Su Xiaotian finished breakfast. Having just completed a mission, she had no important work arrangements for the day, so she took the bus leisurely to the Translation Bureau.
When she arrived at the office, there were still twenty minutes before work started, and she was the only one there.
Su Xiaotian hadn't been there for quite some time, so she got water to wash a rag and began wiping the desks.
Before the desks were even wiped clean, she saw Fan Shufang standing at the door of her office, waving at her affectionately.
Su Xiaotian was about to call her "Second Grandma" when she saw Lu Xuan standing at the door.
She then respectfully said, "Director Fan, do you need something from me?"
When there were no outsiders, calling her "Second Grandma" was natural and intimate. However, with others present, Su Xiaotian was very particular.
"Comrade Su Xiaotian, come to my office!"
Fan Shufang glanced at Lu Xuan beside her, understood Su Xiaotian's intention, and also spoke in a businesslike manner.
Su Xiaotian put down the rag and obediently followed Fan Shufang to Fan Shufang's office.
"Sit down. There are no outsiders here, so it's just like at home."
Fan Shufang invited Su Xiaotian to sit down and handed her a few chocolates.
Su Xiaotian was not polite, took the chocolates with a smile, and played with them in her hand.
The chocolates were from abroad and looked very good, but she didn't know how they tasted.
Fan Shufang looked at Su Xiaotian, who was sitting opposite her playing with chocolates with a charming and naive expression, and smiled kindly.
This little girl was still a child, yet she was already so outstanding.
Fan Shufang sat opposite Su Xiaotian, not far from her.
"Xiaotian, you did a very good job on this task. Director Du greatly appreciates you!"
Su Xiaotian hadn't expected Fan Shufang to call her over to say such a thing.
However, it seemed to have become a habit for her second grandfather and second grandmother to praise her. Perhaps it was Fan Shufang who had strongly recommended her to Director Du.
"I just did my job, which is what I should do. In the future, I will work even harder and will not make Second Grandma difficult!"
Since she had accepted the praise from her superior, she had to do something worthy of that praise!
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Fan Shufang said, "You'd better not work too hard. If you work any harder, how will others live?"
This was naturally a teasing remark to Su Xiaotian, but it was also the truth.
In the past few days, the atmosphere in the Translation Bureau had been a bit off.
The most obvious manifestation was the greatly improved enthusiasm for learning.
Many people, after finishing their work, still worked hard to study, indicating they had been stimulated.
Although Fan Shufang felt this situation was very good, she also worried that Su Xiaotian was too competitive, making life even more difficult for others.
Su Xiaotian smiled sheepishly.
There was no other way. She had the system's library and was naturally meant to work hard and study.
If she had been bound to a system for eating, drinking, and having fun, she could have just relaxed.
"Xiaotian, can you tell me how many foreign languages you know now?"
Fan Shufang suddenly remembered this question and asked very seriously.
"Second Grandma, I am proficient in six languages. There are three others that I can barely manage, and that's all!"
Su Xiaotian said this with a very calm tone.
In fact, what Su Xiaotian didn't say was that she felt the languages she could barely manage were considered proficient by others.
For example, the language of Country Y was one of the languages Su Xiaotian considered herself to barely manage.
Fan Shufang felt that this girl was subtly showing off.
How old was she?
Knowing so many foreign languages, was she normal?
Clearly not!
"Xiaotian, how many years has it been since you started learning foreign languages?"
When Fan Shufang asked this, she felt weak.
She also knew foreign languages and naturally understood how difficult they were to learn. Sudancheng Novel Network
Language learning not only required talent, comprehension, and hard work, but sometimes the language environment was also very important.
And domestically, such a language environment was clearly lacking, which led to many people recognizing foreign words but not being very proficient in foreign languages, especially spoken ones.
In fact, it wasn't just Fan Shufang; anyone else in her position would have been devastated by Su Xiaotian's words.
"It's been less than ten years," Su Xiaotian said vaguely.
"Mastering a foreign language in a year?" Fan Shufang stared at Su Xiaotian in disbelief, feeling like she was looking at a little monster.
But then, she felt she was making a fuss over nothing.
How old was this child? She couldn't possibly have started learning foreign languages from birth.
It seemed that this child began learning foreign languages when Elder Chi came to Nanling Village.
"It was slower at the beginning, but as I learned more foreign languages, the speed increased."
Su Xiaotian knew that her learning speed was indeed a bit discouraging, but there was no other way.
She felt that she might learn foreign languages even faster in the future.
People in later generations said that the more the brain is used, the more flexible it becomes, and this seemed to be quite true.
Fan Shufang: "..."
She didn't know what to say anymore.
It was no wonder Director Du had told her to find a way to keep Su Xiaotian in the Translation Bureau.
Now, she also felt that Xiaotian should stay in the Translation Bureau to utilize her special skills and talents.
After all, apart from the Translation Bureau, other places didn't seem to need a genius who knew multiple languages.
Especially since this child was young, had infinite potential, and no one knew how many languages she would master in the future.
If Director Du knew this, Fan Shufang was certain that Director Du would personally come to invite her to stay.
"Xiaotian, you are suited to work in the Translation Bureau!" Fan Shufang said directly after thinking for a moment.
Su Xiaotian hadn't expected Fan Shufang to say such a thing so frankly, without any beating around the bush.
"Second Grandma, are you trying to persuade me to stay and work in the Translation Bureau?"
Fan Shufang glared at her and said, "You're so smart, you know even this! Don't you think about how outstanding you've been since you arrived at the Translation Bureau? How could you not attract attention?"
Su Xiaotian was amused and exasperated. Wasn't performing well a good thing?
"Second Grandma, isn't this also to avoid embarrassing you and Second Grandpa?" Su Xiaotian smiled faintly.
"Don't mind the previous rumors. I know my own child, don't I?"
Fan Shufang had complete faith in Su Xiaotian and believed even more that Su Xiaotian would be the most outstanding child.
"Since you perfectly completed the reception and translation work this time, those rumors have all disappeared," Fan Shufang said with a smile after taking a sip of water.
What were rumors? As long as one had enough strength, any amount of rumors could be dispelled.
Currently, within the entire Translation Bureau, there was no one whose abilities were comparable to Su Xiaotian's.
Even if these people were jealous, they couldn't be.
After all, jealousy usually occurs when two people are on equal footing. When there is a vast difference, jealousy is simply not possible.