Chapter Nineteenth: Underestimating Her Son

  The word "Mr." sounds so elegant, in Xiao Wang's impression, it seems that only university professors and other cultural talents are called "Mr.". Mr. is a very noble title, ordinary people absolutely cannot be called "Mr.", just like you can't call your fellow soldier "Commander".

  So Lin Hongfei's words made the guard, Little Wang, tense up with a red face, waving his hands repeatedly, "Can't be, can't be, how can you call me Mr.? Not worthy of it..."

  However, Lin Hongfei's title still made Xiao Wang feel a bit strange: Ah, Mr.? It sounds really good, it sounds much better than Comrade, and it seems that this title has brought him a bit of cultural flair.

  Lin Hongfei is a student at a national key university, and Little Wang knows this. He also knows that many leaders use Lin Hongfei as an example to educate their own children, saying "if you study hard, you can be like the child of Director Lin's family, so talented and well-mannered". As a student at a prestigious national key university, he is truly a pride of heaven. And yet, he is still so polite to me! It's really true that university students are different from others, just look at their quality! They're not like those rough and unrefined people!

  Originally, he didn't have much of an impression of Lin Hongfei, but because of this title, Xiao Wang's impression of Lin Hongfei suddenly improved a lot.

  Seeing Xiao Wang's overreaction, Lin Hongfei was taken aback for a moment before realizing the problem lay there. He couldn't help but laugh awkwardly to himself. Of course, he had been speaking according to modern social etiquette, which must have seemed out of place. At that time, people mostly addressed each other as "comrade". The title "Mr." was too formal and Westernized; if used in the early 1980s, it would have startled people quite a bit.

  As for Lin Hongfei's politeness, Lin Weiguo was still very pleased in his heart. Ah, this title sounds better than "comrade", but apparently this title scared Xiao Wang, and Lin Weiguo had to put on a stern face to criticize Lin Hongfei a few words: "You little brat, what kind of nonsense did you learn in school?"

  "Comrade Little Wang, sorry about that, it's a habit." The old man spoke up, and Lin Hongfei immediately apologized repeatedly, "I got used to it when I was outside... how should I address you from now on?"

  Lin Hongfei hadn't spoken yet, but Lin Weiguo criticized him. Little Wang, the guard who had not yet recovered from Lin Hongfei's earlier greeting, waved his hands repeatedly and said, "What are you saying? What are you saying? Chief of Staff, you're too polite... whatever title is fine, whatever title is fine..."

  Xiao Wang was too excited and his words were a bit incoherent, but fortunately, Lin Hongfei and Lin Weiguo both understood what he meant.

  This little King guard's words... it seems he quite likes the title "Mister", able to start a company with total assets of over $100 million, Lin Hongfei's attainments in psychology are naturally not low, from Little King's words can be heard that he still likes the title "Mister" very much, Lin Hongfei listened and was greatly pleased.

  Lin Weiguo heard something and looked at Lin Hongfei with a suspicious gaze, "What did you say? Are you used to being outside?"

  Lin Weiguo wasn't very clear about his son's situation in college, and he hadn't thought much about it before. But now that he heard what his son said, it seemed like this kid had often interacted with people from the outside world during his university days, and they didn't seem to be of a low level either. He hadn't expected this, but as soon as he thought about it, Lin, the deputy chief of staff, felt somewhat uncomfortable in his heart and immediately became vigilant: Had this kid been interacting with outsiders while he was in school?

  "Huh?" Lin Hongfei was stunned for a moment, only to realize that he might have accidentally exposed himself. Fortunately, this kid reacted quickly and immediately thought of a way to respond, "Dad, you know I'm the president of the Student Union's External Affairs Department, right? As the head of external affairs, it's natural for me to interact with people from society."

  Kelin Weiguo wasn't so easily fooled either, and immediately discovered the problem with his son's words. He asked suspiciously, "Then there's no need to use the title 'Mr.', is there?"

  "This old man, why is he suddenly being so serious today? Lin Hongfei was secretly annoyed in his heart, but looking at the old man's vigilant expression, it was clear that if this question wasn't answered well, who knows what would happen when he got home. He had no choice but to speak vaguely, 'Generally speaking, there's no need to use the title "Mr.", but my English is quite good and I often interact with foreigners. The way they address each other is different from ours, they always use "Mr." to refer to each other, if it's a woman, then it's "Miss" or "Mrs.". Having spoken with them many times, I've been influenced by their way of speaking.'"

  "Do you often talk to foreigners?" Lin Weiguo was shocked, being able to converse with foreigners in oral English, how good is his son's English? At the very least, he should be fine as an English translator.

  Of course, there was also a hint of disbelief in the shock: Is this kid messing with me?

  The driver and Little Wang's guard looked at Lin Hongfei with even more admiration, they didn't think as much as Lin Weiguo did, in their opinion, someone like Lin Hongfei who is a student of a national key university is just like the number one scholar in ancient times, it's naturally impossible for him to be deceitful.

  In this day and age, those who can communicate with foreigners without any language barriers are all high-level talents of the country. I didn't expect that even Lin Shouzhang's son could do it...I haven't heard that anyone from the municipal party committee compound can do it, our military division compound is just more awesome than those bureaucratic families!

  Because of Lin Hongfei's words, the driver and Little Wang, the security guard, suddenly felt a surge of pride and arrogance.

  "Well... say a few sentences in English for me to hear?" Comrade Lao Lin still had some doubts, and didn't care whether he could understand English or not, but definitely wanted to check the results of his son's studies.

  "This test is naturally easy for Lin Hongfei, and he readily says, 'OK, are you ready? Let's go.'"

  Deputy Director Lin was stunned, "What does it mean?"

  Xiao Wang, the security guard and driver, were also stunned along with their leader.

  "It means 'Are you ready? Let's go if we're all set.' Lin Hongfei took a look at his old man, who seemed to want to continue testing himself, and asked with a hint of inquiry and perhaps some teasing, "Dad, it's getting late, don't you think we should get going?"

  Deputy Chief of Staff Lin's face suddenly turned slightly red: How could you forget what's important?