Jiangcheng.
street of delicacies.
The sky has just darkened, and the neon lights on the street have been lit up, colorful and gorgeous.
Under the neon light, two long queues of stalls have been filled with people, old and young, men and women.
It's a hot summer night.
Most of the men were naked, sweating and eating hot pot and drinking beer, while the women were exposed in their clothes, exposing large areas of skin for free to watch and support, laughing profligately and punching with men loudly... All of them were eating, laughing, shouting, scolding
The crowd is buzzing with excitement.
In this lively scene, a man in his thirties appeared in the food street. He was wearing a poor white shirt and a pair of jeans that were worn like a beggar's outfit. His shabby clothes did not match his demeanor at all.
His expression was numb, his eyes were empty, and he walked mechanically. The bustling scenes around him seemed to be different from his own. No one knows that this man, named Zhang Cheng, is a walking corpse. His business has just gone bankrupt. This afternoon, he just divorced his wife who has been married for more than a year.
Now, the neon in front of him is all gray, and the world of mortals is like smoke before his eyes.
A little Taimei, who was full of alcohol and wore an exposed navel dress, stumbled against Zhang Cheng, raised a heavily dressed face, and said in a daze, "Ouch, big brother, what are you doing when you hit me? Do you want to eat others' tofu?"
Zhang Cheng didn't even look at her and walked straight ahead. At the end of the street, he paused, hesitated, turned into a department store called "Good Luck", and bought himself a case of Yanjing fresh beer.
The community where Zhang Cheng lives is near here. He used to buy things here because he was on the way. He is a regular customer of this shop and knows the female boss well. Zhang Cheng knows that the boss is an elderly leftover woman and the female boss also knows that Zhang Cheng was a big boss before, but the business went bankrupt recently.
The female boss, Wang Juyi, 28 years old, is a very capable woman. She has not only this store, but also several branches in Jiangcheng. Because I was busy with business, I didn't pay attention to my own life, so I left it.
When she saw Zhang Cheng in a state of desperation, she could not bear it. Her red lips lit up and she could not help saying, "Ah Cheng, don't be too sad, cheer up. What's the big deal? Let's start again when the business loses..."
Zhang Cheng knew that this woman, Wang Juyi, had always been interested in herself, but she gave up the idea after her marriage.
"Start over..." Zhang Cheng shook his head: "It's easy to say... but hard to do..."
After more than ten years of hard work, only he knows that hard work is a small matter. What is important is that all the efforts will never come back...... Youth...... Family...... Health...... There are many more
Wang Juyi sighed and asked, "Hey? Where's Heyan? Why didn't he come with you?"
"I left! I went to the Civil Affairs Bureau this afternoon!" Zhang Cheng said simply.
After hearing this, Wang Juyi's eyes brightened. Unnaturally, she raised her white fingers and pulled off her hair, which fell on her beautiful temples. She said, "It's good to leave. I can only share happiness with women who can't suffer together. There's nothing to miss!"
Zhang Cheng nodded and smiled bitterly. He stopped talking and was about to leave when Wang Juyi stopped him. Wang Juyi quickly took out a package of newly bought packaged food from the shop from the commodity counter and handed it to him, saying, "No, I'll give you a package of dried squid to drink..."
Zhang Cheng felt warm and said thanks. Without looking at it, he grabbed it and left.
Return to the Lvyuan Community where you live.
This house in Lvyuan Community was bought by Zhang Cheng three years ago. It has two rooms, one living room, an oversized balcony and more than 100 square meters. At that time, he had already started his business and made some money. So he bought this house with the goal of getting married and having children as soon as possible. According to his parents' wishes before going abroad, he built it for the Zhang family as soon as possible.
As a result, the man had already divorced before he was invented.
Her wife, Heyan, is a woman with deep city government. Before marriage, she showed considerable tenderness and love. After marriage, she showed her nature of being indifferent and disinterested. It turned out that she only cared for her own face and body. For the sake of her body and face, she refused to have children.
Moreover, the heartless woman is sentimental about money. With the bankruptcy of Zhang Cheng's business, she directly said goodbye to Zhang Cheng, and instead threw herself into the arms of the son of a nouveau riche named Li Chang.
What's more hateful is that when she was going through divorce this afternoon, Heyan also claimed to have Zhang Cheng's house as her youth compensation. Because it was Zhang Cheng's personal property before marriage, Zhang Cheng naturally refused. Unexpectedly, Heyan threatened that she would bring someone to ask for the house tomorrow. If Zhang Cheng didn't agree to give it, Li Chang would trouble him.
Zhang Cheng has seen Li Chang and heard of his bad name, which is a tyrant in the food street. After marrying Zhang Cheng, Heyan worked as the lobby manager in a hotel called Hongbin Building in the Food Street. It must be at that time that the two met.
Open the door and enter the living room, kick off his shoes, and Zhang Cheng goes directly to the balcony with beer.
On the spacious balcony, the cool breeze is blowing. There is a round table and two back chairs in the center of the balcony. Zhang Cheng puts the whole box of beer on the table, then kicks over the chair that Heyan often sits on, sits down on the other chair, opens the beer packaging box, takes out one, bites the bottle cap with his teeth, and blows the bottle.
drown one's sorrows in wine.
After years of hard work in business, Zhang Cheng has developed a good drinking capacity. However, he also drinks bad. Although he seems to have gained weight in the past two years, he is actually puffy.
He is 35 years old this year. His body is very weak, his skin is loose, his head has white hair, and his face has wrinkles. Although he is not seriously ill, he is not healthy, and he is in a "sub-health" state.
Although he is only in his thirties, people will not doubt him even if he claims to be forty.
It can be seen from this that Heyan only married him for money, because she is only 25 years old now. He is ten years younger than Zhang Cheng, and his appearance is not bad.
Zhang Cheng plans to get drunk tonight, but he feels dizzy after only drinking one bottle. So he opens the squid bag presented by the shop owner and drinks it.
Seeing the squid, Zhang Cheng thought of Wang Juyi's words again, smiled at himself, and muttered, "Start again... I'm running for the fourth place, and there's only this house left under my name. What should I do again..."
The past is like the bitter liquid in the wine cup. The more he drinks, the more he feels. He will drink more and more. After drinking six bottles in a row, he finally gets down and sleeps on the table.
The night was getting deeper and deeper. At midnight, when the bell rang at zero, a blue light fell from the sky, like a meteor across the sky, and unexpectedly came towards the balcony. Finally, it quickly hit Zhang Cheng's head.
Zhang Cheng was shocked physically and mentally. My mind is clear. At this time, he heard a mechanical female voice in his mind: "The outer space software age modifier found a boarding target, and now it is being installed... KaKaKaKaKa..."
Hearing the sound, Zhang Cheng was shocked. He sat up straight and listened with bated breath. The strange sound in his head kept ringing. It took about half a minute for the sound to stop. Then there was the mechanical female voice, saying, "After installation, now we are bound to the host's soul..."
Hearing this, Zhang Cheng shook his whole body. After drinking a lot of beer, he broke into a cold sweat and his mind became clear.
He patted his forehead and felt quite normal, but the voice in his head was still ringing: "Dear host, the outer space software age modifier has been installed and bound to your soul. Do you want to experience it now..."
Zhang Cheng turned his head. The balcony was empty. He was alone. It could not be someone else's voice, and he clearly felt that the voice was coming from his mind. Zhang Cheng, who never believed in evil, was also in a panic at this time. He could not help saying, "Who are you?"
"I am a software from outer space, called Age Modifier. Now I am lodged in your brain and bound to your soul. Now I belong to you completely, and you can use it at any time..."
"Er... Really?" Zhang Cheng finally confirmed that he had got a piece of software, just like the hero in an online novel got a power. At this time, even if he was calm, he was also excited and expectant... "So, what functions does this software have?"
"Dear host, the function of the software is to modify the age."
Surprised, Zhang Cheng said, "Is it so magical to change the age?"
"Yes, the host, for example, you are now 35 years old. If you want to turn back to 25 years old, the software can help you..."
Before the system finished speaking, Zhang Cheng could not wait to say, "Really?"
"Dear host, if you don't believe it, you can experience it now..."
"Er......" Zhang Cheng rubbed his hands in surprise and said, "How can I operate it?"
"Just one idea." The system voice said: "Dear host, whether you are operating the software or communicating with me, you can pass the idea."
"Er......" Zhang Cheng suddenly felt.
When he was in junior high school, he also read the network power novel. Although he knew that it was a fantasy product and he was in reality, the power on the software was similar to that described in the network novel, so he understood it at one point. When he understood it, he listened to the click sound in his mind, and a big virtual screen appeared in his sight.
It seems to be a computer interface:
Do you want to turn on the age modifier
[Yes] [No]
*Note: Please click with your mind.
……
Zhang Cheng clicked [Yes] with his idea
The virtual screen flashes, and the following content pops up on the interface:
Welcome to the Age Modifier
Age modifier function:
[NO.1: age of modifier]
[NO.2: Modify the age of animals]
[NO.3: Modify the age of plants]
[NO.4: age of modified microorganism]
……
