That voice was... Shen Hai?!
Xu Tingfang was stunned. She looked back in disbelief. Shen Hai, wearing silver-framed glasses, was leaning against the wall behind her, one hand covering her mouth and the other held in front of his own lips in a shushing gesture.
It really was him!
The warmth of leaning against Shen Hai brought Xu Tingfang back to his senses.
Despair and hope shifted and intertwined in the blink of an eye, leaving Xu Tingfang trembling all over.
Why was this man here? And why was he stopping me from seeing the Administrator?
Could he be a ghost in disguise?!
A terrifying suspicion surfaced in Xu Tingfang's mind.
But soon, she heard Shen Hai say, "Keep your voice down. Come over here and talk."
Shen Hai removed his hand from Xu Tingfang's mouth and tilted his head back, signaling for him to follow.
Xu Tingfang stared at him blankly. That expression, that tone-who else could it be but Shen Hai?
Yet when Shen Hai appeared behind her and suddenly stopped her from seeing the Administrator, she still found it utterly unbelievable.
She watched Shen Hai stroll through the Library as casually as if he were walking through a courtyard. He went straight to a window at the back of the Library. It was open, and thick fog still filled the air outside.
"All right. Whatever you want to ask, ask."
Shen Hai leaned against the window and looked down at her.
Xu Tingfang looked at him in alarm, shaking her head repeatedly without speaking, only making urgent shushing gestures at him.
Since this man had come to the Library, he should have seen the sign listing the Library area's rules. What was he doing?
Shen Hai took a packet of tissues from his pocket and handed it