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Chapter 139 Li Zhi's University Memories

Shen Yuan walked through the library.

Since Shen Yuan didn't know where Li Zhihui was in the library, he had to search for him place by place.

However, the goal is actually quite clear.

The place Shen Yuan was looking for was basically the study room.

Shen Yuan quickly arrived at the study room.

The moment I pushed open the door, a system notification sounded in my ear.

[Entry into target area detected. Acquired: [Li Zhi's Memory Fragment: Basic Library]]

Shen Yuan then found an empty table and sat down.

After opening the system, Shen Yuan clicked on the memory fragment.

In an instant, a blurry scene appeared before Shen Yuan.

The long table in the third row by the window is bathed in the slanting sunlight. There is a faint crescent-shaped engraving on the corner of the table, and the edge is covered with an amber patina formed by years of rubbing.

The girl was hunched over her desk, her long hair tied up with a pearl hair clip, and stray hairs hanging behind her ears swayed gently with her writing, turning a translucent golden brown in the sunlight.

Memory is not presented from a first-person perspective.

It was as if Shen Yuan was sitting opposite Li Zhi, looking at her.

In a daze, Shen Yuan felt that he had participated in Li Zhi's past life in a peculiar way.

Emmmm…

It should be Li Zhi's university life at the age of 35 in another time and space.

Damn, now that I think about it, there's a much higher chance that the system was sent by Li Zhi from the future!

Shen Yuan continued reading Li Zhi's memories. He was quite curious and wanted to see what major Li Zhi studied in university.

But the perspective seemed to be fixed, and Shen Yuan couldn't move even the slightest bit.

After trying for a while, Shen Yuan gave up.

"If this system really was sent by Li Zhi, then it's probably because this guy wrote some strange things in the book."

As Shen Yuan thought this, he focused his attention back on Li Zhi.

The pretty girl, who had been reading for an unknown amount of time, looked up and stretched.

"You're wearing glasses now."

Shen Yuan immediately noticed the glasses on Li Zhi's nose, realizing that his university studies must be quite demanding.

Li Zhi suddenly turned his head to look out the window, his eyelashes casting fine shadows on his eyelids.

Through the thin mist of memory, Shen Yuan saw her eyes behind her glasses slightly narrowed, reflecting the setting sun on the horizon. A faint light, almost a sigh, flowed deep within her pupils, as if she were looking at a distant place that could never be reached.

Why? Why did Li Zhi make that expression?

Looking at Li Zhi in this state, Shen Yuan felt a pang of pity.

A faint glimmer of memory, traversing the long passage of time, shone directly into Shen Yuan's heart, leaving a subtle scar.

Shen Yuan heard a low, suppressed sigh escape from his throat.

In that instant, the surrounding mist began to thicken slowly, like a thin veil gently covering this scene of memory.

This fragment of memory seemed to be coming to an end. As Shen Yuan looked at Li Zhi, who looked forlorn in the afterglow of the setting sun, he suddenly felt an urge to stroke her long hair.

He longed to sit beside her, to let her head rest comfortably on his shoulder, to offer her warmth and solace.

However, such expectations soon turned into a luxury as the fog of memory thickened.

Looking at the study room that had reappeared before him, Shen Yuan silently shifted his attention to the third wooden table by the window.

Fortunately, the wooden table was empty at the moment and no one was occupying it.

Shen Yuan slowly stood up and walked gently to the table.

He gazed silently at the spot where Li Zhi had once sat in his memory, his mind filled with countless thoughts.

In the end, Shen Yuan decided to choose the seat that represented his perspective in the fragments of memory, and sat down to quietly savor this memory that was gradually fading away.

Amidst the bittersweet mix of reality and illusion, everything in Shen Yuan's heart ultimately turned into a sigh.

Shen Yuan stood up from his seat and then left the library.

Although this memory made Shen Yuan extremely uncomfortable, he figured that since he was already here, he might as well go and see it all.

Let's see what Li Zhi's situation is like in university.

After scanning the QR code to unlock the bicycle, Shen Yuan continued to wander around the campus of Zhejiang University.

The second stop Shen Yuan found was the cafeteria.

Shen Yuan knew very well that his childhood sweetheart, Li Zhi, had a stomach that was relatively easy to take care of.

Li Zhi is actually quite lazy; once she finds something she likes to eat, she can eat it for a long time.

When she thinks of changing her food, she'll most likely need someone to take her there.

Otherwise, knowing his own nature, he would probably be too lazy to move.

Shen Yuan slowly walked to the dining table. As usual, he gently pulled out a chair and sat down, his gaze falling on Li Zhi across from him.

In front of Li Zhi, there was still the familiar beef rice bowl, its aroma filling the air and making one's mouth water.

Looking at the bowl of rice, Shen Yuan couldn't help but smile slightly, revealing a hint of helplessness.

"You idiot, can't you find something else to eat besides beef rice bowls?"

Shen Yuan said softly, his tone revealing a hint of doting affection.

However, as soon as he uttered the words, an indescribable feeling of distress suddenly welled up in his heart.

He couldn't help but think to himself, "What an idiot! How can she not care about herself at all without me around?"

Thinking of this, Shen Yuan frowned slightly, and his sense of guilt grew stronger.

"Damn! Thinking about it this way, I guess I'm pretty much a jerk."

Just as Shen Yuan was immersed in self-reflection, he suddenly noticed that Li Zhi took out his phone from his pocket.

The moment Li Zhi turned on her phone, Shen Yuan saw a faint smile on her face.

That smile bloomed like spring flowers, warm and gentle, making Shen Yuan's heart flutter.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhi raised his phone and took a picture of the rice bowl.

Then, her fingers swiped rapidly across the screen, clearly chatting with someone.

"Who are you having such a pleasant chat with?"

Shen Yuan's curiosity was completely piqued, and he couldn't help but lean forward to see the contents of Li Zhi's phone screen.

Unfortunately, due to the angle, he couldn't see anything, only vaguely seeing Li Zhi rapidly typing on the keyboard, his smile growing wider.

Seeing this, Shen Yuan couldn't help but laugh.

"It's good that you can still laugh. I thought you always looked so bitter and resentful at school."

Thinking about this, a fragment of memory began to gradually blur.

After leaving the cafeteria, Shen Yuan continued to ride his bicycle around the Zhejiang University campus.

The third fragment of memory was found in the teaching building.

Li Zhi had just finished class and was about to walk out of the classroom when a tall boy suddenly appeared in front of her.

The boy was holding an exquisite gift box in his hands, and seemed to be muttering something to himself.

Shen Yuan stood to the side of the two, watching the scene with curiosity.

However, even though he was not far away, he couldn't hear what the boy was saying at all.

As for lip reading, it was simply a fantasy to Shen Yuan; he had no way of deciphering it.

Judging from the boy's actions and expressions, Shen Yuan could roughly guess his purpose—he was most likely there to confess his feelings to Li Zhi.

In the vibrant campus life, dating is a perfectly normal thing.

To Shen Yuan's complete surprise, while the boy was still talking non-stop, Li Zhi rejected him without hesitation.

Shen Yuan still couldn't hear what Li Zhi said; he could only see her firm attitude and decisive refusal.

"Damn it, I definitely need to learn lip reading in the future!" Shen Yuan cursed inwardly.

Upon hearing Li Zhi's words, the boy's face showed obvious regret and disappointment.

He silently put away the gift box, turned around and left.

After rejecting the boy, Li Zhi did not linger and quickly left the classroom.

She took out her phone, a slight smile on her lips, as if she were sending a message to someone.

Shen Yuan watched all this from afar. Although he still couldn't see the specific content of Li Zhi's message, he had a vague guess in his mind that Li Zhi might be sending him a message.

"So, actually, Li Zhi and I still kept in touch after we went to university?"

"But why have I never gone to see her?"

Shen Yuan frowned, unsure of what to say for a moment.

After Li Zhi sent a voice message, this fragment of memory gradually began to become hazy.

The fourth fragment of memory is downstairs in the dormitory building.

Li Zhi stood alone downstairs in the dormitory, looking at the torrential rain outside, lost in thought.

Wandering through Zhejiang University's campus, Shen Yuan felt like a ghost, traversing different timelines, just to see what Li Zhi's university life was like at different times.

Shen Yuan ultimately found only four fragments of Li Zhi's memories.

After finding the fourth memory fragment, Shen Yuan completed another task.

The moment Shen Yuan gained the ability to improve his eyesight, he felt a stinging sensation in his eyes, followed by tears streaming down his face.

But after the tears, Shen Yuan found that the world before him became clearer.

"Great, your eyesight is back to its peak."

Just then, Shen Yuan's gaze suddenly fell on a group of girls walking together.

For a moment, Shen Yuan was stunned and stood there.

The setting sun divided the long library table into two halves of light and shadow. The pearls in Li Zhiwan's hair shimmered in the halo of light, and the scratching sound of the pen tip on the paper was the only sound that accompanied her.

In the steaming heat of the cafeteria, she raised her phone to the lone beef rice bowl. The cold light from the screen illuminated the smiling corners of her eyes behind her glasses, but it couldn't brighten the empty seat opposite her.

The torrential rain lashed against the glass curtain wall of the dormitory building. She stood silhouetted against the eaves, books in hand, the rainwater forming a winding river at her feet, yet her reflection showed only a solitary figure. Meanwhile, the girls before her were arm in arm, their floral skirts intertwining like summer vines, their silvery laughter startling the sparrows from the branches.

This vibrant liveliness, like a fine needle, unexpectedly pierced the long-accumulated mist in Shen Yuan's heart.

His heart tightened suddenly, as if he had been hit hard by something, making it hard for him to breathe.

Shen Yuan subconsciously gripped the bicycle handlebars tightly, his fingers turning slightly white from the excessive force.

The clear vision brought by his enhanced eyesight made Shen Yuan seem to see Li Zhi's loneliness in the fragments of his memory even more clearly.

Shen Yuan let out a long sigh.

He suddenly didn't want to stay there any longer.

The original plan to stroll around the area around Zhejiang University was quickly scrapped at this moment.

The high-speed train departs at 3 PM, but it's only 11 AM now.

After leaving Zhejiang University on his bicycle, Shen Yuan immediately headed towards the North Bus Station.

He wanted to check when the nearest train ticket back to Jiyang was.

He wanted to go home as soon as possible.

Shen Yuan quickly arrived at the North Bus Station and bought a ticket for a bus departing at 12:30.

After having lunch nearby, Shen Yuan waited at the station.

While waiting for the car, Shen Yuan took out his phone and sent a message to Li Zhi.

At that moment, Li Zhi was at home playing Stardew Valley on her computer when her phone suddenly beeped. She looked down at the screen and saw that it was a message from Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan: "Want to come over to my place for ice cream tonight?"

Li Zhi's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile.

"Hmph! You only think of me now, you idiot Shen Yuan! Where were you before!"

Despite this, Li Zhi still picked up his phone and replied to Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan quickly received Li Zhi's message and gave a very brief reply.

--"good."

Upon seeing Li Zhi's message, Shen Yuan couldn't help but laugh at the train station.

The laughter attracted the attention of those around him, and everyone looked at him before instinctively moving to the side.

By the time Shen Yuan returned to Jiyang, it was already past two o'clock.

Before arriving home, Shen Yuan went to the supermarket next to the residential area and bought a bunch of ice creams that Li Zhi loves to eat.

"Huh? What did you do today?"

Zhang Yuyan looked at Shen Yuan with curiosity. When her gaze fell on the large bag of ice cream in Shen Yuan's hand, her eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had discovered some treasure.

She couldn't help but sigh, "My child has grown up! He knows how to care for his mother now."

As she spoke, Zhang Yuyan quickly walked behind Shen Yuan and asked with a smile, "Yuan, are these ice creams for your mother?"

Shen Yuan didn't answer his mother's question immediately, but silently put the ice creams into the refrigerator one by one.

After he had placed all the ice cream in the bowl, he slowly said, "You can eat it, but you can't finish it. These are for Li Zhi."

Zhang Yuyan blinked, thinking to herself, "Oh no, this feels like I'm getting a taste of mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationships before they even begin?!"

However, Ms. Zhang Yuyan quickly adjusted her mindset, as she didn't feel particularly bad about the situation.

The two kids already had a good relationship, so it wouldn't be a big deal if they got even better.

Moreover, Zhang Yuyan and Li Zhi's mother seemed to have a good rapport when they chatted.

The two mothers sometimes jokingly refer to each other as in-laws in private.

However, once the words were on the tip of their tongue, they came out in a completely different tone.

"Yuan, you don't love your mom anymore."

Zhang Yuyan's voice revealed a hint of sadness, and her face was filled with disappointment and resentment, as if the whole world was against her.

"When the children grow up, the first ones I feel sorry for are actually other children."

She continued, her tone tinged with helplessness and self-deprecation.

After saying that, Zhang Yuyan gently covered her face and pretended to cry.

Shen Yuan did not react much to his mother's action.

He merely twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a somewhat helpless smile.

Mom, you're 42 years old, and you've been rebellious for a bit too long.

"Mom," Shen Yuan called out helplessly, then took an ice cream from the refrigerator and placed it in Zhang Yuyan's hand.

"If you want some, just help yourself."

Looking at the ice cream in her hand, Zhang Yuyan's dissatisfaction grew stronger.

"Perfunctory, kids these days are getting more and more perfunctory with their parents," she complained, clutching her chest as if hurt by her son's attitude, and letting out a long sigh.

Upon seeing this, Shen Yuan's smile immediately became even brighter.

He walked quickly to his mother's side and said gently, "Oh, my dear mother, would you do me the honor of trying the ice cream that your son brought you from all the way here in CM?"

Zhang Yuyan smiled at Shen Yuan and nodded slightly in approval.

Shen Yuan understood immediately, quickly opened the ice cream packaging, and carefully handed it to his mother.

Zhang Yuyan took the ice cream, took a small bite, and a sweet flavor spread in her mouth.

She smiled with satisfaction and said to Shen Yuan, "Hmm, it tastes very good, just the way I like it."

Chocolate ice cream is something that basically suits everyone's taste.

Seeing that his mother was satisfied, Shen Yuan was about to turn around and leave when Zhang Yuyan called out to him, "Wait."

Shen Yuan stopped, puzzled, and asked, "What's wrong, Mom?"

Zhang Yuyan sat down at the dining table, placed the ice cream on the table, and then said to Shen Yuan, "Yuan, do you know what? The way you looked just now really reminded me of when you were a child."

Shen Yuan looked bewildered, not understanding what his mother meant.

"When I was a child?"

Zhang Yuyan nodded and continued, "You were like this when you were little too. You always thought of saving the good things for Li Zhi. The toys and snacks that your father and I bought for you, you would show to Li Zhi."

At this point, Zhang Yuyan's face showed a look of reminiscence, as if she had returned to Shen Yuan's childhood.

"You little rascal, back in the day you were always pestering Li Zhi, but I don't know what happened later, you suddenly became distant from her."

As Zhang Yuyan spoke, she looked thoughtfully at Shen Yuan, then shrugged helplessly, "But now, you're sticking to me like a leech."

After listening to his mother's words, Shen Yuan blinked and said with a serious expression, "It's probably because I've fallen in love with learning now."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuyan immediately made a vomiting gesture.

“Son, I know exactly what kind of person you are.”

She said without any mercy, "Mom isn't against you dating, but you have to focus on your studies during this crucial time of senior year! This isn't just for your own studies, it's mainly for Li Zhi. Don't be an idiot and ruin that girl's bright future for some romance."

After hearing his mother's words, Shen Yuan could only sigh inwardly, "She really is my mother."

This perspective is completely on Li Zhi's side.

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say, alright?"

Shen Yuan quickly replied, "But then again, whether she likes me or not is still unknown."

As soon as Shen Yuan finished speaking, Zhang Yuyan's eyes suddenly lit up.

The elderly mother asked curiously, "Oh? So, you like Li Zhi?"

"Eh!"

Shen Yuan gave a warning like a husky: "Don't talk nonsense! I never said I like her."

"Yes, yes, Mom understands you."

Zhang Yuyan patted Shen Yuan on the shoulder, then strolled off to find Old Shen.

"Old Shen! Old Shen! Good news!"

Shen Yuan covered his face upon hearing the news from his mother.

"Damn it, I can't stand being in this house any longer."

Shen Yuan took two cups of his favorite chocolate ice cream from the refrigerator and went out to find Li Zhi.

When Li Zhi opened the door for Shen Yuan, before she could even voice her doubts, Shen Yuan shoved an ice cream into her hand.

Feeling the coldness in his hand, Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan in surprise.

"What's wrong with you?"

Shen Yuan unconsciously tightened his grip on the ice cream cup.

In an instant, Li Zhi's figure overlapped with the silhouette of someone gazing out the window at sunset in the fragments of memory.

Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed slightly.

"It just suddenly occurred to me..."

Shen Yuan's voice sounded like it had been sanded, but softened when he saw Li Zhi tilting his head in confusion.

"Some idiot should be craving something sweet right now."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi immediately glared at Shen Yuan: "You're the idiot!"

Looking at the lively expression on Li Zhi's face, Shen Yuan suddenly realized that everything in those memory fragments was something that had never happened to him at this moment.

The regrets left by time were easily erased by Shen Yuan.

Li Zhi suddenly saw a bright smile on Shen Yuan's face.

"Yes, I used to be an idiot."

Before Li Zhi could say anything, Shen Yuan spoke again.

"But not anymore."

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