What she cherished
The temperature is gradually rising, and summer comes earlier every year.
It's cloudy with occasional sunshine today, and the long-lost sunshine penetrates the damp and rotten corners.
In front of the gate of the Anti-War Memorial Hall, a man standing out from the crowd was waiting quietly, carrying a black backpack.
The sunlight was like spilled golden paint, sprinkling on his light grey windbreaker, all of which was buttoned up as always.
At this moment, he was like a warm and slightly sweet milkshake.
At 10 o'clock, he saw the car parked and smiled gently.
Children and people of the opposite sex passing by couldn't help but look back.
Lu Miao was wearing a blue denim jacket, and the fluorescent green earrings on her right ear were very eye-catching. She didn't wear boots today, but black sneakers under her black trousers.
She walked towards him in the sunshine, looking heroic.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Lu Miao glanced at his watch to make sure he was not late.
"I just arrived." Si Lan smiled and handed her a ticket.
"Thanks."
The two walked into the Anti-War Memorial Hall side by side.
The exhibition area on the first floor displays photos, disaster data, reports, etc. left over from the nuclear explosion disaster of the last century, constantly reminding mankind of the sins they have committed.
Lu Miao stopped in front of the "mushroom cloud" photo, and the glass of the display case reflected her unclear face.
Si Lan looked at the photo. "Why did you choose to come to the Anti-War Memorial Hall?"
She stepped forward and came to the photo of the radiation sickness patient.
The person in the photo had his legs blown off, and his exposed face and skin were covered with swollen flesh.
She asked Si Lan, "Do you think it would be better to be killed immediately or to survive at all costs?"
He paused for a moment. "For some people, living means hope."
“Live to witness this devastated world?”
"Does it have anything to do with the field of ghost stories you entered?"
Lu Miao stared at the photos of the seriously injured. "They actually envy us. One is a world that is about to end, and the other is a world of slow destruction."
"It proves that they still have hope of survival."
"I don't understand."
“Is there anyone or anything you want to cherish right now?”
Lu Miao couldn't answer and stared at Si Lan's clear black eyes without blinking.
He continued, “Why not try to find the things that keep you alive?”
She looked away. "Yes."
“Should I live for others or for myself?”
She was silent.
She felt there was no difference in living just for the sake of living.
A mother and son passed behind them and they heard their conversation.
The little boy in the baseball cap asked his mother, "Mom, why did they set off bombs when so many people were injured?"
The mother was helpless: "Because they want to prove who is stronger."
Little boy: “Why?”
Mom: "Because humans are arrogant."
Little boy: "What do you mean by arrogant?"
Mom touched his head. "You don't need to understand what arrogance is. You just need to understand that when the bomb comes, your fire truck, your dinosaur doll, your friends, your parents will all be gone, so you have to learn to love them and cherish them."
The little boy cried, "Woooa ...
The mother picked up the little boy with concern and went somewhere else.
Si Lan smiled and said, "Look, children also have people and toys they cherish, and you can find them too."
Lu Miao pursed her lips: "Are you laughing at me for not being as good as a child?"
Then, the two of them wandered around the data exhibition area.
"Thank you for the watch. It's very useful." she said suddenly.
"That's good." Si Lan smiled.
The second floor is an arcade game that simulates an explosion. There is a 10D experience area, a sand table that simulates an explosion disaster, a science film about disaster survival, and explanations of nuclear explosions.
Robots replace tour guides to explain to tourists the principles of nuclear bomb explosions and how to survive after a disaster.
Lu Miao would never enter the 10D experience hall. Her experience was definitely a hundred times more real than the simulation in the experience hall.
She was curious about the robot narrator. "Your company is involved in bioengineering. Are you a programmer in this field?"
"Yes."
“Will robots replace grassroots workers in the future?”
Si Lan was very happy to hear her mention the future, and answered enthusiastically: "It is bound to happen. Although only mid- to high-end restaurants, museums, and five-star hotels are using robots now, they will become popular in the future."
"Can they replace us in the field of ghost stories to collect intelligence?"
He stopped smiling, his dark eyes deep. "At present, the only shortcoming that humans are concerned about is whether the information they record is polluting to humans."
Lu Miao said bluntly: "Once you solve this shortcoming, we will be out of work."
Robots have stronger logic than humans, so they are suitable for entering the field of ghost stories to make money.
Si Lan didn't comment and checked the time on his watch. "There is an open-air booth on the second floor for tourists to rest. How about we sit there for a while?"
"OK."
Clouds occasionally blocked the sun, making the open-air stands cool.
The two found an empty bench and sat down facing the tall buildings in the distance.
"There is one thing I want to apologize to you for."
She glanced sideways in surprise.
Si Lan gave an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry, I didn't know you didn't like going to restaurants that night. I should have found a more comfortable place to meet you."
So that's what it was.
Lu Miao said frankly: "It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I think it's too expensive."
He raised the corners of his lips and his eyes curved. "To make up for it, I made an inexpensive lunch."
Lu Miao thought he had heard wrongly. "Lunch?"
He took out two lunch boxes and two thermos bottles from his backpack with a smile. "This is my freshly squeezed orange juice and sandwiches."
Each sandwich is made of five layers, filled with green lettuce, cucumber, fried eggs and beef chunks, and the bright red ketchup has a sour and sweet smell.
Lu Miao shamelessly admitted that he was hungry.
"Are these ingredients left over from last time?"
Si Lan couldn't help laughing. "Of course not. I got it when I entered the field of ghost stories yesterday."
"yesterday?"
"I was leaving get off work in the early hours of yesterday morning when I encountered a strange area that was glowing red - it was a bank."
"You just went in? Aren't you sleepy?"
"Programmers can stay up late." His smile was a little shy.
Lu Miao admired him. "When did you escape?"
"In the morning. The field of ghost stories is not that big, so it's not that difficult."
She secretly thought that he was also a ruthless person.
"What should I do at work today?"
"I took a day off." He said it as a matter of course, his black eyes sparkling.
She joked: "If you continue to go to work, I will suspect that you are a robot disguised as a human."
Si Lan blinked. "If I were not human, would you still be friends with me?"
"The premise is that you won't create spiritual pollution."
His eyes were full of smiles. "Try it?"
Lu Miao stared at the delicious sandwich and took the lunch box without hesitation. "Thank you."
The children next to them were envious and drooling.
She took a bite in front of the children.
The sweet and sour tomato sauce is very fresh!
Her eyes were like stars. "Did you make the ketchup yourself?"
"Yes, is it delicious?" He took a sip of orange juice first.
"Delicious." She looked at the delicious sandwich in her hand. "I found something precious."
Si Lan looked at him with a smile.
“Good food is worth the struggle.”
"Your eyes are brighter than before, like shining stars."
Lu Miao was almost choked by the sudden praise and quickly drank orange juice to cover it up. His ears turned a little red.
The breeze slowly blows the clouds in the sky, slowly pushing their souls closer to each other.
She noticed again that Si Lan would take a sip of orange juice after taking his seventh bite. "Your eating habits are very regular."
He nodded. "Routine makes us feel safe."
"Are you insecure?"
“I create safety.”
Lu Miao thought about his words and thought that maybe it had something to do with his profession.
While she was absent-minded, a tissue next to her was blown to the ground by the wind.
She bent down to pick it up.
Unexpectedly, Si Lan next to him also went to pick it up, and their hands were put together at the same time.
The body temperatures of the two blended for a moment.
"Sorry." Si Lan withdrew his hand politely.
Lu Miao was secretly shocked.
The feeling just now seemed familiar.
"It doesn't matter……"
Si Lan pondered for a few seconds and asked cautiously: "Can I call you Xiaolu from now on?"
"Okay." She didn't think too much about it.
Si Lan smiled happily.
After lunch, the two left the Anti-War Memorial Hall. In the afternoon, Zhou Wu and Yu Xiaowan had to take the primary assessment, so Lu Miao had to hurry back.
Si Lan walked her to the front of the motorcycle.
He suddenly leaned close to her ear, catching her off guard.
"See you next time, little deer."
Not even the wind could blow away his soft whispers.
For no apparent reason, Lu Miao felt something was getting hot.
The cold motorcycle drove away from Si Lan's sight. He was in a very good mood under the sunshine and looked forward to the next meeting.
The primary assessment is divided into written test, psychological quality assessment and fighting skills. As long as the psychological quality and any one of them are qualified, it is considered that the primary assessment has been passed.
The assessment results will be announced on the same day.
Lu Miao felt a headache when he looked at the assessment results of the two people.
Both of them are students with only one subject.
I failed the written test on the weekend.
Yu Xiaowan's fighting skills are not up to standard.
However, the other two subjects of both of them were graded A.
"Oh, you two can do it!" Wang Keke was pleased. "Congratulations on officially joining the Fluorescent Green Team!"
He Pingan nodded. "Congratulations."
"The results of the assessment are good." In fact, Lu Miao did not pass the written test for the initial assessment.
"You can move into the dormitory now."
On that day, Lu Miao and Wang Keke went to help Yu Xiaowan move her luggage; Weekend politely declined He Ping'an's offer to ride a bicycle to help, preferring to take a taxi herself.
The same team lives on the same floor, and the five dormitories on the 6th floor are full.
Yu Xiaowan moved into the dormitory by herself. "I didn't want to make my mother worry, so I lied to her and said I was an extra-staff clerk and that living in the staff dormitory would be convenient for work. She happily agreed."
She felt ashamed for deceiving her mother.
"Your coming back alive will be the best explanation you can give to your mother." Lu Miao's tone softened.
"Well, stay alive!"
That night, Lu Miao received a call from Lu Xingyang.
"Miaomiao, call me Santa Claus, I am here to fulfill your wish."
"My wish is to become rich overnight and not have to work."
Lu Xingyang: "...It's hard for me to continue like this."
"Then stop talking nonsense."
"Ahem. There is an important closed strange story area that you need to crack, but the strange story area will not appear until midnight the day after tomorrow."
She asked, "Where?"
"For the city's TV stations, the only thing without power was the studio building."
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