His hand moves to pick a tool to tighten the connection between two hollow, metal pieces. The fluctuating of chatter and silence around him unable to break his focus on the prototype at hand.
The conversations of young men and women could be heard from where he sat, shaded under a magnolia tree on the end of the bridge. Their lively voices grew clearer the closer theyโd get โ then hushed to whispers or silence, and then pick back up.
This cycle is normal for Chu Wanning, with a dull ache to his heart. To witness the lovely bustle of life from afar for he knows what happens when he gets close.
Chu Wanning repeats the motion until the last note, lifting his fingers to pluck a string right above the one prior, resounding a bass noise.
โ โ yวu yuรกn wรน fรจn. โ
An everlasting scent of a delicate, fresh floral sweetness hovers in the room, permeating a light scent to everything it touches. The pages of manuscripts, scrolls, bedding, clothes โ and the very skin of who inhabits the room long enough.
The melody of what moves around Chu Wanning mellows at the pluck of a string. It hums heavy, and soon follows the rest of its composition in lighter tones โ one , two , three. His other hand caresses the end of the strings, long fingers curling at each note.
โ โ First sight. โ