Chapter 17 People live for a lifetime, and they must leave something behind
The phone rings,
"Hey, Professor!"
"Is the vacation still enjoyable?" THE PROFESSOR'S VOICE CAME, AND MAY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO SUMMON HER BACK, BUT THE EXPERIMENT HAD JUST BEGUN.
"Uh, it's okay, hehe.
Is there a mission? MAY SAID ON HIS LIPS, BUT HE KEPT SILENTLY IN HIS HEART,
"God, help, wait a few more days, why don't you let me finish this experiment, otherwise, some people will think that I can't do it, so I run away, it will be too shameless." ’
"It's hard to take a vacation, so let's play a few more days. There are other people here, you don't have to rush back, if there is any arrangement, you will not be too late to come back. The professor said softly.
"Oh yes, that's great." MAY MADE A HAPPY GESTURE.
"Okay, Professor, then I'll get on with my sunny sand."
"And the waves and the cactus!"
"Hahaha!"
"Hahaha!"
MAY AND THE PROFESSOR LAUGHED HAPPILY.
HANGING UP, MAY THREW HIMSELF BACK INTO THE EXPERIMENT. The professor poured a glass of wine and sat down on the large buckskin sofa, the corners of his mouth twitching upward, revealing a white slit, which was an unexpected surprise.
THREE DAYS LATER, MAY LOOKED AT THE PALE YELLOW FLAKE SOLID IN THE BOTTLE AND LET OUT A SIGH OF RELIEF,
"It's finally done! This is essential for the conservation of the murals. ”
WHILE OBSERVING HER RESULTS, MAY THINK OF NIE YUANBIN'S SURPRISED EXPRESSION WHEN HE SAW THE RESULTS,
"Maybe his mouth will be as big as a basketball!" THE MORE HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THE MORE HE GOT INTO THE PLAY, AND THE LAUGHTER CAME OUT OF THE LABORATORY.
"Did you win the lottery, laughing like a goose."
Nie Yuanbin pushed the door in.
"Yo roar, it's okay, Team Nie, you still know the latest Internet terms, and you usually watch gossip news." MAY HALF SMILED AND HALF DIDN'T SMILE, TEASING NIE YUANBIN IN A SWEET AND SOUR TONE.
"What era is this, don't you go online?"
Nie Yuanbin found a chair and sat down, Erlang's legs were bent, his waist was very straight, it could be seen that he was used to sitting in this position, and everything was the most comfortable and natural way.
"It's dog-like, and it's quite eye-catching." MAY MUTTERED TO HIMSELF AGAIN.
"Don't talk nonsense, is it done?" Nie Yuanbin asked.
He is a person who doesn't joke, doesn't talk nonsense, except for work-related things, he will say a few more words, he is still didatic, the questions are simple and direct, there is no greeting, no opening remarks.
"In a humane society like this, I don't know how he survived!" MAY WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE WAY HE SPOKE, SO HE DIDN'T ANSWER AT ALL, AND POINTED TO THE BOTTLE ON THE TABLE.
Nie Yuanbin got up and walked to the side of the stage, staring at the bottle, the joy, expectation, and hope in his eyes were like meeting a lover who had been reunited after a long absence.
"I'll take it and give it a try.
When will the other colors come out? Nie Yuanbin picked up the bottle and asked as he looked at it.
"That's just this one color, what color do you want?" MAY didn't understand why Nie Yuanbin asked this, is there something wrong with this color?
"How do you paint a color, paint the wall?" Nie Yuanbin said angrily.
"What kind of wall to paint, this is an antioxidant!" MAY WAS ALSO IMPATIENT, AND SAID LOUDLY TO NIE YUANBIN.
"Didn't you tell me that the results would come out in three days, and such a broken thing would come out, and if you don't have that diamond diamond, don't do porcelain work!" Nie Yuanbin's tone has also improved.
"When did I say that I made a new type of pigment, it was your wishful thinking, did you ask me?"
Listening to Nie Yuanbin's words, the anger surged straight to his head. MAY COULDN'T STAND BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT HER ABILITIES, AND EVERY TIME SHE SAID A WORD, SHE TOOK A STEP TOWARDS NIE YUANBIN, AND NIE YUANBIN TOOK A STEP BACK ACCORDINGLY.
"You are a layman, you know what you know, what you command blindly! You can do it, you can come, you can come it! ”
Because he retreated too quickly, Nie Yuanbin didn't stand firm, and hit his waist on a metal shelf next to him, knocking over the shelf, and the container on it fell in response.
"Oops, get out of the way!"
MAY pulled Nie Yuanbin hard, flipped him over, and threw him to the ground.
"Bang!"
THE GAS MIXTURE EXPLODED IN THE LAB, AND THE FLAMES WERE ACCOMPANIED BY GLASS SHARDS, SPLASHING ON MAY'S BACK IN SEVERAL PLACES, BURNING THROUGH THE SUIT AND BURNING THE SKIN ON HIS BACK.
NIE YUANBIN WAS PRESSED TO THE GROUND, FACE TO FACE WITH MAY, WATCHING HER SWEAT BEADS LEAVE ON HER FOREHEAD, HER EYES WERE HALF-CLOSED, HER BROWS WERE FURROWED, SHE BIT HER LIP, AND SHE DIDN'T STAND UP FOR A LONG TIME.
"Are you hurt? Where, I'll see! ”
MAY WHISPERED,
"Back, my back hurts!"
NIE YUANBIN SLOWLY PULLED HIMSELF OUT FROM UNDER MAY'S BODY, AND THE MAY WAS CRAWLING LIKE THIS, SEVERAL BURNED POSITIONS, EACH OF WHICH WAS THE SIZE OF AN EGG, AND WHEN HE MOVED, HE FELT THAT THE FLESH WAS ABOUT TO TEAR, AND IT HURT TO DRILL HIS HEART.
"Call an ambulance!"
AFTER TREATING THE WOUND, MAY RESTS IN THE WARD. Nie Yuanbin walked in with a meal and sat on the edge of the bed,
"Does it still hurt?" Nie Yuanbin asked cautiously.
"If I have a scar on my back, you will be responsible to the end!" PAIN AND GRIEVANCE ADD ANGER, AND MAY NOT CARE ABOUT ANY IMAGE WHEN HE SPEAKS.
"I'm sorry, I was talking too excitedly today and made you hurt, I'm sorry, I'm very sorry." Nie Yuanbin lowered his head as he spoke, like a primary school student who had made a mistake, waiting to be criticized by the teacher.
MAY WAS READY TO SCOLD HIM WITH A STOMACH, BUT SUDDENLY FELT THAT HE COULDN'T SPEAK, SO HE CRAWLED THERE AND DIDN'T SPEAK FOR A LONG TIME.
Seeing that MAY had not moved for a long time, Nie Yuanbin whispered again,
"I bought food, it's still hot, I'll help you up and eat something." Nie Yuanbin's movements are very light and gentle, not like what you usually see, this gentleness is like customized, only for MAY, only now.
"I'm also excited to talk today, so it's not all your fault." MAY's mood also eased a lot, and looking at the food that Nie Yuanbin brought, the rest of his anger disappeared.
"I have great expectations for your results, but when I looked at it today, I found that it was different from what I thought, and I couldn't control my emotions for a while, and the result was ......" Nie Yuanbin did not continue.
"It's your dream to restore the murals?" MAY ASKED
"To be exact, it's my mission, it's my faith, and everything I do is for that." Nie Yuanbin took a deep breath and continued,
"My grandfather and Ouyang's grandfather are colleagues.
At that time, they were in a working group, and they went into the cave to see the paintings together every day, studied the restoration plan together, and discussed the problems that might arise in the process.
After a few decades in this way, the frescoes formed their life, penetrating into the cells and unable to be separated.
However, due to the limited conditions at that time, no feasible solution was worked out in the end.
Ouyang's father was unwilling to gamble with his life on this result, so it was my father who inherited the wishes of the two old men and continued to do the restoration of the murals.
Later, my father discovered that in order to restore the murals, he had to develop new pigments, so he built a simple laboratory in it.
He did not study chemistry, did not have enough knowledge and experience, and in later experiments, the chemical agent was poisoned, and the rescue was ineffective.
Ouyang was not in good health since he was a child, and his two grandfathers pinned their hopes on me to restore the murals.
At first, I was overwhelmed by the weight of hope; Gradually, I began to feel the charm of Dunhuang art in this process of forced acceptance, and I began to fall in love with this feeling of exploration.
People live for a lifetime, plants and trees for an autumn, and at the end of life, there must be something left. ”
Nie Yuanbin said so much to MAY for the first time, maybe because he really didn't want to go in his heart, maybe because he held it for too long and needed someone to listen.
"You haven't had a girlfriend all these years?" MAY asked tentatively.
"Nope!
Idiots like me, no hobbies, no fun, no holidays, no girls want to come to me. ”
"Then, what about Ouyang?" MAY PUT THE FINISHED LUNCH BOX ON THE TABLE.
After his grandfather died, he and Jingting were adopted by his father's former boss. Ouyang was stubborn and unwilling to live there, so he stayed in Dunhuang and followed us. Nie Yuanbin replied as he packed his lunch box.
"I'm not asking about that." MAY PAUSE AND SAY,
"I mean, you guys look, look, not in a normal relationship." MAY SAID AS HE OBSERVED NIE YUANBIN'S EXPRESSION.
"Of course not, we are relatives."
"You know that's not what I'm talking about." MAY CONTINUED TO WHISPER.
Nie Yuanbin was silent for a moment and said,
"There's a lot of gossip about us, and I don't want to explain it, so let's say whatever you like." NIE YUANBIN SMILED AT MAY.
"You mean, you're not in that kind of relationship?" MAY FELT THE NEED TO MAKE A SECOND CONFIRMATION.
"That, what?" Nie Yuanbin also looked at her, his expression was very serious.
"It's good if it's not, it's good if it's not, hehe.
Sure enough, a dream is a dream, and it won't come true. ”
At this time, a thought suddenly popped up in MAY's heart,
Maybe this man is waiting for me! ’
NIE YUANBIN WATCHED MAY'S FACE GRADUALLY RECOVER, AND HIS SPIRIT WAS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, THERE SHOULD BE NO BIG PROBLEM.
"You rest, I'll go first. When you are discharged from the hospital, you will be invited to a big meal. ”
"Okay, I'm going to eat chicken skin, two servings!" MAY PLAYFULLY STRETCH OUT 2 FINGERS.
"Why do you eat chicken skin?" Nie Yuanbin was puzzled.
"What to eat!"
"Hahahaha!"
"Hahahaha!"
Both burst out laughing.
Looking at MAY in front of him, with a sincere smile and firm and powerful eyes, she looks like a heroine in a TV series who can't be defeated.
"This girl, it's kind of interesting!"