C129 Can I Not Say
C129 Can I Not Say
Lin Ruoxi furrowed her brows and bit her lips, not saying a word. She seemed to be considering something.
At that moment, Nanny Wang's voice came from the second floor. "Miss, what's the matter?"
Yang Chen and Lin Ruoxi looked up at the same time and were dumbfounded.
Nanny Wang had changed into a white robe and was standing next to the railing on the second floor. Her hair was let down and her face was covered with a layer of white mask. She was doing female maintenance.
Lin Ruoxi's face reddened as she rebuked, "Nanny Wang, since when did you start applying face masks? Have you forgotten what day it is today?"
Nanny Wang massaged her face as she thought, "Oh, Miss. Look at me. My memory is getting worse and worse. I forgot about what you said."
Yang Chen felt a little fresh when he saw Nanny Wang's face mask. No wonder Nanny Wang was in her fifties and looked like a woman in her forties when she was taken care of. She also did these kinds of nursing work. However, thinking about it, it made sense. She took care of such a big home by herself. When she wasn't busy during the day, other than taking care of herself, she had nothing else to do.
"Then Nanny Wang, hurry up. I'll wait for you." Lin Ruoxi said helplessly, looking depressed, just like a little girl who had been cheated by her elders.
Yang Chen felt it was strange. Why would she need to wait for Nanny Wang to do it?
Without waiting for Yang Chen to ask, Nanny Wang said, "Miss, don't wait for me. In the past, there were only two ladies, and now that Miss has married Young Master, then I will definitely let Young Master accompany you to buy books in the library. I still have a lot of nursing work to do today, so why don't you follow Young Master?"
"No!" Lin Ruoxi immediately said in alarm, "I want to go with Nanny Wang."
Nanny Wang smiled as she walked down the stairs, her hands still rubbing her face, "Miss, I'm too old now, so I can't always stay with you. The two of you will be together in the future, and when I accompany you to buy books in the city, I won't be able to help much, so I can only carry two bags of books for you; but Young Master is different. You're both young, so I can always accompany you to talk and exchange opinions; furthermore, when you go out at night, having a man by your side is always good."
Yang Chen suddenly realized that this woman was going to the Book City to buy books. Although they hadn't known each other for long, he had a rough understanding of Lin Ruoxi's love for books. Last time, he had seen so many books stored in her study that it looked like a small library.
Unexpectedly, this female CEO who had a cold personality and wanted people to stay away from her went to Book City and asked Nanny Wang to accompany her to buy books. It was just like a little girl who wanted her mother to accompany her to buy books.
Lin Ruoxi was momentarily at a loss for words. What Nanny Wang said was the truth. Although she felt very awkward, she did not know why, but she still felt an inexplicable sense of hope for Nanny Wang's suggestion.
Nanny Wang smiled and then said to Yang Chen, "Young Master, Miss has never had any friends since she was young. She likes to read books by herself, and she goes to Zhong Hai's Book City to visit and buy a lot of books every month. In the past, when the madame and mistress were together, they would always accompany the young mistress. But now that they had left, only the old lady herself accompanied the young mistress. Miss alone is not used to it. Now that Young Master is here, I can finally succeed and leave. "
With that, Nanny Wang gave Yang Chen a "encouraging" look and slowly walked back upstairs.
Lin Ruoxi's caution was exposed by Nanny Wang. She felt uncomfortable in front of Yang Chen, but luckily, her expression had always been cold, so she didn't seem embarrassed.
Yang Chen knew she was thin-skinned, so he didn't ask any further questions and said, "Let's go. It's not safe to be alone at night. I'll go with you."
"Do you know where Zhonghai's Book City is?" Lin Ruoxi asked.
"I don't know, just tell me the way." Yang Chen said.
Lin Ruoxi shook her head slightly. "I'll drive."
"Is that important?" Yang Chen was puzzled.
Lin Ruoxi nodded seriously and said with a serious expression, "It's very important. I don't want to die in a car accident in order to buy books."
"…"
Half an hour later, the two of them arrived at Zhong Hai Book City in a black Mercedes-Benz SLK that Lin Ruoxi drove from the garage.
The entire Book City was a twenty-odd storey building from which books from all sorts of professions could be found. The neon lights in the area were sparse, and the traffic was sparse. However, there was a lot of traffic outside the city.
Although the material life in this era was extremely rich, the mysterious invention called books had never been eliminated. Many scientists claim that traditional books will be eliminated by tools such as e-books and papers will be lost in history. But in reality, books had an irreplaceable position. From ancient times until now, the only ones that had not been eliminated were the books.
Actually, the reason is very simple. When a person sees an electronic book, they usually only have two choices: to read or not to read. However, when faced with a book, people could choose more methods. One only needed to flip the pages of the book and roughly know what the book described. This was something that electronic books could not do.
Yang Chen followed beside Lin Ruoxi and walked into Book City.
She didn't put on any makeup and wore an old plain white dress. Lin Ruoxi's attire couldn't be more ordinary, but there were always plenty of people looking at her. In many men's eyes, it was a ferocious greed. This made Yang Chen understand to a greater extent why Lin Ruoxifei needed someone to accompany her. In such a crowded environment, it was indeed dangerous for a girl like her to be alone.
They rode in the elevator and arrived at a ten-storey humanities and history section. Lin Ruoxi walked out of the elevator and saw that Yang Chen was always following her. She wasn't used to it, so she said, "Go take a stroll. Wait for me at the door later."
"I'm not here to read; I'm here to look at you." Yang Chen said.
"I'm not a child, why are you looking at me?" Lin Ruoxi said unhappily.
Yang Chen didn't mind, "Don't worry about it. Since Nanny Wang asked me to look at you, I will naturally keep my word. Don't worry, it won't affect your reading. You can choose whatever you want."
Lin Ruoxi knew that it wouldn't end well if she continued to talk to this rascal. She was probably angered to death, so she could only glare at him before starting to browse through the rows and rows of bookshelves.
Because of the vastness of the floor, although there were many people in Book City, most of the time there was only silence.
Lin Ruoxi's reading style was very complicated. Starting from the dozen floors, she would check every single book on the first floor, choose a few, and put them into the book basket. When she reached the 18th floor, Yang Chen's hands were already filled with two big plastic baskets full of books.
Before, when he went to the Book City with Nanny Wang, it was because they were all women. After taking out a basket of books, they would be unable to carry them out, so he could only go to the first floor to save them before going upstairs to choose. This time, Lin Ruoxi felt much more at ease with Yang Chen. No matter what book she picked, as long as she put it in the basket that Yang Chen was carrying, it would be fine.
At this moment, the woman seemed to be engrossed in her work, and completely forgot how many books she had chosen. She shuttled back and forth between the shelves, as if tirelessly browsing through all kinds of books.
Quite a number of customers beside the two of them saw Yang Chen carrying a pile of books with both hands, and they all sent an expression of admiration and silence. From their point of view, this man's arm was definitely about to break. However, after seeing Lin Ruoxi's face, the customers felt relieved. They figured he was chasing a girl to make her happy. When some young male customers saw Yang Chen's condition, even the thought of talking to Lin Ruoxi was dispelled. Such a woman could not bear it.
Yang Chen didn't care, he didn't consider whether the weight on his hands was beyond the understanding of normal people. As long as the basket could fit inside, he wouldn't say anything.
After passing the fashion and design sections, the two of them finally arrived at the last level. It was the special level of books on foreign languages, and there were very few people on this level. After all, most of the books were in French, Spanish and other languages. There were very few who could understand these books, and even fewer who were willing to read these popular books in foreign languages.
Reaching this level, Lin Ruoxi suddenly remembered Yang Chen's abnormal foreign language ability that even she herself had no choice but to admire. She casually asked, "Can you read all the books here?"
Yang Chen glanced over and saw that it was all Western languages and a few Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern languages. There were no small languages from Africa or Latin America that he couldn't understand, so he nodded and said, "I can understand them all."
Lin Ruoxi only asked a casual question. She didn't expect Yang Chen to be able to understand it so she thought Yang Chen was bragging. After all, there were more than 20 foreign language books on this floor, so she wanted to verify what Yang Chen had said. Lin Ruoxi walked quietly all the way to the Albanian block.
Albanian is the official language of Yugoslavia, Serbia and other countries, because it combines Greek, Italian, Slavic and many other words, so it is one of the most unpopular but difficult European languages.
Lin Ruoxi picked up a thick book with a black cover and flipped it open to a page. The Albanian language was so dense that it gave her a headache.
"If you say that you can understand the language here, can you translate the words on this page for me?" Lin Ruoxi looked at Yang Chen in high spirits. She did not look like she had been walking around the city for three hours.
Yang Chen gave a simple glance and said with a troubled expression: "Can I not tell you? I think it's hard to say. "
"Don't find excuses, isn't it just an interpreter? Didn't you say you would? What's so hard about that? I'll give you the book. You just have to open your mouth and say it. " Lin Ruoxi pressed on and on, her beautiful eyes brimming with happiness. She felt as if she had finally occupied the top and defeated Yang Chen.