Chapter 159 - So he knew. (2/2)
Zhao Ming hesitantly looked at Ji Cheng, trying to figure out his thoughts.
She was gathering the courage to ask him when she heard his voice, ” Do you want to ask something?”
As she turned her head towards him, she saw his devil smile.
She froze.
' Did he know that I was speaking English earlier? And then I lied?'
She gulped in nervousness.
” En. You know English?” she cautiously asked him.
He looked at her and replied casually, ” A little bit. I am still learning to be able to converse properly. Because without knowing someone's language, it's impossible to do business with them.” he said while looking straight.
Her back stiffened at his words.
' So he knew.'
He asked her,” You were speaking English earlier. Right? ”
Her hands tremble at his question.
' Will they kill me for lying?'
But before she could reply, she heard his voice again, ” But what were the words that you were saying. Ama..zing and that Wow? I never heard these words? ”
He asked her confusingly.
She looked at him and blinked her eyes innocently,' What is this situation?'
' He knows English but did not understand my words. That was not even hard English. Did he really learned English or not?' she eyed him suspiciously.
' Is it because he doesn't learn completely or what?'
She then suddenly remembered what her friend who was doing a master's in English told her once, that many words were not part of the English in the past.
These slangs and expressions were invented later. The way how the language of S country changed by the time, the same way English also changed by the time.
In the 21st century, English is full of slang and expressions. And these words were yet to invent so that's why he did now understand her words.
She sighed.
`` I am glad that I use to listen to my friend's advice. Otherwise, I would not have known about it.'
She looked at Ji Cheng and smiled, ” Ahm his highness. I was just speaking nonsense. I just heard a few words from here and there and spoke in a fit of excitement. Those words were made by me. Nothing special. And I didn't even know their meaning. I just spoke rubbish.”
” And those words were made by me. I was just excited so I just spoke whatever I want. Don't focus on that.” she said while shaking her hands in front of him.
She lied again.
....
Author: ” You invented those words? You like to take others' credit. Don't you?”
” I am warning you, don't you dare change the course of history, otherwise it won't be good for you and others. ”
XM:” Oh Hello. I never asked you to drop me here and how am I changing history? Am I fighting a war or leading a war? Just do your work okay.
Author: ” Such an ungrateful girl. I was the one who made you.”
XM: ” So? Did I beg you to make me? No right. So just leave.
Author :” - _ - ”
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Zhao Ming was wishing that he won't dig in detail because she can't explain any further.
If he asked her, how she learned English and from where she heard people talking English then how would she reply.
Because she doesn't remember much about her past, and from the moment she woke up, she never encountered anyone who could speak English.
Ji Cheng looked at her and nodded.
” Right. How can you learn English, when you never took classes? It's a very tough language when many scholars were having difficulty in it, then how could you learn it?” he said while sitting straight.
Zhao Ming looked at him in disbelief.
' I know English better than you okay? I studied abroad, I can not only speak English but Italian and French as well. You're nothing in front of my terms of knowledge in language okay?'
She scoffed inwardly.
But she still sighed in relief.
It's better to pretend as stupid here because she doesn't know what calamity will come to her if they know that she knows English without even learning it.
' At least he believed me? Hah. Stupid. He..He...He'