[Infrastructure] Rose kissed Barcelona

Antonio turned to make coffee, so Joey decided to kill some time first.

She stood up and looked around the workbench.

I have to say that although this unique design always makes her think of her tragic aunt and grandmother, Queen Mary, it is really convenient.

After looking at it with disgust for a long time, she pulled out a large black wallet from under a pair of overlapping scales and protractors.The wallet has been scuffed brightly and seems to be one of the most used items here.

Open the wallet, inside is a stack of drawings held together with strong iron clips.The first one is her portrait - the one he stole yesterday.

Joey continued to scroll down without any surprise.After flipping through a few sheets, the expression became a little weird.

The rest is school work.

After thinking about it, she carefully pinched the end of the clip and released the clip, took out the drawing, and opened the portrait.

The picture below shows a round window covered with ivy.It was marked "Professor Julio's homework on September 9th: windows of private houses."

The window design is chic, with hollow carvings like a double rose.

But the author is obviously more interested in depicting the verdant ivy—every stroke of the ivy is carefully drawn, but the window is a sketch that has not been wiped clean.

Joey's gaze fell directly above the drawing.There was a deeply indented rust-red thin mark, which fit the iron clip just right.

She looked at the portrait again.There is also a dent on the upper edge of the paper, but it is much lighter than the mark on the first work draft, and there is no red rust.

"Do you want to add milk and sugar?" Antonio's voice suddenly came from behind.

Joey shook his hands in fright, and guiltily stuffed the drawing into the portfolio, then turned around: "Well, just a little. Thank you!"

"Okay." Antonio turned around and left without the slightest doubt.

A false alarm.

Joey breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly felt a little annoyed—what was she nervous about?I'm afraid that the old problem of not embarrassing others will be committed again.

She thought for a while and raised her head, and soon found what she was looking for.

There are two beige mottled marks on the wall to the right of the window. It looks like a piece of tape was pasted and then torn off, peeling off a thin layer of wall covering.

Oh hoo.She seemed to know why someone wanted to come in first just now.

It's obviously not a big deal, but I still want to sneak around.It's a little cute.She made another note in her master's small notebook of unofficial history.

Joey smiled, and quickly put the drawings back in the original order.The picture clip was put back to its original position accurately, and then the scale and protractor that were stacked on it were restored to their original state with a strong sense of ritual.

Then, her eyes moved to the messy wire, and her eyes lit up.

When the owner of the studio came over with two cups of coffee in his hands, he saw the girl sitting in the sun with her head bowed and fiddling with the wire.The thick eyelashes cast shadows on the lilac eyes, which look like normal gray-blue eyes if you don't look carefully.

She dug out a small space on his messy desktop, and between her slender and white fingers, the shiny wire danced deftly as it reflected the sunlight, as if she were weaving stars.

"What are you doing?" Antonio pushed a cup of coffee in front of Joey.

"Do a little experiment. Bend the wire a few times to clamp the paper."

"Huh?" Antonio leaned over curiously, and saw Joey bend the front end of a short piece of wire into a long and thin oval shape, and wrap the back end around it to form a larger oval shape.

"It seems to be interesting. You can apply for a patent if you make it."

"Patent?" Joey suddenly raised his head, "Is it possible to apply for a patent now?"

She thought it was something very modern.

"It's always possible." Antonio was a little confused.

For a long time before that, people used nails to nail paper together, and if they were not careful, they would poke a hole in their hands.It was not until a few years ago that stationery stores began to sell iron clips, and a small box could only be bought for ten pesetas, which was ridiculously expensive because of the patent fee.

Very good.Joey was so excited.Patent fees should be able to solve her urgent needs.

"Try it, can it be clamped like this?" She picked up a simple small wire oval, "Find a few pieces of paper and try it out."

She always felt that something was wrong with this shape.It is obviously something that is so common, but how to do it by yourself, it seems like I have lost my memory.Is the paper clip two turns or three turns?

Close the book Ma Meimei, alas.Goldfish memory is terrible.

"I'll find some paper." Antonio stood up.

Joey's heart moved.She pointed to the picture folder that she put back with her own hands just now, and asked solemnly: "There seems to be paper here?"

"It's all been drawn." Antonio took out a few sheets of paper from the crack of the cabinet and handed them to Joey.

Joey pretended to be surprised: "Have you drawn it? Is that your portfolio? Can I take a look at it later?"

Antonio didn't blush and said: "Please do it. It's my homework for the first few semesters. By the way, I put your portrait in it yesterday."

Joey smiled obediently and said, "I'm very honored."

It can really pretend.If she hadn't discovered the clues wittily, she wouldn't have noticed anything unusual.

Look at the portfolio, but first use paper to experiment with this humble paper clip.

Antonio leaned over to look, "So that's it! The middle circle of iron wire can fix the paper in the middle with the outer circle of iron wire, propping it up to form an included angle. But you can't put too much paper."

Joey got a little excited.Although I always feel that the paper clips I made are a little different from the ones I remember, but they can be used.

It's just that, seeing a lot of highly mature paper clip designs, I feel a little obsessive-compulsive when I look at this, and I really want to make it exactly as I remember.Where is the difference?

"Actually, maybe you don't need three laps?" Antonio suddenly reached out and tapped on the wire ellipse in the middle, "One lap inside and one lap outside is fine. The extra lap doesn't seem to be of much use. Nope. Things should be removed.”

As he said that, he also stretched out his hand to pinch one end from the coil of wire, cut off a short section with pliers, and made a demonstration model after three times, five times and two divisions, "That's it. Of course, it should be improved."

He smiled and put the elf, which was shining with silver and white luster, into Joey's palm.

Joey was stunned.

This is it!A paper clip of her memory!

A big guy is a big guy.It was not her heart that was beating in her chest at this moment, but the lemon of her soul.

No no no, I want to open it up.The boss is now in your hands.And you are Party A!

Joey comforted himself.

"Do you know about applying for a patent? Let's apply for one together?" She warmly invited.

"You apply. I don't need it." Antonio cut another piece of wire to make a new paper clip, trying to make a little improvement.

"There will be patent fees! Are you sure you don't want it?" Joey was surprised.

"trouble."

Antonio tried to pinch the innermost wire into a sharp point, then shook his head and restored it to a round head. He frowned and said, "It still needs to be broken manually, which is not convenient enough."

Joey couldn't control the corners of his mouth that rose wildly.Just work and don't eat grass, what kind of fairy little fat sheep is this!

She leaned over, "If you want to make it easier to stuff the paper in, you can..."

"Three-dimensional space!" Antonio said suddenly, "like the imagination of architecture."

As soon as he raised his hand, he bent the innermost circle of wire outward at an angle.Perfect.

In this way, the inner ring that is used to fix the front of the paper at the innermost side is not on the same plane as the outer ring.The raised round head forms another angle, which is just enough to allow the paper to slide in smoothly without forcing the paper into the slit between the inner and outer rings.

Joey silently withdrew his original intention of making suggestions, and sat back on the stool.

The boss is like a skyrocket, as long as she ignites the first fuse, he can blow up fireworks all by himself.People are really different.

She took a sip of coffee, took out Antonio's homework from under the overlapping scales and protractors again, and began to carefully look through the drawings with the sacred mentality of learning ancient books.

In fact, most of the drawings are very sloppy. It can be seen that the author is either impatient or has serious procrastination, and they are drawn in a hurry.

But flipping through, the bold ideas and lines made Joey reconfirm—this is definitely the young version of the master.

She even saw a design similar to the deep-sea patio of Casa Batllo—the assignment was given full marks by Professor Julio.

great.Although she thought it was unlikely, she was really worried that she might have brought back a fake product.

Joey sat up straighter and straighter unconsciously, and even wanted to kneel and watch.

She took a sip of her coffee, turned to the next one, suddenly frowned suspiciously, and couldn't help but take a closer look.

A note was pasted on the painting: "Professor Dago's homework on December 12th", with the subject of the homework written underneath.

This sketch depicts the coronation of the queen, with the archbishop raising the crown aloft to crown the queen kneeling on the steps of the altar.

From the dazzling crown of the archbishop, the gorgeous robes woven with exquisite patterns of gold and silver threads, to the different looks of the many nobles, ministers and clergymen who are watching, they are all vividly depicted.

Even the rose window behind the crowd was painted with brilliant colors, which reminded her of the dreamy scene she had witnessed in the Sagrada Familia.

Joey couldn't help but said, "Antonio, I have a question."

Antonio continued to study the paper clip: "What?"

"Why on December 12, Professor Dago's assignment request was 'Design of the steps under the altar of Seville Cathedral', but you drew this—"

"Coronation ceremony?"

Without raising his head, Antonio said as a matter of course, "Those are the steps of the church, not just any other steps. How can the steps be perfectly integrated into the overall structure without drawing the overall layout?"

This cannot be said without reason.But, "then why are there so many people drawn?"

The most incredible thing is to draw the queen's coronation ceremony!

"To set the mood." An understatement.

Joey: "..." Okay.

She continued to flip backwards.After flipping through a few pictures, I couldn't help showing the expression of the subway old man's mobile phone to the picture of "Professor Dago's homework on March 3".

"...Then why did you remove all the other parts and hand in the step part in the homework on March 3?"

"Ah, you asked the same question as Professor Dago," Antonio finally raised his head.He hooked the corners of his lips, a natural smile.

"Because the queen has abdicated."

Joey: "..."

She couldn't help reaching for the coffee and taking a sip to hide the twitching corners of her mouth.She suddenly developed deep sympathy and admiration for Professor Dago.

If she were the professor of this course, Joey thought, she would probably sit up in a dying state of shock, and then slap zeros on his face.Compared to her, Professor Dago seems to be very gentle.Sure enough, he is the headmaster.

This is not acceptable.Although the boss is talented, school education is still the cornerstone of success.

She deeply felt that there was a long way to go to save the lost boy.

Joey asked Antonio to tell her about several interesting designs in the portfolio, and then invited him to take a look at his house first to prepare for the formal remodeling.

"No problem," Antonio said, "I can do it now."

This apartment building is on the north side of the Laval district, the streets are narrow and carriages cannot pass through.You have to go down an alley to get to Glass Street to find the carriage.

Joey walked all the way with great interest and looked around. The small shop on the side of the road was selling honey in a variety of colors from golden yellow to orange red. The owner arranged them in color gradients very emotionally, and the colors were harmonious and beautiful.Even the fruit shop has arranged rainbow-colored stalls according to the color, which is very exciting.

This is really a sentimental city, no wonder there are several masters in the field of art.She remembered that Picasso was also from Barcelona, ​​right?

At noon, the Spaniards were taking a nap, and there were very few pedestrians on the street.The two turned into a small alley with no one there.

At this moment, Joey heard a very slight "click".

She didn't know what the sound was, but a certain familiar anxiety suddenly made her hair stand on end, and she turned her head subconsciously.

The young man beside her raised his hand, pressed the hat on her head, and said in a low voice, "Don't look back."

Joey was shocked, and subconsciously leaned towards him.

She remembered - that "click" sound, she had heard it in the movie.

It was the sound of the safety of the gun being pulled.

At some point, the daylight was completely blocked by the buildings and walls on both sides.A cold wind passed through the alley, and the dense wisteria on the balconies of the buildings on both sides cast tentacled shadows, swaying slowly, but silently.

The boy's calm voice whispered in her ears: "The person who followed you yesterday is right behind."