Now I have it too.
Ye Miao,
can I
have this sketch please?
Ye...
This one is not good.
Shen Zhen,
let me draw you another one,
a better one.
Shen Zhen,
just find the posture that you feel most comfortable with,
I'll draw you another sketch,
a much better one.
Come on.
Since when did those two get along so well?
Drawing a portrait.
I smell scheme.
Xia Ruining is not answering.
Is she asleep?
Lu Huahua.
You asked me to come, what is it?
I'd like to apologize to you properly.
Alright then,
go over there.
Alright.
Uncle Yan,
the blue aid foundation is indeed the
art foundation that my family had major investment in.
It handles substantial amount of ancient paintings and artifacts,
that's why it needs that many restorer.
Ye Lin,
do you know why I brought uncle Yan
this nail clipper?
No.
Restoring ancient paintings requires a lot of mineral materials,
it wasn't that easy to make as one might think.
Like powdered gold coating,
you have to hammer down the gold into gold foil,
then grind the gold foil by hand
into powder that light enough
to float in the air.
That's why uncle Yan always trims his nails
before making powdered gold coating.
He wouldn't eat or drink
or leave the house,
in order to reduce the wastage of gold during the process.
Ruining, I hear you and I understand,
but...
But this skill is not that profitable,
besides, there aren't many people have the patience to learn it.
Uncle Yan had only one apprentice over the years,
and then he was poached
by your blue aid foundation.
It's like stole a piece of uncle Yan's soul.
It's just immoral.
Different people have different aspirations.
I wouldn't stop him.
It's just,
my skills will have no one to pass it on to.
Right, uncle Yan.
Different people have different aspirations,
you can't help it.
But your frustration is with him,
you take it out on the blue aid foundation
and this young man here
who came in good faith for your pigments,
where's the logic in this?
Let me walk you through it, uncle Yan.
Your apprentice left for a hefty paycheck,
he was the one put money first,
it's not the blue aid foundation's fault.
They're running a business,
they're not obligated to ask the people they're hiring
that how many family members they had
or did they have mentors, right?
Besides,
the skills you've practiced for so long,
wouldn't you want someone to pass it on?
So many ancient paintings,
you can't provide for their restoration all by yourself.
If the blue aid foundation can help,
wouldn't that be nice?
You can't be this selfish.
I'm selfish?
How, how am I selfish?
You're not?
You refuse to help because of personal grudges.
What if the person who asks for help
is planning on restoring a national treasure?
Then it will be ruined.
You'll make yourself a sinner.
A national sinner.
You little brat...
You...
I'd say we have a solution.
If you ask me,
your apprentice must haven't been
learning too much with his attitude these years.
Or Ye Lin wouldn't have asked you for help.
If he's gone, he's gone. Doesn't matter.
If you need assistance,
there are a lot in the blue aid foundation.
He can assign people working for you,
doing things like grind stones.
If someone turns out to be
really interested in the trade,
and meets your standards,
you can totally be their mentor,
right?
Right, uncle Yan.
As long as you want.
Kid,
now I get it.
You're not here to help me,
you're here to push my buttons.
I wouldn't dare to.
I was just making a good suggestion
because I know what a generous master you are.
Alright.
Uncle Yan,
you agreed.
I'm making the call at once.
Wait.
Who are you going to call?
I'm calling the foundation, have them sending people over.
Not that easy.
Uncle Yan,
what else do you want?
His family poached my apprentice, made me hurt.
I'm gonna make them suffer a little.
You want turquoise pigment, right?
It made from these ores.
Take them home, grind them yourself.
You can borrow my tools.
Bring them back to me after you're done.
No wonder you're the great master.
Ye Miao,
thank you.
Don't mention it.
Ruining,
I can't thank you enough for today.
You're so welcome.
Ye Lin,
I offered to help willingly.
If you hadn't come here with me,
I'd have made another attempt in vain.
Let's go,
we should get back.
What's wrong?
Seems
I got a flat tire.
I'll go ask uncle Yan if he has a pump.
He, he doesn't.
What?
I'm sure he doesn't have a pump.
He doesn't even own a bike,
how could he have a pump?
He doesn't have one.
I'm sure he doesn't.
So I should ask his neighbors?
No, no, no.
It's late, it's kinda inappropriate.
Right, inappropriate.
So,
what do you say?
I think we should walk the bike home.
It's not too far anyway.
And,
the moonlight is so beautiful tonight.
It's good to walk. Exercise is good for us.
So that's what happened.
But how much money could you make
posing as a bronze man?
It's not much.
But I could work several jobs.
I could make enough for
months worth of living expenses during the summer vacation.
Lu Huahua.
It was my bad the other day.
I was gonna warn you
before you sat down then.
But everything happened too fast,
I didn't get a chance to...
OK,
I believe you.
And I forgive you.
Thank you.
You worked those many jobs
for tuition and living expenses.
Chen Mo,
I admire you.
Why did you choose to study in cultural relics and museums?
Was that what Ms. Ning Mo wanted?
Not entirely.
I grew up seeing these things
and I love it.
Then I submitted my college preference here.
Although my grades aren't exactly that great,
but I can work on it.
I can't make my parents look bad any way,
right?
Ruining,
I think you're really smart.
Take tonight at uncle Yan's house for example,
you drew inferences from one instance
almost immediately,
found the core issue of everything,
and came up with a solution.
Really?
No, wait,
Ye Lin,
could you say it again?
From the beginning?
I'll get it on tape.
It's so dark.
How can it be this dark in a moment this important?
So not cool.
I can't give you the moonlight,
how about
this light?
Hello?
Huahua,
I'm outside.
You need me for something?
You're being so gentle,
what's wrong with you?
Are you high?
Where are you exactly?
Oh my god!
How audacious of you
daring to go outside the camp at this hour!
No wonder I saw Ye Miao drawing a portrait for Shen Zhen.
It was your idea!
To keep Shen Zhen occupied.
You're brilliant!
See you tomorrow.
Chen Mo,
let's go.
It's almost time for lights-out.
OK.
Is Xia Ruining your best friend?
Yeah.
But she's been making me worried,
causing trouble all day long.
Hello?
Ye Miao,
come to the fence,
pick Xia Ruining up.
I got a bike,
I have to go through the front gate.
OK, I got it.
Shen Zhen,
Actually, I wanted to sketch because...
It's alright.
If I were you,
I wouldn't be able to turn her down either.
After all,
she's a princess.
You don't need me for anything else, right?
Good night.
Shen Zhen.
Don't worry,
I won't tell on her.