In the library, noise is prohibited

The early winter of this year was extremely cold, and the world in the morning seemed to be covered with a layer of gray-white fog.

Chao Sheng huddled under the quilt and didn't want to get up. Seeing that it was almost too late for training, he got out and exposed his skin to the low-temperature air.

After a simple breakfast, he wrapped himself in a huge black down jacket and went out, and went to the convenience store downstairs to buy a pack of ham sausage.This food is not eaten by myself, but for a group of stray cats who live in the school's West Gate alley.

I don't know how long those dirty little wild cats have lived in the school, and no one is willing to adopt them, so Chaosheng or the students who find them will buy some food and throw them to them before they pass by the old road.

Chaosheng walked through a small forest along the stone road, and at the corner was the stray cat.When he arrived, the first thing that jumped into his sight was not the group of cats waiting to be fed, but a rather familiar figure.

The man squatted on the ground with a large bag of cat food by his hand.When Chao Sheng saw him, he subconsciously took half a step back, wanting to turn around and leave.

The other party had already noticed Chao Sheng and called to him: "Morning, are you coming to feed the cat too?"

Because of his possessive desire for the cat, Chao Sheng ignored him, stepped forward, bent down and put the ham sausage he bought on the ground.

Chaosheng has been feeding this group of stray cats for several months. He considers himself the person who has taken care of these cats for the longest time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is half the owner.Moreover, he had never seen Xun Zhou appear during this period, so Chao Sheng was a little upset because the other party was now acting as if he was "anti-client".

Xun Zhou glanced at it, and said, "It's best not to give ham to cats."

Chao Sheng frowned, "What?"

Xunzhou explained patiently: "Too much salt in ham will increase the load on the cat's kidneys. It's okay to eat it occasionally, but it may lead to kidney failure if eaten for a long time."

Chao Sheng was speechless. He really didn't know the cat's body structure, and he didn't feel the need to go to the pet store to buy cat food when he usually feeds it.Anyway, they are stray cats, and those who have a stutter will be satisfied if they survive.

After being stunned for a few seconds, he defended himself: "I don't feed like this every day."

"Are you the one who fed them canned sardines?" Xun Zhou asked.

Chao Sheng had a premonition that he had nothing good to say next, so he didn't answer directly: "What's wrong?"

"The canned food that humans eat is very salty, so you can't feed it to cats and dogs. Moreover, canned food is easy to freeze in winter, and cats can't bite it." Xun Zhou said, showing a look of compassion on his face. , from the tip of the brow to the corner of the eye is full of tenderness.

He raised his hand and touched the head of a white cat in front of him.

Seeing his move, Chao Sheng blurted out to stop him: "Don't touch it!"

Xun Zhou was startled by his sudden yell, and turned to look at him in surprise.

Chao Sheng lowered his head to avoid Xun Zhou's sight, and explained in a low voice: "The cat is so dirty...you are not afraid of getting bacteria."

Xun Zhou didn't seem to care, smiled and withdrew his hand.

Chao Sheng wrapped his body tightly in the heavy black down jacket, and his whole body was bloated.He was not interested in talking to Xun Zhou any more, so he picked up the ham on the ground and walked away.

Chao Sheng threw the ham into the trash can when no one was there, and went to the bathroom to wash his hands in disgust.

Since Xunzhou is so professional in feeding cats, he might not go there in the future... Chaosheng tightened the tap, thinking to himself.

But why have I never seen Xun Zhou feeding a cat before?Looking at his appearance, he obviously likes those dirty kittens more than himself. It stands to reason that he must take care of them often, but they only met here once today.

Maybe Xunzhou is too busy in class and doesn't come often at all... Chao Sheng guessed.Then you should continue to take care of the stray cats yourself, it is not at ease to leave it all to others.If you meet Xun Zhou again in the future, just make a detour, since talking to unfamiliar neighbors will only aggravate his social fear.

After making up his mind, he quickly drove Xun Zhou out of his thoughts, retracted his frozen hands into his pockets to keep warm, and walked forward quickly.

The Chasing Wind Bow Hall on weekends is not as deserted as it is on weekdays, many students came to practice.Due to the limited time, Chao Sheng let them use the venue first, while he coached from the side, reminding the novices to pay attention to the standard of fitness.After the group of people went to rest, Chao Sheng picked up the bow and arrow, and unhurriedly buckled the bow into the string.

He adjusted his posture and breathing, straightened his neck, and stood silently. After a while, he pulled the bowstring, raised his arms, pressed the arrow against his right cheek, and focused on aiming at the target dozens of meters away.

He let go of his hand, and the fully charged string suddenly burst into a crisp sound, followed by the dull sound of the arrow hitting the target, clanging and melodious.

However... the arrow deviated from the target by more than 20 centimeters, and his grades were even worse than those of the students just now, which made him a little embarrassed.

Feeling bad for a while, Chao Sheng was not in a hurry, and shot another arrow.But the landing point is almost the same as before, even a little further outside.

After four consecutive arrows, Chao Sheng never hit the bull's-eye. He couldn't believe that he was in such a bad state today. Not only did he fail to save face, but he was even more frustrated.It's just that he hasn't touched a bow for a week. In the past, he could not touch a bow and arrow for several months, and he could guarantee a hit rate of more than 70% when shooting again.

The strength of the arm has not weakened, and the eyesight has not decreased... Could it be that the position of the target is wrong?

He took off the deerskin handbag, carried the longbow to the corner, knelt down and rested.

The movable wooden door connecting the aisle was pulled open, and a thin old man walked in from the outside.Chao Sheng raised his head to see him, and immediately got up and greeted him respectfully: "Master Kong."

He was the teacher who taught him bow art, and also the curator of this "Wind-chasing Kow-Do Hall".

"You're here, why don't you be busy these days!" Confucius, who is still in good spirits, is over seventy years old, and when he saw Chao Sheng, he immediately burst into a smile.

"It's okay." Chao Sheng sat down again.

Master Kong unscrewed the thermos cup, took a sip of tea, and picked up the score book from someone else to browse.After seeing the results of Chao Sheng's four arrows just now, he sat down and asked unexpectedly: "Aren't you concentrating today?"

Chao Sheng was at a loss for words for a while, but he quickly found a suitable reason: "My hands were too cold just now, so I froze."

Master Confucius gave a heavy "Yes", and couldn't help but say a few words: "Winter is coming, you young people are always negligent, don't wear your clothes well, don't eat on time, don't waste it just because you are in good health."

Chao Sheng nodded yes.In front of Confucius, a highly respected teacher, he would rarely release his obedience.

"Master Kong, who set the target today?" Chao Sheng asked.

"I set it up." Confucius said, "When you are not around, I will set it up by myself, and the other children will pick up arrows and wipe the ground."

Master Confucius has always been rigorous. Since he set the target himself, there should be no deviation in the angle.

Could it be that his own ability has declined... Chao Sheng does not accept this conclusion.

When he was in a daze, Master Kong observed his expression from the corner of his eye.Both of them were silent, and the gym was quite quiet.After a while, Master Kong cleared his throat and asked, "Are you warm enough? If your hands are not cold, go shoot an arrow."

"Okay." Chao Sheng came back to his senses, stood up, and took a deep breath.

This time he was determined to win, after all, Master Kong was watching from behind, so he couldn't slacken his attention.From taking the first step to tightening the bowstring, he completed every movement in the process impeccably, and the standing figure is as tall and elegant as a textbook.

Chao Sheng's arm has always been very stable. If he didn't take a closer look, his wrist hardly trembled at all.

——This time it must hit.

With this obsession in his heart, Chao Sheng stared at the bull's-eye and let go of his fingers holding the arrow.

First, there is the clear signal of the arrow leaving the string, and then the dull response after hitting the target.

Chao Sheng stood still and held his breath, seeing clearly the result of his fifth arrow.

Still off...and by a lot.

Chao Sheng couldn't help tightening his hand holding the bow, and he began to wonder if today's bow and arrow would be difficult for him.

Master Kong walked up to him, squinting his eyes to look at the target dozens of meters away.Chao Sheng didn't dare to show his anger, for fear that Master Confucius would say that he was not serious, and there were several young students beside him, and he didn't want to be lectured in front of them.

"All your movements are beautiful." Confucius' tone seemed to be satisfied, but he changed the subject and pointed out Chao Sheng's shortcomings, "but you don't have enough strength when you draw the bow. What's the matter? Does it make your hands tremble? You've got an old problem."

Being accurately poked by Master Confucius, Chao Sheng's eyes were fixed in the distance immediately, and he didn't dare to turn his head to meet his gaze.

That's right, the reason why his arms always look so stable is precisely because he deliberately saves a little effort every time.

"If you don't even inject more strength into your hands, no matter how beautiful your body movements are, it doesn't make sense, Chao Sheng." Master Kong unscrewed the lid of the thermos cup and took a sip of tea, "Whether it hits the target or misses the target, only Concentrate on it first, and then ask for the result."

Chao Sheng stood for too long, and his shoulders began to feel sore.He bowed his head and said "yes", then stepped aside and put the bow in place.

When it was time for lunch, he went into the locker room to change out of the thin white bow-do uniform, and put on his heavy black down jacket.Every time Confucius preached, Chao Sheng couldn’t stand it, so he didn’t want to participate in the remaining half-day of training. Anyway, today’s condition is not good, so he might as well go back to the apartment early to enjoy the air-conditioning and warm air, and watch a movie to relax.

Chao Sheng walked back to the apartment and went to the convenience store downstairs to buy some snacks.After going around two rows of shelves, there is the toiletry section. When Chao Sheng was about to turn back, he looked up and saw Xun Zhou a few meters away.

Why is it him again...

Chao Sheng suddenly felt that this man had appeared in front of him too many times.

According to the original thought in his heart, Chao Sheng should turn around immediately to avoid greeting the other party at this time, but he recalled feeding the cat in the morning, and subconsciously rushed to Xunzhou to say "hey".

Xun Zhou was so focused on looking at the items on the shelves just now that he didn't notice anyone not far away.After realizing that it was Duan Chaosheng calling him, a polite smile quickly appeared on his calm face.

"That..." Chao Sheng hesitated to speak, not knowing what kind of wording and tone to use.

Seeing the snacks in his hand, Xun Zhou guessed that it was a meal replacement for lunch, so he asked first, "Have you eaten yet?"

"Did you wash your hands?"

The two spoke almost at the same time, but none of them could hear what the other said.

Xun Zhou smiled, "Ah? Can you say it again?"

Chao Sheng unconsciously raised his voice: "I ask you, have you washed your hands?"

Fearing that the other party would not understand what he meant, Chao Sheng added: "Didn't you touch those stray cats this morning..."

Xun Zhou looked suddenly enlightened, "Oh, it's been washed, thank you."

When he talks, he will look directly into Chaosheng's eyes, but this will make Chaosheng very uncomfortable, and he must lower his head to avoid his sight within three seconds.

Chao Sheng had no interest in continuing the conversation, and went to the cashier with potato chips and chocolate biscuits in his arms.

After watching him leave, Xun Zhou took down the two bottles of hand sanitizer from the shelf and paid the bill.

Back at the apartment, Xun Zhou immediately went to the bathroom, turned on the tap, and squeezed several pumps of hand sanitizer into his palm.

"Xun Zhou, what are you doing? Are you washing your hands again? Your hands should be washed off—" A loud female voice came from the living room.

The air was filled with the aroma of hand sanitizer, but Xun Zhou could still smell the smoke mixed in it, and said loudly without looking back: "Qin Lu, don't smoke in the living room, go to the balcony and open the window."

The other party did not respond, and soon Xun Zhou heard footsteps, and the smell of smoke was getting closer and closer to him.Qin Lu stopped at the door of the bathroom, frowned in disbelief, and said in a sharp voice: "You are sick, how many times have you washed, and you have to see a doctor if you are too clean, do you understand?"

"I don't have a cleanliness." Xun Zhou retorted.He turned his head and glanced at Qin Lu's disgusted expression, and then changed his words compromisingly: "Actually, there is a little bit. But this can't be helped, I was licked by a stray cat this morning."

"...You deserve it, who made you have nothing to do to feed the cat and wait for that boy, and squat there pretending to meet by chance."

"Facts have proved that there are still results." Xun Zhou lowered his head and rubbed the foam on his fingers, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, "I happened to meet him downstairs just now, and he even took the initiative to talk to me."

"what did you say?"

"Ask me if I wash my hands."

Qin Lu suddenly laughed, "Could it be that you just bought hand sanitizer just to run into him?"

"That's not true, this time it's really a coincidence."

"Okay." Qin Lu shrugged, stubbed out the cigarette, and went back to the sofa in the living room to sit down.

Qin Lu came to find Xun Zhou Cengfan today, but the other party got nervous and stayed in the bathroom washing his hands.In this way, Xunzhou was still uneasy, so he bought several more hand sanitizers and used them in turn.

Qin Lu is no stranger to Xun Zhou's occasional nervousness, but she can't figure out when Xun Zhou started to hate cats.The two have been friends since high school, when they went to volunteer with other friends to take care of stray cats and dogs.

"Hey, Xunzhou," Qin Lu asked him bored, "When are you going to tell that boy?"

The movement of Xun Zhou's hands stopped, and he temporarily turned off the faucet to make the room quiet.

"Say what?" he asked.

Without hesitation, Qin Lu said, "Of course you want to seduce him and ask him 'would you like to have a shot'?"

Xun Zhou: "..."

Qin Lu: "At any rate, you should make up your mind first and give it a hint. Otherwise, if you spend all your time trying to create chance encounters, when will it be worth it?"

Regarding this matter, Qin Lu can also be regarded as the initiator.When she invited Xun Zhou to watch an archery competition, he noticed Duan Chaosheng.Moreover, this teacher's apartment was originally hers, but her and her fiancé's new house had already been renovated, so the residence in the school was simply vacated.

Xun Zhou thought for a while silently, and said: "It doesn't matter, this is quite interesting."

"You're not afraid of wasting time, maybe in the end you find out that people are not interested in men at all, then you'll be GG."

"No, he's interested."

"How do you know?" Qin Lu asked.

Xun Zhou didn't answer, he didn't intend to tell anyone about Chao Sheng's use of "Mystery Blue", after all, it was his and Chao Sheng's secret.

He turned on the faucet again, rinsed off the foam from his hands, and changed the subject: "Duan Chaosheng doesn't seem to be approachable, so I don't want to take the initiative too much, so as not to arouse his disgust."

"I guess he has disliked you for a long time. Didn't you have to be punished to stand that day?"

"That time was purely..."

"It's purely your own insanity." Qin Lu said helplessly, "When will your habit of trying to play tricks be corrected?"

"When you quit smoking."

Xun Zhou shook off the water droplets on his hands, and finally finished the long washing process. When he wiped his hands, his skin felt numb.Seeing that he finally came out of the bathroom, Qin Lu immediately urged him to cook.

"No, you can order takeaway." Xun Zhou sat down wearily, "I don't want to move my hands any more today."

"Okay, don't eat at night if you are capable." Qin Lu gritted her teeth, "All the teachers in our group will eat hot pot at night."

"Whatever you want." Xun Zhou was not interested in their party.

The mobile phone on the coffee table vibrated twice, Xun Zhou thought it was another news advertisement, got up and glanced to confirm.

"Mystery Blue: You have a new message."

There was some light in Xun Zhou's eyes.In SB, he only has one friend, and he has turned off all advertisement pushes, and now only Duan Chaosheng has the right to send him messages.

[User ykwlfsl]: Are you there?

[User ykwlfsl]: I want someone to talk to me.

Xunzhou's fingers were immersed in water for too long, and when the skin of the fingertips touched the screen of the phone, the system could no longer respond smoothly.

He repeatedly pressed the input method many times, and finally successfully sent four words——

"Anytime".