Chapter 65

Chapter 65

The next day, Shu Meiru boarded a plane home.

Chen Ye sent Shu Yao back to the old house and hurried to the company.

As soon as Shu Yao entered the living room, she saw Chen Yang lying on the sofa in the same position as yesterday, but this time, he didn't even play the game. He stared at the ceiling, wondering what he was thinking.

Shu Yao walked to the coffee table and poured himself a glass of water. He heard him muttering: "1, 2, 3... 12, 13..."

Shu Yao followed his gaze and looked up. The ceiling was white and empty.

At this moment, Shu Yao thought of a story that was terrifying when he thought about it carefully.

It is said that Xiao Ming would circle around a well every day, chanting: "1, 2, 3... 12, 13... 1, 2, 3... 12, 13..."

One day, Xiaobai couldn't resist his curiosity and walked over to ask him what he was chanting. Xiaoming pushed him into the well and then chanted around the well again: "14...14..."

Shu Yao felt as if the temperature around him had dropped by several degrees.

But she couldn't help her curiosity and asked, "What are you counting?"

Shen Yang glanced at her coldly: "I haven't been out for thirteen days."

Recently, Shen Yang went to the hospital for a checkup, and his physical indicators didn't seem to be very good, so his parents controlled his travel.

Not sure if she was infected by Chen Ye, she blurted out: "They are doing this for your own good."

Shen Yang snorted and laughed, but did not refute.

Shu Yao hesitated for a moment, then took something out of her bag, placed it in her palm, and handed it to him: "This is for you."

Chen Yang turned his head to take a look. It was a silver airplane model keychain. The decoration on the top was very delicate and looked like it was handmade. He remembered that Qian Manqing kept talking in the group, saying that Shu Yao seemed to be doing some kind of filigree inlay, which was very impressive.

He sat up, his hands in his pockets, and didn't take it. "Is this silver? You made it yourself? Why are you giving it to me?"

"Yeah." Shu Yao answered two questions with one word, "It's not just for you. I made it for my parents too. It's just a little New Year's gift."

"What did you make for my parents?"

"The one for Mom is a small incense ball, and the one for Dad is a hand-carved seal."

"Then why am I a model airplane?"

"I later took a look at the book 'Mr. Fu's 99 Days to Chase His Wife,' and there was no description of a supporting character liking model airplanes and the male protagonist smashing them out of jealousy. So I think the story you made up that day, where you mentioned liking model airplanes, must be true."

Shen Yang rubbed his nose with the knuckle of his index finger: "Even if I liked it, that was when I was a child. How do you know I still like it now?"

Shu Yao wasn't actually sure, but she remembered that Shen Ye said Shen Yang was like a teenager who became a young man after a nap, so she thought that his interests and hobbies might not change much.

"You don't like it? Then I'll do something different next time." Shu Yao pretended to take his hand back.

However, Shen Yang was quick-witted and snatched the small airplane model away before anyone could do so.

He tilted his head, observed it for a moment, and put the keychain in his pocket: "Not bad, thanks."

Shu Yao smiled, sat on the sofa at the side, and looked down at the recent operations of the studio on his mobile phone.

The living room was quiet for a while, and she suddenly heard Shen Yang speak hesitantly: "You...have you been learning these things since you were a child?"

Shu Yao was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Shen Yang to take the initiative to talk to her.

I don’t know if I was successfully bribed by the keychain just now.

Shu Yao thought for a moment and said, "No, I didn't. When I was in elementary school, there was a stationery store next to the school. The owner's father was an experienced craftsman. Every day after school, I would pass by and see him creating in the store. I became interested in it as I watched him. Later, when I was in college, I started to seriously learn this craft and even signed up for training courses, but I never thought of making it a career."

"You've only been in college for seven years, and you've already learned this much?" Shen Yang looked surprised. "Isn't it said that this kind of handicraft can only be mastered from elementary school?"

"Beginning in elementary school might give you a more solid foundation, but starting later in life doesn't necessarily mean you'll fall behind."

Shen Yang hesitated to speak, then stood up with his hands in his pockets and said in a stern tone, "Come with me."

After saying that, he looked upstairs and called to the housekeeper: "Uncle Liu! Come here too!"

"Here I come!" Uncle Liu ran down excitedly.

Shu Yao was puzzled, but still followed him to the basement. In addition to the cinema, there was another room with a closed door and a sign saying that there was a ferocious husky inside.

Shen Ye said that it was Shen Yang’s secret space.

Seeing Chen Yang open the door, Shu Yao looked inside and couldn't help but open his eyes wide in surprise.

There is no miscellaneous stuff inside, but a proper wood carving studio.

In the middle is a workbench with some semi-finished products on it. Three walls are lined with large museum shelves, displaying some works. Some look rough, like early works, but some closer to the inside can be called exquisite.

However, what makes these works special is that they are not very traditional and common wood carvings.

More like some wooden carved toys.

There are not only wooden models of airplanes and tanks, but also some anime figures, even Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon.

Shen Yang did not close the door. Shu Yao followed him into the house. She turned around and saw that Uncle Liu did not come in, but was just standing at the door. She suddenly realized that Shen Yang called Uncle Liu to come in not because he wanted to show him, but perhaps because he felt it was not appropriate for the two of them to be alone in a confined space.

In fact, he considers things more carefully than anyone else.

Shu Yao looked around, somewhat incredulous: "Did you do all this by yourself?"

"I just did it randomly." Shen Yang scratched his head, his ears actually turning red. "Shen Ye should have told you that I've been basically idle at home these years. I was so bored that I tinkered with some small gadgets. But they are all self-taught, so I can't show them off."

"Why can't I show it off? I think it's quite innovative." Shu Yao asked curiously, "Why do you make anime wood carvings?"

"Those Buddha statues and animals are so boring, and you can buy them by just searching on shopping websites. If I want to make something, I'll make something that can't be bought."

Shen Yang's ideas actually coincide with hers.

They all try to tell some old stories in a new way.

It’s just that she did it on purpose, while Shen Yang did it more by accident.

Shu Yao observed a wooden sculpture of Luffy on a shelf. "It's really amazing! Didn't you post it online? I think a lot of people would like it."

"Really?" Shen Yang hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll try it next time."

He took a Crayon Shin-chan from the shelf and handed it to her: "This is for you."

Shu Yao reached out and took it: "Why did you give me this?"

"Isn't your WeChat avatar Crayon Shin-chan? You should like this, right? Consider it a return gift. Also—" Shen Yang's voice dropped a few notches, and he cleared his throat awkwardly before continuing, "I'm sorry about what happened before."

"Before?"

"It's about what happened on the island." Shen Yang said, "Before, I did have some opinions about you, because I felt that the relationship between you and my brother was seriously unequal. He liked you too much, so much that he would give everything for you, but you obviously didn't like him, or you didn't like him that much, so I didn't agree with you two being together. I thought it would be very tiring for him."

"But during this period of time, I have seen changes in him. Anyway, I was wrong. From now on, I will not oppose you anymore." Shen Yang sighed silently, "But I still hope that you can try to be nicer to him, because before..."

"Before what?"

"Nothing." Shen Yang smiled. "I used to bully him a lot. Even though so many years have passed, I still feel a little sorry for him. I just hope he can be happy in the future."

"I like him very much." Shu Yao said with a firm look in his eyes, "So, I will treat him well."

"But don't be too nice." Shen Yang frowned and said with disdain, "It's quite annoying to show off to me every day like an old peacock spreading its feathers."

Shu Yao: “…”

Can you still be sentimental?

*

Shen Yang seemed to have taken her words to heart.

For the entire afternoon, Shen Yang did not sit idle or play games, but sat on the sofa and tinkered with his computer. He even turned off his cell phone and threw it aside because he received too many calls.

The sun sets gradually in the west.

He shared a video in the family group.

It is a simple collection of his works, including photos of several anime wood carvings and some video footage recording his production process. The two are well combined and the video is produced very professionally.

Qian Manqing: [Oh my god! Is this posted online? Who convinced you?]

Chen Yang: [Your daughter-in-law.]

Qian Manqing: [As expected of Yaoyao! It's only been ten minutes since he posted, and he's already got ten likes! I knew someone would like it! My son is awesome!]

Grandma: [My grandson is awesome!]

Chen Ye: [My wife is awesome! ]

Shu Yao burst out laughing.

She silently gave Shen Yang's video a thumbs-up and tilted her head to look at the person across the coffee table: "You spent the whole afternoon just making this video? It's amazing! I've been studying for so long, but I can't do this."

"Ah?" Shen Yang looked a little confused. "No, this kind of video, if you spend a little money, won't someone make it?"

"..." This time, Shu Yao didn't just think about it, she really wanted to compete with these rich people.

"So what were you doing in front of the computer all afternoon?"

"Wait until he releases the video." Shen Yang said as a matter of course, "Don't tell me, I'm quite nervous."

Shu Yao: “…”

Speechless, Grandma Shen forwarded this video to her circle of friends, with a very domineering text: [Like me! Otherwise, I will block you all! ]

Below is a comment that Shen Yang just posted: [Grandma, this threat is not as effective as surgery.]

Shu Yao stared at the word "surgery" and was stunned for a moment. Almost instinctively, he looked up at Chen Yang: [What did you mean by your comment to grandma just now that it's not as effective as surgery?]

"Didn't Chen Ye tell you?" Chen Yang operated the computer without looking up at her. "Grandma had a meniscus injury some time ago. The doctor recommended that she have a minimally invasive surgery. Grandma took advantage of this and threatened us at every turn. For example, if I didn't go to bed by 11 o'clock, she said she wouldn't do the surgery if I didn't sleep. If I refused to eat the nutritious meal, she said she wouldn't do the surgery if I didn't eat it."

“…” Shu Yao felt like something was wrong.

Shen Yang didn't hear her answer, so he raised his head and explained for his grandmother: "But grandma was just talking nonsense. She was the one who felt the pain if she didn't do the surgery, but in the end she still went through with it."

Shu Yao finally realized what was wrong.

She had been in contact with her grandmother before and had wondered why. With her grandmother's personality, she didn't seem like someone who would seriously force her juniors to get married. Now that she heard it this way, it all made sense.

No wonder every time grandma mentioned urging Chen Ye to get married, she said that she only "urged him a little bit". Shu Yao always thought that the elderly and young people had different understandings of the concept of "urging marriage".

But now it seems that grandma was just urging him a little, just like urging Shen Yang to sleep and eat nutritious meals. Even if Shen Ye didn't take those words seriously, it would be over.

At that time, he didn't need to get married so urgently.

Shu Yao narrowed his eyes and said, "Very good."

This man is really cunning.