The translator felt like a clown, trying to show off his skills in front of an expert, since the other person's French was much better than his.

You might say, "You want me to translate this too? You're not a pockmarked person, you're just trying to scam me!"

If I had known you knew French, I would never have translated it so carelessly.

He hasn't realized the seriousness of the problem yet. After Li Chu finished communicating with the two foreigners, he waved to the guards to take the translator back.

Then he led the two foreigners into the guard room.

At this point, the translator seemed to realize that something was wrong.

He started yelling frantically, in both Chinese and French, hoping his foreign master could save him.

After Li Chu's explanation, the foreigners understood the whole story. They were smart; it was best not to cause trouble on someone else's turf, since not everyone would fawn over them.

In the guard room, after Li Chu had the two foreigners sit down, he immediately made a phone call to the duty room of the higher-level department.

After explaining what had happened, I hung up the phone and waited quietly.

One of the foreigners even tried to communicate with him to see if there was any possibility of cooperation.

Things have come to this point, and Li Chu has no way of having anything to do with them anymore.

There are plenty of people who want to see him get into trouble these days, so he has to be very careful with every step he takes, because some issues can't be explained away easily.

The people from above arrived very quickly, within half an hour of hanging up the phone, and they brought a French teacher from the Foreign Languages ​​Institute with them.

After communicating with the foreigners and confirming that Li Chu's statement was correct, they took the person away.

The translator was now completely disheartened. He couldn't understand why a simple outing had turned out this way.

God's Arrival

Previously, when he was translating, he would add what he considered to be leftist material, and there was never any trouble. Why did he fail this time?

Two people from higher-level departments did not leave with them. Instead, they waited until everyone else had left before saluting Li Chu and saying, "Dean Li, could we find a place to talk?"

After saying that, they took out their identification documents and handed them over.

After Li Chu took a look, he realized that, as he had expected, the two men were inspectors from a higher-level department.

He brought two people with him to his office.

Without exchanging pleasantries, the three quickly got to the point.

"Dean Li, could you tell us why you speak French?"

"Of course, I taught myself all of them. I not only speak French, but also English, Russian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Arabic. I have reported them before, and they are all in the files."

The two inspectors sitting opposite him were speechless with astonishment.

The two men exchanged a glance, and one of them swallowed hard, his voice trembling slightly as he said, "Dean Li, do you mean that if you include Chinese, you've mastered a total of nine languages?"

Li Chu nodded naturally.

Mom, come quick, look at this genius!

"You reported this before, right?"

"Yes, they're all in my files."

"Dean Li, I have a question that's not directly related to the topic. You don't have to answer it."

"you say."

"Why do you need to learn so many foreign languages, especially on your own?"

"There's nothing wrong with talking about this. I was just bored. Also, although I'm a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, I also read foreign language literature. Sometimes waiting for translated versions is too slow, and many translations are not up to standard, so I had the idea of ​​self-studying."

Well, that's a very strong reason. The two inspectors couldn't think of anything else to ask.

"Dean Li, since you reported it in advance, we have no problem. Sorry to bother you."

"You're welcome. It's just part of your job, I understand."

After saluting and saying goodbye to Li Chu, the two inspectors left. Li Chu was so upset by the whole incident that he had no appetite at all.

He really disgusted that translator.

Hopefully, this incident will teach him a lesson.

The consequence of missing lunch was that when he ate dinner in the cafeteria, he felt like he could eat a whole cow.

Ding Qiunan sat opposite him, watching her man wolf down his food, which made her swallow hard as well.

Then he reached into his lunchbox, took a piece of food, and put it in his mouth.

Hmm? It tastes the same, so why can he eat it so deliciously?

When Li Chu saw his wife taking food from his plate, he asked curiously, "What's wrong? Food scooped from the same pot should be the same, right?"

Ding Qiunan shook her head: "They are indeed the same. I saw you eating so deliciously, I thought our dishes didn't taste the same."

"Haha, I was just too hungry. I didn't eat lunch."

"Huh? Didn't I tell you to go eat? Why didn't you go?" Ding Qiunan put down the chopsticks in her hand and asked with concern.

"Don't even mention it. We were just about to go eat when something disgusting happened as soon as we stepped out of the hospital..."

"This won't affect you in any way, will it?"

"Don't worry, it won't affect me at all."

He kept stuffing food into his mouth while talking to his wife.

"Why is it that one thing after another keeps happening lately?"

Hearing his wife's complaints, Li Chu rolled his eyes and thought about it. It seemed to be true. Ever since he arranged Wenhui's engagement in October, it seemed like there had been no end to it.

"How about this, I'll ask you to take a few days off tomorrow, and you can come with me to the sanatorium for a few days. Let's change the scenery, change our mood, and see if we can change our luck."

Ding Qiunan asked excitedly, "Is it possible? Can my leave be approved?"

"Don't worry, I'm here. When we get back tonight, pack us some clothes."

"good!"

Seeing the happy smile on his wife's face, Li Chu felt his mood improve as well.

After finishing his meal and returning home, he first went to tell his sister and mother-in-law. When he returned to his own home, Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e were sitting in the living room.

"What brings you two here today?"

"Brother Chu, I'm here today with a mission."

Li Chu, who was just about to sit down on the sofa, paused when he heard Xu Damao's words.

"What's wrong? What mission?"

“These past two days, some government officials have approached my father-in-law, wanting us to open a restaurant.”

"In the district or the city?"

"In the city."

"What conditions were offered to you?"

"They said they would try their best to coordinate for us grains, meat, poultry, and eggs, oh, and coal too."