Chapter 23

Li Zhiyan blocked Smith’s path directly.

Then, he said in very standard French, “Mister Smith, hello, perhaps we could talk, if you need anything translated, I could chat with you.”

Smith immediately stopped in his tracks; he hadn’t expected to hear such standard French in a foreign country.

“Young man, are you a Chinese Frenchman?”

“No, I just self-studied French for a while.”

“To self-learn French to such an extent, young man, you’re truly a genius.”

Smith had a very favorable impression of Li Zhiyan.

Li Meifeng’s eyes widened in amazement; he was actually conversing with the Frenchman Smith!

And it seemed there were no barriers in their communication.

This kid even knew French, unbelievable!

At this moment, Rao Shi Yun in the back felt her heart beating very fast.

She had already recorded the video of Li Zhiyan fixing the system; she truly admired Li Zhiyan’s talents.

Being able to earn sixty thousand yuan at 18, and being self-taught.

He was the man of Rao Shi Yun’s dreams.

But what she hadn’t expected was!

Li Zhiyan had other talents; he knew French.

…

“Aunt Li, you can tell me anything directly, and I will help you with the translation,” he said.

The slightly stunned Li Meifeng quickly recovered.

“Ah! Yes, sure!”

She couldn’t care less about how Li Zhiyan knew French; the priority was to secure the order as soon as possible.

This was much more important than anything else.

Afterward, Li Zhiyan secretly felt proud as he showed off his French in front of Auntie Rao.

Li Zhiyan was an ordinary person, and among ordinary people, he was very mundane.

Therefore, he really liked…

Half an hour later, with Li Zhiyan’s translation, Li Meifeng successfully signed the contract.

After Lew Huan went to see off Smith.

Li Meifeng couldn’t help but cheer.

“Thank you so much, Xiao Yan, if it wasn’t for you, Auntie would have really lost a lot this time.”

Li Meifeng came to the desk, opened the drawer, took out a stack of hundred-yuan bills, and placed it in front of Li Zhiyan.

“Here, kid, take it.”

Li Zhiyan really thought Li Meifeng talked saucily but was truly generous in her actions.

“Aunt Li, this is too much. A translator earns just a thousand yuan a day and it’s not every day that you can find work.”

“Ah, just take it when I give it to you. Without you, Auntie would have lost even more.”

Li Meifeng pushed the money directly in front of Li Zhiyan.

Li Zhiyan didn’t continue to refuse; making fifty thousand yuan in one outing was truly worth it.

“Why hasn’t Lew Huan come back yet?”

Li Meifeng could probably guess that he was too embarrassed to come back.

Being completely outdone by an 18-year-old in front of the woman he liked, coming back would just lose face in front of Rao Shi Yun.

Rao Shi Yun said with some annoyance, “It’s better that he hasn’t come back, people like that who only think about getting into bed all day are disgusting.”

“Xiao Yan from our family is so much better.”

The more Rao Shi Yun looked at Li Zhiyan, the more she appreciated the boy.

Although he seemed quite ordinary, he was also a bit handsome.

With his talents and ambition, he was really likable.

“Yo-yo, she hasn’t agreed to let you breastfeed her and already ‘our Xiao Yan,’ isn’t your son Liu Zifeng?”

“You’re in such a hurry to breastfeed Xiao Yan.”

“Don’t even mention it…”

Whenever Rao Shiyun mentioned her own son, she felt a sense of loss.

Compared to Li Zhiyan, Liu Zifeng really fell short by a long way.

Li Zhiyan checked and saw that the thirty thousand yuan reward from his system had already been deposited into his bank account.

The system was really getting more and more powerful.

Now his total assets amounted to eighty thousand yuan.

Towards the goal of buying a house.

He still needed 920,000 more!

…

At noon, Li Meifeng booked a table full of delicious food at a nearby grand hotel to thank him. After all, without Li Zhiyan, her loss today would have been too great.

After they left the restaurant, Li Meifeng teased with a saucy comment, “Rao, the great beauty, remember to send me a photo when you’re nursing Xiao Yan, so I can admire it.”

“If you want to nurse him, go ahead!”

“Sure thing, but I’m afraid Li Zhiyan might not be willing. Besides, I’m no match for you—one of you is worth three of me. He won’t be full with just me; he’ll still need you.”

“Just go away!”

Rao Shiyun’s face turned red again. This woman kept going on and on about nursing. She just couldn’t stop. In terms of bantering, she was really no match for her.

“Bye bye, Li Zhiyan.”

After sending off Li Meifeng, Rao Shiyun felt somewhat helpless.

“Xiao Yan, don’t always listen to her nonsense. She’s never proper in front of children.”

“So annoying. Get in the car, I’ll take you home. I have to go to the company in the afternoon.”

“No thank you, Auntie Rao, I’m not going home. There’s nobody at home, and there’s no point in me going back.”

“You can just go straight to your company, and I’ll get off near there.”

“That works, my company isn’t far from your house anyway.”

…

When the Audi A6 stopped in front of Rao Shiyun’s company building.

The moment he got out of the car, Li Zhiyan felt a wave of heat.

But now, Li Zhiyan really liked this kind of scorching hot weather; it was the heat of youth.

“Kid, bye now.”

Looking at Li Zhiyan in front of her, Rao Shiyun couldn’t stop the images of him communicating with Smith from popping up in her mind.

His French was really impressive.

“Yep, bye Auntie Rao.”

“Oh right, Xiao Yan.”

“I forgot to ask, how did you learn French so well? Have you been to France before?”

Li Zhiyan couldn’t help but smile. As an ordinary person, how could he have had the money to go to France?

“No, Auntie Rao, I’ve never been abroad, not even out of Wan Province. To be honest, I’ve never even left Wan Province.”

Amazement filled Rao Shiyun’s beautiful eyes.

“Then how did you become so fluent in French? Starting to learn French is much harder than English. Did you have a professional French teacher?”

“No, Auntie Rao, I taught myself French because I wanted to master another skill to help ease my mother’s burden in life a little.”

Li Zhiyan knew that was the only explanation he could give.

He certainly couldn’t tell anyone about the system.

Upon hearing this, Rao Shiyun felt almost too incredulous to believe her ears.

The French he spoke was all self-taught by this kid!

He had not only taught himself computer programming but also French!

What incredible willpower that must have taken!

And it was all to reduce his mother’s hardships.

What a thoughtful child he was.

For a moment, Rao Shiyun’s eyes teared up, almost spilling over, as she stepped forward and gently embraced Li Zhiyan.

And Li Zhiyan immediately bent down.

Auntie Rao’s embrace was truly magnificent!