C22 Librarian
With a quick glance behind him, Ye Hong noticed a long-haired beauty smiling at him from the reception desk.
This beauty seemed to be around twenty years old and had a pretty, oval face with faint makeup on.
Her silky black hair flowed down her shoulders like a gentle waterfall.
Furthermore, her long light-yellow skirt covered up her lower body — giving her a graceful yet slim appearance.
That beauty in front of him was the librarian. Always giving off a refined, elegant demeanor, Ye Hong firmly remembered her name since his first time visiting the library.
"Sister Ziqi, I don't have anything to do and have nowhere to go. Please take pity on me and let me read some books here!"
Ye Hong clasped his hands and begged sincerely.
Zhu Ziqi thought to herself, "Hmm? Such a diligent, studious student is hard to come across these days. And it might also be quite nice to have someone keeping me company."
As her heart softened, she let out a charming smile and said, "I'll let you come in here at noon on two conditions. Firstly, you must read and study quietly. Secondly, you must not disturb me in this humble abode."
"Thank you, Sister Ziqi!"
Overjoyed, Ye Hong immediately switched his gaze from Zhu Ziqi to the vast sea of knowledge flowing through the library.
As for the reason why Zhu Ziqi remained at her post at noon and did not want others to disturb her, Ye Hong knew a little about it.
This piece of information came from the intelligence king of his class, Chubby Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao, a legend of Class 18, would usually never pay attention to his classes; instead, he would take out his comic books and read it with relish.
However, what made him even more interesting was his 'Book of Beauties' that he created himself.
Legend has it that the 'Book of Beauties' was filled with information regarding the various beauties in the school — from their birthdays to their three measurements.
Not only did these beauties include all the goddesses from the entire school, it even contained information about the librarian, Zhu Ziqi — one of the most mysterious person in the school.
According to Zhou Hao's information that he had revealed in class, Zhu Ziqi had directly claimed the position as the librarian of Zhicai High School immediately after graduating with her bachelor's degree.
However, she would always study extremely hard in the library every day at noon, as if planning to continue on with her master's degree.
In his moment of admiration for Zhu Ziqi's diligence, he found himself wandering through the ocean of books.
"Which book should I start with...?"
"Military, law, philosophy… Those subjects don't seem to be much use to me at the moment."
"Agriculture, industry, environment... Those seem even more useless for now."
After thinking about his options carefully, Ye Hong selected books specializing in subjects such as Mathematics and English.
Flipping through the pages of the textbooks he hand-picked, it seemed that only the books from the library would keep his abilities from plateauing.
[Ding! Math Ability: +1...]
[Ding! English Language: +1...]
[Ding! Knowledge of History: +1...]
When the afternoon bell rang, Ye Hong had increased his proficiency in various subjects by around five points. Despite his constant focus, he did not feel fatigued or drowsy at all.
[Ding! Focus on studying... Concentration Ability: +1, Current progress 1/10, Current level: Beginner-level.]
So that's how it is... The more focused you are, the more efficient and less fatigued you will be.
After politely saying goodbye to Zhu Ziqi, he quickly rushed back to his classroom.
However, when he arrived at the classroom, he was met with an empty class.
Taking a looking at his afternoon schedule, he suddenly realized his blunder.
The first lesson of the afternoon was physical education.
In a moment of panic, Ye Hong bolted from his classroom to the sports field — almost arriving late to his lesson.
The moment they lined up, Ye Hong noticed Qin Loong slowly walking over from the other side of the field with his hands in his pockets.
Seeming to have recovered from his initial shock from this morning, his gaze towards Ye Hong felt even more vicious.
Noticing the daggers pointing at him, Ye Hong became even more alert, thinking how Qin Loong might try to stir up trouble again.
