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Suddenly, the girl in the white dress seemed to have remembered this matter and spoke suddenly, which made me, who had already stood up, sit back down.

"Um... can you tell me about that?"

Hearing this, the girl in the white dress nodded slightly, her face as calm as water, and spoke slowly and softly.

"In the first year that Qu Yunliu knew the girl, on Valentine's Day, the girl and her parents had an argument on the phone over some trivial matters."

"So, the depressed girl ran to the library, wanting to be alone."

"That day was Valentine's Day, and the library was very quiet..."

……

In the library.

The girl was holding a copy of Jane Eyre, hiding in a corner behind a bookshelf, flipping through the pages absentmindedly.

That corner seemed to be specially prepared for people with social anxiety. There was a small table in the corner, next to the floor-to-ceiling window. Sitting there, one could have a clear view of the scenery downstairs.

The girl didn't like the book "Jane Eyre". In her opinion, the hero and heroine of the book were extremely boring, and the story between them was not touching at all.

Just a boring story about an old man and a young woman pulling each other's strings.

While the girl was complaining about the story in the book in her mind, she was looking elsewhere intentionally or unintentionally.

Human beings are contradictory and unconscious creatures. Sometimes they want to hide away alone, but at the same time they hope in their hearts that someone can find them.

However, if someone really comes to you, you will often say something unpleasant because of your negative emotions, and then regret it afterwards.

The girl knew that no one would come to see her, but she subconsciously looked around. At this time, she obviously did not understand the contradiction in her mood.

Suddenly, just as the girl's eyes wandered, a familiar figure came into her sight.

I saw Qu Yunliu holding a thick book, flipping through it with his head down as he walked towards this side. He seemed to be very familiar with this place, and he walked along the way with ease without even looking up.

When he got closer, Qu Yunliu realized that the girl was sitting in that corner. Seeing this, Qu Yunliu immediately turned around and walked away, his movements smooth and flowing without any hesitation.

The girl, who was originally worrying about how to greet Qu Yunliu, froze in place when she saw this.

Am I so unpopular? Why do you turn around and leave as soon as you see me?

The girl was already in a bad mood, and under all the negative emotions, she did something she would not have done otherwise.

The girl put away the book "Jane Eyre" in her hand, stood up quickly, and chased after Qu Yunliu.

Step, step, step.

Her hurried footsteps were extremely clear in the sparsely populated library. Qu Yunliu, who had his back to her, turned around after hearing the footsteps behind him and looked at the girl who was striding towards him. Qu Yunliu turned around and walked towards the girl.

Seeing this, the girl who was originally aggressive was frightened. Her momentum disappeared and she stopped timidly, looking at Qu Yunliu who was walking towards her step by step with some uneasiness.

However, Qu Yunliu walked right past the girl and went straight to the small desk where the girl had been sitting before. He opened the book in his hand as if no one was around and began to read slowly and leisurely.

The girl had a dazed look on her face as she stared at Qu Yunliu who completely ignored her, but her body involuntarily leaned over and slowly sat opposite Qu Yunliu.

No one knew what she was thinking, not even herself.

Qu Yunliu looked at the girl sitting opposite him, frowned, and wanted to stand up, but in the end he sighed and did not stand up again.

"Why did you leave when you saw me just now?"

The girl asked the question first, and without any beating around the bush, she went straight to the point and asked the question she wanted to ask most.

Qu Yunliu seemed unwilling to pay attention to the girl, but the girl was very stubborn. She blinked her bright eyes and kept her gaze on Qu Yunliu, as if she would not leave unless he gave her an answer.

Helplessly, Qu Yunliu sighed, raised his head slightly, looked at the girl who had been looking at him, and spoke softly.

"Because I like this seat very much and I usually sit here. I just saw someone here, so I wanted to change seats."

The girl was very dissatisfied with the answer. She curled her lips in dissatisfaction and said.

"Although it's a little narrow here, it's still more than enough for two people to sit. You can obviously get off. This excuse is too far-fetched."

Qu Yunliu turned his head to look at the floor-to-ceiling window beside him and said lightly.

"I like this seat because it's quiet and usually no one sits here with me."

"And I don't like sitting with others. Once someone is sitting in this seat, there's nothing I like about it anymore."

The girl was speechless when she heard this. After he added, she felt that Qu Yunliu's answer was indeed very convincing. If she continued to ask, it would seem like she was pestering him.

She wanted to continue the topic, but she didn't know how to continue the topic reasonably. At this moment, she glanced and saw the book in Qu Yunliu's hand.

Qu Yunliu took three books, and one of them happened to be "Jane Eyre". The girl immediately had an idea, picked up the book in her hand and showed it to Qu Yunliu.

"What a coincidence! I am also reading this book. Look..."

Upon hearing this, Qu Yunliu just glanced at it and then nodded in a very perfunctory reply.

"Yeah, it's quite a coincidence."

The girl didn't care about Qu Yunliu's perfunctory response. She put the book on the table and said with her head tilted.

"Don't you think this book is boring? There's nothing new about it. It's just a story about a conceited little woman and an old man falling in love."

Hearing this, Qu Yunliu raised his head and said with a frown.

“This book needs to be read in the context of the times.”

Chapter 253 Qu Yunliu (IV)

“If we ignore the historical context of the time when the author wrote the book, many books in this world would not be regarded as classics.”

Qu Yunliu seemed to have no mood to continue reading. He slowly closed the "Jane Eyre" in his hand and explained very seriously to the girl sitting opposite him.

"People today may not like these old stories, but when reading a book, you can't just look at the surface."

"It's like the four great classics we often talk about. Some of the plots in them would definitely seem strange if we were to read them today."

The girl had no interest in this topic and nodded perfunctorily, pretending to be listening carefully, but her right hand was resting on the table, scribbling casually.

Seeing this, Qu Yunliu stopped his long speech. After looking at the girl, he lowered his head again and said lightly.

"It seems that you don't care about the value of these books. Why did you come to this library?"

Hearing this, the girl still couldn't muster up the energy. She just laid down on the table and spoke listlessly.

"I'm in a bad mood right now, would you like to listen to me?"

Upon hearing this, Qu Yunliu lowered his head, opened the book in his hand again, and replied nonchalantly.

"This is a library, not a place for people to vent their emotions."

"Will you be quiet?"

Qu Yunliu refused calmly, as if he didn't want to listen to the girl's nagging.

The girl didn't care. With the accumulation of negative emotions, she just wanted to tell others what happened to her. As for how the other person would react, it didn't really matter.

So the girl lay on the table, looking at the cover under her arm, and talked to herself.

"I had a fight with my parents, it wasn't a big deal but the more I thought about it the more upset I felt."

Qu Yunliu's ears moved slightly, and after hearing the word "parents", he raised his head slightly and looked at the girl.

The girl was totally confused and continued to stare at the table in a trance, muttering to herself.

"My parents always treat me like a child and don't consider my feelings when they talk to me."

"If I talk back, they think I'm disobedient and start saying things I don't like to hear."

The girl lowered her eyes slightly and bit her lips quietly, her voice sounding depressed and helpless.

"I didn't want to argue with them, but I just couldn't control my temper."

"Everything is for my own good. I'm really tired of hearing this. Can't they just listen to my thoughts?"

"In their mouths, other people's children are obedient, smart and capable. If they think I am useless, they shouldn't have given birth to me."

The girl kept on talking, but all she said was some meaningless nonsense, and she never mentioned the cause, process and result of the incident once.

While the girl was still complaining in a low voice, Qu Yunliu's expression became complicated. After hesitating for a moment, he closed the book in his hand again, looked at the girl with an indignant look on her face, and said softly.

“Do your parents fight?”

Hearing this, the girl looked up in surprise and blurted out.

"No...are you really listening?"

Qu Yunliu's breath was caught, as if he was helpless about the girl's reaction.

"You said it so loudly, I can't ignore it even if I want to. Okay, answer my question."

“Do your parents fight?”

Hearing this, the girl smiled embarrassedly, stuck out her tongue cutely, and then said as a matter of course.

"Of course, how could they not quarrel? Or rather, they would quarrel over everything."

"Isn't this a very normal thing? There are couples in this world who don't quarrel."

Looking at the girl's self-righteous expression, Qu Yunliu's eyes flashed with sadness. He exhaled and inhaled gently, repeating the process several times before looking at the girl and whispered.

"Yeah, how can there be couples in this world who don't quarrel?"

The girl had a subtle look on her face. She looked at Qu Yunliu in front of her carefully and asked in confusion.

"Um, why do you look weird? Do your parents often quarrel?"

Qu Yunliu raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not answer immediately, as if he was hesitating. His brows became tighter and tighter. After a moment, he sighed and spoke softly.

"No, they never quarrel."

“So, I envy you.”

The girl was even more confused after hearing this. She couldn't understand what there was to be envious of. However, she didn't ask any further questions and just waited quietly for Qu Yunliu to continue.

"As far as I can remember, my parents have never quarreled. Rather than respecting each other, they just ignored each other."

"They were willing to smile at me, talk to me, and play childish games with me when I was little."

"But they didn't smile at each other once."

There was a hint of surprise in the girl's eyes, but in her eyes, Qu Yunliu still did not have any emotional fluctuations, and his whole body was as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

"They don't talk, so naturally they won't quarrel. It's like they are strangers living together."

"But, in my eyes, none of them are at fault."

"There is no domestic violence, no quarrels, no...so-called affection."

"They are all very kind to me, but they are unwilling to give even a little bit of their love for me to each other."

"At that time, I looked forward to them talking to each other occasionally, and to the family chatting and laughing during meals."

"But I've never seen anything like that."

"When they are together, they are like two stones, silent, each facing one side, never facing each other."

"They lived in this silence for a long time, and then one day they divorced and never saw each other again."

"When that day came, everything was as quiet as yesterday, without any waves, leaving me like a child without a mother."

Qu Yunliu spoke slowly and clearly, as if it had nothing to do with him, yet there was a suffocating sense of oppression in his voice.

The girl sat up straight, her expression dull, not knowing what to say, while Qu Yunliu spoke slowly.

“So, I envy you.”

"Arguing and arguing are also a way of communicating. At least you can tell the other person what you think. If you really don't care, why bother arguing?"

The girl swallowed and stared at Qu Yunliu in a daze. Qu Yunliu also looked at her and spoke slowly.

"Whether it's you or your parents, there is no one in this world who doesn't make mistakes."

"I don't know why your parents quarreled with you, but they will make up in the end."

"I don't want to teach you anything, but don't do anything that you will regret. Although it may not sound good, sometimes, the so-called separation comes faster than you think."

"I really... envy you."

The girl was silent after hearing this. After a moment, she slowly raised her head and spoke softly.

"I understand."

"Thank you."