Chapter 405

Chapter 405: Chu Xiao’s Pride

Translator: Xiong_Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth

Zhou Shijie looked at Yuan Zhou with a smile and said, “Little Yuan, your French is good . I wanted to ask you about that yesterday . “

Zhou Shijie was speaking French impressively this time, which made Yuan Zhou slightly perturbed .

“What the hell is ‘Your French is good’? I don’t even speak English . For foreign languages, I speak either Mandarin or the regional dialect . ” Yuan Zhou maintained his composure on the face, but couldn’t help ridiculing inwardly .

However, he started to observe the surroundings around earnestly without a trace .

“What the f*ck! They seem to be talking in French . Wait, the names of dishes are also in French . Why can I understand that?” Yuan Zhou revealed a suspicious look .

“Am I a born genius of French and understood this language ever since I was born?” Yuan Zhou couldn’t help guessing .

Yuan Zhou prepared to answer Zhouo Shijie’s question in French confidently .

“A little . Not too much . ” When Yuan Zhou uttered the first word, he found that he couldn’t speak French at all .

Then, he fell silent and directly summoned the system .

“System, were you the one that helped me with that?” Yuan Zhou’s tone was quite serious .

The system displayed, “The CD for you to learn the etiquette of western-style dishes was in French . “

So the CD that Yuan Zhou had been watching in the past few days was all played in French . As it could be read and understood naturally by Yuan Zhou with no big differences, Yuan Zhou didn’t even notice this matter .

Yuan Zhou didn’t remember that until he was reminded by the system .

“Then how can I understand French?” Yuan Zhou asked curiously .

The system displayed, “In order for you to learn the skills better . “

“You really did a good job . So you just forgot to pass on the speaking ability to me?” Yuan Zhou said very sincerely for the first half sentence, and the latter half was spoken quite considerately .

The system displayed, “The learning of etiquette doesn’t require the speaking ability . “

The words were so conspicuous in Yuan Zhou’s mind that he was immediately stupefied .

After quite a while, he said, “System, that really makes a lot of sense . I don’t even know what to say . “

Then, the system that made sense vanished again unsurprisingly, just like what it did every time it cheated Yuan Zhou .

Back to reality, Yuan Zhou still gave an explanation to Zhou Shijie .

“I don’t speak French . I can only listen and read it . ” Yuan Zhou said with an extraordinarily natural tone .

“Really? Can you listen and understand this? Arroseurarrosé . ” Zhou Shijie asked with interest .

“Do you want to know the meaning?” Yuan Zhou asked with puzzlement .

“Of course . I just feel this word is very difficult to be translated literally . Last time, this old man almost couldn’t understand it . ” Zhou Shijie said while stroking his very neat beard .

“It presumably means that ‘he who is unjust is doomed to destruction’ or ‘deal with a man as he deals with you’ . ” Yuan Zhou said affirmatively .

“Right on . Little Yuan, you French is indeed very good . But you really don’t speak it?” Zhou Shijie asked with puzzlement .

In his opinion, if one could read and listen, how could one not speak it?

However, the fact was that Yuan Zhou really didn’t speak French at all .

“No, I can’t . ” Yuan Zhou affirmed that with a nod .

“Haw-haw . If you don’t speak, then how did you manage to learn French?” While taking Yuan Zhou to savor the dishes, Zhou Shijie asked with interest .

“By watching . ” Yuan Zhou thought for a while and said earnestly .

“An interesting young man . Come and taste this one . ” Zhou Shijie pointed at the dishes in front of him and said .

“Um . ” Yuan Zhou nodded his head and then began to taste it .

The two people, old and young, basically walked around and tasted dishes in the conference place . Occasionally, Zhou Shijie introduced some chefs to Yuan Zhou .

Yet, it was more of tasting .

This was exactly the purpose of Zhou Shijie bringing Yuan Zhou here . Only in the most authentic place could he witness the most authentic French dishes .

Of course, visiting his peers in the same industry was also one of the purposes .

The whole day passed very soon .

“We are leaving . Let’s go to the hotel . ” Zhou Shijie parted with others and then said to Yuan Zhou .

“Um . I’m very full today . ” Yuan Zhou said subconsciously .

“That’s good . Then we don’t need to eat dinner and I can save some money . ” Zhou Shijie said smilingly .

“Indeed . I’m going out to wander around . ” When Yuan Zhou walked to the entrance of the hotel, he suddenly said that .

“Ok . I will stay out of that in case you have a nice affair . ” With a temperament of a kid, Zhou Shijie teased him right away .

“No, there won’t be . I will just wander around the entrance . ” Yuan Zhou shook his head .

“There might be . Remember you are in France now, young man . ” Zhou Shijie burst into laughter and directly went upstairs .

Nevertheless, Yuan Zhou really stayed at the entrance and thought quietly where he should go .

After about one minute or so, the doorman at the side came over to him .

“Sir, what can I do for you?” The doorman was a tall and blond handsome man .

Yuan Zhou could understand him . He turned his head and looked at the doorman silently . Meanwhile, he was struggling in his heart about how to answer it .

“Occasionally, it isn’t good to understand French . How shall I answer him now?” Yuan Zhou grumbled quite speechlessly .

After all, he could only listen, but couldn’t speak .

While Yuan Zhou was in an embarrassing situation outside, Zhou Shijie received a phone call after he went back to his room .

“Why do you have time to call me?” Looking at the two characters Chu Xiao on the screen, Zhou Shijie answered the phone decisively and teased him .

“I know you are in France now . Are you used to the surroundings here?” Chu Xiao revealed a natural tone as if he had called to make small talk .

“This old man merely came here for a visit . I didn’t see you today . ” Zhou Shijie asked conveniently .

“Yes . Presumably we didn’t meet . ” Chu Xiao said calmly .

“So tell me . What’s the matter?” Zhou Shijie came to the point .

“How many of you are there?” Chu Xiao suddenly asked that .

“Two . ” Zhou Shijie knitted his brows and said frankly .

He didn’t forget that Yuan Zhou was also here .

“Please don’t feel surprised if I want to treat you guys to dinner . ” Even when Chu Xiao was talking, his polite remarks couldn’t conceal his pride .

“You are going to cook?” Zhou Shijie immediately understood what Chu Xiao meant .

“Of course . I will serve my signature dish then . ” Chu Xiao said affirmatively .

“Ok . No problem . ” Zhou Shijie accepted this invitation directly . He didn’t ask Yuan Zhou for his opinion before deciding to take him there together .

“Then let’s meet in my restaurant at noon three days later . ” Chu Xiao reported his address .

“Wait . ” Just before Chu Xiao hung off the phone, Zhou Shijie stopped him .

“What’s the matter?” It was Chu Xiao’s turn to ask that this time .

“Since you’re going to treat me to dinner, I want to treat you when you go back home, too . How do you like that proposal?” Zhou Shijie was quite confident of this invitation .

“All right . ” Chu Xiao agreed clearly at the other end of the phone .

“Then, everything is fine . ” Zhou Shijie smiled contentedly and then hung off the phone .

“He’s a capable man . ” Chu Xiao recalled that Yuan Zhou could always tell the merits and demerits of the dishes when he tasted them .

Even if he ate them for the very first time .

That’s right . Chu Xiao had also been to the exchange of pointers that day and he had even seen Yuan Zhou and the chairman Zhou Shijie . However, he didn’t go to greet them, but just looked at them quietly .

Nevertheless, that also provided Chu Xiao with a reason to treat them to dinner .