She couldn't let those textbooks fall into Gu Juexi's hands, otherwise she would be hearing about it for the rest of her life.
"Erm, I only wrote it once in that particular book and Professor Zhou saw it, that's all. I already sold the book after I graduated," Ye Yuwei blurted out, pretending to be casual but guiltily avoiding his gaze.
Gu Juexi got to his feet and pulled Ye Yuwei with him.
Ye Yuwei squeaked in surprise. Her hand was locked in Gu Juexi's grip as they exited the study hall. "Where are we going?"
Gu Juexi remained quiet. He walked hand-in-hand with Ye Yuwei until they reached a bookstore in front of the campus's North Gate where they had parked their car.
One of the main functions of the bookstore at every university was to buy second-hand books from the graduating students and sell them to the juniors. It was a wise and eco-friendly recycling move.
So here Ye Yuwei was, watching her germophobic husband searching for a book from ten years ago in a dusty second-hand bookstore.
Ye Yuwei blinked in disbelief.
Was she dreaming?
The owner of the bookstore had set up a fruit stall out front. He would usually let the students search for the books themselves. Since the new semester was about to start, there were a lot of people buying fruits, hence he didn't deliberately man the bookstore.
In the small bookstore, the bookshelves were stacked with countless books that carried histories from their previous owners. The narrow aisles between the shelves were only wide enough for a person to walk on, and they were so narrow it was hard for the person to turn around.
"Gu Juexi, it's been ten years now. You won't find it, and this is not the only bookstore around our college anyway," Ye Yuwei shouted from the other aisle. The humid air in this bookstore was rather suffocating, how was he enduring it?
Could it be that the severity of Mr. Gu's germophobia depended on the person and place?
When they reached the end of the aisles, there was finally enough space to accommodate two people. Gu Juexi pushed Ye Yuwei away and growled, "Get out of my way."
Ye Yuwei spun around like a character in a cartoon as she was pushed aside. She glared at the man who walked along the aisle she had just come from, his eyes screening through the books at the Economics section.
"Gu Juexi, it's your name. Maybe someone who admired you kept the book and never resold it," Ye Yuwei suggested.
Gu Juexi smirked, "And you had the heart to sell it? Ye Yuwei, I never know your love is cheaper than a second-hand book."
Ye Yuwei refreshed her memory. How much did she sell her second-hand books for anyway?
Around two to ten dollars. She even sold some for five cents a pound.
Well he was right, it seemed that her love was not very valuable.
However, the situation that Ye Yuwei described was plausible. After all, Gu Juexi was very famous in the School of Economics so if someone saw his name on the book, it was possible that the buyer would want to keep the book for herself.
Gu Juexi wasn't going to give up just yet. He asked as he scanned through the shelves, "How many books in total?"
"How am I supposed to remember that? It's been ten years," Ye Yuwei huffed in annoyance.
"That means you wrote my name in all your books," Gu Juexi concluded.
Ye Yuwei blinked in confusion. What kind of logic was that?
Although he was right, she did write his name in all her books.
The search at the first bookstore yielded no results. Gu Juexi inquired about the location of the second bookstore. Besides being a tour guide, Ye Yuwei could only let Gu Juexi go on his crazy treasure hunt.
[Yezi: Do you know what Gu Juexi is doing now?
Yaojing:?
Yezi: Searching for the second-hand recycling bookstore at the South Gate of our university.
Yaojing: What the…?


He was the powerful and influencing heir of B City, the merciless head of the commercial world, but the divorce papers made him lose his cool. 
“Sign the divorce papers, daddy,” said the 5-year-old boy. 
This man had the divorce papers thrown in his face by his wife six years ago, and was now being pushed by his own son to sign the papers. 
“That would make you a single-parent child,” said Gu Juexi coldly. 
“Mommy said unicorns don’t exist but men like you do,” the boy leered at his father and said. 
Gu Juexi’s face fell. ‘That damned woman.’
“You haven’t signed the papers,” the boy reminded as the man left. As usual, the door shut in his face. 
Good lord… Dad and mom are not getting a divorce and are giving him a baby brother? How worrying!

"No… Oh no… Oh…" Peng Xin fell down and crawled on the floor. She wanted to get up but she suddenly felt dizzy, then she fell and went unconscious after she said "oh no".
Huh?! Zhao Yu was shocked. When he looked towards the entrance of the bookstore, he saw white smoke coming out from the store. In the smoke, Liang Huan was dragging someone's legs.
Although Zhao Yu was shocked, he understood what was going on. The white smoke in the bookstore was most likely poisonous, so most of the police detectives that had rushed in were poisoned.
The person Liang Huan was dragging was Da Fei—the first one who had rushed in. Da Fei had already collapsed on the floor, not moving at all! When Liang Huan tried to pull him, he could not hold his breath. He felt dizzy, choked by the white smoke, and fell right at the entrance of the bookstore.
Damn it! Zhao Yu immediately closed the car trunk and rushed over to the rescue! Although he was not sure what the white smoke was, his gut feeling told him that he could not inhale any of it. So, he immediately activated the invisible breathing device through the system! The invisible breathing device could provide oxygen automatically. With it, he would not take in any of the poisonous gas.
The other police detectives that came along with him were panicking. They wanted to save their colleagues too. Zhao Yu was afraid that they might be poisoned by the smoke, so he told them to stay put while he rushed towards the entrance of the bookstore. He dragged Da Fei and Liang Huang back, each one with one of his hands.
As Peng Xin fainted further away from the white smoke, the other police detectives quickly dragged her to a safer area.
"It might be some sort of strong anaesthetic," the police detective told Zhao Yu after checking on their three unconscious colleagues. "Their life shouldn't be in danger. They are just knocked out!"
"Call the station to request for backup! I'll head inside to arrest the suspect!" Zhao Yu then ran into the bookstore.
"Don't, Team Leader!" The police detectives wanted to stop Zhao Yu but he had already ran into the bookstore.
The bookstore was filled with white smoke, and he could not see what was going on inside. Even though Zhao Yu did not need to breathe, the smoke seemed to be irritant gas as it got in his eyes and made him tear up.
Zhao Yu was trying his best to look around when he finally found two people lying on the floor in the bookstore. These two should have been from the special task force, and they were already in a heavy stupor. No matter what kind of conflict they had had, Zhao Yu could not just leave them there. He held their thighs and dragged them out.
"Team Leader!" The police detectives saw Zhao Yu dragging another two people out and they were dumbstruck. They did not understand why Zhao Yu was not being affected by the white smoke. To their amazement, Zhao Yu brought the two people outside and ran into the shop again, without panting.
As Zhao Yu had entered the shop earlier, he found the stairs in the shop easily. He saw a kerosene lamp lookalike at the stairs, and that was where the white smoke was coming from. He stepped over the lamp and ran upstairs. It was also filled with white smoke. He saw another police detective on the ground.
"That's weird," he thought. "The detective is unconscious but his arm is pointing towards the window on the second floor. It seemed like he was pointing at something!" Zhao Yu immediately thought of the suspect, Qiu Xinyang!
"Did Qiu Xinyang escape?" He quickly looked out from the window. There was a small yard outside, and there was a pomegranate tree right next to the window. On one of the tree branches, was an eyecatching gas mask! Needless to say, the gas mask must have been caught on the branch when Qiu Xinyang was running away!
"F*ck!" Zhao Yu looked around but he did not see anyone. He contacted the detectives outside with his walkie-talkie and told them to go to the backyard and around the bookstore to track down the suspect!
After that, Zhao Yu walked around the second floor of the bookstore again to ensure that there was no one else there before he carried the unconscious detective down and out of the book store!
When Zhao Yu walked out of the book store, the first batch of backup had arrived. The police car's siren was wailing at the entrance of the bookstore, while a group of armored police detectives got out. Everyone was shocked to see so many unconscious officers. They called for an ambulance and the bomb squad for professional assistance. 
Zhao Yu told his remaining colleagues to drive around to intercept the suspect. From the scene, the suspect, Qiu Xinyang was not far away!
"Damn it! Damn it!" Zhao Yu thought. He was directing his colleagues while sulking over the current situation, which was supposed to have been a simple arrest!
He reckoned that the team members from Wang Shengyao's team had no idea that Qiu Xinyang was the criminal of the Bank Hidden Corpse Case! They were only here to ask about the case, but they had not expected Qiu Xinyang to attack them with anaesthetic smoke!
If it had not been for these people messing around, they could have arrested Qiu Xinyang! Not only was the suspect not arrested, but a few detectives were also poisoned! God damn it!
At first, they wanted to wait for the bomb squad to arrive to get rid of the white smoke that was knocking people out, but Zhao Yu knew where it was, and as his invisible breathing device was still working, he rushed into the bookstore and brought out the kerosene lamp lookalike that was exuding the white smoke. There was a pile of sand next to the road, so he threw it into the sand pile and buried it. The smoke then disappeared.
Whoop whoop whoop… Along with the police siren, Team B, led by Miao Ying, had arrived at the scene. After finding out the details of the incident, Miao Ying was pissed off too! If she did not have an important task at hand, she would have lodged a complaint against Wang Shengyao with the higher-ups!
Because of the accident at the bookstore, Qiu Xinyang raised an even stronger suspicion. The police were quite certain that he was the murderer of the Bank Hidden Corpse Case! So, Miao Ying quickly sent Qiu Xinyang's photo to each arrest team and got in touch with the traffic department to set up patrols to arrest the suspect.
After about ten over minutes, there was no update from each department. No one had seen Qiu Xinyang.
Very quickly, the ambulance arrived! Luckily, Peng Xin was only mildly poisoned. When the ambulance arrived, she had already regained conscious, but Liang Huan and Da Fei were in worse condition.
The medical professionals quickly gave them emergency treatment. One of the experienced emergency doctors told them that it had been a strong anaesthetic that was life threatening, and that they had to be rushed to the hospital for treatment!
It was important to rescue them, so along with Peng Xin, the detectives helped move all of them into the ambulance.
When the ambulance left, the bomb squad arrived!
As Zhao Yu had already taken care the source of the white smoke, the bomb squad looked at the scene and confirmed that there was no longer any danger in the book store.
"Hurry up," Miao Ying told the remaining detectives. "We have to investigate the bookstore as soon as possible. If Sun Yihan taken by Qiu Xinyang, she might be locked up here!"
Everyone knew the importance of the matter so they rushed into the bookstore to look through the place.
Zhao Yu wanted to follow them but he suddenly recalled something. He thought, "Qiu Xinyang shouldn't be too far away from here, especially in such short period of time. The b*stard might be hiding nearby!"
So… Zhao Yu opened the car trunk and carried Daheng out.
"Daheng," Zhao Yu patted its head and said, "good dog! I am relying on you this time!" He brought Daheng to the backyard of the bookstore and took down the gas mask that the suspect had left on the tree. He told Daheng to smell the gas mask, and he showed Daheng the photo of Qiu Xinyang.
"Come on, Daheng!" Zhao Yu spoke with enthusiasm. "Hurry up, find this b*stard for me!"
After looking at the photo, Daheng barked excitedly. Then, it ran around Zhao Yu in circles and ran into the alley through the backyard of the bookstore.
"That's great!" Zhao Yu followed Daheng when it decided in which direction to go. The other detectives were excited and chased after Zhao Yu with their guns on hand.
"Bark bark bark…" After a few turns in the alley, they arrived at their destination. Zhao Yu nearly fell on his knees!
"What the f*ck!" Zhao Yu cursed when he saw that Daheng had led them to a smelly public toilet!!


A little ruffian who fought recklessly without any morals and bottomline accidentally time-traveled to parallel space and became a Key Case Investigation Team agent. The huge change in identity had him creating chaos in the police station. However, a strange miracle system helped him repeatedly solve mysterious cases, turning him into an impudent ruffian detective!

Saturday, July 21, 2001.
The weather in Shanghai wasn't so good. It was cloudy, hot and humid even early in the morning, but luckily it wasn't forecasted to rain. 
But you could build up a sweat just from walking about. 
But what was abnormal was that though it was six going seven o'clock in the morning, there were long queues at the entrances of many of Shanghai's major bookstores. There were men and women, young and old, many tired and weary, others sitting eating an early breakfast.  
A taxi driver drove past one of the bookstores and seeing the strange situation. He couldn't help but stop the car and ask one of the middle-aged guys at the end of the queue: "Hey, man, what are you all doing here so early in the morning?"
But the guy seemed to be in a bad mood being at the back of the queue. Hearing someone ask him a question, he responded impatiently: "What else could we be doing outside a bookstore? Of course, we're waiting for the bookstore to open, so we can buy a book!"
"Buy a book? What book are you tryna buy?"
"[Stories About The Ming Dynasty] of course! What else could it be?!"
"Oh, that's the book that was popular a while ago, right, I've heard of it, but I swear it was written by a kid, Bright Star or whatever." The driver questioned, confused by his enthusiasm. 
"Bright Star my ass!" The middle-aged fan sneered dissatisfied. "His name's Bright Moon! Okay. It's a pseudonym! Besides, so what if he's only seventeen, he's a genius. Compared to him, what had you accomplished when you were his age?"
"Jeez, sorry, man I didn't mean to be rude. I was just asking!" The taxi driver quickly apologized, taken aback by the harsh response. What a fanatic!
"Is the book really that good? My wife and son are also fans of the book."
"You haven't read it? That's really your loss!"
"Originally I didn't have any interest in reading the book either but my co-workers kept bugging me to read it. I didn't expect to become obsessed with it despite the fact I don't even really like history. Man I remember having to wait all night for updates but now they're finally releasing the whole book. I really hope I get a copy, I woke up so early to get here but I was still late now I'm stuck at the back of the queue."  He said, showing an anxious look.
The driver's eyes sparkled and he whispered to the middle-aged fan quietly: I know a place with a small bookstore, it's not too far from here. There shouldn't be that many people there. If you don't think you can get a book from here you can try there. I'm gonna go try to get a copy for the family."
The fan's eyes brightened and he asked in a low voice: "Are you serious? Is it a proper bookstore? I want genuine copies for my collection!"
The taxi driver patted his chest and said: "Relax, it's a legit bookstore, do you wanna come?"
"Of course I do, what are you waiting for, hurry!" The middle-aged guy said, hurrying into the car.
"Okay, let's go!" The taxi driver was overjoyed and immediately started the taxi and left.
While driving, he laughed in his heart: "Haha, I got such an easy job so early in the morning. I guess I have to thank that author! I might just have to read that book….someday."
…...
At eight o'clock, the city's bookstores officially opened. Impatient citizens who had long waited outside the doors, rushed in and went straight to the bookshelves!
The newly printed and beautifully packed copies of [Stories About The Ming Dynasty] on the shelves quickly sold out, and the bookstore owners had to quickly move the spare inventory out for sale, but even then they soon ran out of supply! Indignant, those who weren't able to buy copies could only suck it up in annoyance and jealousy and wait for tomorrow. Hoping the stores would be restocked by then.
Crescent Bookstore, was a bookstore that was neither too big nor too small in Shanghai, it wasn't usually very famous, but it was extremely lively at Crescent today. There were countless people entering and leaving. The queue outside the door stretched all the way down the road. The reason for which was because of Jiang Cheng, who was holding his book signing here. 
Crescent Bookstore was owned by Jiang Cheng's mother, Gao Linlan and naturally since Jiang Cheng had a good opportunity going, he turned to family first.
The family got up early and arrived at the bookstore at seven only to see it already packed with  the front door blocked by people queuing, it was impossible to get in. So for safety, the family, bookstore employees and the publishing house employees all entered the bookstore from the back entrance.
At this time, Jiang Cheng had to admire his mother's vision. His mother not only owned Crescent Bookstore but the building it was in. The building was three stories tall and the bookstore was on the ground floor, she rented out the other two floors, there was a restaurant on the top floor and an internet cafe on the second floor. She had bought it several years ago when Shanghai's property prices were still relatively cheap or at least cheaper. 
The doors officially opened at 8 o'clock, but because there were enough security guards to maintain order, people couldn't rush in like with the other bookstores. But seeing that Jiang Cheng was already in the bookstore, people burst into cheers: "Ah--! Bright Moon! Bright Moon, I love you! Bright Moon!..."
Jiang Cheng was shocked when he saw the scene, he had never experienced such a situation in his previous life! 
But reigning in his emotions, he just let out a deep sigh before getting in position and taking a seat.
People walked up one by one to Jiang Cheng's desk, and handed over their copies of the book to him to sign. Jiang Cheng signed the books and wrote blessings and encouragement, since people liked the book so much and had paid for it, it seemed a little unreasonable to just give a signature, so he wrote a few words below, it wasn't a big deal anyway.
Sure enough, people who bought the book were even more thrilled to see that in addition to a signature from Bright Moon, the title page also had a handwritten message of blessing and encouragement. Receiving their books back people started to talk incoherently, and some girls even cried with joy, shouting "I love you!" making Jiang Cheng a little uncomfortable.
At this time, a young man in his twenties got to the front of the queue and excitedly said to Jiang Cheng: "Bright Moon! Hello! My name is Li Zhongbai, I'm a student studying history at Peking University. I was among one of your first readers on Tianya! Knowing that your book was being published today, I came all the way from Beijing to meet you!
Jiang Cheng was moved, this guy was really such a fan! For the first time, Jiang Cheng understood why so many people wanted to be celebrities, the feeling of being liked, admired, and treated as an idol.
This feeling was amazing!
Looking up at him, Jiang Cheng smiled: "I know you right, I've seen your private messages and your posts on the forum. Sorry I couldn't reply to your messages, I've been busy writing and sorting everything out for the book release. I'm very grateful for your support! "
Li Zhongbai said excitedly: "No....you don't need to apologize, I understand! I just hope you can keep writing so I can keep reading."
Jiang Cheng laughed again: "In order to be worthy of everyone's support naturally I have to keep writing."
"Hahaha I'm looking forward to it!" Li Zhongbai replied energetically.
"Hey, hurry up at the front, there are still people waiting!" came a shout from behind. 
People behind in the queue couldn't help but complain seeing Jiang Cheng and Li Zhongbai talking for so long.
Jiang Cheng shrugged helplessly and smiled at Li Zhongbai.
But then Li Zhongbai froze for a moment, when he saw Jiang Cheng suddenly writing something on the title page of his book, and then handing it to him. Li Zhongbai took a look, it was a series of numbers!
This….Bright Moon had given him his number! Li Zhongbai thought excitedly.
Strongly enduring the urge to scream at the top of his lungs, Li Zhongbai frantically thanked him again, before heading out.
Looking at his slightly trembling back, Jiang Cheng smiled heartily before turning to welcome the next fan. 

Jiang Cheng a screenwriter is reincarnated to 2001, into the seventeen-year-old body of another Jiang Cheng. 

Clutching onto the dreams of his previous life he attempts to succeed where he previously failed. 

He starts from scratch, as a small-time screenwriter writing television shows and movie scripts. 

Filled with dreams of becoming a generational  entertainment legend and establishing an entertainment empire he takes the road to become the King of Film.

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When Long Ao Zhen met  Meng Yue Ming, this is what Li Shi Ying do.

Today Li Shi Ying wanted to go to a bookstore. All the books she bought month ago had been read when she was in recupation period. 

"I need more!" said Li Shi Ying to Jiu Wei and so the two of them went to a bookstore. Because now Shi Ying was accompanied by Jiu Wei, she didn't disguise as boy. She wore a decent appearance of a mysterious young lady.

She had checked her memories a few times to make sure that the female lead won't be in a bookstore today all in order to avoid her. After making sure that the female lead will be inside grave forest for quite a long time, only then Li Shi Ying sighed in relief.

On the way to the bookstore.

"By the way...isn't now supposed to be the second meeting between ML and FL? Aish....just now when 'brother' go i should follow him! What a pity i can't watch a live action romance..." Li Shi Ying thought in her heart while walking side-by-side with Jiu Wei.

On the other hand, Jiu Wei was thinking about another thing. He was thinking about what to do inside a bookstore. Should he buy medical book or not? 

15 minutes later.

Li Shi Ying and Jiu Wei arrived in front of an old-looking bookstore. The bookstore was very different with the one in Li Shi Ying previous world. The bookstore building was made with wood.

The inside, the floor was also made with wood. There were a lot of bookshelf and organized book displayed inside the store. It was a pity that the store didn't lit a lamp when it was still afternoon.

The only light you get is from sunlight and not all places inside the store get the light making some places looks dim and scary. Of course Li Shi Ying wouldn't feel scared at all with so many divine beast on her body.

Li Shi Ying browse through the bookshelf for a while and handed every book she like to Jiu Wei. From child story to many kind of novels, Li Shi Ying took any book that she found interesting.

The book here wasn't sealed by plastic so she could took a quick read and decide whether to buy the book or not. Well many shameless people only read the book they like and didn't buy it though.

30 minutes later.

Li Shi Ying arrive in front of a different bookshelf. This bookshelf was made with iron, not wood like any other bookshelf. There were a few table of display near the bookshelf too.

The thing that made Li Shi Ying interested was the name plate. On the bookshelf, there was a name plate like this. "Ancient Script".

Li Shi Ying had been very curious about what a script looks like. I mean the original one because the one she had seen before was a translated script not the original script.

Li Shi Ying took a piece of yellowish paper from the display table and with her curiosity, try to read it. She was curious to see a God language with her own eyes.

After reading the first word.

Li Shi Ying: ...

What? What is this? THIS IS GOD LANGUAGE???? Are you f*cking serious?! 

Li Shi Ying had the urge to laughed out loud and roll on the floor when she read the first word written on the paper.

Why? Because....because...GOD DAMN, IT IS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH! 

The so-called God language is actually English! The language that she studied in University and also the major she took.

Isn't this mean i'm a translator? BUAHAHAHHAHAHA!!! 🤣🤣😂😂😂
 i am a translator! 

Li Shi Ying laughed out loud in her heart with this realization. 

Li Shi Ying didn't expect it would be that easy for her to be a translator. She still thought that she couldn't be a translator whatsoever but now....

F*ck off people~ 

English is her major! Her speciality! There's no way she wouldn't be great in translating. 

Well it was indeed true that English is not her first language but she studied english...because she was an english education department student! 

Well it seems like she did have a cheat all this time.

Nah because she knew that she is a translator then she might as well buy all the original script in this store. She heard that translator made a lot of money, no? 

Li Shi Ying then thought in her heart. Would it seems suspicious if she bought all these original scripts? These scripts had been left behind because the number of translator were small. 

If she bought a lot now, the shopkeeper would know that she is a translator and it would create a commotion. She want to be low-key....what should she do...

Hmm...hmm....ah! i knew! i should just do 'that'!

COMPLETED SERIES

I'll find you even if we are worlds apart -Long Ao Zhen 

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Transmigrated into a trash body of general's daughter as female lead? Peh! Too mainstream! Transmigrated to be a villainess? Common! What about transmigrating and ending up as cannon fodder? Have read it before! 

From that many options to transmigrate how could she, Li Shi Ying a very ordinary English department college student, suddenly wake up in the crippled body of the female lead's ex-maidservant?! Heaven, this is too unfair! 

In this world where only the strong are respected, she can't cultivate? No problem! Dozens of high-rank spiritual beasts fight over protecting her! 

Beast Tamers are rare? Hmph! The beast language is her hometown language! 

Can't be an alchemist or array master? Who cares? She could just become a translator! Without a translator, all those rare jobs wouldn't even exist! 

Watch how she rules over the world without having a single bit of cultivation energy in her body! 

But, can someone please tell her how she suddenly became the Dragon Prince's wife? Momma, she wanna cry!!! 

This is a perfect story for those who are bored with the usual cultivation novel. 

Warning: Smut scene in chapters 7-9!! If you don't want to read it, just skip those chapters. 

If you like to read perfect grammar then this book might not be your cup of tea, but I'm still learning. So, it will become better in later chapters. 

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2. 101 Days To Date Mr Target (coming soon) 

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The bookstore looks quite rundown with the paints peeling of the walls. The bookstore has a sign at the side on the entrance but the words were quite faded and were unreadable.

Entering the bookstore, Volum found no one inside the book store. Still he entered the store and decided to browse through all the collection of the books.

The bookstore was apparently those kinds of store that was bigger in the inside despite the outward appearance of the store. The inside was also of a better condition than the outside as proven by the tidiness of the store. 

Walking through the book store, Volum discovered that the bookstore has a wide variety of collection from biology, history, geography, fantasy, science-fiction, philosophy and much more. He also noticed a section of self-defence and entertained the thought of beating Jon up but looking at his feeble body and the fact that Jon always has his army of underlings with him, he decided not to risk it.

He kept on looking at all the various collection and came across the [Magic] section of the bookstore where the books range from [Dummy Guide to Golem], [Apothecary 101], [Diving the Future] and many other books. Despite a firm believer of science, Volom was still quite interested in magic and had a certain attraction to the term 'Magic'. 

Although he knew it was impossible, he was imagining all sorts of methods he could use to harm Jon using the magic in the books that he could use such as cursing him, making a voodoo doll out of him or even making do something foolish in the public which will destroy his reputation in society. 

Looking through all the books that are in the store, he came across a book that was bound in leather and had a magic circle on it with a heptagram on it. Looking at the spine of the book, he saw the title of the book that states [Solomon's Key]. Being a Magic nerd, he knew the significance of the name Solomon and was immediately interested in it. 

Looking at it, he knew that he had to buy it. The impulse of buying it, the wanting of the book and the desire all build up and Volom knew that he had to get the book. He brought the book to the cashier who had the appearance of an old man and ask the price of the book.

"It will be $300. Please pay up."

Hearing the price made his mind blow up and start cursing inside of him but with all his desire that scream that he had to get the book, he decided to buy the book with the money in his card despite the fact that the money is supposed to last him for the month.

Volom happens to chance upon a grimoire and is chased by people who wish to snatch the grimoire back.

Then, he anxiously took a few steps forward and grabbed the arm of the man in front of him. "Ah Xian, when did you come back? Didn't you say that you're busy with work and won't be back for the next few months? "
"I've finished my work for the time being, so I came back early. " Tao Xian first gave his mother a big hug and then asked, "where's my father? "
"Oh, he's upstairs resting. Oh right, didn't you say that you're hungry just now? I'll go make you something to eat. Wait for me. " Tao Xian's mother smiled lovingly at her son. Because she hadn't seen her son for a while, she was very excited.
After she finished speaking, she went to the kitchen.
Tao Xian nodded with a smile.
Then, after his mother went to the kitchen, he checked the landline in the living room. Soon, he saw a phone call that was introduced a few minutes ago. That number was extremely familiar to him, and he knew it by heart.
His smile faded away, and his eyes darkened.
After a while, he put on his previous smile and walked into the kitchen.
"Mom, after I come back this time, I don't plan to go abroad often. In the future, I'll be running around the house and the company for a long time. You can see me every day in the future. " Tao Xian walked to his mother's side and put on an apron to help.
When his mother heard this, she asked him happily, "really? That's great. In that case, your father and I won't be so bored that no one will talk to us every day. "
"How can there be no one to talk to you? Don't tell me that no one usually calls mom, you, and dad? " Tao Xian tried to ask carefully.
His Mother didn't notice She hurriedly said, "of course there is. Yuyan often calls us, but she only talks to us on the phone and rarely comes home, so we still feel very lonely. "Oh right, Yuyan just spoke to me on the phone. From her tone, she should be quite unhappy now. She said that there is someone opening a bookstore next to her bookstore, so the business might not be able to continue. She wants to transfer the bookstore and I told her to go back to our company to work, but she wasn't willing. I hung up the phone now and am also worried that her life will be difficult if she doesn't have a bookstore in the future. I'm even more afraid that she won't be able to live well and isn't willing to tell us, much less come back. Sigh. "
Mother Tao nagged on and on. The more she talked, the more her heart ached. Then, she complained, "I really don't know who the person who wants to open the bookstore next to Yuyan's bookstore is. Why doesn't he leave any way out for her? "
"Mom, I want to open the bookstore, " Tao Xian suddenly said with a serious tone.
Mother Tao was stunned when she heard that. Then, she quickly understood something.
She stared at her son in disbelief. "Ah Xian, how could you do this? " Even though Yu Yan didn't agree to be with you, you can't force her into a corner just because you hate her. You can't be a couple, but you're still brother and sister. If you do this, how will your father and I face Yu Yan?"
"Mom, don't bother about this. I won't hurt her. " Tao Xian didn't want to explain too much.
"Ah Xian, tell mom clearly. Do you want to suppress Yu Yan, or do you want to get her back? " Tao Xian's mother quickly felt that something was wrong. There must be something wrong.
Tao Xian had initially said that he was hungry, but after being interrogated by his mother, he immediately walked out of the kitchen. "Forget it, mom. I'm not hungry anymore. I'll go back to my room to rest. "
He was fast, and Tao Xian's mother had no choice. She knew that he wanted to avoid her, so she could only sigh helplessly.
In the end, she cooked a bowl of noodles for her son, then put the noodles down at the door of her son's room Helplessly, she said loudly, "son, I know that you don't want to tell me, so I won't force you. The noodles are ready. Remember to bring them in to eat. Otherwise, it won't be good if it gets cold. "
After saying that, mother Tao turned around and left.
After a while, Tao Xian opened the door and came out. Outside the door, mother Tao was indeed not there. There was only a bowl of noodles at the door.
He picked up the noodles and returned to the room.
After that, he sat in front of the office desk and ate noodles while checking the information that his assistant had just sent over.
The shop that was about to open the book store had almost been renovated. At most, it would be ready to open in a week.
He remembered that his mother had said that Yu Yan's book store was about to be transferred out.
That meant it hadn't been transferred out yet.
He quickly finished the noodles and called his assistant He coldly instructed, "I heard that there's a bookstore next to the new bookstore that I've prepared for transfer. Go take a look. I want that store. I'm willing to pay no matter how much it costs. But when signing the contract, the time and place must be set at the Peach Blossom House. I'll sign it myself. "
The assistant immediately agreed and went to deal with it.
Only then did Tao Xian hang up the phone.
Peach Blossom House was a very quiet restaurant under the Tao family's name. It was a chain of hundreds of restaurants across the country.
The city he was currently in was the headquarters.
Peach Blossom House was his painstaking effort over the past few years, and it was also his most successful work at the moment.
When he was very young, a girl once told him that when she grew up, she wanted to open a restaurant with such a quiet style.
Now, he finally did it.
... ...
The next day.
Tao Yuyan was sent away while Tang Xiaowei was reluctant to part.
Before she left, Tang Xiaowei gave Tao Yuyan a big hug, which immediately made Huangfu Qiye's face turn black.
Tao Yuyan did not hug Tang Xiaowei too much. She hugged Xiao Anan again and kissed Xiao Anan on the Cheek. Then, she said with a smile, "Xiao Wei, an an, Mr. Huangfu, I'll leave now. See you next time. "
She waved her hand and got into the car that Tang Xiaowei asked Huangfu Qiye to get the servants to prepare.
Tang Xiaowei and Xiao Anan were reluctant to let Tao Yuyan leave. Tang Xiaowei carried her son up. Both mother and son looked sad and could not help but wave at the car that was slowly leaving.
Xiao Anan shouted, "Godmother, an an will miss you. An an will come and play with you in a few days. "
Before the car had gone far, Tao Yuyan opened the car window and waved at the mother and son.
But soon, the car left the manor and couldn't be seen anymore.
At this moment, Xiao Anan knew that he couldn't hear his godmother anymore. He turned his gaze to the side and looked at his father beside him. He knew that his father didn't look right today.
It had always been a dark and heavy feeling, just like the clouds in the sky when it rained heavily yesterday.
He blinked his big eyes and asked Tang Xiaowei in a low voice, "mom, look quickly. Father doesn't look right. Is He sick? "

He was overbearing and cruel. He forcefully bought her home and forced her to marry him.
She refused to give in and tried to escape, making her whole body dirty.
He was furious. "You are my woman. If you don't let me touch you, who will? "
She gritted her teeth. "Get lost, I won't let you touch me! "
She angered him, and the CEO was furious but unwilling to hurt her. From then on, the CEO MISSED HER EVERY DAY!

After lunch, Song Shuhang went to the nearby book rental store for some window-reading.
He liked reading books in a bookstore, not to save the cost of renting books, but because it was his personal hobby—Song liked the feeling of squatting in a corner between bookshelves and reading books for free!
Of course, to avoid annoying the boss, he would rent a book or two after reading in the store for some time—he believed that, as human beings, we should always leave some room for others, and economize to avoid running short! This way, the boss wouldn't be annoyed and throw him out.
After all, a book rental store that was so large and had such a great variety of books—not just limited to novels—was rare nowadays.
If he got blacklisted here, there might not be a better bookshop in the vicinity of Jiangnan College.
It was said that the name of a person was very important. The name fitted the person. Song Shuhang was named after "Book" and he also liked reading, eager to read books of any genre. [TL/N: Shu = Book]
He liked reading all kinds of books, be it novels, literary works, classics, or even different kinds of boring theories that drove people crazy at first glance.
Recently, he mainly read books on motor vehicle driving skills and tips in the bookstore as he planned to pass the driving license exam in his first year in university when the workload still wasn't too heavy. Taking the exam in school was much cheaper as well, saving him almost 7 or 8 thousand yuan.
❄️❄️❄️
Time flew when he was reading.
In the blink of an eye, it was about three o'clock in the afternoon.
'Time passes so fast... I have to go back and get some food from the nearby supermarket as night snack to enjoy an overnight fight on Saturday night,' Song chuckled
Then, he grabbed a book at random and went over to the counter to handle the renting procedures.
The counter was placed at the exit of the bookstore. The sunshade was broken, so the shop owner hid in shade to avoid being directly exposed to the sun.
"The sun is scorching. It feels like midsummer," Song said, covering his eyes with a hand, looking up at the cloudless sky and handing the book to the shop owner.
The shop owner, who looked like she was made of water, was a typical Southern belle.
Just like Shuhang, she also liked reading. Both of them always held a book and read it all day long. From the way she dressed, people could tell she was living a well-off life. Running this bookstore was just her personal hobby.
At ordinary times, when she sat there reading quietly, she looked as beautiful as a painting, very pleasing to the eye. Many ordinary young men abruptly changed their hobbies—turning themselves from a carefree youth to a sentimental book lover—just to enjoy this picturesque scene as much as possible.
But it was said that this picturesque side was just her in peaceful mode...
With a peaceful mode, there must be a PK mode or another violent mode. However, Song hadn't caught sight of her in such a mode since he first came here half a year ago.
"OK, remember to return the book in two days. One yuan charged each overdue day," the shop owner completed the procedure and waved him away.
Though they only met half a semester ago, she was very impressed with the young man who liked reading in the store for free and brazened it out at least half a day every time. If this guy hadn't been smart enough to rent a book or two each time to take care of her business, she would have driven him out with a broom.
"Thanks," Shuhang took over the book with a smile, about to step out of the bookstore.
"Boom!!!"
Just then, a deafening sound echoed like an explosion.
Everyone in the bookstore was scared. Shuhang, with one foot out, almost lost his footing and fell on his face!
"Sh*t!"
"Ouch, yikes!
"A bolt from the blue?"
"Oh, I'm scared to death!"
In the bookstore, screams, yells, and curses were heard continuously.
Song looked up into the sky only to find the cloudless sky had changed—a dark cloud quietly gathered and covered a small piece of sky on the horizon in an instant. It seemed a storm was coming. 
"It seems it's going to rain? Gee, it's said that weather forecast used to be unreliable and people had to understand it the other way round. If it forecasted a sunny day, you had to carry an umbrella. I thought that, after all these years, the weather forecast had changed. But, it seems to remain the same," Song said to himself.
It wasn't even as good as it used to be. You just had to understand it in reverse before, but now, you had to bet if it's right or not.
Filled with random thoughts, he picked up the book he just rented and prepared to rush back to the dorm before the rain started.
However, right before he got the other foot out.
"Boom..."
Another thunder blasted, filling his ears with humming.
Shuhang took back his leg.
On the horizon, the dark clouds distorted grotesquely and snake-like lightning descended from the clouds, rumbling and crashing, forming a lightning net in the sky.
Shuhang had seen lightning strikes before, but he'd never seen a thunderbolt as dense as this in his lifetime—it was just like the end of the world approaching. The thunderbolts in the sky struck down together, shaped in pieces rather than in streaks.
The sound of the rolling thunder was also different.
The sound of thunder in Jiangnan District was always a loud crash followed by a series of rumbling echoes. But now, it sounded like firecrackers filled with a lot of gunpowder, rumbling, snapping, and crackling, so loud and noisy that even the echoes were being covered by it.
If the lightning came for an evildoer, how evil did the guy have to be to attract so many?
To Shuhang's surprise, the dark thunder cloud hadn't spread but remained in the same place on the horizon, furiously rumbling and striking, without any signs of spreading in any direction.
The sound of thunder continued for about ten breaths, long and without any breaks.
It seemed a thunderstorm was coming.
'Bad luck!' Song Shuhang sighed and thought, 'Maybe I should continue reading?'
Even if there was going to be a thundershower, it was usually an easy come, easy go condition. But if it rained a little longer, maybe he could read one more book.
So he turned back to the bookstore and was ready to squat in a corner for some reading again.
However, it was like God was joking with Song Shuhang.
When he turned around and stepped back into the bookstore, the rumbling sound in his ears suddenly stopped!
The pervasive dark clouds and furious lightning serpents on the horizon dissipated at the same time! It was just like a giant hand painted on the sky, and randomly wiped off the dark clouds and the lightning as if it felt unsatisfied with the painting.
The sky turned cloudless again, with sunlight shining! The blasting thunders and pervasive serpents of lightning were just like auditory and visual hallucinations.
Someone in the bookstore muttered, "What's going on?"
"Was there really an evildoer struck by lightning?"
"Superstitious! The so-called thunderbolt is just a natural phenomenon... "
At this time, a little boy beside Song raised his head, his left hand holding a children's cartoon and his right hand lifted high towards the sky. He sang loudly with a bold tone: "Ah, I want the sky never to cover my eyes; I want the earth never to bury my heart! I want the dark clouds to vanish without a trace!"
Song looked at him, the corners of his mouth twitching. He bet that when the kid grew up, he would feel so ashamed whenever he recalled what he did today. And that the embarrassing memory would haunt him throughout his life; after he spent a long time to forget it, perhaps someday it would just pop out from some corner of his mind, driving him crazy and shouting, Go to hell, what a shame! or he would wish to travel back through time and beat up his stupid past self.
He knew it.
But for some reason, when Shuhang saw this funny little boy, he suddenly thought of his chuunibyou mates in Nine Provinces Number One Chat Group.
'H-City, overcome the Thunder Tribulation for Third Stage Acquired Realm.'
The chat logs of the group popped out in his mind.
He re-estimated the position where the lightning had appeared on the horizon. The thunderstorm area seemed to be... where H-City was located?
Even if Song Shuhang was a rather careless person, he felt his mind freeze for a while.
Was... that real?
Weather forecast said it would be sunny today, but suddenly there were strange rumbling thunders.
'Hahaha! How could it be possible! How could there be such a thing like heavenly tribulation in the world? It must be a coincidence!' Song Shuhang thought.
But, when the thought came out, he just couldn't get it out of his mind—how could there be such a coincidence in the world? The serpent-like lightning was so weird that it didn't look like a natural event.
H-City, overcome tribulation… these words were echoing in his mind.
He shook his head with force, trying to shake the possibility out of his mind.
The worldview he built in the first eighteen years of his life told him to believe in science and reject superstition, and that a thundercloud was only a natural phenomenon rather than a thunder tribulation!


One day, Song Shuhang was suddenly added to a chat group with many seniors that suffered from chuuni disease. The people inside the group would call each other ‘Fellow Daoist’ and had all different kinds of titles: Palace Master, Cave Lord, True Monarch, Immortal Master, etc. Even the pet of the founder of the group that had run away from home was called ‘monster dog’. They would talk all day about pill refining, exploring ancient ruins, or share their experience on techniques.
However, after lurking inside the group for a while, he discovered that not all was what it seemed... 

Xia Zhiye looks dumbfoundedly the book in own hand, looks at the prompt that Disassembler has transmitted.
At once, the whole person is not good.
Writes continuously can Disassemble ?
The book is not used to pat?
Good, above these words are only the Xia Zhiye spitting trough, but this astonished mood cannot constrain.
Earliest time, Xia Zhiye thinks that Disassembler can the Disassemble thing only have the weapon.
Afterward knows, the clothes can also Disassemble , good, the clothes also be one of the equipment... However book?
Although said that in the hand this seems with the book of brick similar thickness, to words that the person head is pounding, truly is very pain... But this is not the book can also absolutely the reason of Disassemble !
Moreover, what can Disassemble later obtain?
Quite curious!!!!
Won't Disassemble publish big pile of books of? With coming to see does the book, turn into the book that has been able to pat?
This has the matter of idea actually!
Turned head to look at Dr. Erskine, the Xia Zhiye heart said me, if gave Disassemble this old man's book, he can be insane?
„Was right."
Dr. Erskine has as if thought of anything, suddenly turns around, Xia Zhiye having a scare. After all just also pondered over is wanting Disassemble others book...
The book in hand has not asserted with confidence suddenly, almost flew! Several in the midair times throw under rise, finally steadily was then caught by Xia Zhiye.
Xia Zhiye relaxed, looks to Dr. Erskine.
Dr. Erskine whole face dazed, the words that also the head transferring, must say probably a moment ago all gave to forget.
After Xia Zhiye puts the book, this once again turns around to Xia Zhiye said: „Right... Your room in opposite. Moreover, does not have the matter time, you can move at will, does not use in my room is sitting alone in boredom. Un, time here, we will be very at least safe. You can definitely handle the matter that some want to handle, for example, window-shops? Naturally, all these look at your arrangement, once I put into during the work, will forget the time, may neglect your situation, please do not care."
Turned on the drawer to put out a key to throw from inside to Xia Zhiye, Dr. Erskine turned around to put into during the work.
Xia Zhiye stood has been pondering over a meeting same place, then carried own saluting, opened the door to exit.
The pattern in opposite room basically does not have the difference.
After the thing puts down, slightly reorganized, finally took a pistol to hold in the bosom, turned around to go out.
He needs to confirm the discovery, this is for him important!
...
...
Bookstore!
From the place is not has a bookstore very much, the shop front is not very big, but walks into, one type will ripple the feeling in books.
However now here does not have what guest.
After all is in time of war, this bookstore can open the door, was very good.
The shop owner is 20-year-old young people, by counter, absent-minded.
But facing the arrival of Xia Zhiye, is looked that does not look at one, is similar to does not have this person to be the same, does not know that is thinking anything.
Xia Zhiye has not responded the meaning of this youth, after entering the bookstore, looked at will, then arrives at a dead angle that the boss could not see, took up one not to know that conveniently recorded anything's book...
[Please ask Disassemble psychology books?]
„Really is good!!!!"
Xia Zhiye deeply inspired, this for him, was a little inconceivable.
After these thing Disassemble , what can obtain?
He does not have immediately Disassemble , but started the train of thought of flying upwards!
The present is in time of war, but oneself... Very obvious setting is a soldier.
Soldiers,
What can do in time of war? Naturally is goes forth to battle to kill the enemy, with death altogether dance person. This and Xia Zhiye careless does not tally to the final basic plan.
Now although in the rear, but the side can not be peaceful similarly, Dr. Erskine himself is a very troublesome character.
It can be said that once the Super Soldier blood serum studies successfully, this friendly man will become the Hydra eye-sore, existence that the thorn in the side, must reject!
But oneself protect Dr. Erskine, will inevitably be finally also involved in this confusion!
This Xia Zhiye very much does not want... The so-called person dead bird faces upwards, does not die absolutely the year, to put it bluntly also in flying into a rage in the situation compels.
In fact, behind of these words in following ‚to be able careless on careless' these four characters, that was perfect.
The first scroll is: The person dead bird faces upwards, the second line is: Does not die absolutely the year, the streamer... Can careless careless!
May get down according to the present flow, mostly is careless.
small moth who however Disassembler presents suddenly... Let Xia Zhiye see dawn!
„If... What changes my person to suppose will have?"
He feels the chin, then ponders countermeasure, within a half hour, Xia Zhiye moved out in the bookstore all the book about gene study aspect.
Actually Xia Zhiye too did not understand that these are the books in gene study aspect, after all in the impossible each book to write ‚the gene study introduction' or is being ‚gene' two large characters all will print directly on written.
However is good because of Xia Zhiye does not need to understand, he only needed to place in the book the hand, which aspect can distinguish this book is.
The psychology, gene study, the physics is as for the occult sciences... Although this bookstore is small, but book collection is very rich.
Various categories has, naturally each are not equally many, this is also Xia Zhiye can whirl away the complete gene study books the reason.
Naturally, for price that it pays is... The bookstore has almost whirled away the Xia Zhiye complete cash.
Depending on renting the words are good, but the purchase was Tete is really expensive!
Knowledge of reaching an agreement priceless? Said ‚does not have' price, your this does with honest price tag displayed, believe me to go to the Consumer Association to consider you to go!
Xia Zhiye was bringing the trough of full belly and big pile of books left the bookstore.
Looked for nobody's corner, has all admitted in the thing the Disassembler space. Has only left behind two books, in hand.
He now small plans... Reason that looks for the book in gene study aspect completely, has the reason.
In this world, did not say that you have the talent, you publish the paper, immediately some people approve of you.
The academic discussion from the past to the present, launches along with the innumerable battles of words... You said me to talk nonsense, I said that your mouthful spews.
But a soldier caused gene study aspect the words in paper suddenly, nobody responds absolutely, subconscious believes, this is wantons mischief radically.
Therefore wants to change own person to suppose, first, he needs to change from the powerful and brave soldier image.
First... Turns into a knowledge rich soldier image.
Next... He needs one ‚guide', leading him to walk into this completely different domain.
But the best candidate now in the side, why this is also the reason of Xia Zhiye choice gene study.
Naturally, all these premises, but must look tonight... Can own Disassemble these books, what harvest?

The summer night passed through and passed through the world of Marvel movies!
“But, it appears directly on the battlefield of the bullets, what is the start?”
“And why is my golden finger a decomposition machine in DNF?”
[Decomposition equipment is successful! 】
[Advanced sniper shooting experience *100]
[Decomposition equipment is successful! 】
[Advanced Fighting Techniques Experience *100]
[Decomposition equipment is successful! 】
[A dazzling battle of souls, can enhance the strength of body attributes! 】
“Can it be better than God?”
[That is just the starting point! 】
“then continue to break down!”
[Decomposition equipment is successful! 】
[Cannot look directly at the exercise *100]
“…”

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Mapaglaro ba ang pag-ibig? Bakit kahit magmahal ng totoo ay may nabibigo pa rin? Bakit ng dahil sa pag-ibig ay kasawian ang idinudulot nito? Mga katanungan na kung minsan ay walang nakababatid kung hindi maiisip na lang na sana ito ay isang panaginip lamang at magigising din sa katotohanan.

Ang kasaysayan ng kwentong ito ay nagsimula sa isang bookstore.

"Lanie andyan na iyong may crush sa iyong ngetpa" ang sabi ng kasamahan niyang si Rose. Si Rose ang kaibigan ni Lanie na kasamahan niya sa bookstore.

Pagpasok ni ngetpa "Hi Lanie! kumusta ka na?" ang magiliw na bati ni ngetpa na ang tunay na pangalan ay Herardo (ngetpa ang kabaligtaran ng salitang pangit).

"Ikaw pala, ano ang hanap mong libro?" ang tanong ni Lanie na nakangiti.

"Ikaw ang libro na gusto kong bilhin" ang pabirong sabi ni Herardo.

"Ikaw talaga Herardo mula ng makilala kita dito sa bookstore lagi mo na lang akong niloloko" ang nakatawang tugon ni Lanie.

"Basta hindi ako titigil hanggat wala ka pang boyfriend" ang nakatawang sagot ni Herardo kay Lanie na umaasa na magugustuhan siya nito kahit hindi siya guwapo.

Si Lanie ay isang magandang kawani sa tindahan ng mga libro at pihikan sa pagpili ng boyfriend. Marami sa kanya ang nangliligaw subalit wala pa rin siyang napupusuan. At masasabi na suwerte talaga ang lalaking magugustuhan niya.

Isang araw may isang  student ang pumasok sa bookstore at may hinahanap na libro. Siya ay si Jerry isang graduating student sa kursong Engineering. Nagpapalakad lakad siya na may hinahanap na kailangang libro ng lapitan siya ni Lanie.

"Sir, ano po ang hinahanap ninyo?" tanong ni Lanie.

"Mayroon ba kayong ganitong libro?" at ipinakita ang kapirasong papel na doon nakasulat ang descrption ng hinahanap niyang libro.

"Ah! mayroon po sir" at nagpunta si Lanie sa kabilang shelve at sumunod naman si Jerry.

"Eto po sir" at ibinigay ang hinahanap na libro ni Jerry.

"Ito nga thank you miss...?" ibinitin ni Jerry ang pagsasalita na naghihintay na sabihin ni Lanie ang pangalan niya.

"Lanie po sir" ang nakangiting tugon ni Lanie.

"Thank you, Lanie, you've got a beautiful name it goes with your beauty" ang Sabi ni Jerry na may paghanga sa kagandahan ni Lanie at nagpaalam na ito.

Nakaalis na si Jerry subalit iniisip pa rin siya ni Lanie.

"Gusto ko siya" sabi sa sarili "hindi siya mukhang mayabang at palangiti pa".

"Hoy! Lanie bakit para kang namatanda dyan? Dahil ba sa nakilala mong customer" ang biro ni Rose na nakatawa.

"Ikaw talaga hindi naman may iniisip lang ako"

"Kilala kita Lanie wag ka na ngang magkaila sa akin" ang patuloy na pang aasar ni Rose.

Si Jerry ay hindi naman kaguwapuhan subalit kapag tiningnan mo siya at uuriin ay may isang bagay sa kanya na magugustuhan kaagad ng isang babae.

Lumipas ang isang buwan at muling nagbalik si Jerry sa bookstore at mayroon uling hinahanap na libro.

"Hello Lanie" ang bati niya kay Lanie na hindi siya napansing pumasok dahil may hinahanap siyang libro.

"Ikaw pala sir" at nakitang muli ni Lanie ang lalaking sa isip niya ay puwedeng mahalin ng sinomang babae "ano po ang hanap ninyo?"

"Hellooo! Lanie pwede ba huwag mo na akong tawaging 'sir' kasi naiilang ako? At sa tingin ko ay magkasing edad lang tayo, hindi ba?" ang nakangiting sabi ni Jerry.

"Pasensya na kasi iyon ang patakaran dito sa aming bookstore na maging magalang sa lahat ng customer" ang nakangiting tugon ni Lanie kay Jerry.

"Ok, pero kapag tayong dalawa lang ang magkausap, puwede ba walang 'sir' at 'opo'?" ang nakatawang sabi ni Jerry.

Ganoon ang naging pag-uusap ni Lanie at Jerry na hindi nila alam ay magiging simula ng pagiging malapit nila sa isa't isa.

Mula ng makilala ni Lanie si Jerry ay naging madalas ng iniisip ni Lanie si Jerry. Maging hanggang sa kanila ay laman ng isip niya si Jerry.

"Ano ba itong nararamdaman ko kahit sa pagtulog siya ang iniisip ko?" ang bulong ni Lanie sa sarili.

Hindi malaman ni Lanie sa sarili niya kung ano ang nararamdaman sa sarili, Kahit sa panaginip si Jerry pa rin ang gumugulo sa kanya.

"Hayyy ano ba ito?" ang parang naiinis na sabi sa sarili niya.

Kinabukasan.

"Lanie kumain ka na lalamig ang pagkain mo. Sabi mo papasok ka ng maaga ngayon" ang bati ng ina ni Lanie.

Habang kumakain si Lanie.

"Siya na kaya ang lalaking gusto ko para sa puso ko?" ang tanong sa sarili niya "siya na kaya ang puwede kong pagtiwalaan ng aking pagmamahal?"

Sa bookstore, pagpasok niya sa pinto.

"O Lanie tinanghali ka yata ngayon?" ang bati ng kaibigang si Rose.

"Oo nga medyo napuyat ako kagabi" tugon niya.

"Alam ko naman kung bakit ka napuyat eh" ang nakatawang sabi ni Rose "dahil kay Jerry, ano?"

"Ikaw Rose ha? Sige ka sasabihin ko kay ngetpa may gusto ka sa kanya" ang nakatawang tugon niya kay Rose.

Isang araw na day off si Lanie ay naisipan niyang mamasyal sa mall upang bilhin ang damit na gusto niya noon pa at habang papunta siya sa ladies section ay nakasalubong niya si Jerry.

"Hi! Jerry kumusta ka na bakit hindi ka na napapasyal sa bookstore namin?" ang nakangiting bati ni Lanie.

"Wow! Bakit sobra yata ang ganda mo ngayon?" ang pabirong sabi ni Jerry.

"Huwag mo nga akong bolahin akala mo maniniwala ako sa iyo" ang nakatawang sagot ni Lanie.

"Malapit na kasi ang board exam namin kaya medyo busy ako sa pagre-review".

"Ganoon ba? Sige good luck na lang" ang sabi ni Lanie at umalis na ito.

Hinabol siya ni Jerry.

"Lanie kung hindi ka nagmamadali pwede ba kitang maanyayahan kahit coffee lang o kahit anong gusto mong kainin...please?" ang anyaya ni Jerry.

"Pwede kaya lang may bibilhin pa ako sa ladies section" ang paiwas na tugon ni Lanie.

"E di samahan kita muna..ok?" ang nakangiting pakiusap ni Jerry.

"Ikaw ha mamaya mo makita tayo ng girlfriend mo na magkasama masabunutan pa ako" ang sabi ni Lanie na parang nanghuhuli kung may gf na si Jerry.

Medyo hindi nakakibo si Jerry kasi sa totoo lang may gf na siya subalit hindi niya gusto, pinagbibigyan lang niya ang ina na may taglay na sakit at ito ang may gusto sa babae para sa kanya.

"O ano? E di hindi ka nakasagot dyan" ang sabi ni Lanie.

"Hindi ha!" ang biglang bawi ni Jerry "tayo na samahan kita".

Pagkatapos mamili ni Lanie ay nagtuloy sila sa isang coffee shop. At ng nakaupo na sila at kumakain ay nagtapat ng pag-ibig si Jerry.

"Lanie may gusto ako sa iyo" ang parang wala sa sariling nasabi ni Jerry.

Nabigla si Lanie dahil hindi niya inaasahan na sasabihin kaagad sa kanya iyon ni Jerry gayung bago bago pa lang silang magkakilala. Kaya ang pakiramdam niya kay Jerry ngayon ay isang presko na isang bagay na ayaw niya sa lalake. Kaya nagsawalang kibo na lamang siya at walang itinugon sa ipinagtapat ni Jerry. Napansin ni Jerry ang pagiging walang kibo ni Lanie at nag sorry siya.

Hanggang maghiwalay na sila ay parang nawalan ng gana si Lanie kay Jerry subalit hindi niya madaya ang sarili..may pagtingin din siya kay Jerry kaya siya naguguluhan.

Sa totoo lang kasi sa unang pagkikilala nila ni Jerry ay nagustuhan na niya ito dahil hindi ito mukhang mayabang at palangiti pa.

Nang sabihin ni Jerry sa kanya na mahal siya nito ay pagkakataon na sana subalit pinigilan niya ang sarili. Ang pagkakataon sanang iyon ay pwede ng lumigaya ang puso niya subalit binale wala niya.

Lumipas ang tatlong buwan na hindi na sila nagkita ni Jerry. Hindi na rin ito nagpupunta sa bookstore.

Nang isang araw ay bigla nakita niya si jerry sa loob ng bookstore at nakatingin sa kanya. Siyempre hindi niya ito pinansin (pakipot pa siya). Lumapit si Jerry sa kanya.

"Lanie pwede ba tayong mag-usap?" ang pakiusap ni Jerry na tinatantya niya si Lanie kung hindi ito galit sa kanya.

Ningitian naman siya ni Lanie kaya nagpatuloy si Jerry sa pagsasalita.

"Lanie pasensya ka na sa nasabi ko sa iyo noon sa coffee shop. Alam ko hindi pa iyon ang tamang panahon pero hindi ko napigilan ang aking sarili. Mag so-sorry ako sa iyo kahit iyon ang totoong nasa loob ko" at tinitigan ni Jerry ang mga mata ni Lanie na ipinahihiwatig na totoo ang kanyang sinasabi.

Wala ring nagawa si Lanie. Si Jerry ang nararamdaman niya na itinitibok ng puso niya kaya muling naging masaya sila sa isa't isa.

Ang masaya nilang pagtitinginan ay nauwi sa pag-ibig. Pagmamahalan na mauuwi lang pala sa wala.

Isang araw ay kinausap ni Jerry si Lanie at humihingi ng tawad dahil nakikipag break na ito sa kanya.

"Bakit Jerry?" ito na lang ang nabigkas ni Lanie dahil sa kabila ng labis niyang pagmamahal kay Jerry ay bigla niyang maririnig ito sa kanya.

"Lanie ikakasal na ako sa babaing hindi ko gusto at hindi ko masuway ang kagustuhan ng aking ina na may sakit na canser at bilang na ang araw nito" ang paliwanag ni Jerry na sa pagsasalita niya ay dama ang lungkot sa sarili.

Sa narinig na iyon ni Lanie kay Jerry ay namanhid ang buo niyang katawan at paiyak itong tumalikod kay Jerry.

Ganoon lang ang naging pag-uusap nilang dalawa. At mula noon wala ng balita si Lanie kay Jerry.

"Lanie!" ang tawag ni Rose "magmiryenda na tayo".

Nagpunta sila sa katapat na coffee shop. At habang kumakain sila ay napapakinggan nila ang iba't ibang kanta. At ng matapos na silang kumain at paalis na ay biglang sunod na kanta ay ang kay Imelda Papin na "BAKIT IKAW PA" kaya hindi napigilan ni Lanie ang lumuha. 

Napansin ito ni Rose at nagtanong.

"Lanie bakit?"

"Wala Rose tayo na" ang naging tugon na lamang ni Lanie habang pinapahid ang kanyang mga luha.

Habang sila ay papalayo ay dinig na dinig pa ni Lanie ang kantang iyon hanggang maglaho na ito sa kanyang pandinig.

               "BAKIT IKAW PA ANG HINAHANAP KO..BAKIT IKAW PA ANG HINIHINTAY KO
                 BAKIT IKAW PA ANG INIISIP KO..BAKIT IKAW PA ANG MINAHAL KO
                 BAKIT SA 'YO KO NADAMA ITO,,LIGAYANG HINDI MAPAPARISAN
                 BAKIT ANG PINTIG N'YARING AKING PUSO..AY TUMITIGIL 'PAG 'DI KA NATATANAW
                 BAKIT IKAW PA ANG LAHAT..BAKIT IKAW ANG KAILANGAN NG AKING BUHAY
                 BAKIT IKAW MAHAL"

Ang librong ito ay naglalaman ng iba't ibang storya ng pag-ibig at mayroon ding fiction thriller na makaaaliw sa mga babasa.

1984 bookstore

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