What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Tang Baona hailed a car and took Xiang Kun's semi-finished woodcarving packed in a cardboard box. She was planning to go home, but her mother sent a message saying that she and her sister were at her grandfather's house, so she asked the driver to change direction. 35xs

It was only after Tang Baona came that Tang Baona found out that her elder sister Baoting brought her boyfriend, and it seemed that she was about to get engaged. Grandpa said that she wanted to meet first.

My sister's boyfriend is a shy, but tall and handsome man. She has met him a few times before, and she knows that he is a low-level civil servant and a local. He has been in love with his sister for more than a year, and his age is also It's not too young, so now that it's time to talk about marriage, it's only natural.

After Tang Baona came over, she found a corner to sit and play with her mobile phone, without participating in the topic. When the conversation was almost over, her grandfather, Mr. Feng, noticed the box at her feet and asked, "Nana, what are you bringing for grandpa?"

Tang Baona was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Oh, grandpa, this is a woodcarving made by my friend. It's still a semi-finished product. How can I give it to you!"

"Oh? Your friend made it? Now you young people, some of you like to play with woodcarving? Could it be a professional art student?" Mr. Feng came to talk about sex, and he became more and more interested in the woodcarving brought by Tang Baona.

So Tang Baona carried the box to her grandfather, took out the half-finished wood carving, and put it on the table.

As soon as she saw the wood carving, her sister Tang Baoting couldn't help laughing out loud. The wood carving was really "humorous".

Tang's father, Tang's mother and Bao Ting's boyfriend also understood that Tang Baona just said "semi-finished product", but it was really a semi-finished product.

However, Mr. Feng was quite interested when he looked at the unpolished wood carving with obvious carving marks, many flaws, and a slightly out-of-shape overall shape.

In his early years, Mr. Feng had an old friend who was a master woodcarver in the south, so he also had some research on woodcarving, and he also had a lot of collections at home, and his vision was quite sophisticated.

"My friend, your skills are indeed relatively unfamiliar, but your sword skills are quite good. Your hands are very steady, and your strength is well controlled. You are very talented." Mr. Feng observed the semi-finished product and said, "Now do Most wood carvings use electric drills and engraving machines, which are more efficient, labor-saving and stable, and there are fewer and fewer pure handcrafts like this."

So Tang Baona took out her mobile phone and showed her grandpa the saber wood carving she had taken and which is now in a transparent display box at home.

"This is a semi-finished product,

I asked him to come today, and this is the finished product on the phone. "

Mr. Feng put on his presbyopic glasses, looked at the photos taken from multiple angles in his mobile phone, and nodded slowly: "This is a bit interesting, it has made great progress, um, interesting, indeed interesting."

Tang Baoting also came over, looked at the photo on her sister's phone, and said in surprise: "Saber? Your head portrait? The carving is really good, which friend of yours..." Then she suddenly realized something, and then looked at her sister, Nodding thoughtfully, he retreated back to his seat.

Mr. Feng didn't hear anything strange about what the other granddaughter said. He looked at the phone for a while, and then said to Tang Baona: "Nana, next time, ask your friend if there is any work you want to sell." , see if I can get one for Grandpa."

"Yeah, I'll ask later." Tang Baona nodded happily. Her friend's wood carvings were affirmed by her grandpa, who has always had a high vision, which made her feel a little proud. And grandpa said "I want one", but it was obvious that she wanted to buy it. Of course, she would definitely not ask grandpa to pay for it. She would negotiate a price with Xiang Kun first and buy it as a gift to grandpa.

She knew that although Xiang Kun had just received a "reward" of 200,000 a while ago, he hadn't gone to work. It seemed that the mortgage hadn't been paid off yet. It would definitely be good to have another way to make money. In Grandpa's social circle, as long as he mentioned a few words to his friends, other businesses would surely come to his door, and Xiang Kun's wood carvings would soon become popular.

Tang Baona suddenly thought that she doesn't need her grandfather, she can do it by herself, posting the wood carving saber at home to Moments and Weibo, it will soon attract many inquiries and want to customize it. After all, this kind of wood carving of two-dimensional anime characters is still so lifelike and detailed, which is indeed very rare.

But the strange thing is that Tang Baona, who is quite fond of posting on Moments, including Yang Zhener, who also took photos at the time, did not post this wooden saber to Moments or other social platforms.

She quickly figured out her own psychology. It seemed that she subconsciously didn't want Xiang Kun to customize wood carvings for too many people, so she didn't post on Moments. As for Yang Zhen'er, Shan Wu understood better. She must wait for Xiang Kun to make the custom wood carving for her before she can make her laugh.

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After sending Tang Baona into the car and leaving, Xiang Kun didn't go home immediately, but inexplicably ran up to the rooftop, stood above the guardrail, and looked at the Wanjia lights in the distance.

He had discovered before that standing at an open and high place with a better view at night, his senses would become more sensitive, and his overall state would be "lighter".

He can often hear and smell some information that should be far beyond his senses.

In fact, before the mutation, he was a little afraid of heights, and he had to hold on to the guardrails tightly when looking down from high-rises.

But now, standing on the rooftop at least sixty to seventy meters above the ground, and directly above the guardrail, he didn't have any fear or worry.

Of course, it wasn't because he was already so high that it would be okay to fall, he was very sure that if he fell, the end would be very tragic. Of course, whether it can heal again is another matter, and he has no intention of trying.

But now, because of his superior control over his body, he is very confident that he will not stumble and fall. Whether it is a sudden strong wind, or someone ambushing him and pushing him suddenly, he can predict in advance and be prepared .

"It would be great if I could fly..." Xiang Kun sighed a little, imagining himself flying freely in the air like those superheroes in film and television dramas, and then he couldn't help thinking about it.

If you stand at a general height, such as one meter high and jump off, and then keep increasing the height, can you make your body realize that it needs to evolve the ability to fly?

Well, it shouldn’t work. At most, it can improve the cushioning capacity of the joints, or further strengthen the bones and muscles, and enhance the cushioning protection of the internal organs. If it falls, it will also increase the healing speed.

Then if you stand on an ordinary high place, and then find a way to enter a certain emotion, let yourself think that you are standing on the edge of a cliff, jump off and gg, try again and again...

However, this kind of unrealistic brain hole only opened up a little and he realized that it was impossible. If he really wanted to be able to fly, he would most likely grow a pair of huge wings first. Otherwise, from the basic physical structure, It is impossible to let yourself fly.

Can't evolve a rocket-like propulsion method? Being able to fart super farts and push yourself up?

Xiang Kun was amused by his own brain hole, and then jumped off the roof railing, ready to go downstairs and go home. He didn't dare to stand here for too long. If someone saw him later, he thought he was going to jump off the building, and if he kindly called the police, he would cause trouble.

After returning home, Xiang Kun first sent a WeChat message to ask if Tang Baona arrived home safely, and received a reply after a while.

It was Tang Baona who asked him if he still had any previous woodcarving works. If someone wanted to buy them, he asked him to set a price, and specifically stated that he should never ask for a friendly price, and it doesn't matter if he can ask for a higher price.

Xiang Kun couldn't help being a little dazed: Is there anyone who wants to buy this temporary wooden carving?

However, he soon realized that someone might have become interested in Tang Baona's saber wood carving after seeing it.

Many fans of the second dimension have super purchasing power, especially for such "customized", "out of print" and "special" things, they are very willing to spend money.

But Xiang Kun scratched his head a little. He knew very well that one of the most important reasons for being able to carve out the wooden sculpture given to Tang Baona was that he had made a connection with the boxwood as the material in advance. Using other normal materials may not be possible. The carving is so fine, after all, his time in contact with wood carving is still too short.

And if a large number of carvings are sold for money, to be honest, it will take too much effort, and he doesn't have that motivation. Unless one sells for a very high price, but in that case it is almost impossible given his fame and the actual level of his works.

So Xiang Kun replied: "I don't have any in stock, and if I sculpt again, it may not be as good as the one I gave you."

Tang Baona quickly replied: "It's okay! When you have time, you can just carve one, and I'll ask the person who wants to buy it to set the price!"

"Yeah, okay." Xiang Kun also knew that Tang Baona was helping him find a way to open source, and he also wanted to try it. If he didn't connect the materials, he could just rely on the tools that established a supersensory connection to make What level can be reached and what price can be sold.

As soon as he thought of it, Xiang Kun dug out a piece of boxwood leftovers that had been discarded and had no connection with him, picked up the tools and prepared to carve.

But he was a little troubled about what to carve, should he ask Tang Baona? But if a reference target is given, he is worried that it will not be done well, and it will appear that the level is too low, and he will not be able to make a move, so he is embarrassed to hand it over to Tang Baona.

It's better to make an original image, it can be said that it is so ugly if it is ugly...

Thinking about it, Xiang Kun started to move his hands subconsciously, and at the same time, he was thinking about some unanswered questions from Guo Tianxiang.

One is of course the relationship between the frequent appearance of a man and a woman, and Guo Tianxiang, and its connection with his mutation and later characteristics;

The second is the white porcelain knife that Guo Tianxiang used before, which is obviously handmade, and the handle is hollow, and there is a mechanism for filling liquid. The groove line at one end of the blade fills the blade. But after killing Guo Tianxiang, Xiang Kun checked it, and there was no trace of any liquid left on it. I don't know if Guo Tianxiang didn't infuse it before, or if the liquid is the same as the vampire's body tissue, it also has its own "destruction of corpses and traces". Ability. Using this knife to search Guo Tianxiang's memory, the results obtained are also very vague. There is only one scene where he poured some kind of green liquid into it. As for how to get it, he can't find the memory fragment;

The third is the reason why the Yangcheng police investigated Guo Tianxiang and the progress of the case, whether they found out his special identity as a vampire.

But now Xiang Kun was afraid that he would come into the sight of the police investigation, so he didn't dare to approach those possible investigation areas, and could only conduct a rough inquiry through the Internet.

But on the Internet, I could only find some postings about Guo Tian's inquiry to the clinic, and there was no substantive information. As for the other name "Li Ting'an", I also couldn't find anything that matched the description.

The white porcelain knife also did not find a similar design or style, maybe it was made by Guo Tianxiang himself in some way, but it was a pity that he could not retrieve it from his memory.

As for the investigation by the Yangcheng police, they also failed to find any information.

When Xiang Kun realized that the rough embryo of the wood carving in his hand had been completed, he withdrew his thoughts and looked at it. He was also somewhat satisfied. It was a palm-sized eight-armed humanoid wood carving.