Chapter 531: But do good deeds, don't ask about the future

After Zhang Zi'an came to the third floor, he saw Meng Li's back in the central reading area at a glance.

The museum was as warm as spring, Meng Li took off his woolen coat, neatly folded it aside, leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, and did not read his mathematics professional book, but held an irrelevant popular science foreign book to read.

There are far fewer readers on the third floor than on the second floor, and it is more quiet, after all, there are not many readers who can read foreign languages without any obstacles.

Zhang Zi'an didn't bother Meng Li, continued to do what he had just done on the second floor, and looked around the third floor with his mobile phone, but there was still no more.

To say that it is false not to be discouraged at all, he previously thought that the most likely locations of the elves were the Ancient Books Pavilion, the Chinese Pavilion, and the Foreign Languages Pavilion. The remaining fourth and fifth floors are respectively the newspaper and literature reading room and the digital reading room, can the elves appear in those two places?

He was in such a hurry that he didn't even drink water, and his heart was anxious, so his mouth was a little dry at this time.

Water dispensers and paper cups are provided on each floor of the library for readers to access at will. Zhang Zi'an went to get a glass of water, leaning against the wall and pondering while drinking water.

His gaze fell on the nearest row of bookshelves, where a book was tucked into the edge of the fourth floor.

“Modern genetics......”

He still knows the English title of the book, and the translation into Chinese is "Modern Genetics: Anatomy from Gene to Surface".

He pretended to be a little forced in front of Meng Li just now, claiming that he was studying modern genetics, and even if he didn't catch the elf this time, he couldn't be looked down upon by Meng Li, so he pinched the empty paper cup and threw it into the trash, walked over and took out the book and put it under his armpit, and turned around and went up to the fourth floor.

The readers on the fourth floor are even more scarce, and they can be counted on one hand. In this era of information explosion, unless you are studying modern history or compiling local history, who will go out of your way to study outdated newspapers and documents? There are also police detectives in the movie who solve crimes by consulting outdated newspapers and periodicals, but it is a movie after all.

Rows of bookshelves are piled up with yellowed newspapers and magazines that no one cares about, and it looks bleak at night.

The genie may come from books, but it can never come from newspapers and magazines, because newspapers and magazines are fast-moving consumer goods and do not have the innate conditions for long-term oral recitation.

That being said, there is a case for everything, and since you are here, you can't miss it, so as not to regret it. Zhang Zi'an was patient, looking for rows of bookshelves, but as expected, he found nothing, wasting precious time in vain.

He had already had a little self-doubt at this time, could it be that a certain row of bookshelves on the second and third floors had been missed? He wanted to go back to the second and third floors to look for them again, but reason told him that he had just searched for them strictly according to the number of the shelves, and it was impossible to miss them.

But...... Elves may move from shelf to shelf.

There's really nothing he can do if this happens, and he's not good at playing hide and seek.

The only thing left is the fifth floor – the digital reading exchange area, where readers can read electronic books and communicate with each other.

The electronic books on the fifth floor are provided to readers after digitizing the physical books on the second to fourth floors, whether it is a query or a trial reading, readers often find their favorite books on the fifth floor and then go to the second to fourth floors to pick up the physical books, and some borrowed books can also be found on the fifth floor electronic version for a sneak peek.

However, what reason does the elf have to appear on the fifth floor?

No matter what, Zhang Zi'an still came to the fifth floor with a beginning and an end mentality.

The fifth floor is more like a school computer room or an Internet café than a library. Instead of bookshelves, computers are neatly arranged in the central area, while against the walls are a circle of large-screen digital terminals with touch functions, which look very futuristic.

To Zhang Zi'an's surprise, there were more readers on the fifth floor than on the second to fourth floors, mainly young people between the ages of 20 and 30.

In addition to the youth, there are a small number of elderly people on the fifth floor, all of whom sit in front of the digital terminals, using the touch screen to swipe left and right, conveniently flipping through e-books and browsing the electronic version of the day's newspapers. The large screen of the digital terminal allows them to read the text on the newspaper without having to wear reading glasses.

Because there are no bookshelves to cover it, the fifth floor is more obvious than the second to fourth floors, Zhang Zi'an raised his mobile phone and scanned it, and his heart sank - there is no trace of elves on the fifth floor, it is really evil!

His search was fruitless, and his mood was inevitably anxious, standing in place and reflecting on the previous search process, whether there were any omissions - of course, he would definitely not be able to enter places such as the library staff office and the women's restroom, and he could not go up to the roof, but in addition to this, he had walked all over every floor, could it be that this elf really appeared in the ancient book library?

At that moment, he was tapped lightly on the shoulder, "Young man?"

Zhang Zi'an woke up from his contemplation, turned his head suddenly, and saw an old man on crutches standing behind him, about seventy or eighty years old, kind eyebrows, gray hair but neatly combed, although the clothes on his body were old but cleanly washed, at first glance he was an old man with a very decent style.

"Uncle, is there something wrong?" Zhang Zi'an asked.

"Young man, do you have time, can you do me a favor and teach me how to use this computer to read?" said the old man with a smile, "I see that everyone is very busy, and you are standing here, young man, so I take the liberty of asking you—if you have something to do, you will be busy." ”

Zhang Zi'an noticed this old man when he was looking for elves on the fifth floor just now, he neither operated the digital terminal by the wall like other elderly people, nor sat in front of the computer reading books like young people, but stood blankly and looked around, Zhang Zi'an thought he was looking for someone.

On the entire fifth floor, only Zhang Zi'an and the two of them were standing, no wonder he would find Zhang Zi'an.

If it was usual, teaching this old man to learn to read on a computer was just a gesture, but now time is extremely precious, and the elves may disappear at any time.

However, the old man's humble tone and earnest gaze made Zhang Zi'an unbearable to reject him categorically. Before he found Zhang Zi'an, he didn't know how long he had hesitated, and how many times he had hit soft nails on other people......

Zhang Zi'an felt that if he refused the old man's request, and then returned to the second to fourth floors to search, and even used various connections to find a way to enter the Ancient Books Museum, even if he finally succeeded in capturing the elves, he would inevitably have a troubled conscience after that.

He remembered the story of the mental image world told by Feimas, and the earnest teaching of Lao Cha in the mental image world - but do good deeds, don't ask about the future, and never forget the original intention, you have to always.

So, he let go of his obsession.

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