Before the end of the semester, Chen Lian went to the library for the last time to borrow books. She stayed for a long time, and before leaving, Shi Jiamu plucked up his courage and stammered in English: "You can borrow more books. Our library won’t open in winter holidays. ”

Chen Lian glanced at him and replied clearly, "Thank you, I think that's enough." ”

It turns out that she can speak Chinese, and she speaks it very well! Shi Jiamu watched her back disappear at the entrance of the building, feeling a little inexplicably lost.

Everything was calm again, as if nothing had happened. Shi Jiamu thought about it, pulled up the catalog of books borrowed by Chen Lian from the computer, and printed a copy. She came to Songjiang Middle School in early December and had borrowed a total of 11 books by the end of February.

Among them, the following have been returned:

"Sexual Exploration" [United States] Jared Diamond/Shanghai Science and Technology Press

"Since Darwin" [US] Stephen Gould / Life, Reading, New Knowledge Joint Bookstore

"Exploring the Problem of Aging" [United States] R. Clark/Fudan University Press

Why We Are Sick, R.M. Nice, G.C. Williams/Hunan Science and Technology Press

"The Naked Ape" [US] D. Morris / Guangming Daily Publishing House

Robert Weinberg/Shanghai Science and Technology Press

The Origin of the Woman, Elaine Morgan/Shanghai Translation Publishing House

"Return to the Scene of Human Evolution" [United States] Chip Walter / Life, Reading, New Knowledge Joint Bookstore

The History of Gender, Matt Ridley/Chongqing Publishing House

The outstanding ones are:

"Reading Biology Notes", Zheng Yefu/China Youth Publishing House

"The Other Side of Normal" [United States] Jordan Smaller/Life, Reading, and New Knowledge

Innate, Acquired, Matt Ridley/Beijing University of Technology Press

"Family Raising Flowers in December" [Day] Zhongshan Grass Division / Jiangsu Science and Technology Department Press

Shi Jiamu took out the books she had read and flipped through them roughly, Chen Lian seemed to be interested in biology. There are no original books in the library of Songjiang Middle School, she can only read the Chinese translation, it is certain that as a foreigner, Chen Lian's Chinese level and professional quality are quite high, although those books belong to the category of popular science, but he, a native Chinese, has a very hard time reading.

To understand Chen Lian, start with the books she has read. Shi Jiamu clicked on the library management system, entered his library card number, and borrowed all these books without pulling a single one. At first, he imagined that there was a lingering fragrance of Chen Lian's hand on the page, but the reality was cruel, and the smell of ink and musty from old books was overwhelming, and it definitely didn't smell good.

The winter vacation began, Shi Jiamu returned to his deserted home, cooking alone, reading alone, sleeping alone, and walking alone. He doesn't associate with relatives or attend class reunions, he cuts off his connection with the world and banishes his heart to a lonely desert island.

The good thing about loneliness is that it reminds you that you are an alien individual, not a symbol lost in the crowd. Shi Jiamu often thinks that life is a river, some people ride the wind and waves, some people go with the flow, some people carry the sinking and floating, and some people drown in the mud and rot, he hopes to be an outsider walking by the river, and will never be immersed in the river of life.

Although he will miss a lot of things, at least, he can retain a little bit of sobriety and self.

On the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Shi Jiamu fried a plate of eggs, cut a plate of dried beans, and warmed a glass of rice wine, and when the Spring Festival party on TV kicked off, he suddenly thought: "At this moment, what is she doing?" ”

The show of the evening is very boring, especially those gag sketches, and if they lose the courage to needle the disadvantages of the times, they will only scratch people over and over again.

Shi Jiamu changed more than a dozen channels, all of which broadcast the Spring Festival Gala, and finally jumped out of a movie.

The sidewalks were littered with yellow fallen leaves, and uniformed traffic policemen held up their mobile phones, took pictures of illegally parked vehicles, and then tore off the fine slip and slapped it heavily on the windshield. It was too late, but it was too late, and a fat-headed and big-eared man grabbed his trouser belt and chased him all the way out of the alley, defending himself with a smile: "Comrade police, comrade policeman, don't issue a ticket, don't open it...... People have three urgency, I'm just making it convenient......"

"It's more convenient to take pictures with a mobile phone than a camera, and there is also news on the Internet, saying that a man is molested and secretly takes pictures of women's skirts with his mobile phone......" Shi Jiamu's heart moved, and an evil thought flashed through his mind, knowing that it was very inappropriate to do so, but he couldn't resist the temptation.

Shi Jiamu turned off the TV, drank the rice wine in one gulp, threw the dishes and chopsticks into the sink, turned on the computer to surf the Internet, searched for the keyword "camera" on Taobao, and found 230248 treasures. He sighed, spent more than an hour carefully comparing, and finally selected a LifeCam NX-6000, the price of which was about half a month's living expenses for him.

Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 camera, 7.6 million pixel still image, maximum resolution 1600×1190DPI, 3x digital zoom, 71-degree wide-angle lens, can basically meet his needs. Shi Jiamu was looking for a more covert pinhole camera, but there were only a few professional medical devices on Taobao, which were expensive and unsuitable.

Devices used for voyeurism should not be openly sold online.

Shi Jiamu contacted the shopkeeper and negotiated the freight before placing the order and paying. After entering the Alipay password, facing the flashing monitor, he suddenly remembered that when his parents were still alive, he did not rest in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and watched the Spring Festival Gala absentmindedly, always worrying about the small store on the Internet.

That was four or five years ago.