After following a few people who had finished eating in the cafeteria and walked out into the new foyer, Jing Shaowei took off his hat and took a long breath of fresh air.
The sunset in summer is later than in other seasons. Jing Shaowei walked a little way to find the direction of the setting sun. After determining the direction, he sat on the roadside and watched the sunset for a while.
This place, whether it is a town or a county town, seems to have a serious loss of young people. Jing Shaowei sat on the roadside for half an hour and only saw a van swaying past in front of him, with the driver's window wide open.
, is a man who looks to be in his thirties.
But it was obviously the rush hour after get off work. Is it because her location was too remote that she didn't see anyone passing by?
She stood up, patted the dirt, and walked towards the residential building she had seen this afternoon.
This place is too remote. There won't be anyone going home in the residential building, right?
Low buildings do not require high discernment. Jing Shaowei quickly walked to the gate of the "Happy Community". She did not rush in, but turned around and looked back at the "tall building" where the research institute is located.
It was the tallest building in this area, but from the outside it looked like it only had 12 floors. The 18th floor she was on was completely nonsense. Jing Shaowei wanted to find the information about his dormitory through the windows on the entire wall.
location, but unsurprisingly failed.
Except for the first floor, all the windows were exactly the same. She couldn't tell the difference between the old and new ones. She had known better than to replace them with new ones, Jing Shaowei thought, but then she thought, she couldn't "steal" them without calling the logistics department.
When it comes to the exit card, it doesn't mean much to her trapped in the building whether to replace it or not.
Facts have proved that the roadside Jing Shaowei just chose is indeed a bit far away, but there are indeed few young people in this place. She stood at the gate of the community for more than ten minutes, attracting frequent glances from the uncle in the communication room. In this way, she only
I saw five or six "young adults" who looked to be between 20 and 40 years old entering the community.
There was no purpose for coming out anyway, so Jing Shaowei simply stood there and discussed the situation of this town with Jiang Zhongli with a smile.
"If there are few young people, then how many old people and children are left behind?" Jiang Chongli does not think that this phenomenon is the siphon effect of the city. Except for really backward and isolated mountain villages, it is impossible for a town of this size to have only so many young people.
"There don't seem to be many. They all look deserted and empty." Jing Shaowei doesn't quite understand what Jiang Chongli means. In her eyes, this place is a true reflection of backward development, with few people, low buildings, and narrow roads.
There are no bright spots, and I don’t know where to start if I want to develop.
Jiang Zhongli didn't actually see the scene Jing Shaowei mentioned, and he couldn't express his guess. He could only change the topic first: "Okay, where are you going to go next? Are you going back tonight?"
"Go back? Why go back after you've already come out?" Jing Shaowei's tone was exaggerated, as if Jiang Chongli had said something treasonous.
Seeing that Jiang Zhongli ignored her, she kicked the pebbles under her feet boredly and said, "You can follow the crowd back tomorrow morning. There are too few people now and the target is too big to operate."
Jiang Chongli said "hmm" and said no more.
After he said what he just said, he felt very guilty. Originally, if Jing Shaowei was alone and she didn't want to stay in the institute, she could have left today. But because of his existence and the existence of soul exchange, it was like
It was a chain that tied the two of them together, preventing Jing Shaowei from being alone.
Although she now has a way to get out, her body is still in the research institute, and the soul exchange has not been disconnected or disappeared. She has just changed from a bird in a cage to a bird with anklets. It seems that
Escape is actually a long way from freedom.
He knew this, and so did she. She had even planned the time and method of going back tomorrow.
Jiang Chongli couldn't help but feel a little more guilty.
"Girl, where are you waiting?" The guard in the reception room saw Jing Shaowei standing here for a long time. Just now he glanced at the entrance of the community from time to time, and then he started to be in a daze. Whether it was out of responsibility or enthusiasm, he
I have to come up and ask.
Jing Shaowei's thoughts were interrupted by a sudden voice coming from beside her. She turned around and saw that it was the old man who was shaking the fan in the reception room just now. The fan was still in his hand.
She nodded: "Waiting for my brother."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a "gurgling" sound from her stomach, which made her feel embarrassed all of a sudden.
She had not eaten anything since she and Lin Geng and Chen Xiao had a tasteless meal at noon. After experiencing so much, the trivial matter of eating had been forgotten by her.
She was also nervously planning to go out during the meal time after work in the afternoon. She never thought that she could stop by the restaurant to buy something to eat. Now that she had been out for more than an hour, she relaxed and her stomach dared to make a slight protest.
The guard's somewhat wary eyes disappeared completely after hearing the protest from Jing Shaowei's stomach. He waved his fan and asked with a smile: "Where does your brother live? Why isn't he coming back? Have you called?"
Jing Shaowei blushed a little, but her shyness did not affect her acting in front of outsiders: "No, I dropped my phone. My brother asked me for a second-hand one from his buddy. He said he would be back in half an hour."
Hearing this, the uncle looked disapproving: "Why do you, brother, give me someone else's old mobile phone? Ask him to buy you a new one! Girl, I'll wait with you. When your brother comes, I have to talk to him."
, an old man like me doesn’t even use my son’s old mobile phone, how can I let the little girl use someone else’s old mobile phone!”
Jing Shaowei's face turned even redder. Part of it was because he was really embarrassed, and the other part was suppressing his laughter. She waved her hands quickly: "It's okay, uncle. My brother contacted me about my job, and he said it's not allowed over there.
Use your mobile phone, there is no need to buy a new one." After saying that, he looked up at the building of the institute with a look of yearning.
The uncle's indignant expression paused, and he turned around and looked Jing Shaowei up and down. He looked at Jing Shaowei until his heart pounded, then he shook his fan and said in an unclear tone: "That's new, isn't it? Well, it's pretty good.
That’s good, you really don’t need a mobile phone.”
"Okay, girl, just wait a minute. I'll go back to work first. If your brother hasn't come yet, give him a call and come over and use my cell phone." The uncle said these words and turned around and went back.
Jing Shaowei was not stupid. He clearly felt the change in the guard's attitude before and after she told him about his work. Although he could not get more information, this attitude was enough to explain the problem.
