In the library, noise is prohibited

The displeasure between the lines of his online dating boyfriend made Chao Sheng feel guilty, and he quickly changed his words: "I'm not boasting, I just mentioned it casually."

[Coordinate axis Y]: There are so many good things to say casually.

"I won't mention it in the future." Chao Sheng promised him obediently.

Xun Zhou is even more dissatisfied now—how could he not mention it?When he thinks about it, he will just say a few more words, why do he have such a desire to survive for a netizen who can't meet him.

But after thinking about it, Xun Zhou didn't care about it anymore. After all, the two of them were "lovers" who recognized each other. He, the third party, had to pay close attention and find an opportunity to get involved.

This day, he went to the library without a break from class, strolled along the stairs, and found Duan Chaosheng on the second floor.The boy was stepping on the ladder, placing a large stack of books in his arms on the top row of the shelf.

When Chao Sheng was about to get off the ladder, he turned his head and saw Xun Zhou looking up at him, and was startled.

"Why are you here?" Chao Sheng asked him in a low voice.

"Borrow a book." Xun Zhou raised his hand to help him down the ladder, so that the other party could land safely.

It turned out to be just borrowing books.

Chao Sheng didn't look at him, and when he picked up the cardboard box on the ground, he couldn't help laughing at himself in his heart, "I'm thinking too much". Just now, he thought for a moment that Xun Zhou was here to find him.

Xun Zhou glanced over the rows of bookshelves, looking as if he was carefully selecting the books he was interested in. In fact, he followed Chao Sheng at a leisurely pace, and they stopped by coincidence when they reached the end.

Chao Sheng lifted the ladder and placed it in the corner.He patted the dust off his hands, and asked Xunzhou in a low voice: "Which one do you want to borrow, I'll take you to find it."

After searching for a boat and thinking for a few seconds, he answered: "Malouf's Arabic trilogy."

"Huh?" Chao Sheng was confused, "The title of the book?"

He didn't remember the school library having the series.

Xun Zhou just randomly picked a name from memory, and Chao Sheng hesitated when he asked about it.Fortunately, he quickly remembered the title of the book: "Samarkand, I'll just borrow this first."

Chao Sheng seems to have a little impression: "It's a novel, I remember seeing it at the new book on the first floor before, I'll look for it."

Xun Zhou thanked him and followed him downstairs.

In the past two months, the library is full of seats, almost all of which are preparations for the postgraduate entrance examination. Ordinary students find that there is no place to read a book on a whim, so they simply leave. New books have been on the shelves for a long time and no one cares about them.

"I saw it." Xun Zhou reached out and took down a hardcover hardcover book, "All three are here."

Chao Sheng looked up at that position, "You take it all, remember to return it within a month."

"No, I borrowed books one by one, so I have the motivation to read."

"Strange habit." Chao Sheng murmured to him, and went to the circulation desk to help him scan the code to register, "What's this about?"

"History of the Middle East, politics and religion, and..." Xun Zhou pondered and said a word Duan Chaosheng was familiar with, "Belt and Road."

"Oh." Chao Sheng lost interest, handed him the book, and reminded him again, "You must return it."

Xun Zhou also imitated him and lowered his volume: "Remember. Anyway, didn't you remind me?"

Chao Sheng snorted coldly: "Then I won't remind you this time, and I will let you deduct fees after the expiration date."

Knowing that he was hard-spoken and soft-hearted, Xun Zhou just smiled and kept looking at the boy.When he finally picked up the book, Xun Zhou looked away, said goodbye softly and left.

Chao Sheng sat on the seat doing nothing, and when Xun Zhou left, he didn't even have anyone to talk to, so he felt extremely bored.The mobile game was also down for maintenance, so he had to get up and walk slowly to move his body.

Standing in front of the bookshelf just now, Chao Sheng raised his hand and took down the other two books of the so-called "Arabic Trilogy", and held them in his hand to study the content introduction on the back cover.

Chao Sheng didn't like to read extracurricular books before, and he was impatient with online novels with millions of words, and the must-read chapters of famous books were too complicated, even if he could concentrate, he couldn't understand them.In the library, I occasionally look through "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings". After watching the movie, I remember the names and plots, and reading the original book is convenient to pass the time.

"Amin Maluf..." Chao Sheng read the author's name in a low voice, and silently memorized it.

It's a pity that after reading the introduction, he still has no interest at all. I'm afraid he will never experience the beauty of things that people like Xun Zhou like.

Chao Sheng weighed two heavy books, but when he was about to raise his hand to put them back, a new idea flashed--there are only these two books left in this set, if someone else comes to borrow them recently, he will think about it later It will take a while to see, right?

Out of consideration for finding a boat, Chao Sheng took the two books upstairs while his colleagues were away, found a remote shelf and stuffed them in.

Doing so is undoubtedly against the principle of work, but Chao Sheng feels that it is just a little effort, not to mention his own selfishness.Anyway, I'm almost familiar with Xunzhou now, so there's nothing wrong with helping him.

After returning to the apartment at night, Chao Sheng saw that Xunzhou's door was half open, and the air could still smell the smell of burnt things.Worried about something going on inside, he immediately walked over, knocked on the door twice, and called out, "Looking for a teacher?"

Xunzhou quickly responded loudly: "Go straight in."

Chao Sheng pushed the door open and entered, the burning smell became more obvious, he held his breath and looked around, "Are you in the kitchen?"

"Yeah." Xun Zhou stood at the door and glanced at him, "I'm making snacks."

So obviously it failed.Chao Sheng walked over to check, and sure enough, he saw a pile of dark brown lumps of indistinguishable shapes scattered in the tray.

"I'm thinking of making biscuits for Christmas and distributing them to students in several classes." Xun Zhou was stirring the cream and egg liquid in the container, and looked at Chao Sheng, "What flavor do you like?"

"Me?" Chao Sheng didn't expect that Xun Zhou still cared about his share, "The most common one is fine."

"I'll bake you a little more, and you can give it to your friends then."

"No, I meet very few friends now."

Xun Zhou didn't stop what he was doing, lowered his eyes, and asked casually, "Where's your girlfriend?"

Chao Sheng immediately replied: "No."

Xun Zhou stirred the contents of the bowl into foam, gently set it aside, then looked directly at Chao Sheng and asked, "Are you free for Christmas?"

Chao Sheng understood that the implication of this sentence was that he wanted to occupy his time, so he subconsciously avoided the answer and asked instead: "Ah, what's the matter?"

Xunzhou said calmly, "I want to drive to the mountain to see the stars. Anyway, it's very close to the school, so don't waste time. There are also homestays on the mountain."

As soon as the words fell, Xun Zhou paused for two seconds to observe Chao Sheng's face from the corner of his eye. Seeing that he had no special reaction, he pursed his lips and continued with a smile: "Unfortunately, many people I know have appointments for the holidays, and I am the only one left Alone."

Chao Sheng didn't know how to respond now, it seemed too hasty to directly agree to the invitation, so he casually echoed: "It's so pitiful..."

"Yes, then do you want to pity me a little more?" Xun Zhou's gaze was almost unreservedly focused on Chao Sheng, his clean eyes were full of sincerity and expectation, which made Chao Sheng feel a little flustered.

He couldn't tell whether it was out of his original intention, or if he just couldn't bear to refuse Xunzhou, but he agreed hastily: "Then, then I'll go with you, anyway, I have nothing to do."

"Okay." Xunzhou laughed, and focused on making the dim sum again, "By the way, please show me the steps, it's on my phone."

Chao Sheng reached out to pick up the mobile phone on the table, and entered the four-digit password that Xun Zhou said to unlock it, and the page that appeared happened to be a recipe software.

Xunzhou gave instructions: "Search for Christmas, the second one that comes out is."

Chao Sheng did as he said. When the input method popped up, it was Jiugongge, which he was not familiar with, so he typed slowly.

"Why don't you use the 26 key?" Chao Sheng couldn't help but ask him before he typed it correctly after misspelling it twice.

Xun Zhou replied without raising his head: "Jiugongge is cuter."

"what?"

"Once when I typed 'winter', I found that the first thing that came up was 'moving', so I didn't feel so cold at that time." Xun Zhou had a gentle smile at the corner of his mouth, blinked his eyes and recalled, "And When you type 'cloudy sky', it will also come out with 'heartbeat', as if you are talking to me—isn't this input method cute?"

Hearing these words, Chao Sheng was stunned, he hesitated to speak for a while, and finally held back the retort of "how cute".

Cute seems not to be an input method at all.

Chao Sheng couldn't help lowering his head, avoiding to see Xun Zhou again, for fear that he would be fascinated by his side face as he did a few times before, and then be teased by the other party.

After reading the recipe for Xun Zhou, Chao Sheng has nothing to do, he only knows how to cook, he has never touched desserts, so he can't help much.Before he left, he noticed that on the coffee table, the "Samarkand" that Xun Zhou borrowed in the morning was upside down.

Then, Chao Sheng felt a fleeting joy in his heart.It seems that Xun Zhou is really reading that book seriously, so it is not in vain for me to help him hide the other two books.

Lying on the bed in the apartment, Chao Sheng casually opened the calendar to count how long it was until Christmas, only to find that it was less than a month away.Only then did he react belatedly... He was really straightforward when he agreed to Xunzhou just now.

Chao Sheng has never gone out alone with the same sex, even if it is Lin Yao, there must be other people accompanying him.

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. This kind of thing with a little romantic element, no matter how you look at it, seems like what couples should do?

However, Xun Zhou's explanation just now also showed that he was just his second choice companion, and his main function was to be his companion.

Chao Sheng was suspicious, so he naturally went to talk to the closest person on the Internet.After sending out the sentence "Would it be too strange for two men to go out for Christmas?", Chao Sheng suddenly remembered——

Not long ago, I promised Y that I would not mention Xunzhou to him again.

Chao Sheng was very guilty, but after thinking about it carefully, he didn't think it would be a problem. If he was asked, he should say that he was another friend.

Soon, Y replied to him: "Isn't this normal?"

Chao Sheng was still a little uncertain: "Is it really normal?"

[Coordinate axis Y]: It's normal for an ordinary friend, unless you don't treat him as an ordinary friend.

"How is that possible?" Chao Sheng blurted out, forgetting to type.

[Coordinate axis Y]: Is it someone with an unusual relationship?

Chao Sheng replied to him, reminding himself by the way: "Very average."

[Coordinate axis Y]: Then don’t think too much, just have fun with him^_^

Chao Sheng felt relieved a little, turned his attention back to Y, and asked him, "You don't mind."

[Coordinate axis Y]: What do you mind?

"I'm going out with someone else."

[Coordinate axis Y]: It would be strange if I mind.

Chao Sheng held the phone, and then saw that Y sent a lot of words.

——We are just dating online, we don’t even know each other when we are offline, I am not qualified to restrict your real life.

——So you don’t need to have a psychological burden. When you meet someone you like in reality, you can also tell me.

- I will always be by your side.

Chao Sheng read it word by word until the last word.His heart seemed to be slowly run over by a snake covered in honey, leaving wet and shiny marks on him.

"Yeah." Chao Sheng had an unstoppable smile on his face, he buried most of his body in the soft quilt, and continued to express his clumsy feelings to Y.

"By the way, what input method do you use? Jiugong grid or 26 keys?" Chao Sheng suddenly remembered and asked him.

[Coordinate axis Y]: 26 keys.

Although he had the same preference as himself, Chao Sheng didn't feel very relieved, instead he said, "I use Jiugongge."

Xun Zhou leaned against the edge of the kitchen table. After seeing Chao Sheng's lie, he couldn't help but straighten up and type seriously: "Don't you find it troublesome? It's more likely to make mistakes."

Chao Sheng recalled what Xun Zhou said to him not long ago, and repeated it to Y exactly. What appeared after the "cold winter" was "touching", and cloudy days would also be accompanied by "heartbeat". At the end, he did not forget to add One sentence: "The Jiugongge input method is so cute."

Xun Zhou was stunned, staring at the phone for a long time, and couldn't help but laugh.

——What, you have learned well.

——Could it be that you want yourself to praise him, "You are cuter" or something like that?

He put away his smile, and quickly typed with Jiugongge to ask Chao Sheng: "Then do you know what is the first thing that comes out when you type 'like you'?"

Chao Sheng tried to spell it with Jiugongge, and replied: "Are you used to 'it'?"

【Coordinate axis Y】: No.

[Coordinate axis Y]: I still like you.