After returning home, with Tang Baona's permission, Yang Zhen'er couldn't wait to start unwrapping the gifts Xiang Kun had given her.
She was really curious about what was in that big box that Xiang Kun had prepared.
While unwrapping the colorful paper, Yang Zhen'er said, "Xiang Kun secretly asked me what gift would be suitable for you."
Tang Baona smiled and said, "Oh? How did you answer? I think this question was probably more troublesome for him than programming or cooking!"
Yang Zhen'er laughed and said, "I told him that the thought is what counts, it doesn't matter what you give. He's probably still thinking about returning the gift because of the bow you gave him. I wonder how he found out your birthday, did he ask Lao Xia?"
"We gave that bow together," Tang Baona emphasized.
"Come on, Lao Xia and I didn't contribute any money." Yang Zhen'er said, having already removed the outer colored paper and seen the wooden box inside.
The wooden box was rather rough, without any paint or color. The edges were just slightly sanded, so at least there were no burrs that would scratch your hands.
Upon opening the box and seeing the wooden carving inside, Yang Zhen'er exclaimed, "Huh? Nana, your quilt king!"
"Hmm?" Tang Baona responded with a puzzled look, then walked over and was stunned—a wooden Saber? So unique!
The two carefully removed the fasteners from the box, lifted the wooden carving out, and placed it on the table.
Although the wood carving is unpainted, only displaying the natural color of the wood, it inexplicably feels lifelike. It's as if you can see the determination in the eyes of the wood carving's face, and its hair gives the impression that it would sway in the wind.
Tang Baona even felt that the wooden carving seemed ready to swing its sword and roar, "EX Curry Stick!" at any moment.
In terms of carving skills and experience, or artistic design sense, Xiang Kun is naturally not much of a talent; he doesn't have much artistic talent. But because he has established a connection with the materials and tools, he has a sense of complete control during the carving process, and he can incorporate everything he wants to "express" into the wood carving, making it appear as he desires.
Yang Zhen'er touched the smooth, polished "armor" on the wooden carving and exclaimed, "Where did Xiang Kun find such a 'King of Quilts' wooden carving? It's really unique; it must have cost a lot of money. Oh no, I have to go buy a few wooden carvings too. I wonder where he bought them..."
Seeing Yang Zhen'er take out her phone to take pictures of the wood carving, Tang Baona remembered what Xiang Kun had said when he gave her the gift, and murmured, "He seemed to have said that he made this himself."
Yang Zhen'er, who was taking pictures, was stunned for a moment, her eyes widening as she said, "Impossible! He can do wood carving?" She shook her head repeatedly, "Impossible, I don't believe it... You could say he commissioned it, but to make it by hand? I've never heard of him doing wood carving! When we went to his house before, we didn't see anything like it, not a single wood carving, not a single tool. Besides, he's a programmer, not an art graduate..."
Although Tang Baona was also surprised to see the wood carving, she still said, "I don't think he has any reason to lie."
Indeed, when it comes to gifts, there's absolutely no need to claim that something you bought was homemade; such an easily exposed lie is pointless. Besides, she also felt that given Xiang Kun's usual character, it was unlikely he would bother to tell such a lie.
Yang Zhen'er gently played with the tuft of hair on the wooden carving's head, wondering, "Could it be that he learned wood carving specifically to make a gift for you? Hmm, probably not. He must have known it before, and he probably picked it up again. It's impossible for him to carve something like this if he only learned it temporarily. Sigh, Chef Xiang is really enviable. He reached the level of a chef who could open a restaurant in such a short time. He also hit the bullseye easily on his first time shooting arrows, even beating the coach. He's good at cards and fighting too. Oh right, didn't Sister Qin say before that her boyfriend was still talking about not seeing our bald friend at the gym for a long time? Xiang Kun is said to be a god-level figure at the gym! I used to be able to laugh at him for being tone-deaf, but today, the song he sang almost made me cry..." The "Sister Qin" she mentioned was her and Tang Baona's fitness coach, and "Sister Qin's" boyfriend was the coach at the gym Xiang Kun had previously attended.
"Be careful, don't break it!" Tang Baona whispered a reminder.
"Hmph, stingy!" Yang Zhen'er said, picking up her phone and sending WeChat to Xiang Kun: "I want to Xiang Kun for my birthday present in advance! Anyway, you said you'd include a share of that bow, hehe!"
However, she didn't receive a response for a long time after sending the WeChat.
Tang Baona took the wood carving to her room and found a spot to display it. After looking at it for a while, she felt it wasn't stable enough, so she planned to order a transparent display box in a few days to put it inside and keep it in place.
Looking at the wooden carving of the greatsword, Tang Baona couldn't help but recall Xiang Kun's sudden outburst in the KTV corridor: Why did he react so strongly? Was it because that person was hitting on me? Does he have violent tendencies?
Recalling Xiang Kun at that moment, Tang Baona felt a slight fear, yet inexplicably also found him somewhat handsome...
Of course, she dared not tell anyone these thoughts.
Back home Xiang Kun skillfully processed the two rabbits, but after they drank the blood, he found he was still hungry, which made him realize that their "appetite" had indeed increased again.
The last time we drank blood, the two rabbits seemed to have a slight feeling of not having enough after they finished drinking, but the feeling was not obvious, so we didn't drink any more. Afterwards, their sleep time did not exceed 25 hours, so it didn't have much of an impact.
But this time it was quite obvious, so the amount of blood consumed was increased to three rabbits.
Moreover, these Belgian rabbits were a size larger than the meat rabbits he had bought before, and they also had a lot more blood volume; the three of them together had nearly 600ml of blood.
Xiang Kun figured he'd have to move to the countryside; otherwise, with his blood-drinking capacity continuing to increase, living in this apartment complex would cause a lot of problems. He'd already been questioned by the property management several times when he bought a large number of rabbits back to the complex.
After drinking the blood, Xiang Kun fought off his drowsiness and cleaned the rabbit meat, while recalling the scene of singing "Someone Like Me" in the private room that night.
Looking back, it seems that the other nine people in the private room besides him were all affected by his "Emotional Assimilation".
So, does this mean that "Emotional Assimilation" is more effective in enclosed spaces or when one has already attracted the attention of others?
If it weren't a confined space, but rather a public square where everyone's attention is on him, I wonder how effective "Emotional Assimilation" would be. Would it weaken with distance, or would it have an effect simply because someone can see him?
"Emotional Assimilation," when combined with certain psychological techniques, seems to aid in hypnosis, doesn't it?
However, the prerequisite for "Emotional Assimilation" to assimilate others is that one must first enter into the emotion, which brings many limitations.
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