Chapter 30

Starting for second day, Zhu Hongyu and Ren Hua followed Song Haowen to learn. They started with understanding electronic components, then learned to read circuit boards, measure circuits with a multimeter, and replace components with electric iron.

After two days, under Song Haowen’s guidance, they were able to perform simple repair work.

In the blink of an eye, a week had passed. It was another weekend, and after school, Tian Yuxi came to the business store to invite Song Haowen to have dinner and watch a movie.

When she saw that there were two new members in the store – two beautiful women, Zhu Hongyu and Ren Hua, especially knowing that they were Song Haowen’s classmates, she was surprised. She didn’t expect the store to grow so fast.

Because Tian Yuxi came over, Song Haowen invited all the personnel in the business department to have dinner together.

After dinner, he invited everyone to go to the Daguangming Cinema to watch a movie. The film being shown today was the original foreign language version of “Tess,” adapted from the novel “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” by the British writer Hardy.

The original version was like a foreign language book for Qian Youlai and Wang Li, and they were not interested, so they went back first.

However, for Tian Yuxi, Zhu Hongyu, and Ren Hua, they loved it. Although their English proficiency was high, compared to Song Haowen, who had spent several years at the University of Cambridge in Britain, there was still a significant gap.

Therefore, whenever they found themselves confused about a certain English dialogue, he would explain it quietly in both Chinese and English, surprising them..

“Wow! I didn’t expect Little Song’s English to be so impressive!” When the movie ended and the audience started to disperse, Ren Hua couldn’t help but exclaim loudly, ignoring the many people around.

Tian Yuxi and Zhu Hongyu were both amazed and admired of Song Haowen, praising his high level knowledge in English Mastery.

While Song Haowen remained verbally modest, deep down, he believed that his proficiency extended beyond English, encompassing a profound understanding of German and French.

Among the three, Zhu Hongyu was the eldest, strict and composed, exuding an elder sister’s demeanor. Following her in age was Ren Hua, lively and mischievous, often delivering surprising remarks. Tian Yuxi, the youngest, possessed a quiet and delicate nature, demonstrating an exceptional understanding of others.

Over meals and watching movies, the three girls forged an inseparable friendship, engaging in endless conversations about various topics. Ironically, Song Haowen found himself feeling excluded.

Throughout this life and the past, Song Haowen had always been curious: Why do girls always have so much to say, and the more they talk, the more excited they become?

Ultimately, they proposed a surprising suggestion – instead of going back, they would all spend the night at Song Haowen’s house for an extended discussion.

Song Haowen’s house featured a kang (traditional Chinese heated bed) in both rooms.

The east room served as the bedroom, while the west room functioned as the workshop, housing electrical appliances and miscellaneous items.

Typically, Song Haowen slept in the east room. However, a twist of fate led to the three girls forcefully occupying that space, leaving him no choice but to grab a bedsheet and transform the workshop into a makeshift bedroom.

The three girls continued their lively conversation in the east room until late at night, while Song Haowen, unable to sleep, worked on fixing electrical appliances in the west room until one in the morning.

After daybreak, the three girls, having quickly freshened up, unexpectedly suggested teaming up to visit the Great Wall. Song Haowen had a pile of electrical appliances urgently needing repair, and he didn’t want to join them as a helper. However, under the pinch of Tian Yuxi’s slender fingers on his ear, he could only beg for mercy and reluctantly agree.

The four of them hired a taxi and headed straight to Badaling.

In Song Haowen’s past life, during the summer vacation of the new millennium, he had visited here for the first time when touring the capital.

However, it was only once, and besides the crowded scenes, the impression was not very good, it just average to be exact. He had even taken the cable car down from the North Tower Hero Slope that time, but now the cable car was yet to invented and constructed.

Today, there weren’t too many tourists either.

Among the three girls, being a native of Beijing, Tian Yuxi had visited Badaling more than five times and was very familiar with it, willingly taking on the role of a guide.

As for Zhu Hongyu and Na Renhua, who were visiting Beijing for the first time, everything felt fresh, and they appeared exceptionally excited. Under Tian Yuxi’s guidance, the four of them first took photos at the “Not a Hero Until You Reach the Great Wall” monument in front of the South Tower, then climbed the steep South Tower. After that, they descended and ascended the North Tower.

Climbing both the South and North Towers might not have been much for Song Haowen, but for the three girls, it was quite strenuous.

Zhu Hongyu and Na Renhua were better off, having some foundation from the military training at the beginning of the school year. However, Tian Yuxi struggled, constantly complaining of fatigue, prompting everyone to take breaks before continuing.

As they rested, a group of tourists chattered past them.

Song Haowen noticed a girl among them who resembled Tian Yuxi’s cousin, Tian Nana. Were it not for this tourist, he might have forgotten about Tian Nana.

“Tian Jie, you mentioned that your sister has a talent for singing. Does she still sing now?”

“Why wouldn’t she sing? Singing is Nana’s profession.” Tian Yuxi found the question a bit peculiar.