Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Lu Yanbai looked at the other party who suddenly left...
Lu Yanbai looked at the other person's back as he suddenly left, lowered his eyes slightly, paused for a long time with his fingers twisting the pages of the book, and slowly turned to the next page.
The Holy Thorn Royal Academy does not have strict control over its students, but that does not mean that students there can skip school on the first day of school.
Apart from them, he really didn't know that there were people in the school who were so brave.
"Well, have you been waiting for a long time?" A casual voice sounded beside Lu Yanbai.
He remained unmoved, his eyes still fixed on the pages of the book in his hand, until the shadow of the person next to him blocked the sunlight coming in from the window, and then he slowly put down the heavy book in his hand.
"You're ten minutes late." He said indifferently, "Give me a reasonable explanation."
Loren leaned on the table with one hand and winked at the girls who were looking at him and whispering in surprise not far away.
"Explain... let me think about it." He tilted his head and spoke lazily, "I met an interesting girl, does that count?"
"I really don't know who is boring in your eyes." Lu Yanbai leaned back, listening to the noisy sounds around him because of Loren's appearance, his fingertips tapping the table impatiently.
"It seems so. After all, I'm not like you who always has a stern face." Loren smiled, pulled the chair away, and spoke bluntly.
"But she's different. After all, it's rare to see a girl in our school showing up here instead of reporting to school on the first day of school, right?" Loren propped up his chin and spoke slowly. "I wanted her to help me find you, but she refused. I'm really lucky."
"Otherwise, if I skip class and run in front of the student union president, that would be a bit embarrassing..." Loren's eyes swept over Lu Yanbai, and paused when he saw his expression clearly.
"She couldn't be so unlucky as to run into you, right?" Loren raised an expression of anticipation. "It seems her luck is really bad. In such a big place, she just happened to run into you."
"Correction." Lu Yanbai retracted his gaze, his tone calm, "She didn't run into me, she walked straight towards me."
Although I don't know why she gave up this decision at the last minute.
"Your courage is commendable!" Loren seemed to sigh.
The person being discussed is trying to find a few books that are suitable for him/herself in the vast ocean of books.
After strolling around the novel section, Wen Qian returned to the reading area with the books he had carefully selected.
Books were spread out in a row: "Being and Time", "The Selfish Gene", "Climate Genes and the Future of Humanity"...
Wen Qian calmed down and solemnly opened "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"
Let her study carefully what this zombie is!
[Weekly Task - Reading Books (1/10)]
[Reward: Intelligence Points +0.5]
Reluctantly closing the book, Wen Qian glanced hesitantly at "Being and Time" next to it.
The two books with completely different painting styles were not chosen randomly. She wanted to see whether these two different types of books could trigger different rewards.
As soon as he opened the first page, Wen Qian was struck hard by the light of knowledge.
Wen Qian tried to understand but couldn't, so he flipped through the pages quickly, as if he was not reading the book, but wanted to know how many pages the book consisted of.
The moment I closed the book, the system prompt sounded.
[Weekly Task - Reading Books (2/10)]
[Task Reward: Intelligence Point +1]
Wen Qian couldn't help but curl his lips. Sure enough, different books rewarded different intelligence points.
Fortunately, the system doesn’t care whether she has actually finished reading the contents of the book. As long as she does this a few times, does she still need to worry about the exam at the beginning of the school year?
Wen Qian wiggled her fingertips happily, and even the look in her eyes when she looked at the book cover in her hand became much gentler - these were all her leeks.
Just like the previous one, she quickly flipped through two books with difficult content, and once again received the wonderful prompt sound of intelligence points +1+1.
She really knows how to take advantage of others!
With a happy mood, Wen Qian finished flipping through the fourth book, but the system prompt sound that was supposed to sound disappeared.
Three seconds later, a slightly eerie sound rang in Wen Qian's ears.
【Achievement——Knowledge Indigestion】
【Knowledge flows into your brain, but your smooth brain decides to let it go】
[Detailed explanation: Reading a lot of books that you don’t understand will make your brain confused]
[Achievement Reward: Experience +20]
[Side Effect: Direction Loss/Face Blindness debuff (Lasting Time: 3 Hours)]
Wen Qian: ???
She stared blankly at the book in her hand. The book with "Climate Genes and the Future of Humanity" on the cover had turned into a gray form that could not be unlocked. On the entire table, the only thing that remained normal was the book "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" that she had read at the beginning.
She looked up and around. The crowd that was clearly visible just now turned into a bunch of blurred faces under the effect of the negative halo.
It feels like severe myopia, but this myopia only affects humans.
Through the glass on the side, I can vaguely see a dark purple debuff label on my head.
【Face Blindness/Direction Loss, Duration (3 hours)】
Wen Qian's movements were not loud, but to those who were paying attention, she was extremely conspicuous.
Loren didn't expect that Wen Qian had the courage to come back. Did he really not care, or was he just ignorant and fearless?
There should be no one in the college who doesn’t know him and Lu Yanbai - maybe they are the new transfer students admitted this year?
"A poor but excellent student?" He changed into a comfortable sitting position and looked at Wen Qian as if no one was around, as if he didn't care whether he would be discovered or not.
His eyes swept across the cover of the book in Wen Qian's hand, and Loren chuckled. It really suited her identity and thirst for knowledge... huh?
Wen Qian picked up the book and flipped through it so quickly without blinking that Loren was stunned.
Before he could recover from his shock, he saw the other party pick up a book again and flip through it from beginning to end.
These actions one after another reminded Loren of how he felt when he first met the other person - he was confused and couldn't figure out what this person was trying to do.
She picked up another book. Just when Loren thought she was going to count the pages like before, she seemed to see something she didn't understand and suddenly opened her eyes wide.
Seeing the other person looking up at him, Loren chuckled, supported his chin and waved at her.
——Then he was met with an extremely confused look.
A strange thought popped up in Loren's mind. Her expression...did she forget him?
Wen Qian looked at the leeks that she couldn't unlock with tears in her eyes. They were all good books that could help her gain intelligence points, but now she could only let them go with regret.
After all, you have already gained an advantage, so let the negative halo be the negative halo.
Wen Qian took the book "One Hundred Ways to Cook Home-cooked Dishes" from another stack of books.
She was so sad that she read some food articles to relax.
Wen Qian didn't care about this so-called debuff until she finished reading all the books and was about to leave, when the side effects appeared.
——Which bookshelf did she take the book from?
Wen Qian felt that her mind was empty. Although she often had this feeling since the college entrance examination, this time was different.
This time her mind seemed to be really empty!
"Do you need help?" A vaguely familiar voice sounded in Wen Qian's ears.
Wen Qian, who didn't expect to meet a kind person at this juncture, looked up in surprise and saw the face of an ordinary passerby.
"I want to put these books back, but I can't remember which bookshelf I took them from." Wen Qian didn't care who the person who came to help her was - probably a kind NPC arranged by the game.
Facing Wen Qian's gaze, Loren confirmed his previous guess - she really didn't remember him.
Loren suddenly felt a sense of freshness. This was the first person she had met who could forget him so quickly.
He smiled and said, "Just put it in the unified collection area, and the staff will put the books back on the shelves."
"Excuse me, but do you not remember me?"
Wen Qian, who was about to say thank you, suddenly stopped. She quickly glanced at the top of the other person's head - the system was very good at preventing players from cheating, and it really was face blindness.
Even the identity bar above his head was blocked, leaving only the entry of Passerby A.
"How could that be? Didn't we just meet?" Wen Qian said slowly. At this moment, her brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about who this person was.
Was it the staff member who helped her find directions when she was looking for a book, or the tourist who asked her to help take a photo, or the girl who accidentally bumped into her?
No, it shouldn't be a girl.
Wen Qian carefully ruled out one option.
He shouldn't be a tourist either, after all, the tourist was with his companions, not alone.
Looking at the kindhearted man who was still waiting for her to speak, Wen Qian said solemnly: "Of course I remember you. You just helped me find a book."
The smile on Loren's face widened. Perhaps it wasn't just that he didn't remember him, but that he was face-blind.
He shamelessly took the credit: "It was indeed me."
Wen Qian curled up his lips into a smile, his tail almost raised in pride.
No matter how many tricks the system has, it can't do anything to Detective Wen!
I've decided to read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes next time I come to the library.
Wen Qian, in a good mood, looked at the kind staff who helped him again.
"Thank you, I'm going to return the book. See you next time!"
Loren put one hand in his pocket and waved: "See you tomorrow."
I'm really looking forward to meeting her at school tomorrow - if she doesn't skip school tomorrow.
Loren walked out, but before he left the third floor, a familiar voice came from beside him.
The person who had just said goodbye to him and said he was going to return the books was now standing next to him with a few books in his arms, looking at him with a very strange and polite look.
"Excuse me, do you know where the books are stored?"
Wen Qian looked at the man in front of him with the passerby F label and asked politely.
She looked around for several times but couldn't find the place. She wanted to ask the kind passerby A again, but who knew that he left so quickly and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Most of the people present were reading seriously, and she felt embarrassed to disturb them. Fortunately, there was a passerby F standing there who seemed to have nothing to do.
Wen Qian, who was looking for someone to help, walked towards the other party with a determined goal.
It’s him!
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