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Autumn rain stops and stops.It was already three days later when I received the letter and recording from the other party.

oh!Who the hell translated this?With so many grammatical errors, if anyone can see the original meaning and even the aesthetic feeling, it would be Shakespeare alive.

Lucas felt his inner beast stir.Take a deep breath, yes, take a deep breath.Okay, fine, you can control yourself.

Throwing the documents in his hand on the table, Lucas put on the windbreaker, put on his shoes, took the umbrella, and walked out the door.He needs fresh air.

Walking along the river, the raindrops hit the umbrella, the flowers hang their heads under the rain, the weeds on the lawn are swaying, and a leaf that has lost its life color falls on the water, floating and sinking into the distance.Taking a deep breath and letting his sanity return to his body, Lucas tried hard to restrain his urge to jump into the water.It seems that this time is not a good time to take a walk by the water.

I need a cup of coffee.Lucas walked quickly towards the house.

When passing the cafe, Lucas inadvertently saw Mrs. Macy Quintas sitting by the window facing the street. Opposite her was the Chinese boss, and they were talking with smiles on their faces.Lucas hesitated for a moment, but changed the direction of his footsteps and walked towards the store.

"Messi, long time no see!" Lucas closed the umbrella and put it in the porcelain jar at the door.

"Oh, look who's here?" Mrs. Quintas stood up and hugged Lucas with open arms. "Is your mother all right? Last time I heard she said she was going to Venice for vacation."

Lucas took off his windbreaker and put it on the back of the chair, nodded to Leo, and sat down at the table: "Yes, I just came back from there a few days ago. What are you talking about? You look very happy look."

"We are talking about tea. It turns out that what Mei said before is true. Leo's words confirmed your aunt's ridicule. I am so happy to taste such delicious Chinese tea today." Mrs. Quintas smiled. explain.

A small white porcelain cup fell in front of Lucas, and the amber tea in it exuded a faint mellow aroma, which seemed to have the smell of charcoal roasted coffee.

"Please." With a smile on his face, Leo stretched out his hand to signal.

Thank you, Lucas picked it up and put it in his mouth to sip lightly, the taste was bitter and the aftertaste was slightly sweet.

"It tastes good. It's a bit different from the tea made by plums, each with its own flavor." Lucas said pertinently.

"This is the rock tea I prepared myself. Drink some tea to warm you up on a rainy day." Leo took the tea cup and refilled it. "However, it is not advisable to drink too much at night, so as not to be too excited and unable to sleep peacefully."

"I'll have another drink." Mrs. Quintas gently held the crispy teacup with her fingertips and sipped lightly, "It's really delicious."

Lucas also picked up the tea and said, "It seems to be different from my aunt's. Mei's tea has a fragrance of flowers."

"That should be scented tea. If you are lucky enough to taste Mrs. Mei's tea..." Seeing that both of them put down their teacups, Leo asked, "Why? Is there any inconvenience?"

"She passed away last month." Lucas remembered that day, too, was so cloudy and rainy.

"Oh, sorry."

"At that time, May and I often went to Shaun's coffee shop for gatherings." Mrs. Quintas looked sideways at the photo on the opposite wall and recalled, "Sean would make everyone a cup of coffee with a secret recipe, and May would make coffee with a secret recipe. The tea tray is brought down, tea is made for everyone to drink, and I bring homemade snacks. We often sit for an afternoon or an evening, chatting about coffee, tea art, fine wine, and old times, and we find that many things are similar. areas, such as the production process of wine and tea.”

"How can two different drinks have something in common?" Lucas disagreed, "One raw material is fruit, and the other raw material is leaves. Wine has to go through a series of complicated processes from soil, climate, water quality to fermentation, extraction, blending, etc. A cup of wine with good taste needs to be met when many conditions are met. Isn’t tea just picked, dried, and brewed? It’s too far away.”

"Mr. Constantine, tea is not made so easily." Boss Li smiled slightly, "Good tea can only be planted if it meets various conditions of time and place, and it can only be produced after a series of complicated technological processes. How to brew it is also important. A lot of attention."

Lucas raised his eyebrows: "Oh? I would like to hear more about it."

When Leo finished talking about the tea culture of hundreds of years, more than an hour had passed.Lucas and Mrs. Quintas listened with gusto, and didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

The orange light overhead makes the face of the young boss more three-dimensional.His unhurried speech speed, clear and warm tone, sometimes shining and sometimes deep eyes, and a head full of legendary stories and profound knowledge make this Asian man stand out in front of him, as if he is displaying hundreds of products After wandering in his doll shop for a long time, looking back suddenly, he caught sight of a doll around the corner. The Asian boss in front of him came alive in Lucas's heart, and his name jumped out of the void, Leo Lee.

It seemed that his lips were dry from talking too much. Boss Li slightly stretched out the tip of his tongue and swept across his plump lower lip and Lucas' heart. It seemed that his steady heartbeat missed a beat. Lucas withdrew his gaze and looked down. Teacup in front of you.Swallowing, Lucas raised his head and said, "Leo, can I call you that? I found that your accent is very pure, and it sounds better than many locals."

"Thank you, my French teacher is from Tours. I'm lucky."

"I see. I wonder how your grammar is?"

"Normal reading is fine. What's the matter?"

Lucas hesitated, and said: "I really want to trouble you. I have some Chinese letters here, and the translation the other party found is really terrible. I wonder if you have time to translate for me? Of course, it will be paid."

"Can I take a look first?"

"Wait a minute, I'll get it." Lucas stood up hurriedly, picked up the umbrella, rushed home, fetched the document, and handed it to Leo.

Leo glanced briefly, looked up, and said, "No problem, I can probably give it to you the night after tomorrow. I'm a little busy during the day."

"Thank you so much! You really helped me a lot." Lucas smiled.

"Easy. Another drink?"

"I don't want it. It's getting late, I can't stand it. Let me go first." Mrs. Quintas stood up, and Lucas quickly took her coat and put it on for the old man. The two watched the old man hold the umbrella, Slowly disappear in the night rain.

Leo turned around and asked, "Do you want to stay a little longer?"

"If you don't mind. To be honest, I'm in the right mood right now."

The two sat down again.Leo changed another teapot, put some things in it again, and made tea: "I see that your eyes are blue, have you not slept well recently?"

"When it's rainy, I'm prone to depression and can't sleep well. I hate this season in Paris." Lucas rubbed his brows.

"It's a different mood. Rainy days are very romantic." Leo filled the teacup and placed it in front of Lucas.

A fragrance of flowers and herbs penetrated into the nostrils.

"If there is a lover." Glancing at the other party, Lucas picked up the cup and smelled it, and said, "Flower tea?"

"Well, I don't know how to say French." Leo said an English word, and Lucas said, "It's acacia."

"Yes, it's acacia tea, made from acacia flowers. It can soothe the nerves, refresh the stomach and invigorate the kidneys. I think it will be good for your sleep."

"What a trouble. Thank you."

"You're welcome. I brought all kinds of tea from home, and you are welcome to taste them anytime."

"After hearing so much about Chinese tea from you, I think we can add a product title, 'Li's Tea', to the menu. Your tea art is very good, and more people should know about it."

"Hehe, is that right? Thank you, my grandpa should be very happy to hear that." Leo poured him another glass, "After drinking this glass, it's time to rest."

"Oh, sorry to bother you for so long."

"It's okay, I just want to translate these documents earlier. Seeing that you are in a hurry." Leo clicked on the letters on the table.

"It's the information provided by the customer who ordered the painting. Because the journey is far away and the time is tight, I want to use this information to learn about the other party's situation."

"I see. I will try my best to translate the original meaning. Please rest assured."

"Thank you then. Ah, it's getting late, goodbye. Good night."

"Good night, sweet dreams."

Lucas got up to leave.The windbreaker was left on the back of the chair.After tidying up the desktop and preparing to turn off the lights and leave, Leo found the clothes, thought for a while, put them away and hung them in his locker.

The morning light shone on Lucas's eyelids through the gaps in the curtains, like bugs crawling.Lucas tilted his head and opened his eyes.The weather finally cleared up, he slept well last night, and he was in a much better mood.

"Ding dong—" It's early in the morning, who's here?

Lucas put down his knife and fork and looked towards the intercom display.

"Hi, Lucas." It was Michael.Press the button to open the door, and the sound of footsteps quickly changed from far to near.

"Good morning. Why are you here?" Lucas took the bag from him.

"Nathan returned to Switzerland yesterday, tell me to deliver food to you today." Mi Gao arranged the shoes, took several bags to the kitchen, put them in different categories, washed his hands, and sat down on the chair. "How are you these days?"

"Not bad. Would you like some? There are still a few slices of bacon in the frying pan, and the bread needs to be baked again." Lucas raised the toast with bacon in his hand.

"Thank you, I have eaten." Mi Gao poured himself a glass of water: "Nathan said that if you need any other information, let me know, and I will contact the other party. He was entangled in Mattis's affairs, so he took off Don't leave."

"Not yet. Ask him to tell my elder brother that I will use the house for half a year. I can't even understand the messy translations."

"Do I need someone to translate? I still know some Chinese."

"No, I've already asked others." Lucas swallowed the last bite of bread, took a sip of juice, stood up, and said, "I have nothing else to do here, I will call you if necessary."

"Well, keep in touch for 24 hours." Mi Gao rubbed his hands and stood up, "If you don't satisfy me, Nathan will ask me to look good."

"Haha, Nathan is hard-spoken and soft-hearted."

"That's what you said. I'm leaving. See you later."

Lucas waved his hand, turned and went upstairs.

On the large screen is a Chinese man in his fifties sitting upright. His dyed hair is black and shiny, combed back without any mess. A dark sweater with a V-neckline outlines a slightly chubby figure.The majesty of the superior has carved unique lines on his face, facing the camera with a calm expression.His deep and slow voice echoed in the studio.Unable to understand what he was saying, Lucas carefully observed his facial expressions.Gradually, the serious, expressionless, and a little cold voice gradually took on color, as if the snow melted in spring, the hard lines on the face began to soften, the eyes began to glance to the upper right corner, the corners of the mouth curled up from time to time, and the slightly plump cheeks began to hang. smile.In the end, he nodded slightly, and said two words that Lucas could only understand: "Thank you".

The walls are full of enlarged photos, including singles, couples, and a family of three, as well as many landscape photos, most of which are black and white, only two are in color.After watching the video several times, Lucas began to draw a rough outline in his mind.He drew a few sketches casually, but he was not very satisfied.Wait for Leo's translation.

I looked at the time, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon.Lucas went downstairs to prepare lunch.

After dinner, seeing the weather was good, he turned down to the front of the building, greeted a few people he knew under the awning, and Lucas walked into the cafe.Unexpectedly, Leo was not seen, a thin young man was busy in front of the counter.

"Isn't Leo here?" Lucas tapped on the counter lightly.

The young man raised his head: "Ah, are you Mr. Constantine? The boss has something to do and will come later. Please sit down first."

Lucas sat down in an empty seat, and said to the young man who followed: "Have a glass of Ou Lei, more milk, and an orange juice souffle."

When the coffee and pastry arrived, there was an extra slab of chocolate-colored cake on the plate.

"This is the work of our new pastry chef, Sand Shelf Cake, please taste it."

Lucas was a little surprised and nodded his thanks.Pick up a small spoon and put a small piece into your mouth. The sweetness of the chocolate becomes very smooth and delicious against the natural sweetness of the apricot.He put down his spoon and said to the boy, "It tastes good. Please give me a sand shelf cake."

Savoring the coffee and pastries, Lucas felt that Papa Sean would come out of the back kitchen at any moment.He began to feel that the new boss was doing well.

After drinking the coffee and eating the pastries, when he was about to get up and walk around the nearby gallery, Lucas saw Leo driving a racing car in the distance.

"Ah, you are here." Leo got out of the car and took out a document bag from the front basket, "This is the translated manuscript."

Lucas took it over and said, "So fast! Thank you very much!"

Leo parked the car on one side of the wall and said, "I'll go into the store to have a look, you sit first."

Lucas sat back in the chair, opened the file bag, took out the files and looked through them.The printed and bound translation corresponded one-to-one with the original, and the words were beautifully used. Lucas did not find any grammatical or spelling mistakes.He was engrossed.

"Do you think there is anything that needs to be corrected?" Leo put two glasses of water on the table.

"No. In fact, I was very surprised. Your translation is very good. I can feel his deep love for his wife from the lines." Lucas put the manuscript back into the paper bag.

"That's good. I read in the article that he mentioned that his wife once played the guqin for him."

"Yes, I've noticed that too. I don't know what the sound quality of this ethnic musical instrument will be as pleasant as a violin." Lucas tilted his head.

"It's completely different." Leo laughed. "The violin is a bowed string instrument, and the guqin is a plucked string instrument. There is a big difference."

"That's it, that's a pity. Maybe I'll go back and search for Guqin performances on the Internet to listen to."

"I know a classical musician, if you are interested..." Seeing Lucas nodding, Leo smiled, "Okay, I'll call and ask her when she is free, wait a minute." Get out the phone and make a call.His Chinese sounds a bit different from his mother's, tough and crisp.After a while, Leo hung up the phone and said, "Coincidentally, she is free tomorrow, how about you?"

"I can do it all day."

"Well, let's go in the morning. People who get up early are generally in a better mood."

Hope tomorrow is sunny, then I will be in a good mood.Lucas thought to himself.

After saying goodbye to Leo, Lucas took the documents and went back to the room to examine them carefully.It wasn't until dinner time that it suddenly occurred to him that Leo hadn't mentioned the fee.Forget it, leave this kind of matter to Nathan.