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"You? Teach me?" Jiang Ran looked at her suspiciously.

Qi Lian could probably understand the doubts hidden behind these two phrases, her pink lips touched up and down, and said lightly: "Yes, me. Aren't you from the foreign language department? You should learn languages, right? I just happen to be good at this If you understand a little bit, it’s still possible to teach you to pass.”

In fact, more than knowing a little?Qi Lian is a person who can communicate with people proficiently in more than four languages.

"Don't you believe it? Haven't you heard the joke: People who can speak the common language of the Empire, there is no language in the world that can beat them."

Jiang Ran was stunned: "What do you mean?"

After all, there is a huge cultural difference between the two. Just as Qi Lian didn't understand Jiang Ran's cold joke before, Qi Lian's joke at this time also made Jiang Ran feel puzzled.

Qi Lian was very surprised: "Have you really never heard of it?"

Jiang Ran pursed her lips, and she also realized that she was out of touch with this era. At this time, it would be wrong to say too much, and she would not answer Qi Lian's words again.

"Okay, let me explain it to you this way: Imperial Common Language is the only isolated language known in the interstellar world. It forms words, and almost every word has a different meaning, and then the words form words, and the words form sentences. , the changes are particularly complicated, and are fundamentally different from other languages ​​that are composed of letters. This means that if you want to learn the Common Language of the Empire, you must be familiar with the meaning of those words, and you must be familiar with the meaning of those words when you see them. You can feed back their meaning in your head, otherwise you can't read them and you can't use them."

The corners of Jiang Ran's mouth twitched slightly, isn't this just square characters?She knew that the common language of the empire was indeed very similar to the Huaxia language, so she could understand Qi Lian's explanation at the moment.

"But the common language of the empire is just a special case. Generally speaking, languages ​​are not isolated. For example, your federal common language is actually an official language extracted from the official combination of the existing federal language system. On various planets, Even in different parts of the same planet, people have different languages. For example, on the capital planet alone, there are Iman, Sisai, Erdos... But these are not There is no connection. They belong to the same language family as the Federal Common Language, and their basic letters, spelling rules, and even the use of tenses are actually similar. The Federal Common Language is your mother tongue, and you should be proficient in it, so in fact , for other languages ​​of the same language family, you should also be able to find a way to learn."

Jiang Ran was dumbfounded, while Qi Lian was eloquent.

"Different languages ​​of the same language family are the easiest to communicate with each other. Like me, I came to the Federation at the age of 15. At that time, it took me three years to get familiar with your common language, but after that, it only took me two years to roughly master it. Three other similar languages."

"But you can't see it...how did you learn it?"

"Rely on letters, touch, and hearing. Although I can't see them, there are only dozens of basic letters. The basic words and various combinations can be learned by touching and reading aloud. Of course, my conditions are good. , I have a professional teacher who talks to me directly, so I can learn faster."

Qi Lian spoke very lightly, but Jiang Ran was already shocked by her words.

What kind of spirit makes a blind person study so tirelessly?

"Qi Lian, is it true that someone who can become a hero must also be better in other aspects?" Jiang Ran looked up to the god of learning.

Qi Lian shook his head slightly: "No."

She was sitting on the chair in the study, resting her slender fingers on the Braille book, rubbing it habitually, her eyes as dark as everlasting night revealed some helplessness: "It's because it's too boring. "

"In the blind man's world, not only is it pitch black, but even the passage of time slows down a lot." The lights in the study room are brightly arranged, but the light shining into Qi Lian's eyes makes the place look even more It's pitch black, so black...like a black hole floating in the universe, everything that goes in it ceases to exist.

Such as light, such as the beauty of the world, such as the hope in the heart...

It was all gone, and in the end there was only peace left.

"Time flies too slowly. If you don't study, how can you pass the time?"

"Qi Lian..."

"So do you want to trust me?"

"......I believe."

Qi Lian showed an elegant smile: "Then start tutoring from now. For you Federation people, the common language of the Empire should be the most difficult. Let's put it aside and start with the Federation language that is easy for you to understand. ..."

In a few words, Qi Lian and Jiang Ran got together, and then, while Jiang Ran was still in a daze, he took out a piece of paper, fumbled for a pen and handed it to her, and began to teach her the first lesson .

......

Inexplicably, she accepted the tutoring, and Qi Lian himself taught her. The development of the matter was beyond Jiang Ran's expectation.But I have to say that Qi Lian is really good at teaching, and her teaching is very detailed, because she can't write words, she likes to spell out the words directly for Jiang Ran to write, which can also deepen Jiang Ran's impression.

Qi Lian's hair has never been long, and when he doesn't have a hairstyle, it falls smoothly to his shoulders, extremely soft.She spoke in a soft voice, that kind of soft and cool voice reached people's ears, it was really like a clear spring flowing by.From the root of the word to the grammar, she explained it extremely meticulously, which made Jiang Ran, who was severely lacking in basic knowledge, show a little bit of enlightenment.

The time of "this class" passed quickly. For Jiang Ran, it seemed that Qi Lian started rubbing his temples just after he started his head. Jiang Ran glanced at the time and realized that it was almost before Qi Lian fell asleep It's time.

She asked Qi Lian to stop with some embarrassment, thinking of the feeling just now, she thanked Qi Lian sincerely, Qi Lian accepted it generously, and did not forget to remind her: "You can't give up halfway."

Qi Lian, a friend who is only an ordinary friend, seems to value her studies more than her. Jiang Ran blushed slightly, and promised to go down. Thinking of Qi Lian's usual habits, she stood up like a dream, and led Qi Lian to the bathroom .

"This place is much smaller than yours, but there are still some things that should be there. This is a bathtub, and this is a shower. You should be using a bathtub, right? The water outlet button is here to adjust the temperature. On the other side It's the drain button. I'll put the shower gel and shampoo next to the water outlet button for you, so that you can get it easily." I took Qi Lian to get acquainted with the bathroom, and I couldn't help taking Qi Lian's hand to take her there. Touching various buttons, Jiang Ran's hand was hotter than Qi Lian's. When he grabbed Qi Lian, it was like grabbing a piece of ice. Both of them were not used to it, so Jiang Ran introduced it quickly.

Qi Lian listened carefully, and tried to write down all her words. When Jiang Ran felt relieved and wanted to leave, Qi Lian gently stopped her and asked her to help him get his clothes.

"Ah? Oh oh. Is it in the closet in the bedroom? Okay, let me get it for you."

It was only then that Jiang Ran remembered that Qi Lian himself was unable to accurately find out the right clothes.She ran back to the bedroom and was startled by the sudden addition of dozens of sets of clothes in the closet. Then she took out a set of nightgowns. Lian's underwear was handed over to Qi Lian.

Holding his clothes, Qi Lian stood there elegantly, as if he had taught her to read just now, and thanked her softly, saying that he had troubled her.Jiang Ran was listening, but felt a little uncomfortable.

In fact, when it comes to troubles, this invisible person is the most troublesome thing in life, right?

She can't see, so she can't choose the clothes she likes by herself, and she can't even dress normally without others.She can't see, and when she leaves the house, she can't move freely without a cane or a wheelchair that can plan her own route... These things that are regarded as torture by ordinary people have long become normal for Qi Lian .

Thinking of this cruel fact, Jiang Ran forced a smile: "Then I'll go out first, if you need anything, just call me."

Qi Lian thanked her again, Jiang Ran then retreated out and closed the door behind him.

Because he was afraid that something would happen to Qi Lian inside, the bathroom door was not locked from the inside, which meant that this reserved and elegant woman had no real privacy in front of Jiang Ran.

Privacy represents dignity, and blind people have no dignity, in this sense.

And saddest of all, this loss of dignity is precisely to protect the blind themselves.

Flipping through the notes I just made outside, Jiang Ran sat on the sofa, and sometimes he would suddenly raise his head to look in the direction of the bathroom.

She gradually began to realize that no matter how calm and independent she appears on the outside, blindness has already left an indelible mark on Qi Lian's life.

She felt that the inner part of this mark was pain, but Qi Lian tried to lighten the mark and lighten the pain.

Jiang Ran has some ideas, but what can she do?She could only find a nightgown for Qi Lian when she opened her mouth, that's all.

Everyone has their own life.

The cook's path belongs to the cook, and the crown prince's path belongs to the crown prince. Even if the two paths intersect, it is just a friendship after meeting and nodding or shaking hands. Jiang Ran's heart is very soft, but she is not the kind who sees others. If you are unlucky, you will be sad and die. A bad person.

Because, she also has a scar in her heart.

Everyone has their own misfortunes. Her misfortune is not blindness, but that doesn't mean she doesn't suffer.She just hid those uncomfortable feelings.

After all, she would rather move forward than stay where she is, and she also has the ability to move forward.