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Chapter 5 Ling Xueqing's fingers still stayed in the air, and the soft touch of Ye Qiulan's hair and the coolness of broken dead leaves remained on her fingertips.The burnt yellow leaf curled up into a small ball in her palm, its veins indistinct in the dim light.She forgot to put her hands down or look away. Ye Qiulan also forgot to move.The place where the top of the head was touched, although the force was so light, was like a branding iron leaving an invisible mark. The burning sensation lingered,…-
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Chapter 49 Respiratory Medicine Department, third floor, inpatient department, City No. 1 Hospital.The air is always filled with a lingering complex smell of disinfectant, medicine and aging bodies.The corridor lights are pale, illuminating the smooth but slightly old floor tiles, and occasionally muffled conversations and the buzzing of the pager can be heard from the nurse's station.Most of the ward doors are ajar, and intermittent coughing, the faint sound of TV programs, or the low murmurs of family…
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Chapter 48 It rained all night, and it didn't stop until early morning. It just changed from a torrential downpour to an endless drizzle of rain.The sky was a uniform, heavy leaden gray, very low, as if it would fall at any time.The air is clammy and sticky, full of moisture, and every breath carries a cool and earthy smell. Ye Qiulan was sitting at the desk in his dormitory. The notebook in front of him was open, with only a few words written on it. The tip of the pen was hovering, and the ink blurred…
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Chapter 47 The corridors in the staff dormitories are narrower than those in the student dormitories, and the lights are darker.The old-fashioned incandescent light bulb was covered with thick dust, and the light was dim and weak, barely illuminating the badly worn terrazzo steps underfoot.There is an old smell in the air, mixed with the smell of oil smoke, Chinese medicine and dust. The walls are covered with long-faded safety notices and small advertisements for unblocking sewers. Ling Xueqing walked…
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Chapter 46 In the evening in the old dormitory building in the West District, the light always retreats first.The setting sun was completely blocked by the high-rise buildings of the graduate student apartments to the east. Only a thin, golden-red afterglow struggled to leak in through the narrow gaps between the buildings, barely smearing on the mottled walls of the corridor, and soon dissipated into a dull gray-blue. Ye Qiulan walked back from the boiler room carrying two hot water bottles.The hot…
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Chapter 45 In the small conference room in the hospital office building, the air conditioner was turned on at full blast, and the air-conditioning blew out from the vents and hit the exposed skin, stirring up a layer of fine particles.There were about ten people sitting at the long oval table, most of them professors and associate professors with gray or half-white hair, and only a few young graduate students.The air was filled with tea, paper, and a certain old-fashioned solemn atmosphere belonging to…
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Chapter 44 The afternoon sunlight slanted in through the tall glass windows on the west side of the library, falling on the side of the long oak table near the aisle, illuminating the fine dust floating in the air.On the desktop, the final draft of the report, scattered references, and printer paper filled with marks were all coated with a layer of fluffy gold.There is a permanent smell of old book paper and wood in the air, and it is so quiet that only the occasional sound of turning pages in the…
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Chapter 43 The breakfast rush in the cafeteria has not yet completely passed, and the warm and sweet aroma of porridge and rice and the greasy aroma of fried pasta are floating in the air.There was a buzz of voices, plates clattering, chairs shuffling.Ling Xueqing chose the corner seat by the window. It was relatively quiet here and she could also see the gradually brightening sky outside. She placed Ye Qiulan's canvas bag on the empty chair next to her, then turned and went to the window.When I came…
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Chapter 42 At seven o'clock the next morning, the phone vibrated next to the pillow. It was not an alarm clock, but a phone call.Ye Qiulan touched his phone in a daze, and barely opened his eyes a crack. The words "Teacher Liu" danced on the screen.The remaining sleepiness was instantly shaken away, and she sat up suddenly, her heart pounding. "Hello, Teacher Liu?" "Classmate Ye Qiulan? Please come to the office of the Ancient Books Restoration Department on the third floor of the library now. I need to…
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Chapter 41 The closing bell of the library is a long and monotonous electronic sound, echoing over and over in the silent space filled with books, like a reminder.The students in the reading area began to pack their things slowly, and the sound of zippers, book pages closing, and chair legs scraping against the ground were heard.The overhead lights were extinguished one by one, leaving only a few rows of dim corridor lights, making people's shadows as thin and elongated as ghosts. Ye Qiulan's pen hasn't…
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