Xie Chen forced himself to calm down temporarily.
Although the scene in front of him was in great contrast compared to before, it was still possible that it was an illusion.
"Illusion..."
"It's all an illusion..."
Xie Chen took a breath and murmured pretending to be calm.
But the scene in front of him still didn't change.
Old.
There even seemed to be a bit of dust in the air.
Xie Chen covered his mouth and nose and backed away reluctantly.
Although his steps were a little hurried, he still took several steps back steadily.
"Um?"
Xie Chen's expression showed some doubts, and he quickly rolled up his trouser legs in surprise.
The bruises on my knees miraculously disappeared.
"this……"
Xiechen was about to speak but stopped.
While looking at the pocket watch in his hand, a trace of doubt arose in his heart.
Is it possible that this pocket watch also has the ability to relieve the illusion of scenes?
But this is still somewhat unrealistic.
Why didn't this pocket watch show any ability before? It was only this time that I had such a reaction...
Xie Chen took a deep breath.
When I thought about sleeping on such a dirty bed, my whole body started to feel itchy.
Xie Chen quickly opened the door and turned out without looking back.
I really don't want to stay here any longer.
Xie Chen just closed the door.
A long shadow stretched in the corridor, blocking his sight.
Xie Chen frowned very alertly, his eyes a little solemn.
But it's not Luogu language.
It was a rather old man, standing with his hands behind his back.
Xie Chen didn't dare to be careless at all. After all, Luo Guyu's figure was gone, and he didn't know who this old man was.
Xie Chen thought of something and subconsciously pretended to hold the door panel with a sad expression on his face.
But the old man just stood there blankly, staring straight at himself.
Other than that, there was no movement at all.
Seeing that he was indifferent, Xie Chen did not act rashly.
Although the atmosphere was awkward, fortunately he was thick-skinned and could still maintain a stalemate with this old guy for the time being.
Xie Chen leaned against the door, pretending to lean over and rub his knees. At the same time, he glanced out of the corner of his eyes and secretly observed the movements of the old man in front of him.
The old man stood hunched over and walked steadily, unlike the kind of person whose legs and feet become weak as he gets older and whose legs tremble after standing for a long time.
As time passes.
Almost two or three minutes.
The old man's brows wrinkled visibly, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes became more obvious as his eyes moved.
"Young man, do you know where the toilet is?"
"ah?"
After the old man spoke, Xie Chen was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to respond to him.
But in fact, the more important thing is that I never expected that this old man stood there and confronted me for so long, and finally just said such a nonsense question.
"What's the matter, young man?"
"Ah, you don't know either?"
"Then it seems I can only ask other people."
The old man shook his head with regret, put his hands behind his back, turned around and walked towards the second floor.
"Hey, uncle, wait a minute."
Xie Chen straightened up, stretched out his hand and shouted.
The old man also turned around.
"What's up, young man, do you have anything else to do?"
Xie Chen gritted his teeth and clenched his fists slightly.
"Which is it you who have trouble with me or I who have trouble with you?"
He didn't say this loudly, and the old man was a little hard of hearing, so he immediately tilted his head and cocked his ears.
"What, young man?"
"What are you talking about? Young people need to speak louder."
Xie Chen bit his lip, calmed down and asked seriously: "Old man, why did you come to our second floor?"
"Our second floor is not the business premises of a swimming pool."
Finished two sentences.
The old man still had his head tilted up, with a look of impatience on his face.
"If you want to say anything, just say it quickly. I'm in a hurry, old man, and I'm still waiting to urinate like this."
Xie Chen also gave up his disguise, strode to the old man's side, put his hand close to his ear and shouted loudly.
"What now!?"
"Can you still hear me clearly?"
The old man took two steps back and looked at himself with his eyes open.
"It's pretty much the same now, it would be great if it was like this earlier."
The old man spoke softly with a slightly hoarse voice.
Xie Chen suppressed the anger in his heart and maintained a tireless attitude.
"Ah, yes, I was abrupt and didn't think carefully enough."
Xie Chen thought that when he said these few words, he almost used up all the strength he had ever had in his life.
The old man nodded with great satisfaction.
"That's good, that's good. We just need to maintain this attitude."
"But young man, where is your toilet?"
Xie Chen pointed his finger downstairs and shouted: "Downstairs."
The old man then gave a thumbs up and nodded in praise.
"Not bad, a guy like you is a good person."
"correct."
"What were you doing squatting at the door just now?"
Xie Chen shook his head, not wanting this useless question to be a waste of time.
"It's fine."
"Your swimming pool has very few guests. If this continues, I guess I won't even be able to afford you."
Listening to the old man's words, Xie Chen couldn't help but look puzzled.
Why would this old man say this?
After he just left the room, he was not only confronting the old man, but also observing the scene around the second floor.
But I found that there were no traces of old age.
Still the same as before.
"Could it be that the pocket watch can only be effective within such a small range?"
Xie Chen was a little confused.
The old man saw Xie Chen moving his mouth up and down after listening to his words, and he also felt doubtful.
"Young man."
"What are you mumbling about, you rambling nonsense?"
"well……"
"I guess you are also worried about losing your job, right?"
"There is nothing we can do about it. I can only say that the young man who runs the swimming pool does not manage it properly."
"Old man, I'm sorry too."
"Obviously my sweet grandson used to like swimming here the most."
As Xie Chen listened to the old man's explanation word for word, his heart felt a little more turbulent.
If that is the case, the old man in front of me actually knows the director of the swimming pool?
And he is a frequent visitor to this swimming pool?
"Old man, old man."
Xie Chen held the old man's hand very attentively and slowly walked towards the stairs.
"I think our swimming pool is quite new. There were quite a few customers yesterday. How could we just say no?"
Xie Chen tried to use the perspective he saw to let the old man refute him, so as to find out the wrong information in his perspective.
The old man touched his beard and looked confused.
"Were there any guests yesterday?"
"Old man, I was drinking tea in the security room outside for a long time. How come I didn't know that something like this happened?"
Xie Chen looked shocked.
yesterday?
I clearly stayed in the security room for a while yesterday afternoon, but I didn't see the old man at all.
"Old man, are you telling the truth?"
"You're not fooling me, are you?"
After hearing what Xie Chen said, the old man immediately stared back at him.
Xie Chen also closed his mouth.
After finally getting such a few useful clues, this old man is now his important "guest".
For this reason, Xie Chen lowered his attitude a lot.
"Hey, old man."
"You said you were drinking tea and chatting in the security room yesterday?"
With Xie Chen's support, the old man slowly walked down the stairs at an extremely slow speed.
"What did you say?"
Xie Chen's face was covered with black lines.
He has to be deaf at the critical moment, and there really isn't much he can do against him.
"I mean!"
"Did you stay in the security room yesterday?"
The old man blinked and looked at Xie Chen, then nodded slightly.
"yes."
"But I went there in the afternoon and didn't stay there all day."
Xie Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, as he thought, the swimming pool the old man described was probably not in the same time and space as himself now.
It's just a key point in time and space switching.
Xie Chen still didn't think it was on the pocket watch.
The most important thing is probably in this copy.
It's just that I don't have a clue how to trigger it.
Walking up the stairs step by step.
In the blink of an eye, he had already helped the old man to the first floor.
However, there are still many guests today, and it is not empty as the old man said.
Jiang Wanqiao was still wearing headphones on the platform.
It's just that this time he wasn't taking a break, but was looking around, as if he was fulfilling his duties as a lifeguard.
When Xiechen helped the old man to the first floor.
Jiang Wanqiao also noticed the movement here immediately.
There was some surprise in her eyes.
Xie Chen also knew what she meant.
He was probably thinking why he suddenly ran downstairs?
And he can even move his legs.
But what he didn't expect was that Jiang Wanqiao took off his headphones and hung them around his neck, turned over and slid down the railing from the platform.
Then he ran towards him quickly.
Seeing this girl standing in front of him, Xie Chen tried his best to keep his expression steady.
"What's wrong?"
"What's the matter?"
Jiang Wanqiao looked at Xie Chen, who had a calm expression, with a very serious expression.
"Do you think it'll be okay?"
Xie Chen did not dare to look directly into her eyes, but glanced towards the ground.
After all, it's not easy for me to explain to her how good I am.
Jiang Wanqiao pointed at Xie Chen's knees.
"I hope you can explain it to me properly."
"Are you just pretending, or are you lying to me in everything you say from beginning to end?"
Xie Chen's heart skipped a beat.
Only then did I realize the seriousness of the matter.
The topics I discussed with her before were also based on basic temporary trust.
Now that he was arrogantly appearing downstairs in the swimming pool, it was tantamount to "attracting bees and butterflies" in front of Jiang Wanqiao.
"Forehead……"
"I don't know how to explain this to you."
Xie Chen stammered and couldn't think of a good excuse for a while.
"Young man, why are you standing still?"
The old man looked at him with a puzzled look, and there was obvious bloodshot eyes.
