My girlfriend is from the future!

The fourth floor of the library stores all academic materials, manuscripts, papers and reports researched by teachers and students of various departments and departments of HKU over the years. There are no open bookshelves here, and there are no seats for self-study. The archives rooms are divided by professional fields. He Tianran and the others usually meet on this floor when the library staff have meetings.

The two got out of the elevator, and He Tianran led the way. He first went to an office to say hello to another colleague, handed in the receipt and got the key, and then went to the file room of the School of Architecture to open the door. Door.

The School of Architecture is one of the three earliest departments of the University of Hong Kong, and it is also the most famous major. The important materials accumulated in the past hundred years cannot fit in just one room, and there are two archive rooms of nearly [-] square meters next door, which are also their School of Architecture. Yes, it's just the copy of the design that Cao Aiqing was looking for, and it should be stored here according to the type.

Rows of high bookshelves in the archives reach the ceiling. Although the materials seem to be piled up like a mountain, they are complicated and not chaotic when you look closely. All the materials are wrapped in kraft paper bags and labeled No., sorted from A to Z according to the subcategory and the author's first name.

But even so, He Tianran still felt quite a headache.

Because although the covers of these kraft paper bags have written what they contain, they have no spine, and many of them are stacked together, so it must take some time to find them.

Cao Aiqing picked up a file bag and looked at it. It contained an article called "Study on Design of Earth-covered Buildings". Since these materials are quite old, there are still old borrowed books posted under the paper bag. Card.

Looking at the different fonts and names on the borrowing card, I seem to see the mood of the predecessors when writing the borrowing card and the different personalities of each person. It is like traveling through a long time and space. Seeing such an old man, a bit lonely and rickety Looking up the information, I brought the students carefully prepared lessons one after another.

"He Tianran, I seem to...found a bug in your library."

Cao Aiqing said suddenly.

"what?"

He Tianran was helping her find information, when he heard this, he turned his head and walked to the girl.

"Look~ here!"

The man looked intently, and the girl tapped the borrowing card in her hand, and saw that besides the name of the person, there was a loan period and repayment period on it.

There are not many people who have borrowed this material in her hand, only four, and the latest one is due on August 8, but the yellowed borrowing card and slightly old handwriting show that this date is definitely not In recent years.

He Tianran smiled and expressed what Cao Aiqing was thinking:
"You found out that there is no year, right? But this is not a bug in our library. The setting of this world is like this. There is no information about the detailed year, but even so, no one pays attention. If I hadn't told you this, maybe You can't find that either."

Cao Aiqing was taken aback, and put down the information. Her face showed a thoughtful look. He Tianran turned around again to look for the information she needed. After a while, she heard the girl behind her say:
"...Why don't we designate this year as the first year starting from this year, what do you think?"

This proposal really surprised He Tianran.

"Why? No one else notices, so it's not much use if it's just the two of us."

Cao Aiqing explained: "It doesn't matter whether others know or not. It's mainly for our convenience. Didn't you decide to bid farewell to the old past and start again? And it will be easier to remember."

He Tianran couldn't help opening his mouth after hearing this, and murmured:

"Wow, you are really...romantic..."

Cao Aiqing felt a little shy after hearing this, "What does this have to do with romanticism?"

"I'm afraid it's okay. I didn't think anything at first, but after what you said, it really aroused my long-lost secondary school soul. I feel that we are playing Genesis in this hell. Think about it , the two of us set out the year for this confused world, and only you and I know this secret, isn’t that romantic?”

He Ranran leaned his body on the bookshelf, crossed his chest with one hand, lifted the water glass with the other, and took a sip of Bupleurum bupleurum as if drinking tea.

Obviously, he was very interested in Cao Aiqing's proposal, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, so he continued:

"Just calling it the first year, I don't think it makes much sense. After all, we have to count the days before us, so we might as well think of a year name."

"Reign? It's the first time I've seen the emperor who ascended the throne drinking cold medicine in the library."

Cao Aiqing couldn't help laughing, she really didn't expect He Tianran to be so enthusiastic, so she didn't want to interrupt the other party's interest, besides, she was the one who started the topic.

"Oh, it doesn't matter where you are, whether it's enshrining Zen in Mount Tai or talking in the library. The important thing is that the matter we are discussing now is as important as Cangjie's creation of characters and the establishment of the five emperors. At least for the two of us, you know what I mean?"

"clear."

Cao Aiqing nodded with a smile, watching him continue to bluff.

"In this way, from the year I was born to the day before we watched the sunrise together in our third year of high school, those 18 years, we called the "Year of Green Grass", which just matched our age, and for the next three years, I want to control It's called 'The Year of the Maple Leaf', and it feels very memorable and full of twists and turns, what do you think?"

Cao Aiqing really can't compliment He Tianran's skill in choosing a name. She asked:
"Does the name used to record the year have to be a plant?"

Knowing that the girl was teasing him, He Tianran didn't care and said:

"You also know that it's just a name. Just think of something more representative. I didn't use any names like 'bronze', 'gold' and 'diamond'. But if you really want me to come up with something like 'Yongkang' I can't think of a traditional year name like 'Jianwu' for a while."

"So what now? What should it be called?" Cao Aiqing asked.

"Call……"

He Tianran hesitated, recalling the poem Cao Aiqing wrote to himself a few days ago, and said:
"It's called... 'The Year of Poetry', how about it?"

Cao Aiqing couldn't help it at last, smiled "chi" and shook her head again and again:

"not so good!"

He Ranran blushed a lot:
"Then what do you think it should be called?"

"Don't shout too much, hurry up and help me find what I want."

Hearing this urging, He Tianran nodded:
"Okay, hold it for me."

He handed the water glass to the girl, and after Cao Aiqing took it, the man moved to the five-step ladder on the side, climbed to the top, and began to rummage through the tall bookshelves.

Cao Aiqing raised her head and looked at the man who was on a high place. As soon as he raised his hand, the coat on his back was about to start to fall.

"He Tianran..."

"Ok?"

"How long have I not said you are naive?"

"……Clam?"

He Tianran lowered his head and looked at her with a dazed expression, not knowing what happened.

At this time, Cao Aiqing said:

"If you don't wear your clothes, you can put the sleeves on, or you can take them off, and I'll hold them for you. You look like a fool, and you don't wear them well. You really look like a yellow robe. I think it's very handsome. Is that right? Don't care about the future!"

"Ah good……"

He Tianran handed over all the water glasses just now, and he didn't notice that his clothes were still on. After all, before this, he didn't know that the materials here could be piled up so high.

Taking off her clothes and throwing them to Cao Aiqing, the girl hugged the heavy down jacket to her chest. He Tianran took out a stack of document bags to look at, then put them back in place, and complained to himself:

"Hey, sometimes I am also confused by you. Sometimes you say that I am mature like an old man and lifeless, and sometimes you say that I am naive. I don't know which side to use to face you. ..."

Cao Aiqing stared at his back, whispering:
"It's quite..."

He Tianran's energy has been concentrated on a book of materials. Hearing the sound gradually rising and fading behind him, he couldn't help asking:
"What did you say?"

"I said you look for it carefully, just face it naturally, don't keep pretending to be weird."

Cao Aiqing also raised her voice and yelled.

"I'll go, I'm not natural now, it's too natural for me to face you now... I have~!"

He Tianran took out a document bag, and after confirming it, he turned his face to Cao Aiqing.

"It's the "St. White's Church Design Draft and Final Draft Summary", right?"

"Yes, this is it! Come down!"

Seeing Cao Aiqing nodding happily, He Tianran got off the ladder.

"This thing is of the same generation as my grandfather, and it's really not easy to find it."

He Tianran recalled that the churches in the Jiangnan District were quite famous. Even if they didn’t have a history of 80 years, they must have existed in [-] or [-]. To have such manuscripts preserved, as a student of the University of Hong Kong and a manager of the library Member, a sense of pride from identity and occupation, made He Ranran suddenly feel honored.

It's just that this manuscript has only been borrowed once in these years.

"The borrower is my teacher, who is also the current dean of the School of Architecture. He said that when he returned to China and taught at the University of Hong Kong, he had seen this plan once. The old professor in charge of this design was self-taught and had no experience in his life. He has been abroad, and has never been exposed to any systematic education in Western architecture. However, he designed the entire St. The whole plan is a very legendary person."

Cao Aiqing's eyes showed fascination and admiration.

He Tianran specifically confirmed the name of the author of this manuscript, Sun Boping.

"Do you need me to find copies of Professor Sun's other manuscripts so that you can learn from them?"

The man raised his eyebrows and suggested.

"Can...is it possible? But it seems...this...isn't that good?"

When Cao Aiqing heard this proposal, his eyes were suddenly filled with a different kind of excitement, and there was caution and restraint in the anticipation.

She knew it was not good to do so. Students who want to borrow this kind of thing usually need a confirmation note and a document confirmation. If they are found out, He Tianran will not only lose his job in the library, but the two of them may even be punished by the school... …

"Just kidding, I didn't ask you to borrow it openly, I found out the information, you can quickly take a few photos with your mobile phone, take them back and take a sneak peek. Look, or don't want to look, it's over..."

In He Ranran's words, the risk of this kind of behavior is minimized. If this is changed to ordinary things, it may not be able to arouse Cao Aiqing's interest.

At this moment, the man felt like a devil, trying to induce a saint who was accustomed to the rules and discipline to slowly step down from the altar. Looking at the other party's hesitant appearance, he was really... ...beautiful!
"I...forget it, I'd better...don't read it...let's talk about it when I have a chance..."

In the end, Cao Aiqing's reason still had the upper hand, even though she didn't have much confidence in her speech.

He Tianran really knew her very well. Hearing that she had made such a decision, he immediately smiled and said:

"Okay, you wait, I'll create an opportunity for you."

"what??"

He Tianran left a sentence, turned around, and climbed up the ladder again. The materials of the same author were all put together. After finding it once, he was naturally familiar with the road.

"He Tianran, don't..."

Cao Aiqing was about to stop it, but the other party had already pulled out a stack of materials, all of which were Professor Sun Boping's original design manuscripts and plans.

He Tianran jumped down, holding the file bag in his hand, walked to an empty table and put it down, Cao Aiqing hurried to his side, and heard him whisper:
"The situation between the two of us, in a martial arts novel, no matter how you say it, it must be a classic plot of sneaking into the Buddhist scriptures pavilion and stealing from a teacher."

Cao Aiqing was really frightened by his unscrupulous way of cutting first and playing later, she said anxiously:

"I said no...why are you so disobedient!"

He Tianran turned his head, took his water glass from the girl who was staring at him anxiously, and said slowly:

"Didn't you say to wait for an opportunity? What's the use of waiting if you don't create an opportunity? Oh, hurry up and take out your phone to take a picture. If my colleagues on the floor see that I don't return the key, they may be killed in a while." Here we come!"

How can he urge others to do bad things!
Cao Aiqing felt angry in her heart, and couldn't help saying: "I...you...you are doing it wrong..."

He Tianran smiled as a matter of course: "Yeah, this thing is not right, but you think anyone can let me use my power for personal gain and risk my life to do this kind of thing? Oh, you can hurry up, I'll go out Hold the door for you, I'll give you 10 minutes."

Cao Aiqing was stunned when she heard the words, but He Tianran ignored it and went straight outside.

He closed the door gently.

"..."

The corridor on the fourth floor of the library was very quiet. He Tianran leaned against the door, lowered his head, and gently shook the little bupleurum potion left in the cup.

Chinese patent medicines such as Xiaobuihu are very effective for colds, but they are bitter in themselves. It is only because of the addition of sugar that people feel that there is a kind of sweetness in this granule.

It's true that good medicine is bitter, but it's hard to swallow after all.

There are many similar things, such as a new life to face again, such as a love that is destined to bid farewell to the past...

These are very bitter, but they are like medicines that can cure life. If you want to get better, you can only take medicine, but most of the time, God will not reward you with a sweet bite during this bitter process.

He Ranran's thoughts were blank for a few minutes, and when he felt someone push the door behind him, he moved two steps.

Cao Aiqing walked out with the information she asked for initially in one hand and He Tianran's coat in the other.

She held out her hand: "your clothes."

He Tianran put his coat back on, poked his head out and glanced at the reference room, seeing that there was nothing on the table, presumably Cao Aiqing had already sorted out those materials.

He asked strangely, "Why so fast? Have you taken all the information?"

Cao Aiqing shook her head, and said softly: "I didn't take any pictures, of course it's fast."

"Tsk, it's a pity."

Seeing that his kindness was still rejected by the girl, He Tianran sighed and closed the door.

"Naturally, you are not so lucky every time you do something bad."

After Cao Aiqing folded his hands, when he locked the door, the two walked slowly in the corridor.

"I didn't grasp this opportunity, and I don't know when the next time will be."

He Tianran pretended to be sorry, but Cao Aiqing shook her head lightly and said:

"Don't worry, take your time, I won't let you do anything dangerous, and I will read those materials one day."

He Tianran paused, "What do you mean?"

Cao Aiqing smiled and said: "I've said it all, I know my teacher very well, if there is a chance, let him approve a few more notes for me! I will come again next time."

"...I...you didn't say it earlier!"

"I said wait for the opportunity and wait for the opportunity. You must catch up with the ready-made opportunities. What can I do?"

He Tianran knew that he was wrong, but he said nonsense: "Just...it is better to hit the sun than to choose the day."

Cao Aiqing walked briskly, taking a slight lead in front of the man, "I still like the method of flowing water in a long stream. I can't make a fat man if I eat it in one sitting. I'm afraid I won't be able to digest well."

"You really... don't take shortcuts~ Knowing that you are noble, you are amazing!"

He Tianran touched his nose and said helplessly.

Cao Aiqing gave him a sideways glance, and confronted him.

"It's you who come up with bad ideas all day long and pretend to be weird!"

"It's reasonable. Anyway, I also helped you find information and created opportunities for you. Although you are useless, I still give you my heart. You didn't intend to thank me?"

"Oh, thank you!"

"No, you go to the radio station today and play a song for me."

Cao Aiqing has no objection to this kind of trivial matter where power can be used for personal gain.

"Okay, what do you want to hear?"

"I want something that fits my style when I hear it, but don't play 'Happy Breakup.'"

Cao Aiqing was unhappy, "How do I know what style you have?"

He Tianran had no skin or face, "Think about it, I trust your taste."

The two chatted and returned the key to the reference room, and returned to the first floor. Cao Aiqing definitely couldn't just leave after taking the files.

"I have to manually enter the number of this material into the computer here. Wait a moment, you fill in the information on the borrowing card first, and I will keep it here."

He Ranran got into the service desk, took off the borrowing card and gave it to Cao Aiqing who was outside the counter, and he himself took the document to the computer and began to enter information.

The girl responded, picked up the pen on the stage, filled in the name, and thought about it in the column of the loan period.

"Hey, okay, the loan period for this kind of material is only one week, so you must remember it."

"I've written it too, here it is."

The two exchanged the things in their hands across the service desk. The whole process took less than a minute. When something happened here, Cao Aiqing turned around and left after getting the information, and returned to her classmate.

He Tianran's gaze shifted from her to the card in his hand, and he saw that there was such a beautiful line of words on the loan period on it——

"The first year of innocence, January [-]rd."

Year of Innocence?

Is this the "year name" that Cao Aiqing set for the unknown era that the two of them live in today?

clean?

He Tianran couldn't laugh or cry.

……

……

The time came to dusk unknowingly, and the daily campus broadcast also entered the end stage.

"Okay, that's the end of today's "Voice of Campus". In the next 15 minutes, let's enter the favorite song request session of the students. Today's first song is from the junior finance department. "New Boy" ordered by classmate He Tianran—"

On the radio, Cao Aiqing's gentle and moving voice came. In the library, Yao Qingtao, who was pushing the cart with He Tianran to collect books, raised her head and asked gossipingly at the man opposite:

"Mr. He, when did you order the song?"

He Tianran picked up a book on the table and threw it into the cart, smiled and said casually:
"I do not know."

Soon, the cheerful melody on the radio and Pu Shu's young singing sounded throughout the campus——

Yes I see the sun everywhere, happiness over the city

The new century is coming like a dream, it makes me feel warm

Is your old pocket watch still running? Can your old leather shoes still be worn?

Here's a future cigarette, don't you want to try it?

……

18 years old is heaven, our life is sweet as sugar
Wear new clothes, cut a new hairstyle, take it easy WINDOWS98
There will be no more pain in the future, how cool our future will be

……

"What an old song, Mr. He's taste is really unique."

Yao Qingtao listened for a while and commented like this.

"Really? Why do I think it's just right? Sister Taozi, I have a question for you. Do you know what 98 in WINDOWS98 means?"

He Tianran listened to the song and asked interestingly.

"Isn't it the computer model?"

"What else? For example, it represents the year of production or something."

"How is it possible, 98? What year is this, so weird~"

Yao Qingtao didn't take it seriously. People in this world didn't have this concept, so they would naturally find it strange.

However, the more other people are like this, the bigger the smile on He Tianran's face, because this is a secret that only he and Cao Aiqing know...

"Hey——Mr. He, did you eat any candies today? Why do you smile so sweetly?"

"Have it?"

"Yes—ah—! You have been laughing all afternoon for no reason!"

"yes?!"

"Yes--!"