"Ethan, this medicine is formulated according to your own condition and can only be taken by you. If someone else takes it, it may not only fail to cure the disease but also cause great harm." Ethan reminded again.
"Yeah, okay. Thank you." Charlie Chen nodded excitedly and thanked him repeatedly.
"Ethan, what did you give Elder Chen? When did you learn to prescribe medicine? Don't be reckless!"
"It's just a medicine for calming the nerves and inducing sleep. I got it from my classmate. I won't be reckless." Ethan said with a smile.
"Yes, yes! It's a sleeping pill. Before, I couldn't sleep. After Ethan gave me this medicine yesterday, I slept very well. I'm especially grateful to Ethan." Charlie Chen quickly said.
This was an embarrassing secret, and after all, he was too embarrassed to say it out loud. Seeing that Ethan kept the secret for him, Charlie Chen couldn't help but praise him again in his heart.
After dinner, Ethan sent his mother home and then went to Charlie Chen's home with Ethan Lee.
"Ethan, your Uncle Charlie is a nice person. If we can help, we should do our best to help him." Ethan Lee said.
"Yeah, I got it, Dad." Ethan replied with a smile.
Because they were delayed on the road, by the time they arrived, Rose and others had already been there for a long time.
"You're so late? It's really rare that Elder Chen didn't scold you." Rose said to Ethan.
"He knows. We just had dinner together."
"You had dinner together? He has refused others' invitations for a long time!" Rose said full of suspicion.
She felt that Ethan was becoming more and more unreliable. Everyone knew that Elder Chen didn't accept social engagements. He refused when others invited him to dinner. Even last time, when the top official in the county invited the literary and art workers to the dinner, he refused on the grounds of being unwell. Now Ethan actually said that he had just had dinner with Elder Chen. He was really trying to make himself look good.
"It wasn't me who invited him. It was he who invited me!" Ethan corrected.
"..." Rose rolled her eyes, even more speechless.
"Ethan, do you know what your greatest strength is?"
"What?"
"You can brag without shame!"
"You don't believe me?"
"I'd be a fool to believe you!"
A moment later.
"By the way, today, for the medicine you gave me, in the end, did Elder Chen not cause you any trouble?"
"He was too grateful to cause trouble. Why would he cause trouble?" Ethan answered.
"Can you talk normally? Will you die if you don't brag?" Rose turned around, not wanting to pay any more attention to him.
At the front desk, Elder Chen began the lecture.
He mainly explained the precautions for carving, all of which were basic things and exactly the content at the primary stage.
"If you want to learn carving, you need perseverance, willpower, and also comprehension. It can't be learned in a short while. So, you should be prepared for a long - term struggle." Elder Chen said.
"Carving can be divided into many types. According to different materials used for carving, it can be divided into wood carving, stone carving, jade carving, brick carving, and carving characters on various walnuts.
...
"Have you noticed that Elder Chen today seems to be in much better spirits and much more amiable than usual?" Rose asked Ethan.
"His mood will probably be much better in the future too." Ethan said.
(Ethan thought to himself, now that he can pee smoothly, of course he is in a good mood. But he couldn't say this out loud.)
After Elder Chen finished the lecture, everyone started practicing on their own. This time, everyone was using bamboo carving, that is, carving things on the treated bamboo slices.
"How are you holding the knife? Didn't I just say it? Are you deaf?"
"Are you cutting vegetables? I asked you to carve!"
"I asked you to practice using the knife, are you sharpening the knife for me?" Elder Chen said angrily.
"Today I taught you this. In the following week, your daily task is to practice these knife - handling skills well."
"Pay attention, don't be distracted! You! Do you want to cut your hand off?" Elder Chen's strict nature was exposed again.
Rose couldn't help sticking out her tongue and started practicing obediently again.
"Ethan, how are you? Did you understand what I just said? If you didn't, I can explain it to you again." Charlie Chen came to Ethan, his stern face instantly became gentle, and he said to Ethan with a smile.
This change startled Rose beside them.
"Not bad. I understand." Ethan replied with a smile.
"That's good. You practice first. I'm going to the toilet." Then, as if showing off on purpose, he said, "If there are any problems, wait for a while. I'll be right back!" Especially for the words "be right back", Charlie Chen enunciated very clearly, as if afraid that others couldn't hear.
Seeing Charlie Chen walk out, Rose finally couldn't help but lean towards Ethan.
"I feel that Elder Chen looks at you strangely...
"Really? I don't feel it." Ethan said indifferently.
"..." Rose was a bit speechless. She thought Ethan would start bragging again, but unexpectedly, he was so calm.
Outside, Charlie Chen came back whistling again. Well, he was in a good mood.
"Teacher Charlie, I'm going out for a while and will be back soon." Ethan said.
"Go ahead. It's okay. Learning this thing can't be mastered in a short time. It doesn't matter for this short while." Charlie Chen said with a smile.
Hearing this inside, Rose was more convinced that there was something wrong between them...
Before, when facing others in this situation, Teacher Charlie didn't say such things.
"If you don't accumulate knowledge usually, when will you ever learn it!"
But now, Ethan was like this, and Teacher Charlie said exactly the opposite. This made Rose a bit speechless.
Ethan carried those books and went out. Also, he took that carving knife with him.
Now, it was completely dark outside. Ethan walked straight out, found a deserted place, and ate the book in his hand completely.
"Hmm? This knife? It seems to taste good too!" Ethan said.
"Just consider it as a small snack." Saying that, Ethan blew on it again to purify the knife, and then, crunch, crunch, like gnawing on a bone, he ate the knife completely.
After eating, Ethan felt that he seemed to have an extra... ability!
He shook his fingers. Well, it wasn't an illusion. As his fingers moved, it seemed that something was taking shape under his fingers.
"It seems that the authority of this textbook is more reliable this time. I have actually absorbed 70% of it. Moreover, there isn't much impurity spat out." Ethan murmured to himself.
After doing all this, Ethan walked straight back.
"Where are your books?" Rose asked Ethan.
"I've finished reading them and lost them." Ethan said.
"Aren't you afraid..." After saying this, Rose shut up consciously.
She could see that Ethan really wasn't afraid.
"How do you feel? I feel that this carving knife is completely out of my control!" After Ethan sat down, Rose said to Ethan extremely frustrated.
She looked up and examined carefully around her. She found that this situation was not only her own but also faced by others.
Just now, when they saw Teacher Charlie carving, he was so skillful, and on that bamboo board, he quickly carved out what he wanted, just like painting. But when it was their turn, why couldn't they do it?
It seemed that they might accidentally cut their own hands!
"I'm so angry!" Rose threw the carving knife onto the table all at once, very frustrated.
Then she looked at Ethan.
"Why don't you start?" Rose was a bit puzzled when she saw Ethan sitting there without moving.
"I'm thinking about what to carve!"
"I advise you not to think about it. Learn to crawl before you learn to walk! First learn to control this carving knife. This thing is not a paintbrush. It won't be so obedient. If you want to use it, you have to tame it first!" Rose said to Ethan.
"Besides, Teacher Charlie has said that if you don't get into the water, just imagining in vain, you will never learn to swim! You should practice the knife - handling skills quickly." Rose urged beside him.
"Hmm?" Ethan suddenly turned around and looked at Rose beside him!
This action startled Rose.
"You... why are you looking at me like that?" Rose said, a bit at a loss.
It was the first time she had been looked at like this, and she couldn't help blushing, and at the same time, her heart was beating rapidly!
"Hahaha... Beautiful!" Ethan said with a smile.
"Asshole, what are you talking about. Hurry up and carve. Otherwise, Teacher Charlie will come and scold us!" Rose blushed even more.
Ethan's burning eyes made her feel a bit embarrassed.
"The shyness of a girl is the most touching expression. I want to completely preserve this moment." Ethan said with a smile.
Then, he picked up the carving knife in his hand, looked at Rose again, and was about to start.
"Ethan Masters! Ethan Masters!" Rose pleaded. "Please have mercy on me. I don't want to be the first ugly thing in your hands!"
Rose was full of horror in her heart. She could never have imagined that Ethan Masters' first use of the knife was going to be on her. In her opinion, this was simply the most malicious act. At the thought of this, her body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
It was said to be carving on herself. Given Ethan Masters' current level of being unable to hold the knife steadily, whatever was carved out would probably be unrecognizable as a human figure. What a terrifying result that would be. Rose didn't dare to think further and could only keep begging Ethan Masters, hoping that he would change his mind.