Today is the first day after the New Year’s Day holiday. School starts, people return to work, and there are very few people in the city library. In the children’s reading room on the second floor, there are almost no children. Zeng Li went up to the third floor, went to the director’s office to sign in, and took the key to open the door of the lending room.

The first thing Zeng Li did when she entered the door was to put her gloves on, and put the books that she hadn’t had time to classify when she got off work yesterday, back on the shelf. After working for a while, she switched on the sensor at the door, sat down and turned on the computer on the table, and took a short breath.

She is in charge of the loan of academic books, so there are not many people, and when it is deserted, it is not as lively as the comprehensive social science book lending office on the first floor. Several former classmates were all envious when they knew that she was working here, saying that she could study hard at work, which was leisurely and fun, but only she knew the bitterness, and the pile of academic journals and professional books was not her taste at all. She has rarely suffered from insomnia since she went to work, because as long as she picks up a book from here and reads it in bed at night, she is guaranteed to fall asleep within ten minutes, which is more effective than sleeping pills.

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The computer was very old and took several minutes to turn on.

How does Zeng Li start her day? The first is to log in to QQ, then browse through Taobao, and finally open other popular websites.

At this time, her colleague Wu Wan Xia came in with a bowl of beef dumplings. When the two came together just now, Zeng Li opened the door first, and Wu Wan Xia went to buy breakfast, so Zeng Li hurriedly ate to fill her stomach while there was no one else, so as not to be educated again by the director.

“How much do you have to like chaoshou to be able to eat different flavours every day?” Wu Wan Xia asked puzzled.

“It’s the same reason that you only sing those few karaoke songs every time you go back.” Zeng Li smiled.

Wu Wan Xia glared at her and went back to her office. When Wu Wan Xia went out, someone came in. Zeng Li was so absorbed in eating and drinking that he didn’t even notice. Chewing something in her mouth, she clicked on the webpage to the popular local forum in A City. She sometimes looks at local food recommendations and hot events, such as which shopping malls are offering discount coupons, which cafes have special features, who is coming to hold a concert…

This New Year’s Day, there were probably a lot of people who had nothing to do, so they scrolled the posts enthusiastically. The one she saw in the past few days was sunk to the bottom, and the one at the top was written by a user with the ID “Oreo is proud”. It was published with the title “The most handsome professors at A University”.

Zeng Li was curious, stuffed a dumpling in her mouth, and clicked on it with the mouse.

The first person in the post is a teacher named Mu Cheng He. Zeng Li didn’t know him, but she often haunted the vicinity of A University and listened to the gossip of the students, so she was familiar with this name for a long time.

While gossiping about how Mu Cheng He is so handsome and amiable, the host uploaded photos to explain it. She is just like a professional paparazzi.

Zeng Li patiently scrolled down. After the first page was over, it was still Mu Cheng He. It continued to the second, third, and fourth pages. Most of the postings were A University students. Some people said they saw the campus online recommendation and came to look. On the fifth page, she saw the second protagonist—Ai Jing Chu.

When it was Ai Jing Chu’s turn, the host’s ramblings about Mu Cheng He stopped abruptly, and they only uploaded a few photos of Ai Jing Chu. The first one was a photo that Zeng Li had seen in the past, almost equivalent to a passport photo, sitting in white clothes with a blue background, and it had been pasted in the window at the entrance of their hospital. The second one is a group photo of the students’ graduation, and there is a small figure of him in it.

After uploading the two photos, the poster left only one sentence: ” Professor Ai, you will always be a wonderful flower in our medical school. In addition, the correct Baidu interpretation of the word wonderful here is: rare, special, outstanding, very beautiful. The flower is not a derogatory term in your wretched minds, classmates.”

Immediately afterwards, someone responded: “I love Mu Cheng He, he is the number one person in our school, and I don’t like Ai Jing Chu, although he is indeed very handsome.”

The poster actually dared to describe him as a flower. It seems that she doesn’t want to live anymore. Be careful and pull out the whole mouth for you to make porcelain.

“Do you want to vote? Run for the first place? I’ll vote for Ai Jing Chu. Although I love Mu Cheng He very much, Professor Ai is too fierce. If he finishes second, he will be upset and give us all away.” What should I do then? Cry.”

“Lord, I know who you are, but you have to hold on, don’t expose yourself, and continue with Ai Jing Chu, I’m so looking forward to it.”

“It’s very Mu Cheng He, but Ai Jing Chu exploded too few, it’s really useless.”

“I don’t like Ai Jing Chu! Cross-departmental follow-up is declined.”

“That’s Chenghe, He Sheng Jing Chu.”

“I’m here to watch. Why isn’t there a fruit photo in Lanzhou?”

Zeng Li read page by page, with the corners of his mouth raised.

Her mouse gradually slid down, and when she reached the bottom of the page, she suddenly saw a sentence:

“Wiping off sweat, I said secretly with the lid on the pot. Didn’t anyone find out that the combination of their last names is a famous domestic bra brand?”

Zeng Li didn’t understand it at first glance, but after thinking about it again, she suddenly realised that she couldn’t hold back, and burst out laughing.

At this time, a reader who borrowed books was walking to her desk, and put the two borrowed books and the library card between her breakfast cardboard box and the computer.

With a smile, Zeng Li sprayed the remaining chaoshou skin, chaoshou stuffing and celery powder on the opponent’s hands and books.

She was shocked for a moment, and hurriedly wiped it with her hands, but she felt it was wrong when she stretched it out, so she used the paper towels in the drawer instead, and pulled out a few paper towels. She hurriedly apologised, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

She stood up while talking, then bent down and picked up a tissue to wipe the other party’s hands. Unexpectedly, the other party withdrew his hand and said, “Fortunately, it wasn’t the face that was sprayed.”

The tone of voice is neither urgent nor slow, and there is no feeling of emotion. While the voice sounded low and light, it also had a subtle texture.

When Zeng Li heard this voice, her heart moved, and she slowly raised her head, as if the time machine had been mistakenly pressed into slow motion. Her eyes moved from his hands to the buttons of his clothes, and then slowly upwards, His skirt, his neck, and finally his face.

The young man’s face had clear outlines, but his eyes were narrow and dark, like ink.

Zeng Li was stunned, forced herself to lower her head, continued to wipe the library card on his book, and then picked up the code scanner to check out the book for him.

He picked up the book and left without saying a word, or even looking at her.

After he left for a long time, Zeng Li was staring out the window in a daze, until the second reader came to return the book, and she came back to her senses, and moved the mouse to exit the computer from the screen saver.

What appeared on the screen was the book borrowing page just now.

The column of the borrower shows three Chinese characters:

艾 景 初 (Ai Jing Chu).

1. Tencent QQ, also known as QQ, is an instant messaging software service developed by Tencent.
2. Taobao is a Chinese online shopping platform.
3. Suanla chaoshou is a dish of Sichuan cuisine that consists of a spicy sauce over boiled, meat-filled dumplings.
4. Aímer 首页 is a Chinese women’s underwear brand that sounds like Ai 艾 Mu 慕.