Free Web NovelChapter 188: Chapter 138: Li Zhi’s University Memories
Shen Yuan walked through the library.
Since he didn’t know where Li Zhi might be, he had no choice but to search for her one area at a time.
His target, however, was quite clear.
The place he was looking for was, for the most part, the study hall. freeweɓnovel.cøm
Shen Yuan quickly made his way to the study hall.
The moment he pushed the door open, a system notification sounded in his ear.
[Target area entered. Acquired: [Li Zhi’s Memory Fragment: Basic Library].]
Shen Yuan immediately found an empty table and sat down.
After opening the system, he tapped on the memory fragment.
In an instant, a hazy scene materialized before his eyes.
A long table in the third row by the window was bathed in the slanted rays of the sun. On the corner of the table was a faint, crescent-shaped carving, its edges glowing with an amber patina from years of use.
A young woman was bent over the table, a pearl hairpin tucked into her tied-up hair. Loose strands behind her ear swayed gently with the movement of her writing, dyed a translucent golden-brown in the sunlight.
The memory was not presented from a first-person perspective.
Instead, it was as if Shen Yuan were sitting across from Li Zhi, watching her.
In a daze, Shen Yuan felt like he was participating in Li Zhi’s past in a strange way.
Emmmm...
’This must be the university life of the 35-year-old Li Zhi from another time and space.’
’Damn, thinking about it this way, the probability that Li Zhi sent the system from the future is even higher!’
Shen Yuan continued watching Li Zhi’s memory. He was quite curious and wanted to see what major she had studied in university.
But the perspective seemed to be fixed; Shen Yuan couldn’t move it in the slightest.
After trying for a while, Shen Yuan gave up.
’If this system really was sent by Li Zhi, she must have written something weird in a book.’
As he thought this, his attention focused once again on Li Zhi.
After reading for an unknown amount of time, she lifted her head and stretched.
The first thing Shen Yuan noticed were the frames on the bridge of her nose. ’She’s wearing glasses... University studies must have been pretty demanding,’ he thought.
Li Zhi suddenly turned her head to look out the window, her eyelashes casting a delicate shadow on her eyelids.
Through the thin mist of memory, Shen Yuan saw her eyes behind the lenses narrow slightly, reflecting the setting sun. A glimmer akin to a sigh swirled in the depths of her pupils, as if she were gazing at a distant place she could never reach.
’Why? Why would Li Zhi have that kind of expression?’
Seeing Li Zhi like this, Shen Yuan felt a pang of heartache.
A faint glimmer from the memory traveled across the long river of time, shining directly into Shen Yuan’s heart and searing a tiny scar upon it.
Shen Yuan heard a low, suppressed sigh escape his own throat.
At that exact moment, the surrounding mist began to thicken, like a layer of fine gauze gently draping over the scene.
The memory fragment seemed to be nearing its end. As Shen Yuan gazed at Li Zhi’s lonely expression in the afterglow of the sunset, he was suddenly overcome with the urge to stroke her long hair.
He longed to sit beside her, to let her rest her head on his shoulder, to give her a bit of warmth and comfort.
But this hope quickly became an impossible wish as the mists of memory thickened.
Looking at the study hall that had reappeared before him, Shen Yuan silently shifted his attention to the third wooden table by the window.
Fortunately, that table was currently empty.
Shen Yuan slowly stood up and, with gentle steps, walked over to the table.
He gazed quietly at the spot where Li Zhi had sat in the memory, a myriad of thoughts running through his mind.
In the end, Shen Yuan decided to sit in the seat that had been his vantage point in the memory fragment, quietly savoring the fading recollection.
Amid the wistful haze where reality and memory intertwined, everything in Shen Yuan’s heart finally melted into a single sigh.
Shen Yuan rose from his seat and left the library.
Although watching that memory had deeply unsettled him, he was already here, so he might as well see it all.
He would see what Li Zhi’s life was like at university.
Scanning a code to unlock a bike, Shen Yuan continued to wander around the Zhejiang University campus.
The second stop he found was the cafeteria.
Shen Yuan knew his childhood friend well. Li Zhi wasn’t a picky eater.
She was actually quite lazy; as long as she found something she liked, she could eat it for a very long time.
If she ever thought of trying something new, it was usually because someone took her to try it.
Otherwise, given her personality, she would probably be too lazy to bother.
The scene shifted again. Shen Yuan slowly walked to a dining table, gently pulled out a chair, and sat down, his gaze falling on the vision of Li Zhi sitting across from him.
In the bowl in front of Li Zhi was the same familiar beef rice bowl, its aroma so fragrant it was mouth-watering.
Looking at the rice bowl, Shen Yuan couldn’t help but smile wryly.
He muttered softly, his tone full of affection, ’You silly girl, can’t you find anything else to eat besides beef rice bowls?’
However, the moment the words left his lips, an indescribable pain welled up in his heart.
He couldn’t help but think to himself, ’She’s such an idiot. Without me around, she doesn’t know how to take care of herself at all, does she?’
At this thought, Shen Yuan’s brow furrowed slightly, the feeling of guilt growing ever stronger in his heart.
