Uncle is handsome

Chapter 2
After that, Ji Duo spent three days running the factory in Suzhou, during which Lu Haiyang called her a lot, but she didn't answer.But every time after hanging up the phone, she would open the phone book and stop before Wei Jin's name.For the first time, a week seemed so long, and several times she fell into a trance, always feeling that her time was out of order again.

On the night of returning to Shanghai, Ji Duo received a tip-off from Xiao Qiu, saying that Lu Haiyang was not at the bar, so she rushed over to meet him immediately.As soon as she entered the yard, someone called her. She turned her head to look. There was a large table in the corner. Some of them looked familiar, but they couldn't name them.She stays here all the year round, knows all the old customers well, and often eats and drinks together.Ji Duo was not polite, walked over and sat down, and asked the waiter to call Xiao Qiu by the way.

Ji Duo still likes to be lively in her bones, but she is afraid of getting in touch with too many people, so she prefers this kind of perfunctory occasion - anyway, everyone will not really get acquainted with each other, and it is very likely that they will meet in the street tomorrow during the day Pretending to be strangers to each other, but at this moment they can get together warmly like bosom friends.

When Xiao Qiu came out to look for her, there were already a lot of bamboo sticks piled up in front of Ji Duo. She stood up and wiped her mouth and said, "I will charge it to my account today." Then she followed Xiao Qiu inside.The two got into a small box, and the waiter came in and delivered the sober red wine, and closed the door behind them.

"Is it okay to drink a little?" Xiao Qiu just poured a little from the bottom of Ji Duo's glass, and said straight to the point, "I told that kid that you fell in love with an uncle who repairs watches."

Ji Duo sprayed out the red wine after taking a sip.

"Why are you so excited? Are there ghosts in your heart?" Xiaoqiu glanced at her with disgust, "I checked, all the official private watch repair shops in Shanghai add up to eight hundred if there is no one thousand, he is really a family if he has the ability. Why don't you go home? I really don't believe he has such perseverance!"

"That's good, that's good..." Ji Duo lay down on the sofa holding his wine glass, and suddenly felt a little sorry, "It stands to reason that you shouldn't have to take care of this kind of thing for me, but..."

"Come on, do you still remember the scene when we first met here?"

Ji Duo couldn't help laughing: "I remember."

"At that time, I hesitated if it was you, so I tried to shout, but when you turned around and saw me, you rushed over like we just met the day before yesterday, and asked me why I was dressed like this."

"Honestly, are you freaking out?"

Even though their relationship in junior high school was just average, and they changed a lot when they met, but when they were suddenly stopped by their junior high school classmates in a different place, Ji Duo fell into chaos uncontrollably the moment he turned around, just like in a sci-fi movie. Once you walk in the door, the world in front of you changes drastically.She thought she was still in the third year of junior high school, and it was just an ordinary weekend, and she met a classmate when she was walking on the street.

But under Xiaoqiu's reminder, she soon sobered up.

"Am I so easily scared? I think it's not easy for you either. You have encountered so many things afterwards, and you can still live like this alone." Xiaoqiu shook her head, trying to get rid of such a heavy topic, "I don't like that kid Lu Haiyang either, he's not suitable for you."

The two girls clinked glasses lightly, and the red wine glowed beautifully under the dim light of the box.

What happened that night came before her eyes again. Originally, Ji Duo didn't want to tell anyone, but she couldn't hold it back.Her body fell to one side, lying next to Xiaoqiu's ear and told everything, giggling non-stop because of embarrassment.

"You really did that?"

Xiaoqiu was so excited that she slapped Ji Duo's arm fiercely, she grinned in pain, but her face was still warm.She rubbed her face, her eyes sparkled: "I wonder if your bartender put something strange for me."

"You should think carefully about whether you really have that heart for him."

Ji Duo's head tilted back and forth, she was silent for a while, but she still couldn't help asking: "What's it like to like someone?"

"You..." Xiaoqiu shook her head and poured wine for the two of them again, "You are the kind of woman who is meaty on the outside and vegetarian on the inside, and I let you have a meal and a drink with the little fresh meats to take advantage of it. You can do it, but you still pursue the so-called true love in your heart. You ask what it feels like to like, but most people don’t think about it seriously. You just met someone at the right age, and the conditions are right for each other. There is no major conflict , It’s just living on a daily basis. Occasional small romances are mostly brought about by things and things, not because of people.”

"What's the point of that?" Ji Duo snorted disdainfully, "It's not that I can't support myself, I have to find a meal ticket. Is it because mobile phones are not fun, or are restaurants not allowed to enter alone? If you don't like it He has to, why bother!"

"Then you've been an adult for a long time, and you really haven't met a tempting person?"

"You also know that although I wasted a year before and after my injury, it seemed to me that my entire youth was gone. I haven't thought about it for a long time, and subconsciously I always feel that I am not a good person." I'm a normal person, so I don't want to cause trouble for others. There will always be a fleeting good impression, but I forget it soon, and I still feel a little bit close..."

As the owner of the bar, Xiaoqiu claims to never get drunk with a thousand cups, but she swayed Ji Duo's shoulders with a drunken laziness: "I can't say what it feels like to like, because it's not One thing, but a moment. Anyway, as long as you meet it face to face, you will be able to find it. It is shining, and you don’t have to worry about missing it. Many people like to doubt, doubt whether they are really tempted, doubt whether the other party likes it or not Myself, that’s actually just like what you said, it’s still a little bit close. Moreover, once you meet you, you can’t hide even if you want to. What kind of illness, trouble, you don’t have time to think about it, the urge to be with him will overshadows everything."

Staying in the bar until after three o'clock in the middle of the night, Ji Duo was ready to go home. Before leaving, Xiaoqiu talked with her again, encouraging her to expand the business, saying that there is no need to worry too much about money, and the sisters are here.But Ji Duo is not such a career-minded person. When she thinks that if she really wants to develop, she will be forced to deal with more people for a long time.

Halfway through the car, Ji Duo suddenly asked the driver to change the route, and finally stopped opposite Weijin's house.It was pitch black inside, exactly the same as that night, only this time she couldn't knock on the door again.After stopping there for five or six minutes, she asked the driver to take a detour and drive home.

In the next few days, Ji Duo's life was as usual, dealing with chores on the computer and mobile phone every day, losing his temper with the part-time customer service staff at every turn, racking his brains to draw design drafts and do some small handicrafts in his spare time.Her life is busy and trivial, but she still enjoys this state.It's just that in the past two days, every time the mobile phone rang, she would be startled, and then she would be disappointed for a while.

She knew what she was waiting for, but she couldn't quite understand why she was so anxious.

Until the memo on the phone rang, Weijin's call still didn't come, but she finally had a grandiose reason to run over on her own initiative.

Ji Duo didn't buy a car, and her parents didn't agree with her driving at all.So she is the legendary three-no girl. Although she makes a lot of money, she doesn't care about the price when she buys anything, so she has no car, no house, and no savings.But she thinks there is nothing wrong with such a life. Public transportation is well developed, taxis are not expensive, and renting a house is the same. She would rather spend money on her own glamor.

She arrived in front of Weijin's door in a fully air-conditioned taxi, and deliberately parked the car a little farther back, so that even if Weijin was by the window, she wouldn't be able to see her at a glance.After getting out of the car, Ji Duo walked cautiously along the wall to the corridor outside the house, stuck to the wall and peeked in from the French window like a garden arch, Weijin sat at the table, playing with a machine she had never seen before, It's about the size of the top half of an old sewing machine, but it looks powerful enough to be sharp enough to cut through metal.Weijin stared at the machine intently, as if he was polishing a very, very small part, and he couldn't see anything from Ji Duo's direction. Fortunately, the sun was sufficient, and a little spray could still be seen.She didn't dare to make any noise, for fear of shocking Wei Jin and hurting him.

She stood outside like this for more than half an hour, until Weijin stopped what she was doing and started to clean up, she was relieved, her face was already flushed from the heat, and the clothes on her back were soaked.Just as Ji Duo was about to knock on the door, she saw Wei Jin take out her pocket watch from the drawer and pick up her cell phone at the same time.She suddenly had a bad premonition, and before she had time to react, the cell phone she had been holding on to rang.She originally set the vibration, so she would not be found at all, but she panicked reflexively, and when her hand slipped, the phone was thrown out.

A flustered figure suddenly jumped out of the window, Wei Jin was taken aback, he walked over and opened the door of the French window, looked at Ji Duo squatting outside picking up his cell phone dumbfoundedly, and pressed the dial on the cell phone casually.Ji Duo squatted on the ground, turned around and looked up at him, smiled awkwardly and waved his phone: "Hi..."

"Did you walk here? Why is it so hot?"

Let Ji Duo into the room, Wei Jin poured her a glass of mineral water in the refrigerator.She drank it all in one go, and instead of answering the question, she complained, "Don't you have any drinks in the refrigerator?"

"I don't drink carbonated drinks. There is juice, but unfortunately, I haven't had time to make up for it when I drink it all."

"Then are you going to the supermarket? I'll go with you?" Ji Duo immediately regained his energy.

Wei Jin completely ignored her high spirits, and gently placed the pocket watch in front of her: "This is the business."

Ji Duo opened it and took a look, and after confirming that the watch hands moved again, he stuffed it into the bag, and heaved a sigh of relief: "This time, I don't have to be killed by my dad. By the way, what is that big machine you just used?" ? Do you need something that big to repair a watch?"

After asking the question, Ji Duo didn't realize that there was something wrong, until she met Wei Jin's playful gaze, and suddenly realized that Wei Jin had already moved the machine upstairs before she came in.Ji Duo covered her mouth for an instant, but it was too late, she blinked wildly, lowered her head in shame, thinking when would she be able to correct her problem of being unable to hide things.

"Tell me, how long have you been standing outside?"

Ji Duo scratched his face: "Not long..."

"Knock on the door when you come." Weijin poured her another glass of water, and Ji Duo heard him sigh softly, "Standing outside in this weather is not afraid of heatstroke."

"I'm not that delicate. I see you are so engrossed and I don't want to disturb you."

"It's not a big deal. It's a small precision machine tool. I'll try to process some parts with it, just for practice."

"Why do you have to process the parts yourself?" Ji Duo is indeed a curious baby. If there is something he doesn't understand, he must ask, "If you want to repair the watch, even if you need to change parts, you should buy them from the manufacturer."

Weijin moved his lips, looking like he really wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it back.He shook his head and said, "You won't find it interesting if you say it, forget it."

"do not!"

Ji Duo ran across to him, and stood in front of the table in an uncomfortable half-squatting position, with his hands resting on his cheeks, facing Wei Jin like a sunflower: "Say it, I want to hear it."

In Weijin's eyes, her posture is particularly like a baby bird that is crying for food.This imagination made Weijin's heart soften instantly. He stood up and waved to Ji Duo. The two sat down on the sofa, and he began to tell Ji Duo, a complete layman, what a watchmaker is.

He seldom cares about other people's ideas, seldom refute others, let alone be a teacher.But during the whole explanation process, Ji Duo listened very carefully, without showing the slightest bit of impatience or doubt, although she couldn't help but start hugging the sofa and pillow halfway through, crossing her legs, as if she was at her own home, But she was concentrating, and even the yearning eyes kept prompting Weijin to open his mouth.

Speaking of the profession of watchmaker in China, it is too strange.Everyone's understanding of watches and clocks is that they can be bought in shopping malls, and then they are watch repairers.But if we go back to the source, whether it is the most common watch on the market or a special watch like Patek Philippe, whether it is a quartz watch or a mechanical watch, the first designer and creator is needed at first, and that person is called a watchmaker. division.

For more advanced independent watchmakers, every part of each watch is designed and processed by themselves. Their watches are usually not mass-produced, and the public sales are often very low. Some are really unique. .As a watch giant, Switzerland has produced many excellent independent watchmakers, but independent watchmakers in China have always lacked the soil for development.However, difficult conditions and lack of attention cannot completely make this industry disappear. There are always people who are willing to face difficulties, and there are always people who are willing to study for a lifetime for love.At present, there are already some independent watchmakers in China who have attracted attention in the world, and some have been listed as candidates by the AHCI Watch Association in recent years.It is very difficult to join AHCI alone. You must be a qualified watchmaker, and you must be a candidate after the application is passed. After that, you have to participate in the Basel Fair for three consecutive years, and you must have an independent production every year. Watches and clocks can only become full members if they are recognized by the association.And there are no more than [-] AHCI global certified members.

The way to become an independent watchmaker recognized by the world is to upgrade and fight monsters. Counting years or even ten years, from the very beginning of apprenticeship to difficult mode, abnormal mode, and finally clearing the level, you will find out after clearing the level. A richer copy hides behind it.

Not everyone can pass the level, most people will choose to delete the game at different levels, but Weijin is still accumulating experience little by little, and keeps attacking the level of clearance.

"That is to say, your goal is to be an independent watchmaker." Ji Duo began to sort out what he heard in his head, and couldn't help dancing, "And an independent watchmaker makes a watch except for some inherent parts. Besides, you have to design and do everything by yourself, isn’t that true?”

"Roughly so."

"But... I have a question, don't be angry." Ji Duo rolled into a ball on the sofa, getting closer to Weijin, she blinked and asked, "How do you make money in this profession?"

She asked very seriously, as if she was really worried about the food and clothing of independent watchmakers, Wei Jin lowered his head and smiled: "It's not difficult to make money, sell designs to watch factories and take orders... But if you want to It will definitely take time to delve into the depths. In this process, the pay and harvest may not be equal, but once recognized, the watches made by independent watchmakers are priceless, and the 'priceless' is far more than your imagination."

Ji Duo leaned his head on the back of the sofa and sighed: "Understood. The idea of ​​an artist is like a painter or a calligrapher. They don't put making money first, but put love first. .”

Before Weijin could speak, she straightened up suddenly, and said with piercing eyes: "However, only this kind of people can reach the peak. So I think you can do it, don't worry, I will never call you again Watch repair, I will be your solid backing!"

She punched herself in the chest, but she used up all her strength, her saliva stuck in her trachea, and suddenly she coughed and the ground shook.

Weijin was startled, quickly took the water glass and raised it to her mouth for her to drink, stood up and followed her back, couldn't help teasing her: "You are still called solid?"

"Unexpected accident..."

Speaking of Ji Duo raised his hand and wanted to knock, Wei Jin grabbed her wrist and said softly, "Stop making trouble."

Although he didn't use any force at all, he grabbed and let go naturally without leaving any warmth, but Ji Duo kept replaying that moment in his head, unconsciously grabbing his wrist and rubbing it.

"Uncle, can I have dinner tomorrow?" She asked while lying on the sofa.

"No," Weijin refused unexpectedly, "I won't be here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Where are you going?"

"Go out for a walk."

"Traveling?" She grabbed Weijin's sleeves with both hands and shook, "Take me there, will you?"

Wei Jin didn't think about it at all, he hesitated: "Why?"

Ji Duo's eyes rolled, and he opened his mouth for a reason: "To tell you the truth, I was pestered by my ex-boyfriend. He has been blocking my door for the past two days. I just want to go out and hide for a few days."

"real or fake?"

"Really. Uncle, let me ask you, if someone likes you, but you don't like him, you have made it very clear, but he always feels that sincerity is the only thing that can be separated from gold and stone, as long as you work hard, you will succeed. You What will happen?"

"If he really affects your life, you can call the police and say he harassed you."

"Well..." Ji Duo was choked, and it took him a long time to think of an excuse, "But even if he was locked up like that for two days, he came out again. So you let me go with you to avoid the limelight, okay?"

Wei Jin frowned, very worried.He almost agreed, but he was somewhat reluctant when the words came to his lips. He has been alone everywhere for so many years, and he is really not used to traveling with people.Ji Duo also saw his embarrassment, but she misunderstood, she pouted and asked vaguely: "Who are you going with, is it convenient to take me?"

"That's not true. I'm used to being alone everywhere, and I'm not very good at taking care of people."

"I don't need to take care of me! I can run, jump, eat and drink by myself, and I can take care of myself! And what's the point of traveling alone, no one talks and no one takes pictures."

"In this world, there is such a kind of person who likes to do things by himself, eat, watch movies and travel alone, which is more enjoyable than being with a lot of people." Weijin found that he couldn't get rid of Ji Duo He had no choice but to sit on the armrest of the sofa with the hands in his sleeves.

Ji Duo secretly rolled his eyes, and muttered in a low voice: "The diversity of species..."

But Weijin still heard it, nodded with a smile and said, "You're right."

"Is that good? I'll just go with you, and I'll keep a distance of at least 100 meters from you along the way. I promise, you won't be able to see me unless you jump over the heads of countless people! Is that all right?"

When it comes to this point, Wei Jin has no choice but to nod, otherwise it will be a bit unreasonable.He and Ji Duo agreed with three rules: one is to climb the mountain, so you are not allowed to wear high heels, and you are not allowed to shout tired; second, you are not allowed to disappear without saying hello;But Ji Duo didn't listen carefully at all, and just nodded his head like a pestering "good, good."

Ji Duo greeted all her work partners that night, and she was absolutely not allowed to disturb her in the next two days even if she was not open.Then, like a primary school student, I was so excited that I didn't sleep well all night.Early the next morning, she rushed to meet Wei Jin.Weijin just came out of the house and turned to lock the door. He was wearing casual sportswear, a large SLR was hanging around his neck, and he was carrying an oversized backpack on his back. It showed his sharp facial features even more.Ji Duo can't tell his age from his body, his overall state is no different from that of a 20-year-old boy, but he has a calmness that a boy in his 20s doesn't have. To sum it up, he is very charming.

But this awesome man turned around and saw her, he was taken aback immediately: "Trolley suitcase? We have to climb up, we can only stay halfway up the mountain, are you sure you can?"

"No problem." Ji Duo pushed the lever back, and changed the direction of the box, and there were two handles on one side, "I can also carry this as a normal bag."

Wei Jin didn't say anything, and reached out to pick up Ji Duo's bag when she passed by, it was really heavy.He had already anticipated what would happen next, and shook his head with a wry smile.

Take the high-speed train from Shanghai to Lishui, and then go to Kuaike, Ji Duo followed Weijin to Yunhe Terraced Fields.She and her parents have been to the terraced fields in Guilin, but she didn't know that there is also a terraced field so close to Shanghai, and she hasn't been here for many years.In summer, the trees are lush, and it is the best time to see the terraced fields. It is a postcard if you take a casual photo.

There are scenic buses between scenic spots and scenic spots, and you can sit directly to the top of the mountain.But the purpose of Wei Jin's visit was to walk, so Ji Duo could only follow him on foot.At first she was very excited, walking in stride, stopping to take pictures from time to time, but after walking three or four kilometers, she couldn't do it anymore.The weight of the backpack made her shoulders ache, and she had to switch sides every once in a while. Originally, Ji Duo insisted on keeping a distance of 200 meters from Weijin in front, but then she didn't want to, and Weijin disappeared after a while.

She simply sat on the steps, leaning on her bag and panting, thinking that Ji Duo was more than half away and wanted to die.She texted Weijin, "You go up first, don't wait for me."

When Weijin received Ji Duo's text message, Weijin actually turned around and came back. He didn't care about the so-called keeping distance at all, but walked away unconsciously. When he turned around, he realized that he could no longer see where Ji Duo was.This is the trouble with walking with people. It is impossible to ignore it completely. He always has to keep in mind that he had to get down from the top. After walking for a while, he saw Ji Duo slumped on a rock playing with his mobile phone.

He clapped his hands hard a few steps behind Ji Duo, Ji Duo turned around and saw him, he hooked his fingers and said, "Go quickly."

Ji Duo wanted to cry out that he was tired, but he remembered the previous three chapters of the agreement, so he could only knock down his teeth and swallow his blood.She barely got up, bent over and dragged her feet and climbed a few more steps.But after that, every time she insisted on walking dozens of steps, she had to sit down and relax for a while, otherwise she felt that her lungs were about to explode.

Finally came to a flat bus stop, Ji Duo looked at the back of Wei Jin who had gone further away, suddenly stuck out his tongue, and got into the station.She thought happily that she would ride the car to the finish line, and wait leisurely for Weijin to climb up.It's a pity that the bus she was going to take hadn't reached the departure time yet, Weijin had already turned back and walked in front of her, staring at her with a pair of emotionless eyes, she felt like a snail that just had to shrink into its shell.

"How old are you? You want to be lazy after walking for a while. Come with me."

As he spoke, Wei Jin stretched out a hand to her.

Along the way, Ji Duo was actually waiting for this hand, but she was a little flustered when she really waited. She glanced at Wei Jin's face repeatedly, and said with a small complacent expression: "You took the initiative." Finally slowed down. Slowly stretched out his hand and took Weijin's hand.

Wei Jin looked down at their hands, then looked up at her, and then sighed after a while and said, "I asked you to give me the bag."

"what……"

Ji Duo's face turned red immediately, she was so ashamed that she wanted to die, and she was about to let go immediately, but just as she lifted it up a little, Wei Jin clenched her hands even harder and pulled her back.

"Forget it, let it be like this, you are heavier than the bag." Wei Jin grabbed her hand, dragging her forcefully to continue walking.

Her heartbeat jumped up and down suddenly, like a roller coaster-like feeling of weightlessness.

It was near evening before they reached the accommodation close to the summit. The last section of the road was almost dragged up by Wei Jin. She didn't want any face, she just wanted to keep herself infinitely still.Weijin has climbed this road many times before, and never was this tiring.I don't know if it was because of a little more difficulty, but after reaching the finish line, he felt a sense of satisfaction instead.

There is a farmhouse next to it, which does not run a B&B, but Weijin knows the head of his family and buys tea from his house every year, so he lives here when he comes here, and it is much quieter than a B&B.Looking down from the side of the house, there are clouds and mist, and layers of green terraces can be seen faintly. The arcs are very abstract, and adding a little filter is like a painting by Van Gogh.

"Uncle, it looks so beautiful here..."

Before Ji Duo finished speaking, he heard a person with a heavy accent say to Wei Jin: "You didn't come by yourself this time, who is this girl?"

The word "uncle" she just seemed to be still floating in mid-air, when suddenly asked like this, both of them were a little dazed, after looking at each other for a while, Ji Duo hesitated and said, "Niece?"

Wei Jin showed an expression of disbelief, and laughed out loud.

"Don't listen to her nonsense." Wei Jin patted Ji Duo on the forehead, "It's just...a kid."

I don't know what's going on, but Ji Duo suddenly feels so sweet that his teeth ache when he is called a kid.

The mountain is cooler than the one below, sitting in front of the bamboo table in the yard, the tea from the villager is very fragrant, although Ji Duo doesn't like to drink it, it still feels pleasant to smell it.Weijin is very quiet, often holding a teacup in a trance, as if his soul is floating in the distant clouds.Ji Duo sat with him for about 10 minutes, and finally couldn't take it anymore, pointed to a small gear in his hand, and asked, "What is this?"

"amulet."

Ji Duo stretched out her fingers to pinch, Wei Jin turned over her palm and carefully placed it in her palm.

It's a circle smaller than a fifty-cent coin, and there are a lot of jagged teeth that turn to the right. The spacing is precise, but there are still scars.She blinked: "You did it yourself?"

"Ah."

"I want to discuss a serious academic issue with you, just wait for me." After speaking, Ji Duo quickly ran back to the house to look through his luggage, his steps were very light, and he had completely disappeared from crying and saying that he couldn't walk. look.

Wei Jin couldn't help laughing, it's good to be young.

Ji Duo took out the sketchbook and pencil case from her bag, and ran back to Weijin to sit down.She began to use a ruler to measure the various data inside and outside the gear, and then quickly began to draw a 1:10 instruction map on the notebook.She drew very quickly and accurately, with neat lines, Wei Jin was a little stunned because she didn't expect it.

"As for me, I just learned some painting, I'll tell you about it later. Don't be too surprised, my life is very legendary." Ji Duo marked the size around the picture, turned to see Wei Jin staring at her, Hehe smiled, "Did I tell you? My current job is to open a Taobao store and sell jewelry designed by myself. They are all worthless gadgets. I believe you are not interested. I had a whim some time ago. I couldn’t use the elements of the clock, so I borrowed my dad’s watch. To be honest, I wanted to dismantle it at the time, but found that the back cover couldn’t be opened.”

"Fortunately it wasn't dismantled."

"I originally thought it was very simple, just a small gear like this. But after hearing so many things about making watches from you, I suddenly felt that something fresh should be added."

She raised the sketchbook to her eyes and looked at it for a while, then turned her head and asked Weijin, "What do you think?"

Wei Jin pondered for a while, and said, "I don't have much research on jewelry, but—"

He took out a pencil from Ji Duo's pencil case, leaned forward, and drew another gear with a completely different shape next to Ji Duo's gear, half covering this gear, and then A pointer extends from the center.In terms of painters, he is far inferior to Ji Duo, and putting them together destroys the beauty.He clicked his tongue, a little disgusted with himself: "It's probably like this, you use a few parts to bite them together, and it's a unique shape."

Suddenly having an inspiration, Ji Duo snatched the pencil from Weijin and drew several ways of occlusion.The heads of the two were almost squeezed together, but they didn't care.

"This won't work, I can't hook it up." Seeing something wrong, Weijin couldn't help but put his arm around Ji Duo's back, cover her right hand, and put a pen between the two gears on the paper. The connected "suspension bridge," "needs a press piece, something like this."

"How many screws do you need to fix it?"

Ji Duo turned her head, only to find that they were so close, her forehead almost touched Wei Jin's chin, she could clearly see his slight stubble, her eyes suddenly had nowhere to look.Weijin also realized that something was wrong, immediately retracted his arms, and moved the stool to the side.

It was obviously a very hot day, but Ji Duo felt a chill when the seat around him was vacated.

"At least three."

After Weijin finished speaking, Ji Duo began to try to draw design drafts.She was very focused on her work, carefully thinking about what kind of hollow, what color and material of stones to match.Weijin has to admit that Ji Duo's aesthetics are far superior to his. He is very clear that his requirements for beauty are only natural and simple. He can only receive a few kinds of aesthetic feelings, but he cannot appreciate and use them all.Aesthetics is a synesthesia with nature and art, and it is an absolute talent, so good designers are hard to find.

"However, the cost will be much higher in this way. I don't know if the manufacturer is willing to do it..."

Not paying attention to Ji Duo's soliloquies, Wei Jin stood up quietly and asked if there was any coke at home, and the answer was that it was sold nearby.So he took a few extra steps to buy a bottle, unscrewed the bottle cap and walked back, and saw that Ji Duo was still drawing, biting the end of the pencil so that his teeth marks were all over it.He pushed the pencil away from her mouth with a Coke bottle and said, "Your reward."

Ji Duo took the Coke, raised his head and smiled at him, then turned his gaze back to the paper.Obviously she always laughed non-stop before, but this is the first time, Weijin thinks that she can be called "smiling like a flower".

It gets dark late in summer, and it’s already past eight o’clock after eating farm meals. It’s not completely dark yet, and Ji Duo is still digesting, but Wei Jin has already picked up his bag again.She hurried over and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'll go up and go camping at Jiuqu Yunhuan, and wait to take pictures of the sunrise tomorrow morning." He spoke smoothly, and Ji Duo knew that he had thought about it early in the morning, "Don't go up with me , you stay here and wait for me to come down tomorrow morning."

Ji Duo shook his head like a rattle: "I want to go too!"

"There are a lot of mosquitoes on the mountain, and the tent is uncomfortable to sleep in, so don't go there."

"Sunrise is only four or five o'clock. I don't need to sleep. For young people like us, it's normal to spend the night."

Arriving at the campsite in Jiuqu Yunhuan, Weijin put up the tent, unfolded the sleeping bag and laid it out. Ji Duo sat outside dutifully and kept watch over a camping lamp, and countless mosquitoes slammed into the lamp.

"Come on, sit inside." Weijin looked at her legs exposed outside the shorts, and beckoned her to sit in the tent, "Otherwise you will be bitten and swollen tomorrow."

Ji Duo pointed to the night sky: "The stars are so nice, I will definitely see the sunrise tomorrow morning."

"Have you seen?"

"Nope, what about you?"

Wei Jin was silent for a while thoughtfully, and when Ji Duo thought he would not answer, he suddenly said, "Just once."

Although he really wanted to ask, but judging by his expression, it seemed that there was something unspeakable, so Ji Duo didn't ask any more.She didn't want to spoil this rare tranquility under the starry sky, and the experience with Wei Jin was extremely rare in her life.

They seemed to talk a lot that night, but they were all things that didn't need to be deliberately remembered.After twelve o'clock, Ji Duo, who originally said he would not sleep, got into the sleeping bag first and became drowsy.Wei Jin's voice became far away and soft, like a bubble wrapped around her, she only remembered two things, one was when she asked Wei Jin: "Are you an unmarriageist?"

Wei Jin replied: "I never think of things so absolutely."

"Then if you meet someone you really like, but all the conditions don't meet the standards of your partner, will you love?"

After hesitating for a long time, Wei Jin sighed softly: "I can't say."

"I will." Ji Duo said decisively, "Even if I knew in advance that it would end in tragedy, I would still love desperately."

Her memory of the second incident was very vague. It was very hard to sleep in the tent. She only remembered that she had a headache, but she didn't say anything.After a while, Ji Duo felt something under her head, which made her feel a lot more comfortable. She barely opened her eyes, only to see Wei Jin sitting beside her.Even though it was only a small tent, and the lonely man and the widow stayed together, she didn't feel flustered at all. She felt as relaxed as a piece of ironed cloth, exuding appropriate warmth, and soon fell asleep.

However, Wei Jin didn't sleep all night. He guessed this result when Ji Duo came up with him. He had already prepared a tent, and he couldn't really let a little girl guard it outside. What if he accidentally fell down? Not a sin.But Weijin really didn't expect Ji Duo to sleep so calmly, and didn't wait for him to go out.He found that there was no response. He wanted to get out of the tent, but saw that Ji Duo was still frowning even though he was asleep.

Suddenly Weijin thought of the scars on her head, some scars are still uncomfortable to touch even after many years.It's a pity that it's summer, and there are no extra clothes to use as cushions. He looked around, and finally had to gently lift Ji Duo's head up, and put his palms under her head.

After staying like this for more than four hours, half of my arm was numb and painful.The color of the clouds at the end of the sky changed a little, and some people in the surrounding tents woke up. Weijin thought it was time to wake up Ji Duo. He took his hand out from under Ji Duo's head, moved around in a small area, and patted Ji Duo with his other hand. Her face whispered: "Get up."

After screaming several times, Ji Duo opened his eyes with difficulty. Wei Jin lowered his head a little more, and said in a coaxing tone, "Do you want to continue sleeping? If you still want to sleep, I won't call you." .”

Ji Duo rubbed his eyes desperately, shook his head to indicate that he was not going to sleep, but his body hadn't recovered yet, he was writhing like a caterpillar in his sleeping bag, but he couldn't sit up.

Seeing her like this, Wei Jin also finds it funny. Although she is not too sleepy after staying up all night, her head is still somewhat numb, and she is more energetic now.He almost dragged Ji Duo out of the tent and sat outside together with his sleeping bag.

Jiuqu Yunhuan This place is an excellent viewing platform, which can be said to be the essence of clouds and terraced fields. Looking from the top down, the terraced fields stretch down in a winding way, like a river.The mountains in the distance are hidden in the clouds, and there is just a hollow in the middle, so you can clearly see the whole picture of the sunrise.

Weijin set up the camera on a tripod and sat down again.There is a little bit of sunlight seeping out of the sky. It is indeed a good weather, which is rare.But Ji Duo rested his head on his shoulder, still drowsy, and kept dozing off.

It wasn't until the red sun jumped out from the bottom of the mountain suddenly, and the corners of her eyes were scorched by the irresistible light, that Ji Duo opened her eyes slightly, and the first thing she saw was Wei Jin's side face bathed in the sun, with a longer beard , with hair floating casually, a little sticking to his cheeks, and there are two suns in his eyes, which are incredibly bright.

He is real, but under the rendering of the sun, there is a layer of fluffy dream.When Ji Duo woke up, she found herself taking a deep breath, to the point where she couldn't breathe.Her drowsiness disappeared, and her eyes were stubbornly opened to the maximum.

That day after going down the mountain, Ji Duo hid in the bathroom to call Xiaoqiu, and when he picked up, he heard the call from the other side: "Call me this morning for the second time in a month, are you looking for death..."

She had no scruples at all, and couldn't wait to shout out: "I saw it."

"what?"

"I saw it, the moment I fell in love with him."

After returning from Yunhe Terraced Fields, Ji Duo made a major decision, she wanted to start a good career.

Her current job, to put it mildly, is an original jewelry design studio, and the so-called "room" is her home.But to be honest, eight out of ten people opened Taobao stores this year, which is nothing.Anyway, she is a girl and has a foundation in painting. She created her own jewelry brand. Since she is an earring lover, she mainly focuses on earrings and sometimes wears some necklaces.At first, the business was very poor, and she basically made it by hand, and then packaged it for consignment by herself.Later, Xiaoqiu was more business-minded, and forced her to register a trademark, so that it could be regarded as an independent design store, and the situation of the cottage was a little better.She began to find a factory to cooperate with, borrowing the warehouse of the factory to deliver the goods.In the past two years, her Taobao store has been promoted to the crown, and she has also hired several customer service personnel, calling it a small boss.

For Ji Duo, these days are actually barely enough. There are a lot of problems that need to be solved every day. When making new models, they have to go to a factory in a different place to stay up all night to stare at the board making.Sometimes she still misses the period when sales were low and she could entertain herself. Dealing with the outside world, especially when it comes to profits, is always annoying.

There are many things she can't do alone, but she doesn't want to trouble other people's personality.She has already troubled her parents and people around her before, so now she wants to be as independent as possible.Because of this, she always seems to have no ambitions, as long as she has enough food and clothing.

But now Ji Duo has changed her mind, she decided to accept Xiao Qiu's proposal all along.Take a serious look at your current Taobao operation, in fact, there are many flaws.For example, if the customer service is not on duty, there is no supervision, and they are always fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, and their ability to solve customer complaints is poor; for example, there is no warehouse, and the delivery time is long, and the replenishment time is long; There are cases where the goods are not in the right version; for example, the consumer group is positioned on the low side, regardless of age or income, so the pricing and quality cannot be improved.

All in all, although her shipments are growing, she can only follow the parity route, and the profit per unit is very low.Therefore, it is no problem for this business to maintain her daily life, but it is difficult to make great progress if it continues.If you want to become an online celebrity shop, you need to invest a lot of energy in publicity, but the last thing Ji Duo wants is to show his face.

She wants to expand her business to not only a Taobao store, but also a brand that can be spoken and entered into shopping malls, as Xiaoqiu has been looking forward to.Only in this way can she have the financial ability to support Weijin to pursue her dream. She hopes that Weijin can immerse himself in the world of watches and clocks without distractions.

Not only that, Ji Duo had a very clear feeling that she felt that only by taking this step could she stand on a level with Wei Jin.This is a dividing line that she must cross to completely bid farewell to the chaotic, missing, and mediocre life before, and become a brand new self.

In the past, Ji Duo was very scared and had no motivation, but now she at least has an excuse.

For Weijin.

The moment this reason jumped out of her mind, she accepted it and was deeply convinced.

After a while, Ji Duo stayed in Xiaoqiu's bar when he had nothing to do, and discussed the specific implementation plan with her.I thought it was very simple when I said it before, but I realized how troublesome it is after calculating each item.First of all, Taobao stores cannot be closed. Once the traffic is gone, it will be difficult to do it again.Now is the era of e-commerce, even big international brands will inevitably sell online, so this is Ji Duo's advantage and must not be thrown away.But she wants to transform little by little and improve the quality of the goods, but not too suddenly, and the price has to rise slowly.

In addition, if she wants to set up a physical company, she needs to rent a studio or even rent a warehouse. If she wants to discuss cooperation with others, publicity is also essential.After much calculation, Ji Duo found that she usually thought that she had enough money, but she couldn't do much at all.The most important thing is that her mind is empty, although she thinks of many things, she doesn't know where to start.

Fortunately, there is Xiaoqiu here. This girl who has been in Shanghai since she was young and has taken root here, the bar ranks very high on various review sites. At this time, she can help Ji in an orderly manner. Duo analysis.

"The most important thing for you is the design, which is the foundation of your foothold. You must highlight the originality and make the brand popular, and there will always be people willing to pay for the originality. Relatively, all the photography and art work must be upgraded. New products will be released next time When you hold a big event, you make a plan, and I will find someone to buy advertising space for you.” Xiaoqiu became more and more excited as she spoke, “I will help you find the office location and see if I can find an office warehouse nearby. All in one. The most troublesome thing is recruiting people, customer service and packaging... By the way, you don’t have a car yet, so it’s convenient to have a car.”

"Ah, help..."

Ji Duo had a headache when he heard it, put the back of his hand on his forehead, tilted his body, and lay limp on the sofa.

"It's just a little troublesome, but as long as it's on the right track. There's a key question you have to think about. Is your designer enough? Do you need to hire another one?" Xiao Qiu patted her buttocks, "But I'll talk about that later, now you're going to be honest, why did you figure it out all of a sudden?"

Ji Duo lay on his side, with his arms under his head, the sunrise on the terraced fields and Weijin's face always flashed before his eyes, he couldn't help snickering, and said after a long time, "I want to live a good life."

"A girl in love..."

Xiaoqiu shook her head exaggeratedly, but she was really happy for her.In her opinion, Ji Duo is the absence of vigorous love, love is a spark that can ignite everything, no matter how damp and cold the previous life was.

"What are you in love with? People may not like me at all."

"Don't like you?" Xiaoqiu raised her eyebrows, "A man who is willing to take a girl he just met to travel, either he is a jerk, plotting something wrong, or he is interested in you. Maybe he still doesn't know what he thinks , then you let him know."

Is that right?Ji Duo thought about the night on the top of the mountain, Wei Jin naturally didn't have any intention of taking advantage of her, but he didn't show much favor either.After all, she was the one who insisted on going with her, so there was no guarantee that he had a good temper and was too lazy to refuse her.

But it's just being so indifferent, not feeling ambitious, not feeling excessive hospitality and demanding, that makes Ji Duo feel comfortable.Staying by Wei Jin's side, she felt like a fish swimming in clear water.

It's just that after returning, Weijin never contacted her again, her watch has already been taken back, and there is no grandiose reason to see her again.But it doesn't matter, Ji Duo doesn't care about the reason, as long as she wants, she will appear in front of Wei Jin immediately.

In the following days, she would go to Wei Jin's every now and then to chat and eat. When it rained, she said she was passing by to avoid the rain. When the sun was shining, she said that the sun was too hot; at night, she said she was full and took a walk. Stop by for a meal.She said it was a meal, but she never cared what Weijin did, she could eat a bowl of noodles with gusto.

For her shamelessness, Weijin only has one feeling: headache.

She was there at the very beginning, and Wei Jin was too embarrassed to be too obsessed with the matter at hand, and the two stared at each other, looking for something to say.But Ji Duo doesn't feel bored at all, she can talk from morning till night, without repeating anything and without stopping.What she thought of and what she said, things about her childhood, things about going to school, things about learning to draw, quarreling with friends, embarrassment when she was confused... What she said was very interesting, but after a long time, Wei Jin still couldn't bear it. .

A person who has lived in an absolutely quiet space for a long time, suddenly breaks into a chatterbox, feels like there is a buzzer ringing in his ears.Especially when it comes to watch repairs, you really need to concentrate, otherwise some small problems may be difficult to find.

"Are you really... nothing else?" Weijin finally couldn't help asking.

Ji Duo shook the phone: "Yes, there are many things, but most of them can be solved with the phone. I will bring the notebook tomorrow."

"..."

Wei Jin pinches the center of his eyebrows, his brain hurts.

He really didn't take Ji Duo's words seriously at first, he thought the little girl was just a whim, and she would get bored after a few visits.As a result, after a few trips, Ji Duo became familiar with the road and took this place as his home.

what can he doYou can't really say that this is a business place for business and not to keep customers.It might be okay to change to someone else, but he and Ji Duo didn't have a good head start, it's all because of staying overnight and having breakfast together, it seems strange to suddenly change their faces at this time.

What's more, Weijin has no doubts, even if he said so, Ji Duo wouldn't care. She probably bought a bunch of watches, broke them herself, and then sent them to him for repair.

After figuring this out, Weijin decided to forcibly restore his life and work order, treating Ji Duo as a talking electric puppet.He began to deal with the maintenance order in front of Ji Duo, using his willpower to block out those words, and he responded vaguely to the words that occasionally slipped in.

Fortunately, Weijin has always been a very focused person, and after getting used to it, he finds that he can handle it with ease.It's just that Ji Duo is a human being after all, not a toy, and sometimes she still needs to make arrangements for her.

"Don't touch it." He carefully placed the disassembled parts on the cloth. Ji Duo was next to him, with his entire upper body lying on the table, with one leg crossed, and he stretched out his hand to take it, without raising his head. Say.

Ji Duo didn't really want to take it, but just wanted to induce him to say something.As soon as he made a sound, she immediately stopped, turned her head and grinned at him.

Wei Jin raised his eyelids and glanced at her, quite helplessly: "Are you tired from staying like this? Sit down."

"Do you have any snacks here?"

Ji Duo sat back on the chair resentfully, resting his arms and chin on the table, opening and closing his mouth like a fish spitting bubbles.

You're so bored, but you still have to stay here, what are you planning?Wei Jin sighed deeply, but there was an indelible tenderness in his eyes that he didn't realize.

The next time Ji Duo went again, he found a lot of snacks under the coffee table and in the refrigerator.Apparently Weijin doesn't eat these things himself, and he doesn't know how to buy them, so he just takes them at will.In fact, Ji Duo doesn't usually eat junk food, but here she needs something to fill her mouth.Of course she also knew that people should not be noisy when they were doing business, so she turned into chewing biscuits.

Weijin couldn't tell which one was louder.

But this wonderful atmosphere has stabilized like this. Weijin sits at the table every day to repair and study watches, and Ji Duo takes him as the center and changes positions from time to time, eating and drinking.One of them is the enemy who moves me and I don't move, and the other is the enemy who doesn't move me but I can't help but move around.Sometimes Weijin sees Ji Duo pouring drinks for himself, shaking his head with his mobile phone and watching idol dramas, and thinks that she is just like the owner of this store, and he is just a part-time worker.It also seems that she has lived here for a long time, has existed since the beginning, and has no intention of leaving at all.

It seems easier to accept a person as a habit than to develop a habit of one thing, otherwise Weijin would not be able to explain why he has been prepared for Ji Duo to appear at any time since the morning.And when it was late, he was sure that Ji Duo would not come today, and there would be a subtle emptiness in his heart.

But he won't show it, and he won't care, insisting that no one can really change his life, change his behavior patterns.If it was really that simple, he probably wouldn't still be alone.

At least, Wei Jin believed so at the time.

However, it's not that Ji Duo doesn't want to go, it's that she has encountered a troublesome matter, which made her burn out, and she doesn't want to bring her bad mood to Wei Jin.While she was planning the transformation of the store, planning to remove those products from the shelves, and how to communicate with the factory, a lot of bad reviews suddenly appeared in her store.There are not many bad reviews in her store, probably because most people are too lazy to take things worth tens of dollars.Ji Duo doesn't care about the occasional nitpicking, complaining about express delivery, or even for no reason.She feels that only by respecting the right of others to evaluate can she see the truth and know her own strengths and weaknesses.

But it's not normal for there to be bad reviews one after another within a week, and they're all about the quality of the product.Ji Duo found that the negative reviews were concentrated on two collections—she divided the products by elements. These two collections were not new products and had been sold for several rounds. This situation had never happened before.It's just that the bad reviews didn't go into details, and basically focused on the material, color difference, and discoloration. She took the initiative to contact the customer with the bad review and asked them to send some clearer photos.There is no need to compare, Ji Duo knows what is wrong.

It was the factory that changed the materials of this batch without authorization.

Every piece of jewelry in the store is handmade by Ji Duo. Girls always like small jewelry of various styles and materials, and they will never be satisfied. In order to control costs, there is really no need to use particularly expensive materials.The materials she usually uses are leather, color-preserving alloys, artificial pearls, acrylic color sheets, and feathers. It takes multiple comparisons to determine the best material.Then she took the objects and materials she made to find factories for cooperation. The current situation is that most of the products can be satisfied in one factory, and the cooperation has been quite pleasant.Occasionally, if she can't get the material she wants, but she really wants to do it, she will go to more factories to discuss cooperation, even if the profit is a little smaller.

This time, the two collections that had problems came from the same factory. She had just cooperated with that factory not long ago, and there were only three batches in total.The first two batches were fine, but something went wrong with this batch.This batch of goods mainly focuses on the beautiful and fresh style, and mostly uses silk yarn, zircon, and pearl velvet.This kind of thing is so close that it can easily appear shoddy.

Ji Duo made a quick decision, and all those who have received the goods but feel that they cannot be worn can be refunded and compensated accordingly.Those who have not delivered the goods will knock one by one, and refund after explaining.Afterwards, these two collections were temporarily removed from the shelves.She called the person in charge of the factory, but the person in charge pretended to be stupid and didn't know anything.She decided to go there in person and cancel the cooperation with this factory.

After disappearing for half a month, she once again had a reason to contact Wei Jin.

Although the trouble made her one head and two big, and she also expected to quarrel after going to the factory, but the moment the connection with Weijin came into being in her mind, the light joy overshadowed everything.

After confirming the time, Ji Duo called Wei Jin and was picked up after two rings.Although the belly draft was prepared in advance, Weijin answered it too quickly, which made her panic, and she didn't make a sound for two seconds.

"Hello?" Wei Jin yelled twice in doubt, "What's wrong?"

Ji Duo curled her hair with her fingers, and said cautiously: "Well... I want to ask if you have time the day after tomorrow, and I want to ask you for a favor."

"You said."

"Could you drive me to Yancheng next Monday? There is a problem with one of my cooperative factories there. I'm going to discuss the termination of the contract."

"Salt City..."

Wei Jin pondered for a moment.

Ji Duo thought he was in trouble, after all, it would take about four hours to drive from Shanghai to Yancheng, so Ji Duo also thought of this result, and she hurriedly said: "Forget it, I just said it casually, I can go there by bus .bye, I'm hanging up."

"Wait a moment--"

Her fingers were already hovering over the red button on the screen, and she almost pressed it, Weijin called out to her.Ji Duo rolled his eyes, slowly put the phone back to his ear, and heard Wei Jin say: "Go early in the morning, come back the same day, OK?"

"No problem! That's the plan, you agreed?"

"Also," Wei Jin deliberately paused, causing Ji Duo to prick up his ears, "I'm not very good at arguing."

Ji Duo froze for a moment, and couldn't help laughing.Talking to a smart person is easy, she hasn't said anything yet, Wei Jin has already presupposed some possibilities.For example, is she looking for someone to embolden her so that she can negotiate with the factory?

"Don't worry, it's their fault in this matter. I have a contract, so it shouldn't be too ugly. I'm looking for you simply because I don't have a car. I might have to bring some leftovers when I come back. It's more convenient. .”

"Well, at eight o'clock on Monday morning, I'll be downstairs on time."

In order to prevent Wei Jin from hanging up the phone, Ji Duo hurriedly yelled: "Are you busy tonight? Let me express my thanks and treat you to dinner?"

Wei Jin laughed: "You want to eat again?"

"Hey! I mean seriously, any store will do, you can choose."

"Another day. I have something to do today, so I don't want to go out."

"Are you studying the watch again?" Ji Duo scratched the back of his head, touched his own scar, and stopped, "Then... can I have a meal?"

After going around and going back, Ji Duo was also a little embarrassed, but anyway, she had already spoken, so she could only continue to rascal.

Wei Jin was at a loss for words for a moment, and wanted to refuse, but looked at the things in his hand, and finally said: "Okay, then come here, I just have something to ask you."

"okay!"

This permission was a shot in the arm for Ji Duo, she immediately got out of bed and began to choose clothes and accessories.During this period, Lu Haiyang made two phone calls, but she didn't answer and let the phone ring until it stopped.

It was after four o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at the door of Weijin's clock studio, and it happened that someone was knocking on the door, and Ji Duo followed him.Weijin opened the door to let the customer in first, then pointed to the sofa for her, and whispered, "You sit first."

Ji Duo obediently sat down on the sofa, pretending to be playing with her mobile phone, but actually listening attentively to the conversation between Wei Jin and the customer.The customer took an antique watch that was nearly 50 years ago to restore. Because both the value and significance are extraordinary, the customer has many concerns and is still undecided.No matter what he asked, Weijin answered patiently, listed all the problems that may arise during the repair process, and started to disassemble a part, supplemented by taking pictures, so that customers can clearly see what needs to be repaired place.

Time slipped away unknowingly, Ji Duo couldn't concentrate soon, and the customer had obviously opened his heart to Wei Jin, the two chatted further and further away, but she hugged the back of the sofa and got into an eyelid fight.It wasn't until he heard the knock on the door that Ji Duo forced his eyes to widen. Wei Jin stood on the edge of the sofa with his arms folded and looked at her with a half-smile: "Did you not sleep well last night?"

"It's true that I've been tossing about troublesome things in the store these days." He yawned again, and Ji Duo rubbed his eyes, "You're so patient."

"Antique watches are different. Even if ordinary watches are damaged, it is enough to pay a little money, and the parts are easy to match. This kind of antique watches are bought by people in second-hand markets at home and abroad, and they may never be found again. It's the second piece, so you should be more careful."

"How much did you charge him in the end? I didn't hear clearly." Ji Duo was more interested in this.

Weijin was a little dumbfounded, this kid is really pragmatic.He shrugged and deliberately teased her: "Since you didn't hear it, forget it, it's a business secret."

"We're not in the same business!" Ji Duo got more excited when he said this, got up and ran to the table, but the receipt was still not collected.She looked at the price above, it was more than ten times more expensive than the one that repaired her, and blurted out, "So expensive?"

"It's already very cheap." Wei Jin snatched the receipt from her hand and carefully put it where it should be.

Now Ji Duo believed it, and Weijin's business was not as sparse as she imagined.It's just that the rent for such a large house in this location is really too high, and she is very worried about this.Although she can understand it as a marketing tool, customers will definitely feel more at ease with such a foundation, but the pressure is still too great.

It's fine if she thinks about it by herself, but the problem is that whenever Ji Duo thinks about something, she always puts it on her face, with a thoughtful expression on her face, and cooperates with countless small movements of winking, her eyes keep drifting towards the person she is thinking about, As a result, even if Weijin didn't want to guess her thoughts anymore, she was forced to understand the general idea.

But Wei Jin is really too lazy to explain, he has always been "let him go" to other people's thoughts and attitudes.He was in an inexplicably good mood, and he didn't know if it was related to Ji Duo's appearance.He clapped his hands twice and called out, "Return to the soul."

Ji Duo really shuddered, looking at Wei Jin in bewilderment, his eyelashes flickering.

"It depends on your performance if you want to eat." Weijin looked at his watch while talking, and frowned subconsciously.Thought like this in his heart, he still said: "Wait for me, I'll go up and get something."

He turned around and walked upstairs, only to realize that he was still wearing a work apron when he lowered his head. He untied it and put it on the handrail of the stairs.It wasn't until this moment that Ji Duo realized that Wei Jin was wearing an apron. Before that, she didn't find it strange at all. Sure enough, people with temperament look good in anything.

Ji Duo folded his hands on the pillar of the stairs, put his chin on it, and looked up eagerly.Weijin, who was halfway there, changed his mind, turned back, stood on the edge of the upper floor and bent down to probe downwards. He suddenly met Shang Jiduo's staring eyes, and a flash of lightning suddenly lit up in his mind, bringing a momentary blankness. .

The two looked at each other for five seconds, which seemed very short, but it was actually too long.In the end, Weijin came to his senses first, cleared his throat, and said, "Forget it, come up with me."

Ji Duo trotted upstairs, taking advantage of the dimming of the light to secretly take a deep breath, praying that the bouts of fever on his face would subside quickly.

When I came here before, the door of the other room next to the bedroom was always closed. I don't know what it was for. At that time, Ji Duo didn't think much about it, thinking it was another bedroom or a study.Now Weijin pushed open the door, stood at the door and made a gesture of "please" to her, Ji Duo walked to the door, and was startled from ear to ear by the scene inside.

This is a pure workshop, in a small room surrounded by stone and wooden tables, there is almost no space.Large and small machines and lamps are placed on the wide marble countertop. A cabinet full of drawers, which is a little smaller than a traditional Chinese medicine shop, is against the wall. The other tables are also covered with tools, with a circle of various models inserted in it. Barrels of pliers, tweezers, and carving knives lined up in a row, as well as many bottles and cans, and countless movement parts, scattered everywhere.There is only a swivel chair that can slide inside, which seems to be convenient for Weijin to move around the room.

Ji Duo is curious about everything, and her eyes are not enough to see, so Wei Jin has to tell her quickly: "I won't talk, and you don't move, or I won't find anything."

"I promise!"

"Come on, sit down."

Pulling Ji Duo to a chair and sitting down, pushing it to a work table, Wei Jin took a few design drawings from the side and laid them out in front of her, leaning against the table, looking down at her, and said: "Look Which one looks better, or you can tell me if you have any suggestions.”

Ji Duo doesn't understand clocks, but she is familiar with the design drawings.These three pictures are all the style design of the dial. It can be seen that Weijin wants to add a little Chinese style element, but there are too many, and it is impossible to choose.The area of ​​the dial is limited, and there is a tourbillon at five o'clock, and there are also displays of the month, week, calendar, etc., so there is very little space for decoration.Although foreigners are very fond of Chinese style, watches are not like clothes and buildings. They have so much room to play. If you add too complicated or brightly colored patterns to it, it will destroy the beauty of the machine.Ji Duo looked at the ideas on the design drawing, there were auspicious clouds, dragons, and Chinese characters, all of which looked okay, but they still felt that they were not good enough.

She raised her head and asked, "Do you want to do it yourself?"

"Well, I'm going to make a watch for Baselworld."

"Application for membership in that association you spoke of?"

Unexpectedly, she still remembered, the smile in Weijin's eyes deepened: "Isn't your memory quite good?"

"It may be different, I really remember what you said quite clearly." Ji Duo didn't know how she could be so shameless in front of Wei Jin, she seemed to like to see the momentary astonishment on Wei Jin's face.

Weijin forcibly changed the subject: "I've almost determined the movement, but I still don't have a clear direction for the appearance."

"When does the watch fair start?"

"At the end of March."

"That's still a few months away, have you already started?"

"No rush. I don't plan to participate in next year's competition. Since I'm going to do it, I have to make a decent one. I can't get a half-finished product. I plan to start at the end of this year, and give myself a year to catch up with the next one. "

a year?Ji Duo immediately caught the key information, she winked at Wei Jin, and asked: "Then let me ask you a question, if I gave you a suggestion, you also used it, but we have had troubles in this year. Break up, you don't want to see me anymore, so don't you feel awkward looking at your own work?"

Why is this child thinking so strangely... Weijin didn't know where to question for a while, and asked subconsciously, "Why did you break up?"

"That's what you said!" Ji Duo grinned almost to his ears, "That means you won't drive me away for at least a year, right?"

Suddenly he was sent to the army, and it seemed that no answer was right. Wei Jin was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed out loud, shaking his head while laughing: "First of all, I am not a person who is arrogant, even if the situation you said happened, I won't be involved in the work either. But... I'll try my best."

What he said was trying not to drive her away—Ji Duo shook his shoulders triumphantly, turned his head back to the paper, spread his palms to the side, and said like a wolf with a big tail, "Give me a pencil."

Weijin put the pencil in her hand, and she began to try to imitate an outline on the side, biting the tip of the pencil from time to time, without raising her head, she said: "I can propose a plan, but I have to work with you on the specific operability." discuss."

Seriously, she really seemed like a changed person.

Weijin turned on the lamp on the table, looked at it for a while, and said softly to her, "You paint and play first, and I'll go down and cook for you."

Ji Duo made an OK gesture.

"Don't move anything casually."

"Understood." Thinking he was talking too much, Ji Duo finally raised his head to look at him, and asked belatedly, "Could it be that I was the first person to enter your workshop?"

When asked by her like this, Wei Jin's expression froze.He tried to search in his memory, and found that it was indeed the case. He hadn't brought anyone into his workshop before today, and Ji Duo was really the first one.He didn't deliberately think about allowing others to enter, but he still seemed to subconsciously maintain a sense of territory.However, today he led Ji Duo in logically, and he didn't feel any discomfort.

How did that happen?They obviously haven't known each other for long.

"Really?" Wei Jin's hesitation for a moment has already explained the problem. Ji Duo was just joking casually, but suddenly became excited, "I'm really the first?"

No matter what it is, it is always meaningful to have the first place in a person's life.

Wei Jin sighed helplessly, and said with a smile, "Maybe."

"I will work hard!"

Ji Duo raised her arms high, cheered herself up, and buried her head in the pen and paper.Weijin backed out gently, and closed the door with a false cover.

If he had to give a reason, Weijin thinks that it was probably on the day of Yunhe Terraced Fields that he saw the bright spot on Ji Duo in a trance, and he can't forget it ever since.After all, apart from clocks and watches, there are not many shining things that can be seen in his life.

Fortunately, I will purchase regularly, and the things in the refrigerator are enough to cook meals for two people. Weijin couldn't help but walk to the kitchen door and look in the direction of the stairs while cooking. Ji Duo was quieter than expected.When he used to work, he would deliberately create a quiet space for himself. Sometimes he would lock the door and hang the curtains during the day, pretending that there was no one inside.So at first he realized that Ji Duo didn't just talk about it, and when he really wanted to run here, it would be a lie to say that there was no resistance in his heart.Although he gradually got used to it later, he still didn't make this watch in front of Ji Duo, firstly because most of the work had to be done in the workshop, and secondly because the processing of these parts and ordinary maintenance required a lot of concentration His demands were not on the same level at all, and he was afraid that he would really be irritable.

After all, this watch is the most important thing for him. The design of the movement is a collection of his more than ten years of learning experience, which is equal to his graduation report. He cannot let himself down or let his teacher down.So he made full preparations before deciding to start work.He intends to take this watch to the exhibition. It is different from the basic models usually designed for watch factories. If he wants to make a big splash, he has to make a fuss about the details.Just when he was stuck on the exterior design, Ji Duo's call came, and he suddenly felt that letting a layman take a look at it might help to open up his mind, especially a layman with art skills.

Whether this is an excuse or not, Weijin himself is not sure.Frequently accepting someone into his life, something he hadn't done since childhood.But this threshold, he actually crossed it so easily.

After the rice was cooked, Weijin went upstairs to call Ji Duo, he stood at the door of the workshop and saw Ji Duo was still drawing on the paper seriously, as if he didn't even hear the sound of footsteps.Wei Jin was a little worried about scaring her, so he tiptoed close to the table, but Ji Duo was shocked when he suddenly saw a figure in the corner of his eyes.

"Ah ah ah..."

Her body suddenly tilted to the left, and even the swivel chair fell to the left. Seeing that she was about to lose her balance, she screamed in panic.Weijin bent down, pressed his hands firmly on the armrests of the chair, and resolutely controlled the chair.Ji Duo swayed in the chair for a while, feeling a little dizzy for a while, she raised her head and saw Wei Jin standing very close to her, her body blocked most of the light, as if imprisoning her in a narrow encirclement .

Her heartbeat suddenly started beating wildly.

"Be careful."

Wei Jin lowered his head and realized that although he wanted to grab the handrail, Ji Duo's hands were also on the handrail. In fact, he was firmly stuck on Ji Duo's wrist.Although Ji Duo was so thin that he didn't feel any hindrance, he was still worried that he might use too much strength unintentionally. He slowly moved his hand away and asked her, "Does it hurt?" ?”

Ji Duo actually didn't understand what he was asking, but just shook his head foolishly.The eyes are filled with the shadows of Weijin's bridge of nose and eyelashes, making it hard to distract.

Being stared at by her until the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end, Wei Jin turned his head awkwardly, his eyes fell on the design draft on the table, but he was taken aback for a moment.He turned around and eagerly fiddled with the messy-looking blueprints, a feeling surged in his heart, like a gust of wind hitting a closed door. Willing to beep, I always feel that the door will suddenly open in the next moment.

"I've thought about a few concepts." Ji Duo moved closer to him, "Because I don't know much about mechanics, so I have considered both simple and complex, and you can pass as you like."

There was only one chair in the room, so Weijin had to squat down halfway, leaning his elbows on the edge of the table and listening to Ji Duo's words.The heads of the two were too close, Ji Duo forced herself not to turn her head, but she couldn't stop flustered just from the corner of her eye.

"Simple, like this, put a lotus flower in deep relief in the middle, and then use cloud patterns around it. Or, it can be made into a baffle in the shape of auspicious clouds. Is it possible to drive a part at a certain time. For example Say a swallow, flying from below." Ji Duo explained to Wei Jin one by one, "More troublesome, for example, is there a possibility to find a hollow place to make the front and back of the three-dimensional relief interspersed For example, dragons, flower branches, etc., this will be more vivid. Also, I feel that this is a bit difficult, so I will just talk about it. If the dial can be made of two layers, it will be an effect when it overlaps like a mechanism. It’s another effect, or a Chinese character will be exposed at a certain position. You know that it’s very popular for foreigners to wear Chinese characters on their bodies, and they just think it’s cool.”

Wei Jin, who had been listening to her carefully, finally asked, "What word?"

"Hmm... simple words. For example, sincerity? Eternity?"

She said it casually, only to realize later that the two words sounded too descriptive.Ji Duo touched his earlobe, turned his head to the other side, and secretly stuck out his tongue.

At this time, all the components in Weijin's mind were clock parts. With Ji Duo's blueprints, he thought of many ways to optimize the movement. Although it was cumbersome, it was extremely feasible.The fog that had entangled him for so many days finally began to dissipate, he was enlightened by Ji Duo's inspiration, and he couldn't wait to try it out.

But he still hasn't forgotten the main reason why Ji Duo came here, so he had to say to her: "The rice is ready, you go and eat first, I'll wait."

"it is good."

Knowing that he might want to organize his thoughts, Ji Duo stood up.Wei Jin immediately replaced her and sat on the chair. Although he was a little anxious, he still turned his head and looked at her.Ji Duo walked backwards towards the door, unwilling to give up looking at each other, and finally grabbed the door frame and said: "Hurry up."

Wei Jin smiled lightly and nodded.

Weijin didn't start to act until he heard the sound of going down the stairs. He quickly found out all the movement design drafts, a thick stack, and began to restore the ideas that popped up in his head from time to time to paper.He found several adjustable places at once. The thickness of the movement can still be compressed, but the requirements for parts processing are higher.Those experimental products made before will also be invalidated, and they have to start all over again.

He skillfully manipulated the chair to slide around in the workshop, grabbed a small steel rod of moderate length, began to grind it to the diameter he wanted with a machine, and began to select a suitable size milling cutter to process the saw teeth.However, the sawtooth shape he needs is rather peculiar and needs to be adjusted repeatedly. It takes a long time to calibrate under the microscope before he is satisfied.Weijin was completely immersed in the fun of making, and didn't feel that time was passing at all, and even forgot that there was a guest downstairs.

Ji Duo waited downstairs for a long time, until her stomach growled and the food was cold, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and ran upstairs.Originally, all her urging words came to her lips, but standing outside the door, seeing Wei Jin's busy state, she swallowed her words abruptly.She stood by the wall for a long time, and saw Weijin cutting, measuring with an instrument she had never seen before, and burning something with a gas welding flame, because a small gear was too small, and it would be difficult to stand a little farther away. She couldn't see it at all, so in her eyes, Weijin was like performing without a real object, which was very interesting.During this period, Wei Jin came back and turned his head several times, but he didn't notice her outside the door.Ji Duo leaned her head against the door frame and smiled, then turned around and went downstairs on tiptoe with the smallest sound.

She finished eating alone, cleaned the dishes, left a note for Wei Jin, and left quietly.

lonely?Strange, she didn't feel it at all.Even in a lively party, Ji Duo often feels lonely, and she feels that she has nothing to do with the laughter and laughter around her.But at this moment, there is no conversation between her and Wei Jin, she can only eat and go home alone, but she can clearly feel the connection between the two.

She doesn't feel like she's unwanted.

It takes about two hours to complete a series of steps from cutting to calibration to hardening, annealing, grinding, and polishing for the simplest gear.After more than three hours, Weijin heaved a sigh of relief until a preliminary result of a match was obtained, and subconsciously glanced at his watch. The time displayed on it startled him, and he hurriedly got up and ran downstairs, Shout: "Ji Duo?"

Wei Jin is really sorry. He has lived alone for a long time, and it is common for him to forget food and sleep, and he unconsciously forgets about others.Ji Duo was a little too quiet today, obviously he could be reminded.When he got downstairs, he found that only the kitchen was on, and Ji Duo had already left.The usual silence aggravated the guilt in his heart, making his breathing tight.

There is a note on the dining table, and Ji Duo's handwriting is beautiful - seeing that you are busy, I can't bear to call you.The food is delicious, I have eaten it, and I will go back first.You remember to eat.meet on Monday.Good night.

He probably couldn't sleep at this hour, Weijin didn't have time to eat, so he called Ji Duo first.Ji Duo just finished taking a shower, saw that it was his phone, and immediately picked it up: "Hey, are you out of customs?"

"Are you home yet?"

"It's already here." Ji Duo held the phone between his shoulders and wiped the bathroom floor, "Just send me a message."

"It's more reassuring to hear the voice."

His understatement has the magic power to make Ji Duo smile. She deliberately said in a tone: "But you really should reflect on it. Fortunately, I have a good temper, and someone else would be angry. If you go on like this, it's an accident." Not a girlfriend."

"I'm really wrong today. You should be angry. It won't be like this next time."

"Who asked you to apologize?" Ji Duo said angrily, "Anyway, I'm an unexpected guest, so you really don't have to care about me so much. But, it sounds like you welcome me next time, okay?"

Wei Jin laughed: "Is it useful for me to say no?"

"Hey, the signal is not good." Ji Duo acted immediately, "What did you just say? I didn't hear it."

This girl is really only quiet when she is painting.Weijin shook his head helplessly, put the phone on the table and asked Ji Duo while heating up the meal: "Did you study design in college?"

"Yes, it's just advertising design."

"Then you are a boy in painting?"

"I thought you were praising me," Ji Duo laughed loudly, "but no, I only learned it in the third year of high school."

Wei Jin froze for a moment: "Senior year?"

"Yes, didn't I tell you before, my life is legendary, are you interested in hearing it?"

At this moment, the microwave oven rang, covering up Weijin's "Speak, I'm listening", Ji Duo was about to start talking, but was blocked again.

"Have you eaten yet?"

"Well, I'm about to eat."

"Then you eat quickly, there is such a long time on the road on Monday, I will tell you again."

In fact, Weijin is really curious, he seldom wants to hear a person tell a story so much.But he has never had the habit of talking to people while eating, and he always finds it very impolite, so if Ji Duo really wants to talk, he probably has to let the food cool down again.Now that Ji Duo ended the topic suddenly, it was really caring.

"Okay." He picked up the phone and put it to his ear, "Then go to bed early."

"Your cooking is really delicious. Do you want to consider opening a restaurant or something? It must be very profitable."

Obviously he was about to hang up the phone, but Ji Duo changed the topic and started to think about something.Wei Jin couldn't laugh or cry, she felt that she was quiet and caring, and it was definitely something wrong with her.But Wei Jin didn't find it annoying, and said half-jokingly: "I don't always cook so richly, today is what you got in exchange for it."

"Did I really help you?" Ji Duo wasn't too sure. It's always been difficult for her to help anyone. It's good not to cause trouble to others.

"of course."

Wei Jin's affirmation gave Ji Duo unprecedented courage. She bit her lip and asked tentatively, "Then...are we friends now?"

Lost for a moment, Weijin repeated the word "friend" in his heart, and still said: "Of course."

"Good night then!"

Ji Duo's joy had already permeated through the phone, even after hanging up the phone, the lightness and sweetness in her tone seemed to remain in the air.Weijin took a bite of the dishes he cooked, and for the first time felt from the bottom of his heart that they were quite delicious.

From the corner of his eye after eating, he kept scanning the note left on the corner of the table by Ji Duo. He couldn't figure out why, but Weijin felt that he was always smiling.

(End of this chapter)