under the filth

On the morning of the third day after He Xiu left, Tang Cen woke up from his sleep.He sat up and looked out the window. It was late in winter, but it was still dark outside.The vast darkness reminded Tang Cen of the early morning many years ago, it was also such a dense darkness, but there were faint signs of dawn.

The sky in London is often gloomy, and Tang Cen woke up before the sun rose that day.He slept intermittently for two days, and his body was still not very comfortable. Every cell in his body was clamoring for him to lie down for another day.The soreness came from his bones, and Tang Cen felt that it was necessary for him to go out for activities, but going out meant inevitable social interaction.

Tang Cen lay on the bed and tossed and turned for a long time, finally, after staring blankly at the books on the desk for a long time, he remembered that the books he had borrowed before were almost due to be returned.

Let's go to the library, Tang Cen thought as he sat up.There are people in the library, it won't be too deserted, it's not as noisy as other places, and he doesn't need to spend time socializing or going down the mountain, which is perfect for him.

Before encountering the same kind, people will try their best to disguise themselves, and use the disguise to integrate into the so-called group, and live the so-called daily life as if nothing had happened.Before meeting Lu Sheng, Tang Cen tried his best to pretend to be a normal person and blend into various circles.

"Hi! Don, wait for me!"

A sound suddenly sounded in the quiet campus in the early morning. A small group of students looked at the source of the sound curiously, but most of them were already familiar with it.A few people who knew the owner of the voice secretly lamented that it had only been silent for two days, and they still missed the greetings every morning.

Tang Cen was walking on the path leading to the library, with a few books in his hands.Because of a severe cold, he had to lie down in the dormitory for a few days. Tang Cen's head was still dizzy, and he was still stunned for a while when he heard the familiar and hearty voice behind him.When he was about to turn his head, a dark-skinned boy had already hooked his shoulders and landed on him.

"Are you going to the library again?" the boy asked with a smile.

The weight of an adult male suddenly increased, Tang Cen bowed his waist slightly, and said with some difficulty: "Hey Andy, can you let go of me first?"

The boy named Andy heard the thick nasal voice in his voice, and quickly let go of the hand hooking Tang Cen's shoulder: "Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that you are still sick." Seeing his complexion, he patted him. His shoulder, "Are you okay? Still going to the library to study today?"

Tang Cen shook his head and continued walking towards the library.It's just that after being tormented by Andy, the already haggard face became even uglier: "It's almost healed, I'm going out for a walk today, and I just went to the library to return a few books."

Andy was left behind by Tang Cen, and hurriedly trotted two steps to follow: "I'll go with you, I happen to have a few books I want to borrow, but I didn't borrow them last time, I don't know if they have been returned."

There were suddenly more people around, Tang Cen didn't say much, he had been sick for the past two days, he couldn't keep up his spirits, and he didn't even bother to socialize.Fortunately, Andy knew that his cold was not completely healed, so he followed him quietly the whole time, occasionally reminding him to pay attention to the steps under his feet.

After entering the library, Andy accompanied Tang Cen to return the books he had borrowed. He looked around at the students who were studying hard, leaned against Tang Cen and asked him in a low voice, "Would you like to sit over there?" Wait for me for a while? I’ll be back after borrowing the book.” He pointed quietly at the empty seat at the long table.

Tang Cen looked along his fingers, pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to unblock the blocked nose, but with little effect: "No, I'll follow you to see if there are any books I want to borrow."

He couldn't pronounce this sentence well because of his blocked nose, and he swallowed a few syllables, but Andy understood it anyway: "It's just two days without class, you don't have to work so hard?" Surprised he His voice was a little louder, and he was glared at by the passing librarian.

"Don't disturb others, let's go." Tang Cen nodded to the administrator, pulled Andy's sleeve and walked towards the stairs.

Andy Bryan was dragged upstairs by Tang Cen, muttering in a low voice: "Oh well, I'm going to the third floor."

"En." Tang Cen made a single sound, and he didn't let go of Andy's sleeve until he reached the corner of the stairs on the third floor, and silently pointed to the bookshelf beside him.

Pointing to the bookshelf on the other side, Andy said that he and Tang Cen were going in opposite directions. Tang Cen nodded, and the two walked towards the bookshelves they were looking for.

He said he was looking to see if there were any books he wanted to borrow, but Tang Cen didn't have the slightest idea in mind.He stood in front of a row of bookshelves, resting his fingers on the spine of the red-brown cover, staring at the gilded title of the book in a daze.He seldom empties himself like this, but it doesn't hurt to feel decadent once in a while when he's sick.

Even in a library, however, accidents can easily happen when emptying out.

Tang Cen's fingers had just left the red-brown spine of the book and hadn't touched the dark coffee-colored spine next to him when someone bumped his shoulder.Normally, even if he was hit by someone without any precautions, Tang Cen would stagger two steps at most, but today was different, the collision almost caused him to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

But there was no expected pain coming from his body, just a feeling of being suspended, Tang Cen was a little at a loss.

"Sorry." A deep male voice sounded above his head, and Tang Cen looked up, only to find that the culprit was a handsome young man.But to Tang Cen's surprise, the man had an oriental face just like him.

The man looked at Tang Cen's haggard face, his eyes fluttered and confused, worried that he had accidentally hurt something, and hurriedly asked, "Are you okay? Is there anything uncomfortable?" Tang Cen's anxious tone made Tang Cen completely turn around. god.

After recovering, Tang Cen realized that their current postures were somewhat ambiguous. He was hugged by a man around his waist, and his whole body was almost suspended in the air.Tang Cen realized that such an action was too intimate, and hurriedly put his shoulders on the man's shoulders and struggled to stand up. He staggered two steps in a panic, and the man even reached out to help him.

After standing still, Tang Cen quickly took two steps back and opened the distance between the two: "Thank you...I'm fine."

Regarding Tang Cen's precautions, the man was not angry, but just smiled with a good temper: "Your complexion doesn't look well, I can accompany you to the hospital if necessary."

"As an apology." The man said with a smile.

If it was just because of this accident, the man's attitude was too enthusiastic, which made Tang Cen inexplicably flustered.He leaned halfway on the bookshelf, propping his forehead with his hand: "No thanks, it's just a cold."

On the other side, Andy walked towards this side holding the book he was thinking about.Through the gaps in the bookshelves, Andy saw Tang Cen half leaning and standing only two rows of bookshelves away from him, and there was a familiar man standing in front of him.

Not knowing what the man said, Andy noticed that Tang Cen's complexion was worse than when he came in.

Tang Cen watched the man walk up and wanted to say something more, when he heard Andy's voice from the bookshelf behind him: "Tang, have you chosen yet?"

That soft call rescued Tang Cen from the predicament in time.Putting his hand on the bookshelf, Tang Cen took some strength to stand up straight. He said "sorry" to the man before turning around to look for Andy on the bookshelf behind.

Tang Cen's back when he left fell into the man's eyes with a sense of fleeing, and the smile on his face was a little more playful, but he didn't follow up to ask other questions.

"Andy, go when you've made your choice." Tang Cen stood at the end of the bookshelf near the stairs after finding Andy, and said with a tired expression, "I'm a little tired."

Walking in front of Tang Cen softly and quickly, Andy took the two thick and heavy books in his arms to his bosom, freed one hand to test the temperature on Tang Cen's forehead: "I don't have a fever, but I I think it's better for you to go back and rest today."

After this incident, Tang Cen felt that he really shouldn't go out today, so he said "hmm" in a low voice, and didn't insist on staying in the library anymore.

The two walked towards the stairs, and when they passed a certain row of bookshelves, Andy and the man looked at each other for two seconds.The man smiled and nodded to Andy, and Andy nodded blankly, and only remembered the identity of the man when he reached the stairs.

But when he turned his head to look again, the figure of the man had disappeared by the bookshelf.

After the book was borrowed and the two left the library and walked a short distance, Andy frowned and asked Tang Cen: "Tang, what happened to you and Lu in the library just now?"

"Lu?" Tang Cen first asked in confusion, and then realized what happened in the library after a while.It turns out that the man's surname is Lu, so it seems that they are probably from the same country.

"Yeah, he's also a student of the School of Management. He's from a different department than ours." Andy was a little surprised by Tang Cen's question. You already knew that."

"Really..." Tang Cen didn't have any impression of the "Lu" that Andy said, maybe he had seen it before, but he just couldn't remember it due to lack of energy.

Now Tang Cen just wanted to go back to the dormitory quickly and slumped on the big soft bed.As for the fact that Lu almost knocked him down, he didn't take it to heart at all, at most he was not used to his attitude, but he once met a guy from the north of the motherland at a sorority meeting with other schools, and Tang Cen could understand his attitude A feeling of seeing compatriots in a foreign country.

Tang Cen touched the side of the shoulder that was hit, and said unnaturally perfunctory: "It's just that I accidentally touched it, it doesn't matter."

He said so, and Andy couldn't ask further questions, and the two of them didn't look like they had a conflict, but Andy always felt that this matter was a bit intriguing.

After sending Tang Cen back to the dormitory, Andy watched Tang Cen lie down on the bed before saying: "I'm going first, remember to send me an email when you feel better, and I'll bring over the notes from the past two days."

The answer was Tang Cen's hand stretched out from under the quilt and waved randomly in the air. He watched helplessly, then shook his head and sighed again.

"Click——" Andy gently closed the door.