His mother's words left him speechless. He left the Song family with a gloomy face and returned to his small courtyard. He needed to be alone to think clearly and understand all these changes.
Chen Ninghui naturally couldn't sleep at night because she slept too much during the day, so she simply sat up and leaned against the bed to learn Portuguese. This was a new language she had recently learned. Although she had studied it systematically, she had little exposure to it.
Coupled with the language's fast speaking speed and tendency to swallow sounds, it was very difficult for her to listen, and she was often still confused after listening to a section.
So she arranged her study according to the rhythm of listening to an article for three days. She was neither greedy for more nor greedy for speed. She listened to an article repeatedly until she understood it.
Tonight's efficiency was extremely high. She listened to it at 0.5x speed for the first time, but she completely understood it the second time at normal speed. She didn't fall asleep until early in the morning after listening to it.
I got up early to go to the unit after only three hours of sleep. When I looked in the mirror this time, I noticed the red mark on my neck, which looked like a brand. It hurt a little when I saw it, but I quickly adjusted my mentality and walked briskly to the unit.
When we arrived at the work unit, the atmosphere in the department was a little strange. Even Tao Kaiyan, who was always positive, tried to stay in her position and said nothing, as if she was afraid of being discovered by others.
Chen Ning didn't know why, but it was a basic work rule not to ask questions that shouldn't be asked, so she just silently observed the colleagues around her. She found that everyone was extremely low-key today and no one spoke, so she quietly did her own thing.
When having dinner with Xu Haochen at noon, Xu Haochen said: "Have you heard about it?"
"What?"
"The ministry is going to send people to build an embassy in African country X."
"Country X?" Chen Ning asked doubtfully. Country
Personnel is responsible.
"Yes, so the ministry is looking for personnel to build the museum. Because Country X is too small, we tentatively choose two people, an experienced leader and an attaché." Xu Haochen said clearly.
When Chen Ning came back, she understood that the entourage would most likely be chosen from their group of new recruits. No wonder Tao Kaiyan hid herself today.
If it had been in the past, Chen Ning would have wanted to hide because she didn't want to be sent abroad, no matter which country it was.
But now, she is a little bit ready to make a move.
Xu Haochen: "Country
, after the museum is built, there must be staff.”
Chen Ning nodded back and agreed with what he said, "But since we want to build a museum, we need staff. That's what we do. We go wherever needed."
Xu Haochen responded with a smile: "If you are aware, I will give you a thumbs up."
It was purely a joke, because I knew that Chen Ninghui’s biggest wish was not to be sent to another country.
She suddenly asked again: "Country X speaks Portuguese, right?"
"Yes, that's right."
"I've been studying well recently." She also smiled, without telling Xu Haochen her decision in her heart, as if everything was destined and fate.
Because of the problem of selecting personnel, their department has been very quiet in the past few days. Everyone is busy with their own affairs, but they don't show up. They will automatically become invisible if they can. Only Chen Ninghui is the calmest, handling everything calmly, but spending more time.
When it comes to learning Portuguese.
I listen to it on the way to work in the morning, and when running at night. Sometimes I talk to myself at home in Portuguese as much as possible. If there is no such language environment, I create my own environment.
During this period, Song Jingye would contact her every day. She could tell that he had been feeling self-blame and guilt, but she had expressed her attitude before and accepted his apology, so if he was still in this mood
, she had no choice but to rely on him to digest it.
That night, she changed into her sportswear and went downstairs for a run. She had just run less than three kilometers when the phone on her headset rang. She answered, "Hello?"
He stopped while running, his voice was inevitably breathless, and his deep voice came from the headphones: "Outside?" he asked.
"Well, I'm running." He was not idle as he spoke, and strode forward.