was standing still, but whenever he was attacked, he would feel a sense of distortion around him.

But Lian Ping really suffered this blow, and said in a daze, "Why did you..."

Lian Ping retreated behind Shi Jing, shaking his hands and whimpering in pain.He can't help it either!Just now, No. [-] suddenly went online and rushed out.

"I didn't do it on purpose." Lian Ping said with a sad face.He is really good at fighting, so he only intends to be a backup, backstab or something, and doesn't want to do it directly.

Ji Qun's face changed several times in an instant, disappointment, indifference, despair, ferocity... Finally he smiled again and said: "It's nothing, everyone's position is different."

Then the fluctuations in his body expanded, even spreading to the entire space.Shi Jing felt a little uncomfortable.

"I admit that time is the oldest, but it is still not as good as space." "Ji Qun" said with a smile, and raised his hand, and the piano beside him floated strangely.

Appeared!The superpower he was worried about!

[007, do I need to teleport back through the anchor point? 】The petty way of the door.

Shi Jing thought for a while, "Can you destroy his space through the vibration frequency?"

[No, my body radiation range is limited, it's too far away here. 】

Shi Jing coughed, stared at Ji Qun and said, "Mr. Ji, are you sure? That is Ms. Ji Xian's most beloved piano. She took good care of it during her lifetime. She would feel distressed if she got a little dust, and shed tears if she bumped it. You can't bear it." ?"

Ji Qun's expression struggled.The piano fell safely, and Rengao's vase floated up again.

Shi Jing immediately reminded: "That is Ji Xian's favorite vase."

"The chair that Ji Xian often sits on!"

"Ji Xuan..."

Ji Qun was so angry that he almost exploded.Everything here has the shadow of Ji Xian!And Ji Qun really loves his grandmother, otherwise he would not accept this system.

Lian Ping rolled his eyes, turned his head and said coldly to Shi Jing: "I said, leave this person to me."

Shi Jing said: "What do you want to do? Is this person still Ji Qun?"

Say no, he reacts to things and words related to Ji Xian.

Said yes, but desperately.As long as Ji Qun is rational, he will not put himself in a dangerous situation.

"As I said, the system exists in this world based on the agreement with the host. The body can only be used if the host agrees. Now it seems that the two have a disagreement. Who do you think will win?" System No. [-] said as if watching the excitement.

"Ji Qun." Shi Jing said, seeing "Ji Qun" swaying around with his head in his arms, and even bumped into the wall, it seemed that the disagreement was not small.

He couldn't help reminding: "That's the wallpaper chosen by Ji Xian."

"Ji Qun" froze for a moment, staggered away from the wall, and finally fell to the ground, wrestling with each other.

"You can take the opportunity to kill him." No. [-] said coldly, "As long as the host dies, the system will be weak for a period of time. At that time, I can..."

"Managers do not have the right to decide the life and death of others, but... I remember you said that the human body cannot carry the consciousness of your virtual race?" Shi Jing said.

"That's right, even if we don't do anything, Ji Qun will eventually explode and die, so... he is too naive, time can indeed kill him." No. [-] said indifferently, " We just have to wait."

Shi Jing: "..."

Shi Jing asked softly, "When I was young, would it be normal for Ji Qun to die?"

[Not normal, the stock price of the Ji Group will plummet, and the internal conflicts of the Ji family will intensify, which may lead to the disintegration of the group.Of course, this is just my prediction.But it is certain that it will cause some timeline turmoil.Of course, I can correct the timeline, and someone who will replace Ji Qun will appear.Or let Ji's family keep secrets and create the illusion of his existence, what does the master think? 】

Shi Jing pondered, and said, "Is there a skill that can reproduce the scene?"

[The pursuit of time. 】

The setting sun was setting, and the small hall gradually became dark, but after the reminder of the note sounded, the sun seemed to rise again outside the window, becoming brighter.

The breeze blows in slowly, the curtain of the bay window swings, the sound of the piano sounds, and an old lady sits in front of the piano.

Although Ms. Ji Xian is old, she still likes to wear long skirts, combs her gray hair neatly, and wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.She opened the sheet music, played a section, and said to the little boy sitting next to her, "This is Chopin, your grandpa's favorite."

The little boy was not tall enough, so he stretched his neck to read the score, and said, "What about grandma?"

"Grandma likes everything your grandpa likes," said the old woman.

"Where is grandpa?"

"Sit on Grandma's other side."

"Why can't I see it?"

"Your eyes are not big enough."

The little boy widened his eyes and said, "Is this big enough?"

"not enough."

"Look again! How about this?"

"It's still not enough."

The little boy cried out of anger.

The old woman had no choice but to coax him, saying: "Don't cry, grandma will tell you a story."

"A long time ago, there was no one in this world, only a guy who didn't know what life was. He watched the sky rise, the earth sank, the sun shone into the world, and there was day and night. He watched plants grow, animals Multiply, watched the first people being born, helped them through a lot of difficulties. Until one day he was sleepy and wanted to sleep well, but he was worried about the world he watched growing up, so he made many tools , to manage this world. Those who get the tools will become the managers of this world, possessing incredible power..."

The little boy dozed off, his head slipped off, and he woke up suddenly and said, "Mmmmmmmm!"

The old woman was wronged and said, "You didn't even listen to grandma."

"Listen! I heard! People who get tools have incredible power, don't they?"

The old woman cheered up again, and said, "Yes."

Then continued: "Grandma told you a secret, don't tell others."

"Oh..." The little boy lowered his eyelids and leaned against the old man.

The old woman took out a pen from her clothes pocket and said, "Actually, grandma has a tool. Grandma is in charge of all the writing in this world. She can write the writing alive. Do you want to read the writing and dance?" ?”

However, she found that the little boy had fallen asleep, so she shook her head helplessly, stayed in a daze for a while, regained her senses and patted him on the back pamperingly, put away the pen wistfully, then hugged him, and sang play a lullaby...

Time freezes in the small hall.

Shi Jing was stunned.

That pen... was exactly the same as the one Ji Qun gave him when he came to the villa last time.

Ji Xuan is actually the manager of the text...

Ji Xian gave him the pen.

Ji Qun... do you know?

Shi Jing looked at the people on the ground again.Ji Qun pinched his own neck, tears streaming from his eyes.

"Small, still." Shi Jing watched him gradually twitching, the veins on his face and hands popped up, and said silently.

Almost at the same time, Ji Qun and Lian Ping rolled their eyes.Ji Qun didn't move, while Lian Ping fell down and sat on the ground, was helped up by Shi Jing, a little dazed.

"what happened?"

Shi Jing went to check on Ji Qun and found that he was still breathing, so he dialed 120 casually.

[Does the master want to wait here?It should be dinner time now. 】

Shi Jing smiled lightly and said, "It doesn't matter, anyway, time here has stopped."

Looking at the still picture in the small hall, he suddenly took out his mobile phone and said, "I'll call my mother."

However, as soon as the number was pressed, he canceled it again.

"Forget it, you can't fight if you haven't eaten. My mother is very smart, she can find out if she has eaten or not."

Lian Ping: "..."

Although Ji Xuan's villa is far away, 120 came very quickly. As soon as Shi Jing received the call, he ended the static state here.When the medical staff came up, they were taken aback, and said, "Ms. Ji?!"

Only then did Shi Jing realize that the scene of Ji Yuan playing the piano in the small hall hadn't disappeared, so he couldn't help whispering: "Xiao, what's going on?"

[Anomalies after skill superimposition. 】

Shi Jing had no choice but to explain to them that this was a projection.

The medical staff dubiously sent Ji Qun to the ambulance and left.

"Is it over?" Lian Ping still hadn't recovered.

Shi Jing said: "How about you?"

Lian Ping hesitated, and said, "All... are gone."

Shi Jing asked him to go back to have a good meal, and then...

"When you wake up, you'll be fine in the morning," he said.

He didn't know if Lian Ping would become the same as Chen Nian if No. [-] left like this.But that's all right, time will help him forget everything.

21:00

After Shi Jing ate something, he called the hospital again and learned that Ji Qun had woken up, but he seemed to have lost his memory and couldn't remember many things.

As for Lian Ping...

I came up early the next morning for breakfast, and it seemed that I hadn't forgotten it at all.

The system filing work of the library is still in progress. The only thing that troubles Shi Jing is that the holders of these systems have become more enthusiastic. Not only did they ask for pointers themselves, but they also brought their family and children——

"Mr. Shi, give my baby some learning pointers. This kid is not proactive at all!"

"I want to apply for an early check-in pointer for my girlfriend..."

"My wife wants postpartum slimming pointers..."

Shi Jing: "???"

How did these people come up with names blindly!

Teacher Wang Xu flipped through the information, wondering: "No, Teacher Shi, didn't you say that Teacher Lian Ping's system canceled the case? Why is he still the same..."

Shi Jing followed her gaze and found that Lian Ping was enthusiastically serving tea and water, handing out forms, and running up and down.

"Let him go." Shi Jing didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

On this day, Ai Qiu rarely appeared.

Shi Jing was surprised: "Are you going to return the book?"

"Yes." Ai Qiu said happily, no longer wearing formal clothes today, but changed into casual clothes, "Dai Li is dead, and my mission is completed."

As soon as she said it, Shi Jing realized that after they left that day, Dai Li himself was trapped inside.His house can only be used as a home, and it is all controlled by an intelligent system. Somehow it broke down, and no one can get out.

The days seemed dull but fulfilling. After Shi Jing got off work, she went shopping, cooking, and after eating, called her parents, exercised for a while, and continued to think about writing a report.Go to bed at ten o'clock.

There was no ups and downs in the sea tonight, Shi Jing lay down and looked at the stars in the night sky, and suddenly his heart moved.He stretched out his hand, and a star fell down, and it reached his hand, unfolding into a timeline.When he let go, it turned into a light spot and flew into the night sky.

[Why is the master still not asleep? ] notes.

"I want to ask you to come out for a stroll." Shi Jing said, "What image did you like when you were young?"

notes:【? ? 】

"A villain like the door?" Shi Jing asked.

【…】

All right.It seems that lemon essence does not like the same as others.

Shi Jing thought for a while and said: "Then, the hour is the sea."

The note confusedly said: [How can I become the sea? 】

However, during the calm time, the sea suddenly fluctuated, and something surged from the bottom of the sea.

【What's this? ] The note turned around, and it found that it had a head and a body.Turn it again, and it has tiny hands!

Shi Jing reached out to it: "Welcome back."

The note said confusedly: "Who is welcome? I've been here all along."

"Me." Shi Jing smiled, "I'm back."

……

The author has something to say: end of text.There should be... there is a small story.