Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 668

Chapter 668: Chapter 542: Appointment (Part 2)

"In a moment, you’ll turn to page eleven, where there’s an illustration and a table. I’ll count to five, and you’ll close it immediately and start copying it exactly as it is."

Zhou Jiao understood what was going on. They were testing if she had the same photographic memory as her grandfather, indicating there was a task they wanted her to complete.

This could be a big deal or a minor matter. All she could do was try her best to remember without showing all her cards. Otherwise, a heap of trouble would follow her.

She didn’t like living a thrilling and exciting life; a stable and warm family life was her pursuit. However, since things had come to this point, she couldn’t let her grandfather’s reputation be tarnished.

She smiled at the two sitting across from her, "Alright, I’ll do my best."

"Don’t hide your talents, show all your skills to the uncles."

"Uh, your dad has praised you many times, you can’t let him lose face this time."

Faced with their seemingly sincere encouragement, Zhou Jiao smiled without speaking. She wasn’t naive; she understood that the more outstanding one was, the heavier the burden. Unfortunately, she had always been self-centered, lacking any grand dedication to sacrifice her small family for the greater good.

"Alright, let’s begin!" Shi Dashen watched her open the page quickly, counted off quickly, "One... two... three, four, five, close it."

Zhou Jiao looked at him speechlessly, questioning his methods. Was this five? Even a photocopier wasn’t that fast. Although she already remembered it, she couldn’t foolishly let him set her up.

Shi Dashen’s usually stern face softened as he saw Zhou Jiao blinking, looking at him with grievances, and couldn’t help but smile.

He coughed, "It doesn’t count just now, let’s do it again."

Zhou Jiao tried again, and this time the counting speed was finally normal. After closing the book, she silently pulled out a sheet of blank paper, which had been prepared earlier, and quickly began copying.

To avoid appearing abnormal, she started very quickly, then pretended to think and recall in the latter part.

Shi Dashen looked at the completed paper, checked it over, gave her a complex look, and passed it to the colleague next to him for review.

"Girl, if we ask you to remember this table, how long can you retain it? Can you copy it again two months later?"

Zhou Jiao watched the person next to her comparing the document, tilted her head and hesitated, "Let’s see how many mistakes there are. I’m not confident. If it’s needed, I’ll make an effort to recall it often, so it shouldn’t be easy to forget."

Shi Dashen nodded and looked at his colleague, who nodded back and told Zhou Jiao, "You made three mistakes. The key issue is the time was too short. Currently, you should master seven or eight languages."

Zhou Jiao knew he was testing her and shook her head, chuckling, "I’m not a genius. Currently, I can only handle four, and even then, conversations with international students aren’t smooth."

Shi Dashen pointed at her with his finger, "That Polish girl can communicate with you in Polish, German, French, and Italian. That’s four, plus your Russian and English fluency, making it six."

Zhou Jiao shook her head in bewilderment, "No, she usually talks to me in Chinese and only occasionally jokes in those languages, like ’eat,’ ’beautiful,’ those simple words. I don’t know most of the languages from other countries."

There’s no way Zhou Jiao would reveal herself in front of foreigners. She was certain they were testing her. Other than her father and Zhang Guoqing, no one knew how much she had learned in college over the past three years. Some languages could be disclosed just to access newspapers, magazines, and books in the library.

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