Chapter 24 (1/2)
Foreign Languages are Actually Easy
Xia Lei worked froht
Ma Xiao-An could not help and he had to get up early the next day to open for business so Xia Lei asked hi the lathe to process new parts He had already finished welding all the broken parts in the afternoon and he was now left with the other pieces He would be finished with the job once these were done
Ning Jing had nothing to do, so she sat at Xia Lei’s desk, browsing through the books he’d brought She flipped through two books on , then held up ‘Contemporary German for University’ and spoke in surprise, “Master Xia, are you learning Gerood to expand one’s knowledge,” replied Xia Lei offhandedly
“Sprechen Sie Deutsch?” Ning Jing spoke German all of a sudden
Xia Lei’s left eye twitched and thewords in Gerra so She said: Do you speak Ger, this tie in her voice She obviously didn’t believe that a welder could understand Gerht of an answer There was no book in front of him, but his left eye displayed word after word of Gerraether to form a sentence This was an extremely complicated and miraculous process but it took only a few seconds
A smile appeared in the corners of Xia Lei’s mouth as he said, “Ich kann Deutsch, aber ich spreche nicht sehr gut”
He said: I can speak Ger looked at Xia Lei in surprise and was still for a bit before she spoke again, “You really can speak German What uage - you should pick English if you wanted to learn a foreign language since it is used more widely”
A few minutes later, Xia Lei spoke, “Made Jing could sit still no longer and she stood, gaping at Xia Lei with round eyes “You just spoke… French?”
Xia Lei grinned, “Yes, I said I also speak a little French”
“Heavens! You have such hidden depths! I know English and Ger than I a to look at Xia Lei in a whole new light
“How can I be? I’ some simple phrases because of boredoe - you’re the a one I really admire you”
“Oh, no, no, no, I should be the one adreat workht yourself German and French This sho clever and a yourself Such a positive attitude towards life is so
“Hehe… Are we going to keep going?” Xia Lei grinned, then turned his attention back to the work at hand
Ning Jing kept staring at Xia Lei, unable to tear her gaze away frohable that I did not believe him one bit when I first met him I actually looked down on him It is rare to find someone of his skill in this entire country and on top of that he also taught himself German and French Other than ht Ning Jing
She was full of admiration and just a touch of shame
She had no idea but the h No one can tell how Xia Lei will grow and develop in the future!
“All right, finally done” Xia Lei switched off the lathe, re on and put it under the la cleared her head of her juear “Is this the last part?”
“Yes, it’s the last one,” said Xia Lei
“You finished the job ht it would take the whole night” Her lips quirked, “I was going to ask you where I could sleep for the night”
“You weren’t thinking of spending the night here, were you?”
“You don’t even have a bed here There isn’t a place for me to sleep even if I wanted to”
Xia Lei was about to say that he had a foldable bed but stopped hi it for fear that it would lead to a ed his words, “I’ll send you ho ho looked at Xia Lei, all s to send me home, and have me drive you back?”
Xia Lei then rehed aardly and didn’t ain
“Accoical Bureau, then I need your help,” said Ning Jing
“Are you going to put it together andnodded “It is a marvel I can’t wait to unlock its o with you to the Archaeological Bureau” He wanted to know the answer to the origins of the compass and its secrets too
Half an hour later, Xia Lei and Ning Jing arrived at the Archaeological Bureau This tiical studio instead of the display rooe but it was filled with artifacts waiting for restoration such as porcelain, stone and other relics,cleared a worktable to erly placed the compass, repaired parts and copies of parts on it
“Aren’t you going to call Professor Huang, Big Sister Ning?” asked Xia Lei
Ning Jing considered it and said, “It’s too late Forget it He’ll coood with machines, Master Xia, so can I ask for your help in asse this compass?”