Chapter 27 (1/2)

CHAPTER 27: CRAZY

After the thing with Xiao Yiran, Zhang Yang did not feel

like talking, he just nodded and sat down. After that he was immediately

indulged in the book and then he felt as if the world is not that important,

what’s important were those words, those fragments of memories and the

boundless knowledge of ocean.

a minute….

An hour…

Two hours…

…….

Zhang Yang simply lost track of time, exchanging one book

with the other. Not only had he forgotten about all of his troubles, but also

his tongue that was bitten. He was seeking for the knowledge that led to the

secret of the rise of mankind. His own thoughts and those other memories were

unceasingly merging with one another.

At present, Zhang Yang was not limited to only one kind of

book, as long as there was something to read, he would pick it up to see as if

his head had been possessed by a mysterious force which was controlling him to

do the crazy learning.

Zhang Yang had a very wonderful feeling. It seemed that a

lot of books somewhat contained fascinating things but he could not tell it

specifically, especially when reading  some old ancient books, there was a kind of

impulse that Zhang Yang felt, an explicable impulse as if those words contained

a hidden ancient secret in general.

Unconsciously, Zhang Yang’s reading aim changed its

direction to some ancient literature

Du Xue looked at Zhang Yang constantly standing up and sit

down again and again, and blankly forgot to read the book herself. She simply

could not understand why Zhang Yang was reading repeatedly in such a manner.

He’d picked up a lot of books and exchanged it in no less than twenty minutes,

even to the extent that some books were switched after only a few minutes of

reading. Of course, this was not reason why Du Xue was surprised, she was

rather amazed to see Zhang Yang with that kind of concentration and investment.

Du Xue was convinced that Zhang Yang was definitely a true pa.s.sionate reader,

only a person who is earnest about reading would have such  single mindedly devoting and engrossed

expression …

A few hours later, Du Xue  got a phone call and had to leave but Zhang

Yang did not notice her departure as if his whole body was possessed and

immersed amidst the vast sea of literature unable to extricate himself.

When human beings’ mental state undergoes an extreme concentration,

the pa.s.sage of time seems to be several times faster than usual. Du Xue had

been gone for few hours and the crowd inside the library grew smaller and

smaller, bartered with wave by another wave and only Zhang Yang was left sitting

there unceasingly getting up to take a book as he had even forgotten about

hunger …

“Zhang Yang, Are you still here?” A delicate voice

interrupted Zhang Yang’s thoughts.

“Uh Huh …”

Zhang Yang raised his head buried in the book.

“Have you had your dinner yet?”

“Ah, dinner … what?” Suddenly, a burst of extreme exhaustion

and hunger invaded his brain. Zhang Yang just remembered that he had actually

forgotten to eat and immediately the writings and the memories of intellect,

everything were tossed aside.

“Here you are.” Du Xue handed a red plastic bag to Zhang

Yang.

Looking at the pair of white delicate hands above the sweet

scattered fragrance of the cake, for a while Zhang Yang could not refrain from

remembering Xiao Yiran’s soft hands.

“It’s late, I’ll go out to eat myself.”