The sculpture classroom is actually not as neat and clean as other ordinary classrooms.
Scattered and random easels and modeling tables are placed in the center of the classroom without being fixed. More than a dozen modeling tables are crowded in this small classroom, winding around in all directions without interfering with each other.
Many seniors have new goals, and most of them no longer come to the sculpture room, so many sculpture tables are wrapped tightly with plastic sheets, as if no one has used them for a long time.
And You Mian's sculpture table is the only one here that is still fresh and shows signs of use.
When Pei Huaiji was about to step in, You Mian reminded him, "There is clay and plaster on the ground, don't get your shoes and pants dirty."
You Mian often stayed here, so he had already changed into trousers and shoes that could be thrown away at will.
But the Pei Huaiji in front of him was wearing neat trousers and leather shoes, his black shirt was ironed crisply, and his trouser legs draped beautifully, falling straight down.
Obviously the price is not cheap.
Seeing such a set of clothes stepping in, You Mian felt heartbroken.
A hint of decisiveness emerged on Pei Huaiji's solemn face. He neither responded to You Mian's reminder nor stood still. Instead, he stepped straight into the mud and dust.
The haute couture shoes stepped without hesitation on the scattered clay and mud on the floor of the sculpture room.
Pei Huaiji walked to You Mian without changing his expression. His deep brows and eyes were as rational and calm as usual, but the words he said were unusually free and easy.
"This close distance is the best viewing position for a spectator. As a birthday gift, of course I want the hard-to-get front row."
You Mian smiled helplessly. Seeing that Pei Huaiji had walked in on his own initiative, he couldn't push him out.
The moon was very big tonight, shining through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the classroom onto the hollow sculpture in front of the two people.
This sculpture is not big, only about 60 to 70 centimeters, and it is so exquisite that it can be a work of art that can be placed on a bookshelf.
The lights were off in the classroom.
Perhaps You Mian had planned it in advance. The hazy moonlight passed through the thick clouds of the iron sculpture and fell into the eyes of the blind man. At the same time, the moonlight also brushed across the orange-red star in the steel clouds.
Pei Huaiji inevitably thought of You Mian's night blindness.
The little man's struggling face, open nose and mouth all looked so painful, tormented and desperate.
But the stars in the clouds are so bright and low that they seem like hope within reach.
"Youmian."
Pei Huaiji's voice was a little hoarse, and the admiration in his eyes almost became real. In the end, he restrained himself and condensed it in his cold eyes into one sentence, "This is the most beautiful birthday gift I have ever received. Thank you."
Thank you for giving me the first viewing privilege.
You Mian put down his backpack, bent down and lifted the plastic film on the clay bucket beside him, and said with a smile: "It's a pity. It will look better when the sun is shining."
The idea behind his design was to let the sunlight in. The intense light would make the stars in the clouds shine brighter and would also make the black iron of the little man look even darker, creating a huge contrast.
"Yeah?"
But Pei Huaiji said after hearing this: "Then 'everything' under the moon belongs to me alone."
You Mian happened to dig out a handful of mud, and was slightly stunned when he heard the words while still bending over.
The boy turned his head and smiled, "That's right."
"I testify that the three characters Pei Huaiji are now engraved on it. It is exclusive to the birthday boy."
He seemed to have no idea what his words meant, but they were enough to make Pei Huaiji's eardrums vibrate as he stood in front of him.
The man pursed his thin lips, restrained himself again and again, and lowered his eyes patiently.
But the surprise seemed to be far more than that. You Mian pulled a clean wooden chair from the side and pushed it to Pei Huaiji, saying, "Sit down first, it will be ready soon."
Pei Huaiji sat down without hesitation.
You Mian brought Qu Miao's plastic table and placed it in front of Pei Huaiji. After removing the plastic cover, he bent down and scooped out a few handfuls from his mud bucket.
Fixing, moulding and shaping.
This is a clay sculpture that is about to be completed and is much smaller than "Everything".
The little man has neat and clean hair, a crisp shirt, broad shoulders and long legs...
You Mian began to carefully lower his eyes and use a carving pen to outline the facial features of the little man, the straight nose, the deep eyebrows and the thin lips that were often pursed in a cold manner.
Pei Huaiji gradually held his breath, because he seemed to know what You Mian was carving.
When the facial features were fully portrayed, You Mian started to carve out the chest of the little man.
Pei Huaiji sat opposite him as if his heart had been dug out.
You Mian stared at the clay sculpture in his hand without raising his head. With a few strokes, he carved out a five-pointed star from the new clay.
Then, he carefully, cautiously, and gently placed it into the chest of the little man whose hole had just been dug out.
Pei Huaiji's eyes were filled with emotions and his Adam's apple rolled up and down.
You Mian quickly re-sculpted the figurine's hands, turning them into a posture where the hands were gently wrapped around the chest, as if hugging the star in his chest.
Huai Ji.
With a bright and sunny heart, the rain, snow and haze are swept away and the sky becomes clear.
You Mian finally raised his eyes, looked at Pei Huaiji and asked, "Can you leave a message? What do you want to write?"
"Good health, prosperity, or something like that."
You Mian thought that since it was a birthday gift for someone, it should be cheerful and it would be better to engrave some auspicious words on it.
Pei Huaiji was silent for a few seconds, with appreciation and admiration in his eyes.
He said, "Just carve the three words Pei Huaiji."
Exclusive.
You Mian was stunned. "Only engrave the name?"
But on second thought, Pei Huaiji's name is already beautiful and lucky enough, and engraving it on the wall does have auspicious meaning.
"Well, just engrave the name." Pei Huaiji said.
You Mian nodded, lowered his eyes and carefully carved these three words.
He had never written another person's name so seriously, and on a sculpture.
Unexpectedly, the first viewing right and the first name engraving were both given to Pei Huaiji.
You Mian never thought that she would be so deeply involved with Pei Huaiji in this life and become good friends.
After writing the word "Ji", You Mian finally straightened up. The clay sculpture stood quietly on the table, and Pei Huaiji stared at it without a single move.
"It's a bit sloppy." You Mian smiled embarrassedly, "If you're not in a hurry, I'll polish it carefully in a couple of days. It would be best if I could replace it with plaster or iron for you."
Pei Huaiji raised his eyes and said seriously: "This is very good, I like it very much."
You Mian was touched by the joy in Pei Huaiji's eyes, and for some reason her ears felt slightly hot.
It was late, approaching midnight.
After washing her hands, You Mian walked out of the campus side by side with Pei Huaiji.
"How are you planning to go back? Do you want to call a designated driver?" You Mian asked in the evening breeze.
The breeze blew away Pei Huaiji's drunkenness, but it could not blow away his turbulent and complicated emotions at this moment.
I don't want to leave, and I don't want to leave just like this.
So for the first time, Pei Huaiji wanted to be a little less restrained.
He tilted his head and lowered his eyes and said, "I'll take you back."
Staying a little longer, for the first time in his life, Pei Huaiji was no longer so extremely self-disciplined and restrained. He wanted to send the person he loved home.
You Mian didn't hesitate at all when he heard this. This was just like when friends have a great time and don't want to leave, so they just follow each other home.
So he pointed directly to an apartment in the distance near a subway station and said, "Go past two traffic lights. I live there."
"Let's go." You Mian said.
Pei Huaiji was happy to send You Mian home, but was also frustrated by You Mian's attitude towards him like a friend.
The two walked side by side to the bottom of the apartment building, and the noise gradually turned from lively to quiet along the way.
Pei Huaiji stopped at the door of the unit.
You Mian waved at him. The boy smiled brightly with beautiful eyes and said, "I won't see you off. Goodbye!"
Pei Huaiji nodded slightly. When You Mian walked into the elevator and could no longer be seen, the man said in a deep voice, "Good night and sweet dreams."
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Early the next morning, JL headquarters.
After three consecutive parties that lasted all night until the early morning, colleagues in the project team were so tired that they could hardly get up from their workstations.
"Did Mr. Pei go home first last night? I didn't see him in the following few games."
"You must have been drunk in the first game. Mr. Pei left after dinner and didn't even go to the second game."
"Wake up, everyone. You all have dark circles under your eyes like giant pandas. Be careful that Boss Pei doesn't catch your eye."
"No, no, no, Mr. Pei is a tough guy who can work three or four days straight without a wrinkle in his suit. If I tried, I would be sloppy as hell."
Amid the morning gossip, everyone heard the distinctive sound of Vivian's high heels.
Vivian's high heels were like a horn before Pei Huaiji was about to come over. When everyone saw Vivian, they immediately stopped gossiping, looked at the computer screen in front of them, and instantly got into work mode.
"Good morning, everyone." Vivian tilted her head and nodded beautifully. Her exquisite professional attire was a bright spot in the entire JL building.
A group of people smiled and said, "Good morning~"
Sure enough, Pei Huaiji followed closely behind and quickly walked out of the elevator.
The man's suit was neat, and the black tie clip held the dark red tie firmly in place on his chest. His leather shoes made a dull sound as they stepped on the floor.
The stern profile and sharp eyes remain the same as always.
Just when everyone thought Pei Huaiji would quickly walk back to the office, the man suddenly tilted his head slightly, nodded slightly in the direction of his workstation, and said, "Good morning, everyone."
Everyone: “!!!”
"Morning, Mr. Pei."
"Morning, Mr. Pei."
After saying hello, Pei Huaiji walked straight to the office, leaving a group of people looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Oh my god, Mr. Pei is so proud of himself. Did he just laugh? Or am I crazy?"
"No, you're seeing things. Mr. Pei still has that icy face."
"Could it be that your temper has changed after your birthday? Don't they say that men bloom at 31?"
“…”
Not only the other people at the workstations, but even Vivian who was walking in front was shocked for a moment when she heard Pei Huaiji greet her.
You have to know that Pei Huaiji has always believed in time efficiency and never pays attention to unnecessary things.
This greeting was truly an exception.
Before Vivian could continue thinking, Pei Huaiji walked into the office and handed her a beautifully wrapped gift box.
"Send someone from the logistics department over later to take down the gold label on the bookcase and replace it with this one."
Vivian took the gift box carefully and was stunned when she heard the words and exclaimed.
That gold label was right in front of Pei Huaiji's desk. It was the first project worth over 100 million yuan that he had won when he had just taken the position of President of JL. Has the gold label officially given by the association lost its status just like that?
Pei Huaiji remained the same without saying a word. After giving the instructions, he returned to his desk.
Just when Vivian was about to turn around and leave, Pei Huaiji specifically reminded her: "Hold it carefully, don't drop it."
Vivian immediately paid close attention, took the gift box and took a small step forward to call the logistics department.
Five minutes later, Pei Huaiji looked up from the pile of documents and saw the small clay sculpture placed on the bookshelf opposite him, with a look of satisfaction.
Vivian sat back at her desk outside in a daze, thinking, President Pei actually exchanged the gold label for a clay figurine! That’s the gold label! Projects with a value of over 100 million yuan can only be awarded the top-notch gold label once every five years with the unanimous approval of twelve votes from the Chamber of Commerce!
He was actually defeated by a clay figurine.
A few minutes later, Vivian was stunned to see President Pei in her circle of friends.
This man who has never posted to his Moments since he registered his WeChat account actually posted a picture!
Although the captions were simple, he actually posted it!
The picture still showed the same clay sculpture, which was placed securely on the desk in Pei Huaiji's home. It seemed to have been taken late at night, with a warm yellow reading light falling on the little man's head.
With text [9.15]
After Vivian saw this post on WeChat Moments, her shock at having the gold label replaced instantly disappeared.
Mr. Pei has posted about it on WeChat Moments, so it doesn’t seem like a big deal to change it to a gold label.
Vivian: “…”
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