Sheng Ming took out the small golden ball from the box, placed it in the palm of his hand and gently stroked the surface of the bead roller with the pad of his thumb.
There is a dragon carved on it, surrounded by auspicious clouds. Lifelike, like a real dragon soaring in the sky.
"Xiao Ming, why are you sweating too?" Lu Anru's sleepiness dissipated and he looked at Sheng Ming's reddish cheeks and took out a wet tissue to wipe his forehead.
The unnatural blush on Sheng Ming's face worsened. She was clearly very hot, so she took off the coat that Lu Anru had just covered and put it on her lower body.
Lu Anru put his small hand against his face and said in a deep voice: "It's caused by the alternation of hot and cold."
"All right."
Lu Anru came up with an explanation on his own. Maybe it was too cold outside the car and too hot in the car.
Helping Sheng Ming tuck the corners of his coat, he blinked his eyes as smart as a deer and introduced: "I asked Meng Meng to teach me how to make it. From melting gold to shaping and carving, I did everything by myself. Xiao Ming likes it ?"
Meng Meng majored in blacksmithing, and Lu Anru entrusted Meng Meng to teach her in October. After working hard for two months, she finally learned it decently.
"Yes, I like it." Sheng Ming neatly put the beads back into the black gift box.
Lu Anru raised his eyes happily, took out the snakeskin black men's bracelet from his pocket, and handed it over thoughtfully: "Come here, I saved up my pocket money for a long time to buy this MK limited edition."
"It's okay, just go back and use it to run down."
Sheng Ming rolled up his sleeves and showed a dark thing on his wrist.
If you don't look closely, you might mistake it for an unwashed hair tie. In fact, it was made by Lu Anru for Sheng Ming's birthday the year before last. Adding your own hair to it is said to keep you safe.
As for whether it plays a role in ensuring safety, Lu Anru can't comment. Anyway, it has faded and turned into the same black color as the hair.
It was precisely because every time she saw Sheng Ming exposing it, and others wondered what it was about, that Lu Anru felt so embarrassed, so she worked hard to save money and bought an expensive luxury bracelet.
"Don't use it, it's too ugly!"
Lu Anru complained and took action at the same time, grabbing his wrist.
She thought she was very fast, but Sheng Ming easily dodged it by raising her hand and pressed her shoulder with her backhand, restraining the person who was jumping up to grab her.
He held the still moving person in his arms and whispered softly in her ear: "An Ruguai, I like it. A gift made by one's own hands is more meaningful."
"No!" After losing more than a year, Lu Anru refused to continue in the new year.
While his hands were moving around, he accidentally lifted some spots on his coat.
"Don't move." Sheng Ming's Adam's apple slid quickly and he held the two small hands that wanted to find out with one hand.
Hot breath fell on Lu Anru's face. She looked at Sheng Ming with an extremely worried face, which was as red as if she was drunk.
I tried twitching my hand several times, but all ended in failure.
"Xiao Ming, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
After receiving Sheng Ming's complicated look and shaking his head, Lu Anru was worried and turned to the back row to congratulate the butler: "Pour Xiao Ming a glass of ice water, thank you."
Butler He looked at it half-understanding and thought that if the young master really caught a cold, drinking ice water would only aggravate the condition.
But facing the eldest lady’s eager gaze, she had no choice but to agree: “Okay.”
Take out the Alpine water from the car refrigerator, pour it with ice cubes, and deliver it respectfully.
Sheng Ming took the cup with one hand, put it on the table, and said seriously to the person who was trying to break away: "I'll let go of you, please stop moving."
"Okay." A bit sunny, An Ru, brilliant, without hesitation, agreed immediately.
Sheng Ming let go, held the cup and drank it all in one gulp. She met Lu Anru's still worried gaze and changed the subject: "Have you prepared the gift for Ning Guang?"
Worryingly, Lu Anru's thoughts were successfully switched. He sighed and said, "No."
That's why she asked Ella to give formal greetings, so that even if her parents kept watching and urging her, she could find an excuse and say: "I wanted to send it off, but Ning Guang was too busy and didn't send it out." '
After putting it off for a while, my parents forgot about it, so I could get away with it. Who asked her to spend money to buy gifts for Sheng Ming? She had no money left to maintain the relationship with Prince Xia.
"Give him the bracelet."
As soon as Sheng Ming suggested it, Lu Anru blurted out his objection: "No, what's yours is yours, what's his is his, I will prepare a gift for him."
"The gift needs to be consistent with his status."
The sharp words poked at the sore spot again. Lu Anru sniffed and responded solemnly: "I know, I will prepare, Xiao Ming, don't worry."
After Sheng Ming reminded her, Lu Anru understood the truth. It is destined to be impossible to make do, and the only way is to play on the sidelines.
If you save money until Ning Guang's birthday, you can buy one gift for two things, how nice it is.
Turning his eyes, Sheng Ming saw through his thoughts and pointed out the flaw: "My parents will bring it up when they chat with Emperor Xuantian."
"Hey, there's no way for anyone to survive!"
Lu Anru patted his face, intending to brush away his irritation, but found that his face hurt from the slapping, but his irritation remained the same.
Dejectedly, he leaned his head on Sheng Ming's shoulder and complained: "It's really unfortunate for adults to have personal relationships with the most difficult royal family, and it will cause the children to suffer."
"I'll give you money to buy a gift for him when school starts." Sheng Ming made a new suggestion.
The headaches seemed to be bigger than the two. Lu Anru hugged his head to cover his face, wishing he could escape from the incident.
Unfortunately, things went against his wishes, and as he got closer and closer to home, he refused in a muffled voice: "No."
"Then follow my arrangement. Give him the bracelet first, and then buy me another one when An Ru feels looser."
The clear voice swept away the heavy gloom in Lu Anru's heart, and agreed to the more reliable suggestion: "Okay, it's a deal."
"Well, actually I prefer An Ru to make gifts by herself."
Lu Anru's repeated confessions swayed her decision. She went home to eat the reunion dinner with the elderly and declined Lao Sheng's card game on the pretext of having homework.
He got into the house, crawled under the bed close to the ground, found a box sealed with plastic sheet and pulled it out.
Place it next to the bed and pat it, the old and old soil creates layers of mist.
Lu Anru covered her mouth and took a few steps back, fanned her hands, and coughed out the dirt that accidentally got into her nose.
He took a small step forward half a meter to let the dust repel him, and then moved backward to exit the dusty area. He lowered himself down and took out the mask and headgear from the drawer, put them on, and then returned to the 'work area'.
My eyes were so fascinated that I shed tears as I struggled to uncover all the plastic sheets. If I had known earlier, I would have left no secret area for personal treasures, and asked my aunt at home to clean everything thoroughly.
Go through photo albums and eraser boxes to find the last time you did a handiwork.
Take it out, leave the bedroom resolutely, sit on the carpet in the study room, unfold the sewing bag to reveal the colorful threads in it.
Pick out Sheng Ming's favorite colors, three strands of grey, navy blue and green, and open them up.
Concentration makes people forget time. Lu Anru kept his head bent and moved with his heart. I was so unfamiliar that I failed two of them, but I gradually became more comfortable with the third one.
boom-
The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground scared her. She looked up at the medieval antique clock from the last era hanging on the wall, and found that it was two o'clock in the middle of the night, and she had been working for almost five hours.
The pink bag that fell on the ground in the distance reminded her of something she had forgotten. The hat was still in the bag!
(End of chapter)