Chapter 1025 I’ll Teach You Step by Step
“All right, it’s getting late. You’d better hurry up and finish carving the rest of the orchids. After you’re done, we should eat before the food gets cold,” Sonia said as she fixed her ruffled hair.
On the other hand, Toby felt relieved after finding out why she left his embrace. He had thought that she didn’t want him to hug her anymore.
“Okay, I’ll speed it up.” Toby nodded slightly and turned around, picking up the pumpkin and carving knife he had just put down before he continued to carve.
Sonia stood next to him again, watching him carving obediently. “I really didn’t expect that after you learned to carve a jade statue, you would even know how to carve an orchid.”
Hearing that, Toby smiled. “A jade statue is a big object. I wouldn’t have been able to carve it from the beginning. Although I have money and I don’t care how much jade is wasted, the master I was under the tutelage of cared and felt sorry for the jade shards and asked me to use scraps of jade to learn carving, starting from some simple small objects. Orchids were one of those objects. After I learned some carving techniques from carving small objects and I became better at it, he started to teach me how to carve larger objects.”
“I see.” Sonia nodded in realization. “But this was all so long ago. I didn’t expect you to remember it and still be so proficient at it. If it were me, I would’ve become a novice again a long time ago.”
A glint flashed past Toby’s eyes, but he did not reply, whether consciously or not. However, Sonia didn’t sense anything wrong, and looked at the pumpkin in Toby’s hand with bright eyes. She had turned the pumpkin into a mess earlier, and it barely looked like anything, much less an orchid. It was so ugly that she couldn’t even bear to look at it directly. Now, however, after Toby gave it a makeover, it was already starting to look like an orchid at a glance.
She gasped, “You’re amazing. So it really was salvageable. You’re so amazing, Toby!”
Her praises made Toby overjoyed. His smile grew even wider, and his chin was lifted even higher than earlier. Clearly, he enjoyed her compliments, and he subconsciously became proud.
However, he still acted nonchalant on the surface and replied indifferently, “This is nothing.”
Sonia wasn’t aware that he was just being humble, and she felt unhappy at his nonchalant answer. She pursed her lips and said, “You call this nothing? To me, this is amazing. I can’t believe that you were able to do this. You’ve never mentioned this to me before.” She looked at him with admiring eyes.
Feeling a little embarrassed by her expression, he pursed his lips and coughed softly, pretending to be calm as he replied, “This is not something important, so I never told you in the past. As for now, I’ve already forgotten about it myself. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have recalled my carving skills.”
As he spoke, he lowered his eyes, covering the glint that flashed through his gaze.
However, Sonia didn’t notice anything and said gleefully, “Does that mean that I helped you rediscover your skills?”
At the sight of her proud expression, Toby extended a hand and lightly scratched her nose. “That’s right.”
Sonia’s smile became even brighter. “It seems that I have to look for more new things in the future. That way, I might discover even more of your talents.”
Toby raised his eyebrows. He hadn’t expected her to be so mind blown by his skills. However, she was right about one thing—he did have some skills that he hadn’t told her about or shown her yet. After all, as a part of the Fuller Family, he was destined to become the heir from the moment he was born, and he naturally had a lot to learn. Although he was not skilled in all areas, he still knew a little about everything. In short, to this day, he was still unsure what skills he had.
“All right. I’ll be looking forward to the day you rediscover all of the skills that I know,” he said dotingly.
Sonia nodded heavily. “Okay. Just wait, I’ll make sure of it.”
“Yeah, I believe you.” He nodded as well.
Then, Sonia let him do his thing and fell silent.
After Toby carved the pumpkin for a while, he saw how seriously she was watching him and pondered for a moment before he stopped his movements and asked, “Do you want to try it out?”
Sonia straightened her body in confusion. “Me? Try it out?” She pointed at her nose.
Toby nodded. “Yeah.”
“No way. I can’t do it.” Sonia hurriedly shook her head while waving her hand, indicating that she wasn’t able to do it.
Toby looked at her. “Why not?”
“You already saw how badly I did earlier, and I’m different from you. I’m a novice, and this is my first time trying this, while you have learned this since a long time ago. You’ve already fixed the pumpkin from what I’ve done to it. It would be a pity to ruin the orchid that you painstakingly restored again,” Sonia spread out her hands and said.
Toby looked at her, then at the orchid in his hand, and finally chuckled. “It’s okay. If it’s ruined, then so be it. Either way, it’s just the two of us, so you don’t have to be scared of anyone laughing at you. Besides, with me here, I don’t think it’ll be ruined. Come here, I’ll teach you.”
He beckoned at her.
Sonia looked at the orchid in his hand, her thoughts still wavering. In fact, after seeing how easily he restored her hideous work, she had been curious and wanted to give it a try. However, she knew her level, so in order not to make a joke of herself, she held it in. But now that he brought it up himself, he stirred her urge again.
At the sight of her eager yet hesitant expression, Toby immediately stretched out his hand and grabbed her wrist to pull her over to his side. As Sonia was struggling to make a decision, she was caught off guard when he pulled her in front of him, and she let out a scream.
Toby placed his index finger on her lips. “Don’t be scared. It’s just me.”
Sonia blinked before pulling his hand away from her lips, saying angrily, “I know it’s you, but you scared me by suddenly pulling me over.”
Toby smiled. “I’m sorry. I saw that you wanted to try, but you didn’t dare to, so I just helped you make a decision. All right, come and try it out. Don’t worry, I’m here, and I’ll teach you. I won’t let you ruin it.”
As he spoke, he tugged her in front of him while he stood behind her, then stuffed the pumpkin and carving knife in her hands and held them from behind, slowly teaching her the carving steps.
With Toby guiding her step by step, though Sonia was cautious at the beginning, her movements became more natural at the end, and she ended up laughing happily. “Toby, do you see this? I know how to do it too. Even though you only taught me the simplest steps, I actually managed to learn them.”
She looked at the man behind her, her face turning red from excitement.
Seeing that she was so ecstatic, Toby laughed along as well. “Not bad. You’re smart.”
“Of course.” Sonia raised her chin triumphantly, then jabbed the man behind her with her elbow. “You can let go of me.”
“What’s wrong?” Toby asked, looking confused.
Sonia snorted. “Obviously it’s because I already know how to do it, and I want to finish the rest on my own. I don’t need you anymore, so you can let go of me now.”
Toby fell silent as his lips twitched before he questioned, “Are you sure you don’t need me to teach you the rest?”
