One hundred million nanorobots
Chapter 5 Star Network
"Olá."
"Posso ajudá-lo?"
These two Portuguese phrases mean very simply: Hello, how can I help you?
However, after just two simple sentences, the tall and slender foreign lady opposite her was suddenly stunned, and tears almost welled up in her beautiful eyes.
As if she had encountered a savior, the young lady's expression was extremely exaggerated. She grabbed Jiang Yuan's arm and quickly said something in Portuguese. Even the younger sister who was squatting on the ground stopped crying, wiped her snot and tears, and looked at Jiang Yuan with an expectant expression.
Mmm~
Jiang Yuan listened to the foreign girl's story while nodding slightly.
With his current Portuguese vocabulary, he couldn't fully understand what she was saying, but fortunately the vocabulary was relatively simple, and with his ability to fill in the gaps in his understanding, Jiang Yuan managed to grasp most of what she was saying.
Turning around, Jiang Yuan looked at the bewildered and expectant expressions on everyone's faces and said to Yue Lingling, "They are both Brazilians. The older sister is called Laura, and the injured little sister is called Sofia. Their parents came to China to discuss business, so they came along with them."
"According to Laura, Sophia's injuries are not serious. The main problem is that she has some other illness, which seems to be psychological. So it would be best if someone could go down the mountain and ask the two sisters' mother to come over."
"That's about it, since I don't know much Portuguese."
Oh ~
Everyone suddenly realized why the more they comforted Sophia, the more the little girl cried; it turned out she had a mental illness.
Judging from the situation, it seems to be autism or something similar. From beginning to end, Sofia hugged her legs and curled up in the corner, like a wounded and very scared kitten, refusing to contact anyone, not even her own sister.
"Strange, how come Brazilians speak Portuguese?" Yang Jikang scratched his head and muttered to himself.
Just as Jiang Yuan was about to answer the question, Yue Lingling spoke first: "South America used to be a colony. Apart from Brazil, which speaks Portuguese, the other countries, such as Argentina and Colombia, all speak Spanish."
"Jiang Yuan, could you please ask Laura for her phone number? Then we'll send someone down the mountain to contact her mother."
As she spoke, Yue Lingling's gaze toward Jiang Yuan changed noticeably, carrying a hint of admiration, and her words became more polite.
Jiang Yuan nodded, then spoke to Laura in Portuguese again, and quickly took the phone from her.
"Use her phone to call; that way, her family will be more likely to believe you."
"As for language, Laura's parents have a translator with them, so communication is not a problem."
After saying that, Jiang Yuan handed Laura's phone to Yue Lingling, asking her to arrange for someone to go down the mountain.
From her school days, Yue Lingling has demonstrated excellent scheduling and coordination skills, such as arranging chores and organizing gatherings.
Jiang Yuan admired her logic, but frankly, he wasn't impressed by her domineering, leading-woman-like demeanor.
Given the current social situation, being single is the best choice for all men. If the country were to enact a law in the future requiring men to have a partner, Jiang Yuan hopes his partner would be the petite and dependent type.
Zhang Weiyuan and Li Qiming, these two loyal sycophants of Yue Lingling, immediately jumped out and rushed down the mountain to inform Laura's mother. In the end, Li Qiming was the more skillful one and got the glorious mission of running errands.
"Jiang Yuan, when did you learn Portuguese?"
Watching Li Qiming jog down the mountain, Yue Lingling asked him curiously.
Jiang Yuan showed no talent for languages when they were in school, but now he can speak Portuguese, though not fluently. Not only Yue Lingling, but all the students present were curious about him.
"I taught myself this because I had nothing else to do."
Jiang Yuan's vague answer only fueled their suspicions. However, before they could question him, Jiang Yuan suddenly felt a warm force embrace his calf.
Looking down, I saw it was Sofia, a little girl crying with snot and tears streaming down her face. She clung tightly to Jiang Yuan's leg as if she were grasping at a straw, and even wiped her snot on Jiang Yuan's jeans.
Huh?
Everyone was immediately surprised.
It's important to know that this little guy was extremely wary of everyone from beginning to end, and he couldn't even get close to his own sister.
At this moment, the little girl actually showed a gentle and affectionate side to Jiang Yuan, which was really puzzling.
Jiang Yuan smiled, then squatted down and plopped down on the grass next to Sofia.
"Olá."
"Olá."
"Meu nomeé Jiang Yuan. E o seu?"
Sofia.
"Quantos anos você tem?"
"Seis anos."
"Gosta de coelhinhos?"
"Gosto."
Because they couldn't understand Portuguese, the conversations between Jiang Yuan and Sofia always seemed profound and mysterious, but in reality, they were just very simple conversations.
The two greeted each other and introduced themselves. Jiang Yuan asked Sophia if she liked rabbits. Sophia said she liked them very much and wanted to keep one at home, but her father wouldn't allow it.
With only two nanobots, it was clearly impossible to quickly bring high-quality Portuguese to Jiangyuan. Fortunately, Sofia was just a child and knew a little basic vocabulary, which was enough for them to communicate.
"My God!"
"This is absolutely amazing!"
"Sophia has been autistic since childhood. She's usually fine, but when she has an episode, neither her mother nor her father can get close to her."
"Mr. Jiang Yuan, you are truly an amazing magician!"
"Sofia clearly likes you very much!"
Laura covered her mouth with her hands in shock, unable to believe what she was seeing.
Jiang Yuan, who was too young to be considered a pro, not only knew Portuguese, but he also gained Sofia's trust, something that even she and her father couldn't do.
"I told you so," Gong Qiujie whispered in Yue Lingling's ear. "Jiang Yuan has changed. Even a little girl with autism trusts him because of his clean and pure aura."
Yue Lingling followed Gong Qiujie's gaze and, sure enough, a unique and rare quality had appeared on Jiang Yuan at some point, clear and clean.
Despite being over twenty years old, he exudes a sunny, youthful energy that makes people want to get close to him.
After a brief exchange, Jiang Yuan finally learned that Laura was only eleven years old. Not to mention being a minor, she was basically still a child.
No wonder people often say that foreigners have a short flowering period.
In China, it would be unimaginable that an eleven-year-old girl could have a height of nearly 1.7 meters and a figure as graceful as that of an adult woman.
"Come on, brother will take you down the mountain."
The group waited for a long time, but Li Qiming did not return. So Jiang Yuan picked up Sophia and walked down the mountain.
Sofia was compliant; she neither cried nor made a fuss, but nodded gently and buried her head in Jiang Yuan's chest.
And so, Jiang Yuan and Sophia walked in the middle, surrounded by the crowd.
Because of the language barrier, Jiang Yuan could easily communicate with the two Brazilian sisters, but the others had no idea what they were talking about, making the atmosphere somewhat awkward.
Yue Lingling observed that Jiang Yuan's Portuguese seemed to be getting better and better, from being awkward at the beginning to now being able to converse fluently with the Sofia sisters, chatting and laughing with each other.
Jiang Yuan once said that he taught himself Portuguese. He probably didn't have the opportunity to communicate with others before, which is why he was awkward when he first started speaking. Over time, as he communicated more, his previously hidden language ability gradually came to the fore.
From this perspective, Jiang Yuan is quite talented in languages.
It's just unclear why his English grades were consistently poor throughout high school. Perhaps he just hadn't grasped the concept, or perhaps the pronunciation structures of English and Latin-based languages are different, and Jiang Yuan's talent lies more in Latin languages.
Yue Lingling was very thoughtful, and her eyes were always on Jiang Yuan. She carefully observed him all the way, and occasionally showed an expression of admiration. As one of her admirers, Zhang Weiyuan saw this and felt jealous.
His family's wealth and social status were already far inferior to Li Qiming's, and now Jiang Yuan had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Zhang Weiyuan felt that his hopes were slim and couldn't help but feel a little disheartened.
Jiang Yuan felt that his physical strength seemed to be exceptionally good today. He went up and down the mountain continuously, and even carried a heavy little girl in his arms, but he did not feel tired. However, he was quite nervous because he was worried that Sophia would fall.
In the blink of an eye, the group arrived at the foot of the mountain, where they saw Li Qiming talking to several people next to an Audi sedan. Among them were two foreigners with brown hair and blue eyes, who were presumably Sofia and Laura's parents.
"My dear little Sofia!"
South Americans are known for their exaggerated behavior. When Sofia's mother saw her two daughters, she reached out to hug them from afar and ran over, exclaiming in surprise. She took her precious daughters from Jiang Yuan's arms, looked at him with astonishment, and kept saying thank you in English.
"Mr. Jiang Yuan, thank you for your help."
"Um, can I add you on Facebook?" Laura blushed and said to Jiang Yuan in a slightly shy voice.
Jiang Yuan was taken aback. "Sorry, I don't have Facebook."
"What about WhatsApp?"
"Sorry, we don't have that either. In China, we all use WeChat."
"Uh... okay."
Jiang Yuan's answer greatly disappointed Laura.
Arriving in this unfamiliar land in the East, she finally met someone who could speak Portuguese. Moreover, Jiang Yuan possessed a quality that was hard to describe in words, which was very attractive to a young girl like Laura who was just beginning to experience love. That's why she mustered up the courage to ask Jiang Yuan for his contact information.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yuan had already heard from Sophia that Laura, despite her tall stature and youthful appearance, was actually only eleven years old.
Jiang Yuan had no intention of trafficking children, so he naturally refused.
There were quite a few people, including the Sofia sisters and their parents, their translator, and Yue Lingling and her group of seven. Everyone was talking at once, making the scene rather chaotic.
Jiang Yuan disliked noise, but he was also thinking about the amazing information the little guy had revealed today: the universal language of the Milky Way and the Star Network. All of this aroused his great interest.
So Jiang Yuan quietly told Fatty Yang that he was going to ride his electric bike home first. As for how Sophia's family would thank him and how Li Qiming would treat him to a big meal that night, he put all of that out of his mind.
Sparks flew and lightning flashed all the way home. Even with the old electric scooter's throttle fully turned, it still took Jiang Yuan a full half hour to get home.
Jiang Yuan's parents hadn't come home from get off work yet. He returned to his room, turned the little guy back to his original form, and eagerly asked, "What exactly is this StarNet you were talking about today?"
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