the knife of love

Chapter 328 Studio, she is back
The driver of the black car was a tall, fat, middle-aged man with the thick dark skin that people in the mountains are used to. Seeing that Ye Tan was a girl, standing there looking weak, with a foreign accent, he directly pointed two fingers at her.

Ye Tan sat at the back and glanced lightly: "So expensive?"

"It's not expensive. The road up the mountain is not easy. Ask who here is willing to take it?" The driver made many excuses, but Ye Tan didn't say anything more, and took out a roll of money from his bag.

Anyway, there are seven or eight hundred, and they are thrown directly on the front seat.

Instead, the driver was confused: "Is this... too much?" He reached out to find the money.

Ye Tan had already locked the car door, and looked out the window with a calm face: "No need to look for it, I will trouble you later."

The driver immediately changed his attitude after hearing this, nodded and bowed his head: "No trouble, no trouble, do you want me to wait for you at the foot of the mountain?"

Ye Tan looked out the window and smiled, but said nothing.

The driver stopped talking when he saw her acting strangely, and thought to himself, seven or eight hundred, even if she waited for her to go down the mountain and then made a return trip, it would still be a big profit.

"Then sit down!" The driver yelled and put down the handbrake to start. Ye Qin closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair to rest. The phone rang several times, but she didn't answer it and turned it off.

Soon the car drove up the mountain road.

Ye Tan opened the window, and the mountain wind blew in and stroked her half-long hair behind her ears, and she hugged her head with her hands.

The driver paid attention to her movements in the back seat while driving, and probably sensed that there was something abnormal about this woman.

"Girl, look at your belly... pregnant?"

"..."

"How many months? If you're really pregnant, you won't be able to blow the wind. Besides, the wind in our mountains is very wild, and the root cause of the disease will fall in the future."

"..."

Ye Tan didn't talk to him all the way, the driver was a little embarrassed talking to himself, he pinched his nose, it was actually quite cold with the window open, and there was snot coming out of his nose.

Ye Tan kept his face stern and silent.

The driver couldn't hold back and asked again: "Miss, what are you doing on this barren mountain alone with your stomach full? This mountain is not clean, and you will suffer bad luck!"

Ye Qin finally turned his head to look at the driver, and smiled coldly: "Come to the mountain to find the child's father!"

"The child's father is on the mountain? This mountain is full of..." The driver swallowed the last word "grave" directly, and looked up at the rearview mirror. Ye Tan smiled coldly, and he was so scared that he couldn't even grasp the steering wheel. Steady, almost took people over the valley with the car.

……

The bodyguards were all guarding the door, and Tang Jingcheng walked around the studio by himself.

Everything is still the same as three years ago, but everything seems completely different.

There are tools scattered on the table, ashtrays covered with several layers of dust and leftover broken jade. The sun shines in from the courtyard door, and large flakes of dazzling flying dust can be seen in the air.

Tang Jingcheng walked slowly to his workbench, bowed his head and took a breath, white ash rose to the ground.

How dirty is it? How did it accumulate such a thick layer in just three years?
She casually grabbed the apron from the side and patted it on the chair. It was also a layer of dust, but she didn't care and just sat down.

Put your hands on the table, next to it is a tube with brushes and drawing rolls, and in front of you is a tool box. Dozens of jade carving tools of various shapes are scattered on the table.

She picked it up casually, but she couldn't use her right hand, so she could only hold the handle with her left hand, and took the quick broken jade, and lightly scratched a ridge on it...

"You can't do this, the forearm is too stiff, don't collapse your fingers so tightly... Hold the handle, and the knife must be accurate... No!...Hey, where are you looking?...Don't make trouble, look at the knife, don't look at me ..."

When Tang Jingcheng pestered Qiu Qiguan at first, he didn't dare to answer him at all. In his eyes, she was just a teenage girl, a beautiful, pure and clean girl.

But Tang Jingcheng had the perseverance to flirt all the way, and Qiu Qiguan hid all the way. In the end, she simply gave up and applied for the art school where Qiu Qiguan was still teaching at that time.

In the end, Tang Jingcheng got into this industry because of Qiu Qiguan. When she was a child, she never thought that she would eat handicrafts one day, but at that time she just wanted to be closer to this man, and she blamed him for hiding too much. The only way is to become a student of "Teacher Qiu".

As a result, after enrolling, Tang Jingcheng became the most troublesome student of "Teacher Qiu".

At first, he thought she was headstrong, but he didn't expect her to have this kind of talent. Although she was lazy and lacked basic skills, she couldn't stand her high understanding. When she was seven or eight years old, she began to follow Tang Ji in and out of various galleries and arts. The works are exhibited, and the sense of smell in literature and art is really keen.

In addition, it was taught by "Teacher Qiu" himself, and he refused to admit it, but he was still biased in the end.

Among so many students under his command, only Tang Jingcheng was taught by him, taught her to hold a knife, taught her to hook edges, taught her to carve seals, and then carved her seal on the works, so Tang Jingcheng has not yet graduated. Almost everyone in the industry already knew that Mr. Qiu brought in a proud student, a female student who was very skilled, young and beautiful.

One year before Tang Jingcheng graduated, Qiu Qiguan had already taken her to various industry exchange meetings and activities.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is paving the way for her. I have never seen a "teacher" who dotes on a "student" so much. Tang Jingcheng also took it for granted and opened this studio as soon as he graduated.

At the beginning, it was not profitable, there was no work, and the rent could not be paid. Anyway, she was not in a hurry, and she had Qiu Qiguan anyway.

Qiu Qiguan introduced business to her, Qiu Qiguan explained drawings to her, and Qiu Qiguan displayed her works in his solo exhibition, so Tang Jingcheng "debuted" with Qiu Qiguan's halo, and basically encountered no resistance in this industry, and developed well. Everything went smoothly until Qiu Qiguan died suddenly in a car accident.

After Qiu Qiguan's death, Tang Jingcheng didn't carve anything properly, except for the jade key hanging on his wrist.

It has been three years in a flash, and Tang Jingcheng has gone through 81, [-], [-] ordeals in the three years, and now the dust has finally settled, and she picked up the knife again.

There is a gentle breeze in the yard and the sun is very good.

A row of withered yellow potted plants on the window sill unexpectedly had tiny green buds popping out. Although the fluffy little buds were very short, they were particularly conspicuous protruding from the withered yellow branches.

Tang Jingcheng smiled slightly, tilted his head, put down the knife in his hand, and leaned back stretched on the chair.

"Qiguan, I should be back soon."

She wants to pick up the craft that Qiu Qiguan taught her, she wants to make the studio work again, and she wants to make her life work hard to return to the normal track.

Tang Jingcheng sat in the studio for a while, cleaning up all the messy garbage and soot on the table, and she got up to go out when the evening was approaching.

Walking into the yard, the phone in his pocket beeped.

SMS.

She thought it was Guanlue, took it out and swiped open the screen, but there was an unfamiliar number.

——"You told me that gods exist, and he will bless everyone. Maybe I should try to accept this, but you said that life is not easy, and every life is worthy of respect and love. I can't Admit it, because you haven't experienced the despair of being truly abandoned. If one day you experience it, walking alone in the wilderness like me, maybe you won't think so again..."

After reading this text message, Tang Jingcheng felt tightness in his chest, and a bad feeling rose spontaneously.

She immediately dialed Guan Lue's phone number.

There was a quick connection: "Guan Lue, is Ye Tan..."

"Something happened to her..." In just a few words, the voice was deep and hoarse.

Tang Jingcheng shook his body holding the phone, leaning against the ginkgo tree next to him, the branches that hadn't sprouted were rattling by the wind.

……

Guan Lue received the news and rushed to Ping County overnight, and Yaba drove, Tang Jingcheng asked to go with him.

It was already dark inside and outside the car at high speed, there were no street lights, and the shadow of a car flashed past the window.

The atmosphere in the car was very oppressive, no one was talking, Tang Jingcheng leaned on Guan Lue's shoulder, and looked at the sky outside the window.

"Are you sleepy?" Guan slightly asked, stroking her hair.

Tang Jingcheng shook his head, his fingers were scribbling something on the glass window.

"Not tired!"

"Sleep for a while if you are not tired, and I will call you when it arrives."

It takes six or seven hours to drive from Yunling to Ping County, and it will probably be midnight when we arrive there. Tang Jingcheng has just recovered. Guan Lue was afraid that she would not be able to hold on, but Tang Jingcheng rubbed against his arms: "Fortunately, I can't fall asleep anyway."

Since she couldn't sleep, Guan Yue didn't force her anymore, and wrapped her fingers around her hair, one circle at a time, the car was so quiet that only breathing could be heard.

For a while, Guan Lue thought that the person in his arms had fallen asleep, and was about to pull out his arms to take off his coat, but he heard Tang Jingcheng snorted softly, "It's so strange, why is there a star here?" Can't see it?"

……

All the way through the highway, there were three service areas stopped on the road, which was delayed for an hour, and it was almost three or four in the morning when we arrived in Ping County.

A total of five cars went there, with Yala as the leader.

"Brother Nine, we've already got off the highway, should we go to the police station first or settle in a hotel?"

Guan slightly glanced at the girl in his arms, who had already fallen asleep on top of him.

"The police station should not be on duty now, and the person on duty should not care about this matter. Why don't you find a place to take her to rest first, and I'll go to the station to see the situation."

"No, I want to be with you." Tang Jingcheng in his arms suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining in the darkness.

Unexpectedly, she woke up from sleep.

Guan Lue smiled wryly: "There is no one in the police station so early, forget it, let's find a place to settle down first, I'm probably tired after driving all night."

Yaba responded and slowed down the car.

Ping County is not a big place, and it is surrounded by mountains. Because of traffic restrictions, the economy has not developed very well. The mountain road was rebuilt, so the originally remote and peaceful town gradually became lively.

It was already late at night when Guan Lue and his party arrived in the town. It may be because of the peak tourist season, or it may be because Ping County has just been developed and there are basically no decent hotels.

The few chain hotels in the town were also full. It was impossible for so many people to stay in a youth hostel, so in the end they had to choose a spacious and clean homestay.

Tang Jingcheng was probably really exhausted. After checking in, he took a quick shower and fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already the next day. Guan Lue was fully dressed, standing on the balcony and making a phone call.

Tang Jingcheng put on a coat and walked to the terrace. The air in the mountains was good, so she couldn't help stretching.

"Okay, I'll go right now."

Tang Jingcheng hadn't reached the terrace when Guan Lue came back with his cell phone in his hands, his expression gloomy.

"how?"

"Someone at the police station is already at work. Tell me to go there now."

"Then I'll be with you!" Tang Jingcheng went back to the room and put on his clothes, Guan thought for a while and nodded.

"I'll wait for you in the car!"

(End of this chapter)