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This little girl who is obsessed with craftsman skills often forgets to eat as soon as she starts working. Under Vulcan's suggestion, Shen Cangye acted as her part-time nanny.

After all, as the master, Vulcan couldn't move this [-]% focused apprentice at all.

During this time, Shen Cangye had nothing to do.

I usually sit in my room and revise my thesis, and when I arrive at midnight, I will go to the workshop and Maria to eat together, and remind her to go to bed at night.

When Maria was free, the two would sit and chat in the workshop.

The golden little pony always beams and tells him how he is doing today, and what amazing ideas he has.

Although Shen Cangye couldn't understand the proper nouns she spoke of.

Sometimes, Shen Cangye would sit on the side of the workshop and quietly watch her blacksmithing.

He likes it.

When people focus on and love a career deeply, their hearts will gradually become stronger.

He is very pleased that Maria has found her own career.

Maria's crazy blacksmithing operation lasted for seven or eight days.

Shen Cangye came to the workshop again at ten o'clock in the evening to remind Maria that when she was about to call it a day and go back to sleep, she only saw Vulcan packing her things.

Vulcan told him that Maria had gone back an hour ago.

——Probably go back to rest?

Shen Cangye thought about it, and went back to his room.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, he was about to go to bed, but he heard a small voice outside the door, "Doctor Shen, are you there? Are you asleep?"

789. The best gift

Shen Cangye looked at the time.

It was almost midnight.

What is the youngest daughter of the Linguang family looking for him for?

Shen Cangye opened the door, and the golden pony stood outside the door, looking at him playfully.

"Hi!" Sister Xiaguang smiled energetically.

"You haven't slept yet?" Shen Cangye turned sideways and let her into the room.

Maria quietly watched him close the door of the room, and took out a pink box from behind with some coyness, "This is for you."

"What is this?" Shen Cangye saw that it was a long and thin box tied with a bow.

"Open it and have a look." Maria said with a blushing face, "You'll know when you take a look."

Shen Cangye untied the bow and opened the box to have a look.

Inside was a short knife, with a wooden handle and a leather scabbard, exquisite in appearance, feel, and taste.

"A few days ago, during the carnival, I heard you say that the knife I made in the forging competition was handed over to the Craftsman Association. It was a pity, so I made a new one for you, also using the Damascus forging method. But this There is plenty of time this time, and this one is much better than the last one."

Maria wrung her fingers and watched his expression while talking.

Shen Cangye pulled the dagger out of its sheath.

The moment he saw the blade, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

--beautiful.

On the blade of the short knife, forging patterns spread out along one direction to both sides.

This astonishing wrought pattern is like a barnade on a feather, growing along the rachis towards both sides, resembling a natural feather, and the lines are lifelike and natural.

Shen Cangye listened to the discussions of the craftsmen in the workshop. In order to present the most perfect pattern effect, the feather-patterned Damascus sometimes would not hesitate to spend [-]% or even [-]% of the original steel material to make it.

From the process point of view, the forging method of the feather pattern is open.

However, the threshold for feather patterns is extremely high, requiring all the lines to be closely connected to the axis and the tip of the knife without loosening.

Feather Damascus remains by far one of the most difficult Damascus patterns to forge.

In addition to the appearance, various forged materials are blended together in the blade like noodles, so that it not only has beautiful patterns, but also has high strength and hardness.

Shen Cangye stroked the blade lightly, the axis of the feathers was on the spine of the blade, and the silky feathers radiated outward from the center line of the blade, the ridges were clear and delicate, elegant and ethereal.

"How many layers...?" Shen Cangye pondered for a long time, and could only ask one basic question.

Everyone knows that the more forging layers of Damascus steel, the more complicated the process, and the sharper and stronger the finished knife.

Maria counted on her fingers for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Four layers... er, cut four layers... and cut six sections... and then... um, the total count should be 2000 two hundred and eighty The tenth floor."

When this number was mentioned, Shen Cangye was taken aback.

He knows how time-consuming the Damascus forging method is, and he also knows that the forging difficulty of this pattern is the highest among all patterned steels.

This small short knife will take so much effort from her!

No wonder Maria forgets to eat and sleep every day.

It turned out...it was all for this one gift.

"Do you like it?" Maria asked expectantly.

Shen Cangye smiled and said, "Of course I like it, I really like it."

"As long as you like it." The golden little pony happily jumped onto his bed, hugged his pillow, and warned, "You have to treat it well."

"Of course, I will definitely cherish it." Shen Cangye put the short knife back into the box, "Well, such a beautiful knife can only be used for viewing, not for chopping."

"I need it too!" Maria hurriedly said, "When you see it, you will think of me, right?"

"Yes." Shen Cangye admired the short knife in his hand carefully, and felt a little funny, "Maria, why do you use a pink box for this knife? I thought you were going to give me some hairpin something like that."

"Why did I give you a hairpin!" Sister Xia Guang smiled embarrassedly, "Because I finished it today, I realized that there is no packaging box, how can the gift be unwrapped! So I hurried out to buy it, but went It's late, the shops are closed, I only bought this one, sorry..."

"Why are you sorry for me?" Shen Cangye just laughed.

Xiao Linguang looked at him blankly, "Uh... a box?"

Shen Cangye scratched her little nose, "Silly girl, what is there to be sorry about, you just like to apologize indiscriminately. Don't be so cautious, even if you just give me an iron, I would like it, let alone I am so happy for such a precious work.”

"Really?" Maria was very excited, and hugged his pillow tightly with a smile, "You will be the happiest if you like me!"

Shen Cangye carefully put the short knife away, and sat beside Maria.

"Are you still not sleepy?" Shen Cangye asked.

Maria said embarrassingly, "I ran out to buy boxes in a hurry just now, and then rushed back to take a shower to find you. Now I'm not sleepy at all."

Shen Cangye rubbed the top of her hair and messed up her blond hair, "What are you in such a hurry for? You can give it to me tomorrow."

"No, I want to see you receiving gifts sooner!" Maria said excitedly.

After a pause of two seconds, she lowered her head again, "Uh, am I being selfish like this? After all, it's so late..."

"It's okay, I haven't slept yet." Shen Cangye smiled and said, "Since you are not sleepy yet, let's talk until you are sleepy."

"Then, is it okay for me to sleep here tonight?" Maria asked in a low voice.

"Ok?"

"Uh, uh... nothing..."

The two sat side by side on the head of the bed, the golden pony leaning on his shoulder.

"You are so good at forging now, I'm really curious, what was it like when you first started learning? Will you be burned by metal, or will you cry because of failure?" Shen Cangye said.

"Yes, yes, I also made a lot of mistakes at the beginning, and I was very frustrated." Maria said.

"Really?" Shen Cangye raised his eyebrows, feeling a little distressed, "What happened next?"

The Kuranta girl held his arm and said: I feel very proud when I see others holding the weapons I made and wearing the armor I made, so I persisted like this.That day... During the forging competition that day, seeing you holding the weapon I forged, I was suddenly so happy, thinking about the competition, it didn't matter anymore. "

"It's a pity that that good knife was wasted by the Craftsman Association." Shen Cangye looked up at the ceiling.

Maria said angrily, "You still throw away such a good knife!"

"I can't win without throwing!" Shen Cangye said seriously.

"I don't believe you!" Maria snorted and fell into his arms happily.

She looked up at him, and said, "What about you? I also want to know, what was it like before you became such a powerful doctor?"

"I'm not a very good doctor now, I can only say that I don't make mistakes in my work and try my best." Shen Cangye said with a smile, "I was really passionate when I just graduated, and I wanted to save everyone. For a patient, things turned out to be counterproductive, and what I saw more was the powerlessness of modern medicine. So many times, I squatted in the corridor after work and cried secretly."

"Will you cry too?" Xiao Linguang blinked his big watery eyes and looked at him curiously.

"When I just graduated, there were several critically ill patients. I did everything I could, but none of them prevented their condition from deteriorating. The patients died, and I couldn't prevent the god of death from taking them away. At that time, I really felt myself Feeling helpless, I feel very sad." Shen Cangye murmured, "Ah, it happened a long time ago..."

"Oh..." Maria responded.

She lowered her head, suddenly, great regret surged from the bottom of her heart, almost swallowing her.

Yeah, he was that good when she met him.

She regrets a period of time.

She had never seen him grow from an immature child to a handsome young man.

What was he like back then? ——Always optimistic, always firm and sincere, never give up ideals and hopes?

Later, she also completely missed the stage when he grew from a handsome boy to a man.

He used to be high-spirited, maybe even confused, but in the end he became what he is now with the passage of time.

Thinking of those images floating in the streamer, Kuranta girl felt inexplicably lost.

She hopes to know him from birth, childhood sweetheart, and grow up with him without missing a minute.

After Shen Cangye finished speaking, he didn't hear Xiao Linguang's reply for a long time, so he freed his hand and scratched her ear, "What are you thinking?"

Maria hesitated for a while, then whispered: "I really want to, we have known each other since we were young, and you are my big brother next door. I lived next door to your house when I was young, and you took me home for dinner, and I also asked Zuo Aunt Feiya and the others introduced you. No one dared to bully me with you at school. After school, we finished our homework together and played together. You told me stories, and I gave you sweets. You go to college, and I I also study in the schools around you, and on weekends, we go to inaccessible places and go crazy together. When you graduate and work, I will move in with you and tell you every day, I love you."

Shen Cangye couldn't help laughing, pulled the girl's body into his arms, kissed her forehead and cheek, "I can also be your brother next door now."

Maria narrowed her eyes and smiled again.

She suddenly thought again, if they had been together since childhood, it seemed useless.

When she was a child, she was tightly controlled by her aunt and sister, and she grew up under the watchful eye of several old craftsmen, so she probably never even had the chance to play with him.

When she grows up, she is just an ordinary child in school, and he is so absorbed in his studies that he probably won't notice her.

Later, her sister left Kasimir, and Linguang's family fell into decline. She was confused and didn't know her direction.

At that time, he had already made his debut in college, and they probably wouldn't get together at that time...

Until she participated in the knight competition and gradually felt powerless, he suddenly appeared, like a close friend, like a mentor, accompanying her through the most confused road.

Maria thought again, she didn't miss anything, and they didn't miss anything, and when they met the right person at the right time, everything was just right.

However, I still feel regretful... I regret that it took me 20 years to meet him.

"Maria, Maria." Shen Cangye called her name, "Don't think too much, the most important thing is that we are together now, isn't it? Everything in the past has shaped you and me now, Then we meet at this time, isn't it great?"

His hand gently ran down her long hair, and fell on her shoulder again.

"I..." The golden Kuranta clenched her fists and looked up at him.

People who once imagined with their eyes closed are now in front of them with their eyes open.

She felt her heart beating violently, a little flustered, a little shy, and looking forward to it, as if thousands of complex emotions emerged in an instant.

The kiss came naturally.

Gently kissing, as if reunited after a long absence, as if they want to collide with the unspoken love words to their heart's content.

The feelings that cannot be expressed in words can be expressed with the body, moving with the heart and letting the rationality leave.

Every small kiss seems to make people get drunk, like drinking spring mash.

I hope that time will stand still, so what's the fear of the old stone breaking the sky and moving the stars?

Shen Cangye heard vague murmurs, small and soft calls.

"Brother Cang Ye, brother..."

The call was soft and crisp.