There were only two days until Ding Ji's birthday. After deciding what to send, Lin Wuyu had to act immediately, or he would not be able to catch up.
And in order to ensure that Ding Ji can give Ding Ji a surprise when he already knew that he would definitely give a gift, he had to do a good job of keeping secrets strictly.
"Where are you going?" Ding Ji grabbed his arm, "Aren't you going to study for a while?"
"You go," Lin Wuyu said, "I have something to do."
"Why?" Ding Ji asked, "Buy me a present?"
"Well." Lin Wuyu responded.
"I'll go too." Ding Ji said.
"... How can anyone do this?" Lin Wuyu said.
"That's how I am," Ding Ji said, "I picked my own birthday gifts since I was a child."
"Do you also let you choose gifts from your classmates?" Lin Wuyu asked.
"Are you my classmate?" Ding Ji said, "and my classmate doesn't know my birthday, so I don't celebrate my birthday with my classmate."
"I want to give you a little surprise," Lin Wuyu said, "I can't give you big surprises, but small surprises are always given."
"Don't bring the drone to me," Ding Ji said in a low voice, "that ordinary boy used it to confess to the girl, the effect was too sensational, and we were not suitable."
"If you didn't tell me, I didn't think of it at all." Lin Wuyu said.
"It's too unromantic," Ding Ji tutted, "Forget it, go, I won't follow, little surprise, you said, if you don't surprise you just wait."
Originally, Lin Wuyu didn't intend to clearly state the concept of "little surprise". If he didn't, then his attention would not be on surprise or not, but "he gave me an interesting little gift" , Now that it's so clear, the focus is all on "surprise", even if he pays attention to using the word "small".
In case there are no surprises, there are no small surprises.
Lin Wuyu felt the pressure immediately increased.
This was not the first gift he gave Ding Ji, or even the first handmade gift, but it was a birthday present, a day exclusive to Ding Ji.
As soon as he left the school gate, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Lin Zhan's number.
"Arrived?" Lin Zhan asked.
"No, I just left the school." Lin Wuyu said.
"What's wrong?" Lin Zhan asked.
"I just told you that I came out." Lin Wuyu said.
"... Don't tell me you're out, just tell me you're here." Lin Zhan said.
Lin Wuyu laughed: "I'm a little nervous."
"Don't be nervous." Lin Zhan comforted him completely meaningless.
Lin Zhan gave him an address. This is the address of Lin Zhan's studio, which is not far from the rental house. It is a commercial and residential building.
Lin Wuyu has never been to Lin Zhan's studio.
I don't know if Ding Ji has been to his brother Zhan's studio, and he probably hasn't.
He hasn't told Lin Zhan what he wants to do, but he not only wants to make a miniature book, black characters on a white background, but also some small designs.
His notebook can't be done, and Ding Ji will see it, he can only find Lin Zhan, even if Lin Zhan can't, there are people in Lin Zhan who can.
Looking for brother for ten years, with brother for one day.
…
It sounds a bit strange. Recently, the things in my mind have always been unhealthy, and I have been going astray.
Looking for brother for ten years, using brother for a while.
When Lin Wuyu arrived at the lobby of the building, he was about to use his mobile phone to see what floor the address Lin Zhan sent him was when someone called him, "Wuyu."
He turned his head: "Brother Miao?"
"Let's go," Brother Miao seemed to be waiting for him specifically, and beckoned, "Use the elevator at the back, there are too many people in the lobby."
"Well." Lin Wuyu followed him through the corridor and into the freight elevator at the back.
"Have you been here before?" Brother Miao asked.
"I haven't been here before," Lin Wuyu said, "Do you usually record videos here?"
"Yes," Brother Miao nodded, "it's a little messy, you have to be mentally prepared."
Lin Wuyu smiled.
Lin Zhan's studio is not open to the public, so there is no sign or any sign, just a black side-by-side door, and the matte door panel is very textured.
When entering the door, Lin Wuyu flicked lightly on the door panel and found that the surface was metal.
"Here." Brother Miao said as he entered the door.
Lin Wuyu followed and glanced in, but he didn't see it at first glance, but he stopped in shock.
Brother Miao and his understanding of "chaos" are probably biased.
As soon as you enter the living room, there is an exhibition hall. There is a booth in the middle, and there is a spherical miniature model. The scene is made 360 degrees in a circle, and the theme is basically futuristic.
Except for this booth, the four walls and the roof are all glass, and behind the glass are all Lin Zhan's works, big or small. Even when he looked down, he found that the floor was also glass, and below are various works that need to be looked down on...
"Come inside." A girl came out of the next room.
Lin Wuyu recognized that this was the girl Ding Ji had stuffed her phone number with that day.
"Welcome to visit your brother's studio," the girl smiled at him and stretched out her hand, "Sun Minmin, just call me Dazhuang."
"... Da Zhuang?" Lin Wuyu shook hands with her.
"It means very strong," Brother Miao gave a brief introduction from the side. "Sister Zhuang is very capable. She is the head of the studio.
"Your brother gave the name." Sun Minmin added.
"Oh." Lin Wuyu sighed with emotion, Lin Zhan's nickname is like a straight boy in elementary school.
"This room is for office use, video editing, photo editing, etc. are all here," Brother Miao continued. "The one opposite is the conference room, and two rooms are used for filming."
"Well." Lin Wuyu nodded and followed them into the room.
Lin Zhan sat on the sofa and waved at him: "Sit."
Lin Wuyu looked at the room, there was another person sitting behind the computer, he turned his head and nodded at him with a smile: "Lin Zhan said you want to make a gadget?"
"Yes," Lin Wuyu said, "a gift for a friend."
"Qin Weiyu," Brother Miao, who is probably the tour guide at work, continued, "He does all the technical work, and he can help you with anything you want to design today."
"Trouble." Lin Wuyu said.
"No trouble," Qin Weiyu waved his hand, "Let's talk about it first, what do you want to do?"
To be honest, Lin Wuyu's original intention was to make a few small pieces of paper with a little design, write something on it, and then make a small book, wear a chain as a pendant and give it to Ding Ji.
I just hope that Lin Zhan can help him do it casually, that's all it means.
As a result, it feels like all the staff in the studio are almost here. Everyone is here for a pestle, and they all stare at him. He doesn't know how to express the meaning of "I actually want to make a miniature leaflet with a pattern". .
"Just... My original idea was to make some patterns on a few pieces of paper and write the words, and then print it in a small form..." Lin Wuyu thought for a while, and followed Yu Haodong's way with his fingers, "It's so big, and then make a hole..."
"Make it into a pendant?" Lin Zhan asked.
"Yes." Lin Wuyu turned to look at him, as expected of his brother.
"How ugly is that," Lin Zhan said, "what kind of taste do you have?"
"It will be curled," Tan Weiyu said with a smile, "but I understand the meaning."
"Think of an upgraded version for him," Lin Zhan looked at Tan Weiyu, "How many pieces of metal, laser cut?"
"Okay," Qin Weiyu thought for a while, "otherwise, four pieces, each with a few words, one word is hollowed out, and the other words are filled, leaving an empty space, and then together, the hollowed out words can form a sentence Just a word... okay?"
"Okay?" Lin Zhan looked at Lin Wuyu.
"Is it a little too grand?" Lin Wuyu didn't expect this thing to suddenly become like this.
"You won't come to me if it's not solemn," Lin Zhan said, "let's start."
Fortunately, it was Tan Weiyu who actually did the work. Brother Miao and Sun Minmin didn't stay in the office and went about their own business. Otherwise, Lin Wuyu would really feel embarrassed. He would rarely be embarrassed, but if everyone was here Seeing him thinking of love words to Ding Ji, he would be really embarrassed.
"First determine the color and shape," Tan Weiyu clicked the mouse, "but there are not many to choose from. What we have now are gold, silver and black."
"Silver." Lin Wuyu said.
"Okay," Qin Weiyu nodded, "what about the shape, round, square or petal or something?"
"Fang." Lin Wuyu said.
"What do you want to write?" Tan Weiyu asked again, "It is recommended not to have too many pages, at most four pieces will suffice. If it is too thick, it will also be heavy."
"I... think about it." Lin Wuyu said.
"Is it for a girlfriend?" Tan Weiyu turned his head to look at him, "She definitely likes this."
"No." Lin Wuyu glanced at Lin Zhan.
"Boyfriend." Lin Zhan said while playing with his phone.
"Oh," Tan Weiyu replied, "is it the boy who gave Da Zhuang his phone number last time?"
"Yes." Lin Wuyu smiled.
"Children are very interesting," Tan Weiyu clicked the mouse, "You should think about four words first, I will determine the position of these words first, and you will think about the rest later."
"Chicken raising manual." Lin Wuyu said.
Qin Weiyu and Lin Zhan were both stunned and looked up at him together.
"That's it." Lin Wuyu was sure.
"Is Ding Ji's nickname a chick?" Lin Zhan smiled.
"No," Lin Wuyu said, "he wouldn't let people call him that."
"You owe it," Lin Zhan said. "Just do as he did, Chicken Raising Handbook."
"Okay." Qin Weiyu replied with a smile.
Ding Ji was lying on the table in the classroom, with a book in front of him, and stopped after turning a few pages. Compared with the people around him who were immersed in studying, he was a model of messing around.
He usually doesn't do this. After all, when Lin Wuyu sits next to him, he can calm down and read a book. Although he will be distracted after a few minutes, he will not be distracted the whole time like he is now.
It wasn't until Li Ruichen sat next to him holding the book that he pulled back his thoughts that were floating in an unknown valley, and turned his head to look at Li Ruichen.
"Lin Wuyu didn't come?" Li Ruichen asked in a low voice.
"Yeah." Ding Ji responded.
"No wonder you are falling asleep." Li Ruichen smiled and opened the book.
Ding Ji didn't speak.
"What color do you like?" Li Ruichen asked.
"Huh?" Ding Ji was stunned.
"Tell me your favorite color." Li Ruichen said.
"Black." Ding Ji said.
"Okay." Li Ruichen nodded.
Ding Ji estimated that he was going to prepare a birthday present for himself, and suddenly felt that his attitude was a little too indifferent at first, and then thinking about Li Ruichen's rounding up the two of them several times, he felt a little sorry.
Just when he was about to say something, Li Ruichen whispered again: "Is it because of Lin Wuyu? My clothes and pencil cases are all black, but yours has a lot of colors."
Although Ding Ji didn't know what he wanted to say just now, he didn't want to say anything now.
Li Ruichen is still a thief.
"I'll tell you a fortune." Ding Ji looked at him.
"Okay," Li Ruichen smiled, "I heard that you are very good."
"It's pretty accurate," Ding Ji patted Lu Le on the shoulder in front, "Give me a few toothpicks."
The treasure chest Lu Le immediately took out a packet of toothpicks from his pocket and handed it to him: "Are you stuck in your teeth?"
"I'm stuck." Ding Ji said.
Lu Le was stunned for two seconds, then turned around and continued to read.
"Do you have any opinion on me?" Li Ruichen smiled.
"Don't worry," Ding Ji took out three toothpicks and broke them, then started throwing them on the table, "I never express my opinion."
Li Ruichen looked at him and said nothing.
After throwing for a few rounds, Ding Ji drew a few times on the paper with a pen.
He wasn't really calculating, he was just putting on a pretense that no matter what he was calculating, what he had to say would not change.
"Big cross hexagram, big fierce." Ding Ji said.
"What do you mean?" Li Ruichen asked.
"Have self-knowledge," Ding Ji looked at him, "be cautious in everything, be cautious in your words and deeds, and don't have delusional thoughts, it will be futile."
Li Ruichen didn't speak, and after looking at him for a while, he smiled.
"There is still a solution," Ding Ji said, "Do you want to listen?"
"You said." Li Ruichen nodded.
"There are better ones to come," Ding Ji said. "Be patient and wait."
Li Ruichen laughed, lowered his head and laughed for a long time before turning back to look at him: "I actually..."
"I don't care if you actually have any thoughts about Lin Wuyu, what thoughts you have, whether you want to do something, or whether you plan to do something," Ding Ji suppressed his voice, "I'll tell you, don't cross the border."
"...I see." Li Ruichen said.
"You better know." Ding Ji said.
Li Ruichen smiled: "I really know, I will pay attention."
"It's not attention," Ding Ji said, "it's to put our position right. We are classmates, roommates, and friends. I thank you for helping to cover a few times before, but we can't be 'needs attention' to keep going. relationship, understand?"
"Understood," Li Ruichen looked at him, "this is the first time I see you like this."
"You poked my switch." Ding Ji said.
"Is that right?" Lin Wuyu stood in front of the laser engraving machine and used the technique he learned in half an hour to cut a piece from a thin piece of silver metal.
"Yes." Lin Zhan nodded while leaning against the table next to him.
"Is it fun?" Qin Weiyu asked.
"It's very interesting," Lin Wuyu said, "this lettering is simple."
"You can bring anything you want to carve," said Tan Weiyu, "it's very simple, just set it up, you don't need to do it."
"The thermos cup," Lin Wuyu said, "engraved for the purpose of the school god."
"It can also be used for raising chickens," said Tan Weiyu.
"Yes." Lin Wuyu nodded.
"Can you two do the right thing?" Lin Zhan said.
"Come on," Qin Weiyu pushed him in front of the computer, "finally determine the position of the characters, and the patterns, make sure you do everything yourself."
"Okay." Lin Wuyu said.
Lin Wuyu originally thought that according to Tan Weiyu's idea, the hollowed-out characters on the four pieces of metal could be used in a similar way to a hidden poem.
But it is very difficult to realize this idea. He does not have such a high literary accomplishment and can come up with such a thing in such a short time.
Lin Zhan also found a hidden poem generator for him, and used the "Chicken Raising Handbook" to generate it together.
"While raising the clumsy, the chicken halberd followed the ceremony, holding a white feather fan, and the book contained battles." Lin Wuyu almost couldn't even read it smoothly, "This is a random sentence taken from a poem in Curry..."
"Forget it." Lin Zhan said.
"Forget it." Lin Wuyu said.
So there is still a hollow character on each metal page. Except for the "chicken" page, the other three pages are fine.
Due to the size of the chicken raising content on each page, there is no way to write too much, just a few words.
But these few words also cost Lin Wuyu a lot of thought.
In the end, he sat in front of the computer to operate it himself, and then watched the machine engraving, and made four small silver pages.
A small square with holes in the upper left corner, which can be linked with chains. When they are put together, you can see the four characters on the four corners. When the pieces are staggered, there are several words in the middle of each piece. , which he wrote in the laughter that Qin Weiyu forcibly endured.
I hope Ding Ji can be satisfied.
"Let me find a box for you," Sun Minmin looked at the small pendant that was already a finished product. "It's quite delicate. Is the pattern around it a little dragon?"
"Yes." Lin Wuyu nodded, "It belongs to the dragon."
"Did you draw it?" Sun Minmin asked again.
"What about your brain," Lin Zhan said, "can he find me if he can draw it?"
"Yes." Sun Minmin smiled happily for a long time, "Oh, I'll go find a box for you."
After tossing about this gift, it took several hours, and Brother Miao drove him to the school gate when he got home.
After getting out of the car, he took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and found that Ding Ji had never contacted him, so he was very calm.
Just as he was about to send Ding Ji a message to ask him if he wanted to come out for a late-night snack, a call suddenly came in from his cell phone, it was Dad.
Lin Wuyu stood there for a while, feeling his scalp numb, and finally he clicked on the screen and hung up the phone.
Then put the phone on silent and called Ding Ji.
"Yo." Ding Ji answered the phone, his voice a little lazy, "I finally remembered me."
"Did you come down for a late night snack, brother chicken?" Lin Wuyu asked.
"No supper," Ding Ji said, "but I can go down and have supper with you."
"Come on." Lin Wuyu hung up the phone with a smile.
Then he put the phone in his pocket, he wasn't sure if Dad would call again, but he didn't want to answer the phone or hear Dad's voice that made him feel down.