Dont Turn From Summer Chapter 33 (1/2)
Don't Turn fro Mo (丁墨)
Chapter 33
Today is a workday and there aren’t many people in the coffee house She has drunk up her coffee, so she gets up to buy another cup at the bar counter She passes a table where there sits an elderly man in his fifties She has sharp observations so she first notices that theon a PPT docu a box with the mouse
Mu Hanxia stops and offers, “Uncle[1], do you need me help you draw it?”
[1: In case some readers don’t know―In China, a respectful and friendly way to address soe is to call a er I can simply translate it into ‘sir’, but You will see the reason in the next few lines]
The elderly man looks up at her That’s a very thin but radiant face, with eyes bright and deep He wears an old-fashi+oned Chinese tunic suit, with only a layer of shi+rt underneath His shape is thin As if he’s surprised that there would be someone who calls him uncle, the man is silent for a few second before he smiles, “Ok, help me please Thank you”
Mu Hanxia easily draws a few boxes for hih the ent and learns attentively and masters the skill quickly
Actually, Mu Hanxia noticed him before In the last few days there weren’t many people in the coffee house, but he and she were both here most of the time Besides an elderly person like him sticks out quite obviously in such an entrepreneur’s coffee house Mu Hanxia asked the waiter at the bar, “Who’s that uncle?” The waiter whispered to her, “Might be a retired professor fro, you can call hi] He has some research achievee, it looks kind of pitiable” Mu Hanxia nods understandingly So when she sees hi with PPT, she can’t help but offer to help
After helping hi and goes back to her own plan writing She’s very focused with her eyes glued on the screen for a long tirammatical mistake in this sentence”
Mu Hanxia pauses and turns to look over her shoulder There is Lao Fang, who has co on Following his gaze, Mu Hanxia looks back at the screen and blushes Although she learned English well in high school, it was just a high school level The business plans in the coffee house are all written in both Chinese and English, she has to constantly consult the dictionary as she tries to proceed
“Will bring great influence ‘to’ the industry, not ‘in’ the industry” Says Lao Fang, whose fluent and native-sounding English makes Mu Hanxia envy
“Oh, thanks” Mu Hanxia corrects it i”
Lao Fang’s eyes are still on her screen After looking for a moment, he’s somewhat surprised, “You analysis is deep and the view rather sharp Very good”
Mu Hanxia s either modesty or aardness, “Thanks for your praise”
Lao Fang s About 22 or 23? Which college did you graduate from?”
Mu Hanxia replies, “I have never been to college”
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Two days have passed and it’s weekend Mu Hanxia gets up early and goes to a park near the Qing Yu Square There are sos for a round but hasn’t seen any one familiar, which makes her a little disappointed
After she jogs for a few rounds and goes to rest by the pond, she sees a sli Tai Chi in the silk Tai Chi outfit near the pond Who else is it but Lao Fang?
Mu Hanxia srossed with his eyes closed He looks gentle but silent, graceful but serious,for a while, Mu Hanxia starts to i Tai Chi
Upon finishi+ng the whole routine, Lao Fang opens his eyes to see there’s a girl nearby, trying to follow his h the moves are kind of clumsy, they actually show some Tai Chi spirit He doesn’t show surprise and just stands straight up with a finishi+ng stance “Why are you here?” He asks
Mu Hanxia replies, “Here to exercise Having been in the coffee house all the time recently, didn’t know there’s such a nice place nearby Lao Fang, so you have also settled down near the coffee house, just to find investment?”
Lao Fang smiles and replies “Mmm, yes Have you had breakfast?”
“Not yet”
“Go together?”
“Sure”
They walk out of the park Not far away there are a few restaurants and breakfast stands But when Mu Hanxia comes to the door to one of the and pickles?”
Lao Fang says, “Yes This restaurant cooks the porridge very well, without unwanted oil and salt I come here very often”
But Mu Hanxia wants exactly the tastes of oil and salt She thinks for a“Sour and spicy rice noodle” So she says, “How about this, Lao Fang? You go ahead and eat here I go get a bowl of sour and spicy rice noodle first and then join you for a cup of porridge”
Lao Fang pauses and then s her further, he shakes his head and walks into the restaurant alone
Holding a bowl of rice noodle in her hand, Mu Hanxia stands at the roadside and starts to eat
Lao Fang sits down in the restaurant and has just picked up the chopsticks, when he looks up and catches a glilances and soain