Flawless

On the commercial Bahnhofstrasse, there is a small bookstore that is not so conspicuous in comparison.The name of the bookstore is "SnowQueen" - "Ice Queen", which comes from a certain story in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.It narrates the love between Snow Queen, who is as cold as ice, jealous of innocent and lovely lover Kay and Golda. She smashed her mirror and let a piece of it enter into Kay's eyes.From then on, the boy forgot everything and became cold and ruthless. It wasn't until Golda tried every means to find him and melted the ice in his eyes with tears that everyone was happy.

And as soon as you walk into the store, you can feel the strong and beautiful fairy tale meaning of the owner.

Wooden floors, chairs, bookshelves.Hanging on the top is a chandelier made of snowflakes, which is penetrated by the dim light and can actually print hexagonal flowers on the wall.

Most of the collected books have a simple and heavy feeling, hardcover covers with hard bread edges, and three-dimensional characters inlaid with gold and silver.The books are all like magic books from the hands of witches. Even if they are not of this type, they are carefully wrapped by the shopkeeper with a similar cover. The style is unified, and it does not bring any trouble to the readers.

Zuo Yiqiao entered the bookstore and took off his sunglasses. His sheepskin boots stepped on such a high-end floor without making a sound.

There were not many customers in the store, a few scattered among the bookshelves, and most of the rest were looking down at the books in their hands.After all, in such a tourist area, the people who go to bars are the ones who play every night. Who has the time to come and read a book, and if they want to come, they will not choose this time.

Zuo Yiqiao originally planned to avoid the people outside the door, but when he got inside, he felt the warm atmosphere rushing towards his face. The whole place is full of warm and cozy taste.

Instead, he didn't want to leave for a moment.

Walking cautiously to the rows of bookshelves, I took out a book out of curiosity and flipped through it. The shop owner was quite smart, most of them were travel notes and landscapes, and the rest were novels and picture books.When he reached the place where the materials were collected, Zuo Yiqiao raised his head out of some intuition.

So, just like that, in this small European town full of exotic customs, he saw that boy again.

Compared with half a month ago, Gu Ci seems to be a little thinner.The hair is also a little longer than that time, a few tufts cover the forehead and the back of the neck, but a few tufts are a little disobedient and slightly raised, and there is an unworldly cuteness in the cleanliness.It was very hot in the store, so he only wore a thin sweater, but the scarf was still around his neck, and his face was flushed from the steam.The young man lowered his head, looking seriously at a thick, somewhat yellowed book in his hand, his slender fingers kept moving on the pages, and from time to time he picked up a pen to write down something on the side of the paper.

A little surprise flashed across Zuo Yiqiao's face, he looked at the boy for a while, and slowly put the book in his hand back on the shelf.The slender eyebrows and eyes didn't know what they were thinking, but after a while, they took steps.

Gu Ci was engrossed in "Appraisal of Ancient Chinese Porcelain". Since he lived in the hotel room with Guan Cen, that kid would invite a bunch of people to come back to drink and make noise every day. Take your time to do this.Gu Ci was forced to evacuate from that place, and he found that although this small library was on such a street, it was convenient and quiet, and it was very helpful for finding materials. Why didn't he think of it earlier.

Suddenly, he felt his eyes dim, and something blocked his light.The pen that landed on the paper paused slightly, and Gu Ci raised his head bluntly after a while.

This is a face with the light behind it, but the facial features are still as if they were carved out of magic, clear and three-dimensional, especially the pair of blue-purple eyes, which seem to be like endless stars at such a short distance, slightly different. If you pay attention, you will be sucked in, and you will not be able to get out.

Gu Ci stared at him blankly for three or four seconds, then blinked blankly.

Zuo Yiqiao thought his reaction was very amusing, he thought, was the other party petrified because he was too surprised?It is absolutely impossible for him to doubt that Gu Ci forgot him.

"what are you writing?"

Zuo Yiqiao looked as if he had known Gu Ci for a long time. Before the boy could express anything, he put one hand on the table, leaned half of his body over to cover Gu Ci, and then looked down at him from behind. He is busy with something.

Being approached by him, Gu Ci had to bow her head forward, curled up in a small space.Seeing that the man still didn't leave for a while, he pushed his head up in displeasure, signaling that he was about to twist his neck.

Zuo Yiqiao stood up leisurely, crossed his hands and smiled, looking at the boy's hair that was even more disheveled because of him.

"I didn't expect to see you again."

Because Gu Ci had seen him on the street before, he wasn't too surprised at the moment, but he didn't expect to meet him here and he came over to talk to him.

"Well, hello." Gu Ci stretched out her hand to run through her hair, and still greeted politely.

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