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Chapter 81: It's Her?
Chapter 81: It's Her?
Jiang Xia walked over and addressed the two attendants, "The child is speaking French. I can try to help."
Zhang Fuyan had just gotten off the train. As soon as she stepped out of the station, she saw a foreign girl who seemed to have lost her parents. She hurried over and heard Jiang Xia’s words, so she didn’t step forward.
People who spoke French were rare, and she wanted to see if Jiang Xia really could.
The two attendants turned to Jiang Xia, their eyes lighting up, mostly because they were stunned by her beauty.
The female attendant said, "So she was speaking French. No wonder I couldn’t understand. Do you speak French? Could you help us communicate with the child? I only know a bit of English."
The male attendant’s tone softened involuntarily as he looked at Jiang Xia, smiling. "Could you talk to the child and find out which train she got off and where she lost her parents? We also need your help to make an announcement over the intercom to find her family."
Jiang Xia smiled at the two attendants. "No problem, it’s not a bother. I’m happy to help."
Beautiful people always drew more attention, and Jiang Xia, who had dressed up specially today, was radiating beauty!
The male attendant couldn’t help but glance at her again.
Zhou Chenglei caught the male attendant’s gaze and gently tucked Jiang Xia’s hair behind her ear.
The male attendant finally noticed Zhou Chenglei, froze, and quickly averted his gaze from Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia squatted down to be at eye level with the little girl and said with a smile, "Hello, I’m Jiang Xia. These two are the station attendants. Is there anything we can help you with?"
Her French was fluent and clear, and she deliberately slowed her speech to make it easier for the little girl to understand.
Zhou Chenglei stood behind Jiang Xia, watching her. Her voice was beautiful, and her French was both smooth and melodious, incredibly gentle and pleasant to the ear.
The little girl understood and, moved by Jiang Xia’s gentle tone, which reminded her of her mother, she wiped away her tears. "Hello, my name is Amelie. My father’s train left, and I can’t find him."
Jiang Xia comforted her. "So you can’t find your father? Don’t worry, we can help you look for him. Do you remember which train you were on?"
The little girl shook her head. "I don’t know."
Jiang Xia asked her a few more questions and figured out how she had lost her father.
Zhang Fuyan looked at Jiang Xia in surprise, amazed at how well she spoke French. Even she felt inferior! Her grandfather worked in the Foreign Ministry and knew several languages. She had learned foreign languages from him since childhood, and English and French were her strong points. While her French was fluent, it wasn’t as pure and standard as Jiang Xia’s, who sounded like a recording from a language tape.
After so many years without the college entrance exam, there were very few people in the country who spoke foreign languages, especially languages other than English. Zhang Fuyan hadn’t expected to encounter someone who spoke French so fluently and accurately.
Jiang Xia turned to the two attendants. "This little girl saw a passenger drop a wallet on the train. She picked it up and ran off the train to return it. Her father was in the restroom at that time. By the time she returned, the train had left, and she couldn’t find her father."
The female attendant immediately said, "I see! There was only one train that stopped just now."
She turned to the male attendant. "Quick, call the next station and have them notify the passengers on the train when it stops!"
The male attendant ran off to make the call.
The female attendant then said to Jiang Xia, "Could you please tell the little girl to come with us to the intercom room? We’ll try to contact her father at the next station."
At that moment, the little girl said something else.
Jiang Xia translated, "The little girl says her father mentioned getting off at this station."
Jiang Xia confirmed the station name with the little girl, who nodded.
Jiang Xia: "It's our city."
"Then his father might have also gotten off the train. Could you please come with me to the announcement room and help us broadcast a message to find her father?"
So, Jiang Xia and the attendant went to the announcement room, where they broadcast a message and made some calls. Fifteen minutes later, the child's father heard the announcement and found the attendant's office.
The French man was incredibly grateful to Jiang Xia, praising her fluency in French and her beauty.
Jiang Xia smiled and thanked him, then praised the little girl for being brave, kind, and beautiful before leaving the attendant's office with Zhou Chenglei.
They still needed to go shopping at the mall and then head back to the Jiang family's house.
They hadn't gone far from the attendant's office when a young woman called out, "Comrade Jiang Xia, hello."
Jiang Xia glanced at the woman, who was dressed in jeans and looked very youthful and vibrant. She didn't recognize her, but perhaps she was a friend of the original Jiang Xia. She politely smiled, "Hello!"
Zhang Fuyan smiled, "I apologize for being so forward, but I couldn't help but want to meet you after hearing your excellent French. My name is Zhang Fuyan, and I'm a second-year student at Jing University. Are you also a university student? Which university? Could we exchange contact information? My French isn't as good as yours, and I'd like to learn from you."
Jiang Xia shook her head, "No, I'm not in university."
Zhang Fuyan was surprised, "You graduated so quickly? You look so young, younger than me even."
"I didn't go to university."
Zhang Fuyan: "..."
"I'm sorry."
She hadn't expected someone who didn't attend university to speak French so well, assuming it was learned in school.
"It's okay." Jiang Xia finished and pulled Zhou Chenglei away.
Zhang Fuyan came to her senses, "Hey, Comrade Jiang Xia, could you give me an address or a phone number?"
The young woman's enthusiasm was infectious, and Jiang Xia didn't see any harm in it. She gave the address of Little Fishing Village and the phone number of the production team.
Jiang Xia: "We don't have a phone at home. That's the production team's number."
Zhang Fuyan hadn't expected her to live in the countryside, but she didn't look like a rural person at all. She smiled sweetly, "I understand. Could I visit you sometime?"
Jiang Xia nodded and left with Zhou Chenglei.
Zhang Fuyan watched as Jiang Xia held Zhou Chenglei's hand and walked away. She was a bit surprised by Zhou Chenglei's back view. Was he Jiang Xia's partner? She had assumed he was an older brother, given their age difference.
But he had such a commanding presence. When she called out to Jiang Xia, he had given her a glare that almost made her hesitate.
If she hadn't been used to dealing with authoritative people, she wouldn't have said anything at all.
Fan Lili patted her niece's shoulder, "What are you looking at? I've been looking for you outside. You were here all along."
Zhang Fuyan turned and called out sweetly, "Auntie, I just met someone who speaks French really well."
"Someone who can impress you must be quite good."
"Very good, better than me. They're the young couple just ahead, the female comrade."
Zhang Fuyan was from Jing City and had been asked by her aunt to help. Her aunt was an editor at a publishing house and needed help translating a batch of foreign books. Zhang Fuyan had volunteered to help, mainly to avoid arranged dates set up by her family.
Fan Lili looked over and recognized the couple she had seen a few days ago at the newspaper office. Their backs were so beautiful, making them unforgettable at first glance.
Even though Zhou Chenglei was carrying a burlap bag, which seemed a bit out of place, she still recognized them.
"Is it them?"
"Do you know them?"
"No, but they came to the publishing house looking for translation work. I heard she took the college entrance exam three times and didn't pass."
(End of Chapter)
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