Since my birthday, there have been several winter rains in Hong Kong City. It did not gradually subside until the third day after New Year's Day.
The weather is still not sunny. The sudden drop in temperature and the coldness in the south make it easy for people to catch colds. Recently, several colleagues in the library have been infected one after another, including He Tianran, who has a habit of running in the morning.
"Ah~~嘁——!!"
Today, the library.
The man sitting at the reception desk was wrapped in a down jacket. He picked up the tissue paper on the table and blew his nose in a very inconspicuous manner, without any self-consciousness of a wealthy man.
He Tianran's work today officially started with a sneeze.
"Alas--"
Beside him, Senior Momoko's disgusted drawl sounded.
"Teacher He, do you have a cold too?"
"Yeah, I guess it's because there was a cold wind when I was running yesterday, and then I stayed up late at night studying questions and didn't sleep very well."
He Tianran turned on his work computer. His nose was slightly red and he spoke in a low voice.
"There is Xiaobuihu cold medicine bought by others in the cabinet. You can make a cup of it." Yao Qingtao reminded.
"No, I already had a drink in the dormitory when I came here."
"Don't worry, it's quite cold sitting here in the library. Please give me your thermos cup and I'll help you wash it. You can also hold a hand warmer."
Yao Qingtao said straightforwardly, and He Tianran felt warm in his heart.
"Thank you, Sister Taozi."
"Teacher He, why are you so polite?"
Passing her cup over, Senior Taozi neatly took two packets of cold medicine and walked to the water dispenser.
If it hadn't been for what Yao Qingtao mentioned just now, He Tianran wouldn't have paid much attention to it. It's quite cold to sit in the library for a long time in this winter. Although the room is already heated, there are people coming and going at all times right opposite the door. Here in Taiwan, you are destined to not enjoy the temperature.
He Tianran looked around. No matter how hot or cold the HKU library was, there was never a shortage of students. At this time, 70% to 80% of the nearly 500 study seats on the first floor of the library were occupied, even though some seats were still empty. But the books occupying the place on the table have already been placed.
In fact, He Tianran, who was at the service desk, felt quite satisfied every time he saw this scene.
After a while, Yao Qingtao came back with steaming cold medicine.
He Tianran took it in his hand. The water was a bit hot. He blew it and took a sip. The tip of his nose and mouth were full of the sweet smell of Bupleurum.
Just when he was about to talk about daily gossip, Yao Qingtao winked and glanced in one direction, and He Tianran looked at him in confusion.
About fifty meters away, he saw Cao Aiqing.
The girl is currently sitting in the middle seat of a long public table that can accommodate about 8 people. There are some drawings and architectural models on the table. It seems that everyone here is her classmates. At this moment, she is talking to Shen Qiuxu, who is sitting opposite her. While they were discussing something, the men and women at the other seats at the long table would interject a few words from time to time. After she listened, she would also turn around to communicate.
Their location was very good, very close to the heater. Perhaps because of this, Cao Aiqing took off his brown windbreaker and hung it on the back of the chair.
She wore a white turtleneck sweater, with the sleeves pulled down to her elbows, exposing two white arms. Her long hair was neatly tied up and tied behind her head, and her slender fingers moved the stylus flexibly. Occasionally, I will write down some chat content on my iPad.
Gee, Brother Tianran has never seen Cao Aiqing in this state.
"stare--"
Feeling the gossip around him, He Tianran withdrew his gaze, turned to Yao Qingtao aside, and asked:
"Hey Sister Taozi, why are there so many of them sitting there? Don't we have a discussion room for multiple people on the third floor? Is it full?"
"The heater on the third floor is broken. I just wrote the maintenance application before you came."
This kind of study discussion is fine with one or two people, but when there are more people, it is actually not suitable to have it on the floor in the public bookshelf area. After all, the vast majority of students here are quietly studying and reading, so it is common to encounter this kind of discussion. In this case, the administrator would go up and warn them, but fortunately, Cao Aiqing and the others also paid attention to it, and the sound of the discussion was within the acceptable range.
"That's it, that's okay."
He Tianran tilted his head and said, put on his headphones, opened the computer's browser, and prepared to chase and catch fish in such a grand manner.
"Hi~ Teacher He, don't you plan to go up and say hello?"
Yao Qingtao opened one of his headphones and exposed one ear.
"Others are busy, why should I say hello? Isn't this disturbing others?"
He Tianran stared at the anime drama that started playing on the screen, looking calm and calm.
"No...Teacher He, didn't you ask me for my dressing advice not long ago? Why are you going on a date with Cao Aiqing? Why are you so calm now?"
He Tianran kicked off the revolving chair, changed his position, faced Yao Qingtao, and said seriously with a strong nasal tone in his voice:
"Sister Taozi, who do you think I look like now?"
Yao Qingtao saw that he had taken off his hands of the heavy down jacket and just hung it on his back. He couldn't put it on properly, and he was still alive. At this time, he took a sip of the medicine and held the water cup in his hand, with a look of old god on his face. , not fighting against the world.
She couldn't help but vomit: "Teacher He, you look just like my dad doing nothing at home. The difference is that you are drinking Xiaobupleurum and he is drinking wolfberry. This momentary sense of sight But you are too strong, I don’t even dare to look at you..."
"Yes~" He Tianran deliberately pretended to be old-fashioned and said: "Daughter, today I have too many debuffs on my body. I am not in good condition and cannot gank. I will do a bad wave first and wait until my condition is full before I come out. wave."
Yao Qingtao couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and said: "Aren't you afraid that others will steal the big dragon?"
He Tianran shook his head, "Both parties haven't reached the sixth level yet, and they still stole the dragon. This is too much."
"Then why don't you quickly reveal your ultimate move?"
"No hurry, no hurry, hurry up, hurry up."
He Tianran said a few perfunctory words, put on the hood of his down jacket, turned around and hit the space play button, settled down and continued watching the movie. Yao Qingtao thought to himself that he had a cold and sneezing now, which was indeed not a good state. After all, Everyone wants to show their best side in front of the person they like. If it were him, he probably wouldn't have the heart to say hello, so he wouldn't try to persuade him.
Unfortunately, just fifteen minutes later, someone knocked on the table of the service desk in front of him.
He Tianran was still puzzled. He was in a relatively inner position, and because she knew he had a cold, Sister Taozi had taken the initiative to help him borrow and return books. The main reason was that she was afraid that he would suddenly sneeze while he was doing it. , it is not good to infect others.
And when He Tianran raised his head, Cao Aiqing was looking at himself huddled in the corner of the service desk with a puzzled look on his face...
"you……"
Cao Aiqing hesitated to speak, obviously unable to understand He Tianran's current appearance.
"Ah, I have a cold, cough..."
Really afraid of what might happen, He Tianran quickly took off his hat and showed his face.
He glanced in the direction of Yao Qingtao out of the corner of his eye. The girl was flipping through a book with a book in her hand, looking at her nose, nose and heart seriously. She didn't seem to care about what was happening on He Tianran's side, but her ears , but it’s like the Bagua antenna was erected early...
"That's it, then have you taken the medicine..."
Cao Aiqing expressed concern, but before he finished speaking, He Tianran picked up the small Bupleurum on hand and raised it. The meaning was obvious.
"...I want to borrow a copy of "A Hundred Years of Architectural Changes in Port City". I want the first edition. I couldn't find it on the library's website, only the second and third editions."
"Ah, let me take a look... But if you can't find it on the website, then this book probably isn't in the collection."
He Tianran helped her look for it backstage, and sure enough, it wasn't there.
"It's impossible. This book was edited by our teachers from the Department of Architecture. How come HKU doesn't have it?"
"...It's normal. There must not be many books of this type printed. The port city is only a few years old, and it still has a hundred years of architectural changes... There are historical records included in the background, but it shows that it is lost. This book has been published In the third edition, it will definitely be updated, and deficiencies will be checked and omitted. Isn’t the latest edition good?" He Tianran asked.
Cao Aiqing shook his head: "We have borrowed the latest version. The content is quite detailed, but it is missing a part about the detailed description of the religious buildings in the port city. This text is quite important. Our teacher specially asked us to borrow it for reference. ."
He Tianran understood instantly: "It was my birthday, and you were talking about the relocation of the church in Jiangnan District, right?"
"Yes, that's why we need to use this information. Is there any way?"
The man thought for a while and replied: "Wait a minute, let me take a look."
He searched in the database again. Thanks to the regional plan, the book data in the libraries of these universities in the university town are all interconnected, which allowed him to get the results quickly.
"Yes, the first edition of "A Hundred Years of Architectural Changes in Port City" you want is still available at the Academy of Fine Arts next door...fuck, it's still an only copy. We can transfer it to you, but it may take a day or two to borrow the book across libraries, Ai Qing If you're not in a hurry, you can wait. If you're in a hurry, just find a friend from the Academy of Fine Arts and ask him to borrow it for you."
Cao Aiqing said: "I'm not in a hurry. Naturally, you can help me adjust it first. Then I also want to borrow a copy of the design manuscript of a late old professor in our School of Architecture."
"This kind of thing belongs to your architectural institute's precious information. It can't be found online. You need an approval slip to borrow it."
"have!"
Cao Aiqing took out a loan slip signed and stamped by the department director and handed it over. After He Tianran confirmed it was correct, he picked up the water glass and stood up.
"Okay, come with me."
He left the service desk, and the girl followed him. Unexpectedly, the man turned around again, as if remembering something, and smiled attentively to another colleague of his: "That...Sister Taozi..."
"I heard it, the first edition of "A Hundred Years of Architectural Changes in Port City", go ahead and I'll help you apply for a library transfer."
Yao Qingtao immediately started to operate.
He Tianran smiled and said:
"Thank you, I love you~"
"..."
"..."
This was originally just a joke, but after saying it, both Cao Aiqing and Yao Qingtao were visibly stunned...
Only then did He Tianran realize that this joke seemed a bit inappropriate, and he immediately laughed:
"Ahem... haha... let's go, Ai Qing, the data room is on the fourth floor."
Cao Aiqing followed him silently until the two of them got on the elevator of the library. Then behind He Tianran, in this closed space with only two people, the girl said coldly:
"You are indeed getting more and more adapted to the life of a normal person now, He Tianran."
The man didn't know how to answer these words, so he could only pick up the water glass and silently take a sip of Bupleurum...
