answer the questions
"Please answer this question: What are the main differences between the Song Dynasty's 'Yingzaofashi' and the Qing Dynasty's 'Ministry of Engineering's Regulations' regarding bracket sets?" The old professor adjusted his glasses and looked at him with a smile. This question was clearly several levels more difficult than the previous one. He wanted to see if this man of the moment during military training was really just a useless idiot.
Lu Yu: “…”
He stood up, his mind blank. This was the first time he had even heard the names of these two books, let alone the difference between them.
Just when he was about to bite the bullet and say he didn't know, facing the first public embarrassment in his college career, Shi Guang, who was standing beside him, suddenly and quietly pushed the notebook in front of him half an inch towards Lu Yu.
On the notebook, two lines of words were clearly written in beautiful handwriting.
Song Dynasty: Large materials were used, and brackets played a major load-bearing role in the structure.
[Qing Dynasty: Size becomes smaller, decorative function is more important than structural function]
At that moment, Lu Yu's heart felt like it was being injected with a warm current. He glanced at Shi Guang, who was standing beside him with his head down, pretending nothing had happened. Then he cleared his throat and calmly repeated the answer from the notebook in his own words.
"...Song Dynasty bracket sets focused more on structural function, reaching the pinnacle of material and volume. By the Qing Dynasty, bracket sets' decorative function far outweighed their load-bearing function, and their size and specifications were greatly simplified."
"Excellent answer! Please take a seat!" The old professor nodded with satisfaction, his eyes full of praise. "It seems this student did some preparation before class. He deserves praise! Unlike some students, their minds are completely distracted from studying!"
He glared fiercely at Fat Jiang in the back row again.
Lu Yu sat down, his classmates watching him with either envy or admiration. He turned his head, wanting to thank the hero beside him, but saw that Shi Guang had already closed his notebook. However, his ears, always white, were once again, quietly stained with a suspicious light red.
The class ended in this wonderful atmosphere.
As soon as the bell rang and the old professor left, Fat Jiang from the back row came up to him with a sad face.
"Brother Lu, you have to save me!" he complained through tears. "That old man is too cruel. He made me go to his office. Isn't he going to fail me? Is my first day of college going to be tarnished?"
"Who told you to play with your phone in class? You deserve it." Although Lu Yu said this, he still patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Don't worry, the old professor is just trying to scare you. At most, he will ask you to write a 10,000-word self-criticism. Come on, I'll go with you."
"Really? Brother Lu, you are my reborn parent!" Fat Jiang was instantly revived.
Lu Yu turned around and was about to call Shi Guang to join him, but found that his seat was empty. He didn't know when, but he had packed up his things and left quietly.
There are no classes in the afternoon, which is the golden time for club activities and physical exercise.
Lu Yu had just finished accompanying Jiang Xiaopang to write an eloquent self-criticism when Li Zhe from the School of Foreign Languages called him to the basketball court in the West Campus.
"Brother, we are short of one person, come quickly! Today I will let you see the strength of our outer courtyard!" Li Zhe shouted on the other end of the phone.
"Wait." Lu Yu hung up the phone, changed into a refreshing jersey, and went straight to the court.
On a September afternoon, the sun was still blazing. The basketball court was filled with young, sweaty figures. The clatter of sneakers scraping against the ground, the thud of the ball hitting the backboard, and the cheers and screams of the girls on the sidelines intertwined into a vibrant symphony of youth.
As soon as Lu Yu arrived at the stadium, he saw a familiar figure holding a mobile phone and jumping up and down on the sidelines.
"Come on, look this way! Yes, this is the angle!" Zhao Teng was directing two boys from the physical education department to get into shooting position. "Make your expressions more impressive! Show that domineering attitude that no one else can do it better than you! Right! Very good! Keep it up!"
He was obviously filming footage for his Vlog.
"Hey, isn't this our UP Master Zhao?" Lu Yu walked over with a smile and patted his shoulder. "What are you shooting today? A series about athletic men?"
"Brother Lu! You're here!" Zhao Teng's eyes lit up instantly when he saw Lu Yu. He left the two athletes behind and rushed over immediately, grabbing Lu Yu's arm and saying excitedly, "You've come just in time! I'm just in need of a main character! Come on, be my model for once. I promise to photograph you like you're in Slam Dunk!"
"Damn, Lu Yu, you're finally here!" Li Zhe also ran over at this time. He saw Zhao Teng and whistled, "Good job, kid, you even found the traffic password for our school forum. How about you take a video for me too? I'll give you a reward!"
Soon, they gathered two teams, and a 3V3 half-time competition officially kicked off with Zhao Teng filming the whole process.
Lu Yu's style of play was full of aggression and explosiveness. He penetrated sharply, with astonishing leaps, and with a beautiful turn, he passed the opponent, followed by a powerful tomahawk dunk, which drew gasps from the sidelines.
Zhao Teng's camera also faithfully recorded all of this.
"See it, my friends! What is talent? What is violent aesthetics? This is our Jiangda's Rukawa Kaede!" He lowered his voice and used passionate narration.
Li Zhe and he cooperated well. One of them was the main attacker and the other was the supporting one. They soon defeated the opponent without any chance of fighting back.
During the half-time break, several people sat on the sidelines, panting and drinking water.
"Sure, brother!" Li Zhe wiped his sweat with a towel, patted Lu Yu's shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile, "With your physical fitness, it would be a shame if you didn't join the school team!"
"I'm not interested," Lu Yu unscrewed a bottle of water, tilted his head back and took a big gulp, "It's okay to play it for fun, but if you really treat it as a task, it will be boring."
"That's right." Li Zhe nodded. He glanced around the sidelines, looking at the girls pointing and talking at them. Suddenly, he lowered his voice and said to Lu Yu in a gossipy tone, "Hey, I mean, you've been a big celebrity on the school forum lately."
"What?" Lu Yu was confused.
"That #YuguangCP#!" Li Zhe continued, "My girlfriend keeps telling me you two are the pride of Jiangda University. She even forced me to follow your super topic. Let me tell you, it's like a massive fan fiction scene there. The writing is so... wow, brilliant!"
Lu Yu almost choked on a mouthful of water. He started coughing violently, his face flushing red.
"You...why are you looking at that thing?!" he said unhappily.
"I don't want to either! My girlfriend forces me to study every day," Li Zhe said innocently, "She said if I were half as caring as you, she would be content."
As he spoke, he imitated the tone of the super chat, muttering sarcastically: "'Look at the look in Lu Yu's eyes when he handed his roommate some water, so doting!' 'Look at that hug he gave, so possessive!' Damn, brother, why didn't I realize you had this potential before?"
Lu Yu's face turned pale and blue. He felt as if all his thoughts had been stripped away, exposed in public, and scrutinized under a magnifying glass.
"Get lost!" He was so angry that he threw the empty water bottle at Li Zhe. "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you so hard that your girlfriend won't recognize you!"
"Hey, you're so anxious!" Li Zhe dodged with a smile, "It was just a joke! But seriously, aren't you being too nice to your roommate?"
Li Zhe's words were like a needle, accurately piercing Lu Yu's most sensitive nerve.
The smile on his face disappeared instantly. He didn't argue anymore, but stood up silently and picked up the basketball.
"Are you going to fight again? If not, I'm leaving." His voice was a little cold.
Li Zhe immediately raised his hands in surrender: "Fight! Fight! It's my fault! It's my fault! I won't mention it anymore!"
What they didn't notice was that on the tree-lined avenue not far from the basketball court, a thin figure was passing by carrying a drawing board.
Shi Guang had just returned from the art supply store. He was on his way to the East Campus, and the basketball court was his only way.
At a glance, he saw Lu Yu shining in the crowd.
He saw Lu Yu running recklessly on the court, his jersey soaked with sweat and clinging to his body, outlining the youth's smooth and powerful muscles. He saw him leap high and slam the basketball into the basket, a confident smile on his face.
That was a Lu Yu that Shi Guang had never seen before, a Lu Yu that belonged to another world entirely. A Lu Yu that was filled with hormones, so dazzling that one could not bear to look directly at it.
The pace of time, unconsciously, stopped.
He stood under the shade of the tree, looking at the dazzling figure in the sun, and suddenly a strange emotion that he could not define surged in his heart.
That emotion contained envy, inferiority, and a hint of... possessiveness that he himself was unwilling to admit.
He suddenly felt that he and that person were actually very far apart.
It was so far away that he could only stand in the shadow and look at the sun that belonged to him from afar.
He didn't stay any longer, picked up the drawing board, turned around and left silently.
He didn't know that the moment he turned around, Lu Yu on the court, as if with telepathy, suddenly looked in his direction.
But there was no one there.
Back in the empty dormitory, no one was there. Lu Yu took a shower and changed into dry clothes. He sat in his chair and started a game, but his mind was a mess.
Strange emotions, like an unsolvable puzzle, trapped him tightly. He felt like a child lost in the forest, unable to find any way out.
He felt that he urgently needed an interpreter who could understand his nonsense.
【Lu Yu: Sister, I’m here again】
[Lu Yaoyaoyaoyao: [rolling eyes.jpg] Why, are you here to discuss your "brotherhood" with me again?]
Lu Yao's reply was as sarcastic as ever. But at this moment, Lu Yu was no longer in the mood to argue with her.
【Lu Yu: I seem to have...really got a problem】
[Lu Yaoyaoyaoyao: Tell me about it]
Lu Yu took a deep breath and recounted everything that had happened on the basketball court that afternoon, including his chaotic emotions, in words. This included Li Zhe's teasing, his own anger, and the feeling of loss he had felt when he saw Shi Guang with someone else.
Like a drowning man, he poured out all the confusion and struggles that were weighing on his heart without reservation.
After sending the message, he stared at the screen nervously, waiting for the final judgment.
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