Time manager

The lights in the thrift store dimmed, and Boss Yang muttered and reset the wrong switch.

"What question mark?" Chen Nian said confusedly.

"Manager." Shi Jing reminded.

Chen Nian just stared at him and didn't speak.

Shi Jing looked around and said, "Old Yang is one of our own."

Boss Yang was overjoyed, grinning and said, "Oh, it's only Mr. Shi who doesn't see you."

He said again: "If you are afraid that the old man will eavesdrop, you can go inside and talk."

With that said, he turned on more switches.The storage racks inside were originally very dark, but now they are lit up here and there.It can be seen that those strange lights hidden in large and small sizes are also Boss Yang's collection.

Chen Nian said softly, "No, I just... want to hug a cat too."

Shi Jing satisfied him wordlessly.

Chen Nian hugged the orange cat, walked happily inside, and said, "Okay, you can ask."

Shi Jing said helplessly, "You asked."

Chen Nian rubbed the orange cat's fluffy ears, with a blank expression on his face: "What am I asking? I have no problem. I have a cat and that's enough!"

"..." Shi Jing had no choice but to briefly describe his mantra after drinking.

Chen Nian hurriedly said: "No! I must be drunk and talking nonsense. Don't worry about it."

Shi Jing said frankly: "I did handle your book later, but I didn't expect it to be related to the system at the time. Moreover, the commissioner is responsible for the transfer of the library, and I can't interfere. In addition, let me correct one point, the manager and the system. Existence is not an absolute opposite."

Chen Nian hesitated and said, "But they said that the managers once set off a disaster and wanted to get rid of everyone who owns the system."

"One-sided words." Shi Jing said, "Some people on the manager's side think that the system holders are uniting to deal with them, so what do you say?"

Chen Nian thought about it, feeling a little annoyed. "I don't know! If it's not true, why is the forum spreading such rumors?"

Shi Jing said slowly: "Because someone wants to use you to get rid of the manager."

"Get rid of it?" Chen Nian's eyes widened, "What's good for them?"

Shi Jing didn't understand either, but after thinking about the legend of the seven tools that Lian Ping told him, he guessed, "Become a god?"

Chen Nian took out his mobile phone, swiped it twice, and said expressionlessly: "If I hadn't carried technology products with me, I would have almost believed it."

Shi Jing couldn't laugh or cry, "Then you still believe them."

"I didn't really believe them either. I just felt a little humble and didn't dare to think about it." Chen Nian defended in a low voice, lowering his head to rua the cat, "I didn't expect you to be such a big shot, Mr. Shi, and you would still help me. Why did you help me?" ..."

Shi Jing probably understood this confusion a little bit.When he was the head teacher, some students came to him and asked, why are some bullies willing to selflessly help poor students?It turned out that the student was forced by his family to recruit someone to make up the lessons, but he ended up recruiting the school committee of his own class. The school committee paid him to death but refused to take money. He was a little panicked.Shi Jing didn't want to talk nonsense, so he said, "Because you've dragged Xueba's class back."

He doesn't know what the school committee thinks, but now, he can say what he really thinks at the moment.

"Because I need your help too."

Chen Nian's expression froze for a moment, and he said, "I, I... can I?"

"You can communicate with animals, which is beyond the ability of ordinary people." Shi Jing sighed, and then asked: "Would you like to help me?"

"Of, of course!" Chen Nian said blankly, and he was embarrassed to pat his head: "My ability is nothing, and... the cognition of animals is also limited. Hey, to tell you the truth, I still answer questions on the forum. I have a mission. Someone is looking for a lost item, a special kind of bookmark, which cannot be burned, and must be made of wood. Look at this, the small animals can’t tell the difference, and many of them don’t even know what the bookmark is. The result Well, I had no choice but to come and ask Boss Yang for help."

bookmark?

Shi Jing felt a little familiar, but didn't remember it for a moment, but was puzzled by his approach: "So you don't mean to... buy a fake one?"

Chen Nian immediately blushed and said: "Ah, Mr. Shi, don't say it's so ugly to pretend. Anyway... it's right that the things meet the requirements of the other party, right? They didn't say they couldn't buy it, did they?"

Shi Jing was right when he thought about it.Thrift stores sell second-hand goods. Boss Yang often scours for treasures. Maybe he just happens to find lost items and let Chen Nian buy them?

He was wondering if he could learn something, when Boss Yang's voice came over, muttering. "Where did I put my knife..."

The old man came in, took a box from the small table next to Shi Jing, and said with a smile, "Oh, it really is here."

He asked again, "Didn't bother you?"

Shi Jing said that the chat was over, so he opened the box, took out a carving knife, sat at the other end of the table, and began to carve the wood chip in his hand.

The piece of wood is rectangular and thin, with strings hanging on it. The shape is very similar...

Shi Jing blurted out: "Bookmark?"

Boss Yang raised his head and pouted his mouth towards the opposite side: "Here, isn't there someone who wants to buy this? It seems that Teacher Shi knows someone, so I will reluctantly carve one for him."

He asked again, "Mr. Shi, do you want to have one too?"

Shi Jing: "..."

"No." Boss Yang actually said it right away, and Shi Jing felt a little pain in his face.

"For Teacher Shi, it's free."

"……All right."

Shi Jing looked opposite, Chen Nian didn't look embarrassed at all, instead, he leaned over and looked at the old man's engraving intently, while commenting: "I think this... is more like it."

Boss Yang took the money and responded to every request, and even asked Shi Jing what pattern he wanted.

Shi Jing had never used a bookmark.He pays more attention to numbers, and remembers which pages and lines he sees clearly when he reads a book, and he doesn't need bookmarks to mark them.However, Boss Yang carved it very delicately, and it is also good for collection.

So he looked at the dumpling in his arms and said, "Cat?"

"Oh. Let's engrave them one by one..." Boss Yang muttered.

Chen Nian got the bookmark, made an appointment with Shi Jing when he would bring the cat over next time, and left happily.

Shi Jing asked Boss Yang to engrave his work again when he had time, so he didn't have to be in a hurry, so as not to hurt his nerves.After all, the old man is getting old, and he has just finished engraving Chen Nian, so he is obviously very tired.

Moreover, Shi Jing has something else to ask him.

"What? Do you want the same notebook as last time?" Boss Yang was a little drowsy at first, but after hearing this, he no longer sleepy, and shouted angrily: "Mr. Shi, the things sold in the old man's shop are all unique. Yes, nothing is exactly the same!"

Shi Jing was a little helpless against the old man's stubbornness, but he still fought hard: "It doesn't have to be exactly the same. As long as it has an appearance, it doesn't need functions. For example, the dial doesn't need to move. I will pay for it together with the bookmark."

I don't know if he was moved by the latter, but Boss Yang finally let go.

Shi Jing was also a little sleepy, so he didn't stay any longer and said goodbye.

On the way, Note could not help but ask: [Why did the master do this? 】

"Find you a substitute." Shi Jing said, he is really not good at hiding things, so, for the safety of his notes, he decided to make a fake one.

The note was relieved, and began to urge him to go back quickly, talking about the red line in his hand.

Only then did Shi Jing notice that there was a thread thinner than a hair wrapped around the watch on his left hand. "The skill of traveling around?"

【It's okay, master hurry back, I can eliminate...】

As the note said, he suddenly changed his tone, and said mechanically: [Time...]

A black shadow rushed fiercely from behind the tree.

Shi Jing dodged sharply, but the man seemed to be tripped by something, and fell on his face to the ground.

【? ? ? 】

Danger rolls over on his own, and the note cuts off abruptly, a bit confused, failing to trigger stillness.

Shi Jing stepped forward hesitantly, patted him on the shoulder, and then asked the note: "How long can my single-target static skill last?"

【2 hours. 】

Shi Jing called the police, saying that someone passed out drunk on the side of the road and left.

He didn't know this person, but the sudden attack in the dark must have been aimed at the manager's tool.Normally, he would have to ask clearly, and then try to persuade him.But now, he is really sleepy!I can only trouble the police to take him away.

He left for a long time before a figure emerged from behind a tree on the side of the road. He carefully confirmed that no one was passing by, and fixed his eyes on the person who fell to the ground, motionless like a stone.