Chapter 101 Did you two break up?
After taking a shower, Meng Tang went into the bedroom while drying his hair.
Yang Ke stared at her for a while, then suddenly pinched her waist: "Your figure is still so good, Wei Chuan is lucky."
She has a slim waist and a perky butt, with soft curves. It is more obvious in summer, but in winter, she is covered with thick clothes and nothing can be seen.
Meng Tang was ticklish, and he trembled all over and bent his waist to avoid Yang Ke.
"You're exaggerating," Yang Ke laughed at her and gossiped, "You act like this when Wei Chuan hugs you?"
Meng Tang straightened up, suppressed his embarrassment, and said, "I haven't hugged her."
Yang Ke opened his mouth wide: "He can't do it?"
"...I'm going to blow dry my hair." Meng Tang couldn't respond and turned to flee, "You go to sleep first."
How could Yang Ke, a hero who stays up late, go to bed first?
When Meng Tang returned to the bedroom, she was still playing with her cell phone with great interest.
Meng Tang lifted the quilt and turned his body sideways with his back to her.
He didn't even play with his phone, but stared blankly at the pattern on the curtains, his mind full of what Wei Chuan had said when he came back.
I went there early in the morning and waited for at least four hours.
Before leaving, he said that he didn't mean anything and just wanted to tell her.
It was obvious that he didn't want her to sleep well tonight, and she had to think about him in her dreams and in reality.
Yang Ke put down his phone, turned around and asked Meng Tang: "Why are you sighing?"
Meng Tang turned around, a question flashing in his eyes: "Did I sigh?"
Yang Ke nodded: "Yeah."
Meng Tang stood up and leaned against the headboard like her. He asked Yang Ke, "Have you ever liked someone? What was it like?"
"Of course I have liked someone before." Yang Ke said, "I liked one in high school and one in my freshman year, but they didn't like me."
"To be honest, it's quite uncomfortable. It's like he's pulling on an invisible string, and at the end of the string are tied my joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness."
"I haven't even gotten on the fucking roller coaster myself, and I've already been on a roller coaster a few times."
"So, liking someone is nothing more than happy anticipation, anxiety about gains and losses, jealousy and possession, and even a desire for physical contact with them."
Hearing the last sentence, Meng Tang was obviously a little embarrassed.
She could feel that Wei Chuan now had a feeling of secretly wanting to touch her.
When walking, he would squeeze next to her, when talking, he couldn't help but get closer, and when pinching her face, his fingertips would gently rub it...
He may not even be aware of these ambiguous little actions.
Wei Chuan understood her clearly, but she was still caught in the dilemma.
Meng Tang turned around and said to Yang Ke, "If we like each other, do we have to be together right away? Regardless of everything else? Because I always hear that love is a matter between two people."
Yang could be worried about her first love, so he patiently explained to her:
"Who made that rule? Don't you think people are too casual about dating these days?"
Meng Tang nodded: "A little bit."
Yang Ke: "So, just follow your own comfortable pace. You and Wei Chuan are doing well."
"Don't you think I'm too far away from him? The distance I'm talking about is family."
All the roommates knew Meng Tang's family situation, except Meng Huaizhang.
Wei Chuan was born into a wealthy family with a harmonious personality and a cheerful and honest character. In contrast, Meng Tang was like the unroughed piece of wood under her hands.
"You don't have to feel inferior." Yang Ke looked at her, "Do you think Wei Chuan is a fool? A young master like him has seen all kinds of girls. Since he likes you, you must have some qualities that attract him."
Meng Tang felt much more open-minded.
Yes, when you like someone, there is no time to weigh the pros and cons, and there is no logic to it.
It is the heartbeat accumulated from all the ambiguous moments. Wei Chuan is only 20 years old, and everything is written on his face.
As they chatted, Meng Tang closed his eyes.
The next morning, Yang Ke was still sleeping, and Meng Tang got up and went to the museum alone.
When Yang Ke woke up, she felt like the sky was falling. She didn't set the alarm and didn't make breakfast for Meng Tang.
Meng Tang entered the museum and saw Li Hanjin, who said to her with a serious face:
"We might have to go to Songling Mountain in Minzhou."
Meng Tang was stunned: "What's wrong?"
Li Hanjin said: "The irreplaceable nature of repair materials can be seen for yourself."
Meng Tang followed him into the restoration room and found that the density of the boxwood rings in the museum's inventory was not suitable for repairing the Guanyin statue.
She turned to Li Hanjin and said, "Article 12 of the 'Guidelines for the Restoration of Religious Statues' states that the materials used for the statue's trunk must follow the original craftsmanship ecosystem. Therefore, the curator must approve the material collection procedures and keep full records."
Li Hanjin said, "You and I, plus an old craftsman from the museum, and Xiao Li to take photos and record the journey, should be enough. We can then find a guide from the Forestry Bureau when we get there."
"We'll need a consultant from the Geological Bureau," Meng Tang said. "The Guanyin statue is made of silicon crystals formed by the high temperatures of lightning. We need someone like that to detect electromagnetic residue from lightning-struck wood. It's a pity he can't go right now."
Someone asked, “Why can’t we go now?”
Meng Tang said calmly, "The 'Sūtra of the Measurement of Statues' states: 'When selecting wood, one should measure it when the dew has not yet dried, when the Yang Qi is just beginning to rise but the Yin fluid has not yet dispersed.'"
"W-What do you mean?"
Meng Tang glanced at him. "Simply put, the temperature and humidity around Grain Rain are uniform and sufficient, which is conducive to the secretion of resin. We should go into the mountains the day after Grain Rain to ensure that we arrive before the dew has dissipated. At this time, the moisture content of the wood is closest to the original state."
"Then why do we have to go the next day? Can't we go on Grain Rain?"
Meng Tang smiled and said, "There are religious taboos. On the day after Grain Rain, the God of Wood Virtue will come to the mountain. Taking it will not offend ghosts and gods."
Everyone else was stunned when they heard this. Meng Tang has always been decisive in his profession and you can't tell at all that he is a college student.
Such talent is too terrifying, so terrifying that it makes people afraid.
After Meng Tang returned home, he sat on the sofa in the living room and searched the calendar.
Yang Ke came over and asked: "Why are you staring at the calendar?"
Meng Tang said: "Guyu may have to go out for a while, so you need to ask for leave from school."
"Where are you going?" Yang Ke asked.
"Selecting wood." Meng Tang didn't elaborate.
Yang Ke munched on an apple and said, "Let Wei Chuan go with you. The regional competition ends in mid-April, and I think Grain Rain this year is on April 20th, so we can definitely make it."
Meng Tang looked up: "I'm going into the mountains, why is he following me?"
Yang Ke joked: "To protect you."
"Stop it."
She had important matters to attend to and could not bring him along.
Besides, it was hard to say whether they could be friends at that time.
Although he had to go to Minzhou to select materials, Meng Tang was not idle during the period before school started.
She will use ordinary boxwood to test the carving effects with different moisture contents.
All data must also be recorded to facilitate parameter optimization during formal repair.
She was so busy that she completely forgot about time, and in the blink of an eye it was the first day of school.
After cleaning the house inside and out, Meng Tang bought some small gifts for Yang Ke's family to thank them for their shelter and care during this period.
Yang Ke felt guilty, as the house was not hers, so she turned around and told Wei Chuan about it.
Wei Chuan said that since she had bought it, she should keep it herself.
Yang Ke hugged Meng Tang and sighed, "I want to be your love security guard for the rest of your life."
When the two returned to the dormitory, Xie Lingyin and Shi Lan also arrived.
After the four of them cleaned the dormitory and washed the sheets and quilts, they went to the cafeteria together.
Xie Lingyin asked Meng Tang gossipingly, "How was your winter break with Wei Chuan? When are you going to treat us to dinner? I still remember the game you played on Xu Heqing and me last time."
Yang Ke said while eating, "It's fine."
Meng Tang slowly put down his chopsticks and said, "Maybe our personalities aren't very compatible."
The table was silent, and the three of them looked at her: "What do you mean?"
Meng Tang laughed dryly: "That's what you think."
"Break up?" Xie Lingyin's pupils trembled.
Meng Tang said "hmm".
Xie Lingyin put down her chopsticks with a thud. "Did he bully you? Is there anyone like him? Breaking up with someone right after he's been courted?"
"No, I—"
"Look, it's Wei Chuan." Shi Lan pulled Xie Lingyin.
Xie Lingyin turned around and shouted towards the cafeteria entrance, "Xu Heqing, bring Wei Chuan over here. We have something to ask him."
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