This busy work lasted from the afternoon until dark.

Ma Xiaoan couldn't help if he stayed, and he had to come to open the store early tomorrow morning, so Xia Lei asked him to go back. Xia Lei continued to machine new components with lathes. By the afternoon, he had already welded all the damaged parts of the compass, and now he only needed to machine the remaining parts, and the business was complete.

Sitting at Xia Lei's desk and looking through the books brought by Xia Lei, she flipped through two professional books with a faint interest, and then picked up a book of "Contemporary University German", and said in surprise: "Master Lei, are you still learning German by yourself?" ”

Xia Lei replied casually, "Well, it's always good to learn one more piece of knowledge." ”

“sir,sprechensiedeutsch?” Tranquility suddenly burst into German.

Xia Lei's left eye jumped slightly, and the relevant German words suddenly popped up in his mind, the phonetic transcription of the words, and the grammar. It was very strange, it was the first time he had heard someone speak German, but he understood what Tranquility meant. What Serenity said was - sir, do you speak German?

“sir,sprechensiedeutsch?” Serenity repeated the phrase with a hint of provocation and questioning in her tone. Obviously, she didn't believe that a master welder could understand German.

Xia Lei thought of a sentence in his mind, he had no books in front of him, but German words flashed in his left eye, and the relevant grammar and phonetic transcription appeared in his mind, and then these words were combined into sentences. It's a very complex and wonderful process, but it only takes a few seconds.

A smile appeared on the corner of Xia Lei's mouth, and he said: "Miss, ichkanndeutsch, aberichsprechenichtsehrgut."

What he said was - Miss, I speak German, but my spoken language is not very good.

Jing Jing looked at Xia Lei in surprise, and was stunned for a long time before saying, "I see that you really know German, how did you think of learning German?" German is a small language, and if you want to learn a foreign language, you should also learn English, which has a much wider range of practical possibilities. ”

After a few seconds, Charley said, "Mademoiselle, Jevaisunpeudefran?ais."

"You ......" Tranquility couldn't sit still any longer, she stood up, looked at Xia Lei dumbfounded, and opened her mouth wide, "You just ...... Speaking French? ”

Xia Lei smiled, "Yes, I said that I also know a little French." ”

"Oh my God, you're so hidden, I know English, German but not French, you're better than me!" Tranquility said in admiration, and the way she looked at Xia Lei was very different.

Xia Lei said: "How can I be as good as you, I am just idle and bored to learn blindly, and I can speak a few simple words." You got your PhD at such a young age, you are really amazing, I admire you. ”

Tranquility followed: "No, no, no, I should admire you, you have such a powerful technique at such a young age, and you also taught yourself German and French, which shows that you are a very smart and motivated person." Your positive attitude towards life is already worth learning from. ”

"Huh...... Are we going to keep going like this? Xia Lei smiled, and then turned his attention to the work at hand.

Tranquility still looked at Xia Lei, unable to take her eyes off, and said secretly in her heart: "It's ridiculous, I didn't believe him at all when I saw him for the first time, and I even looked down on him a little, but I can't find a few people in China who have this craft." That's not all, people also taught themselves German and French, except for one more diploma than others, how am I better than others? ”

In addition to admiration, there was also a sense of shame in her heart.

However, she didn't know that everything she admired in front of her was just the beginning. What kind of Xia Lei will develop in the future, no one can estimate!

"Alright, it's finally done." Xia Lei turned off the machine, he removed one of the machined gears, and leaned in the light to check it.

Tranquility put away her messy thoughts, she leaned over to Xia Lei's side, and also looked at the gear, "Is this the last part?" ”

"Well, it's the last one." Xia Lei said.

Tranquility said: "I didn't expect you to do it so quickly, I thought I would have to stay up all night." At this, she pursed her lips and smiled, "I just wanted to ask you where I slept tonight." ”

"You don't want to spend the night here, do you?"

"You don't even have a bed here, so I don't have a place to sleep even if I think so."

Xia Lei was about to say that there was a wire bed, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly felt that this topic would cause people to misunderstand, so he changed his words and said: "Sister Ning, I'll send you back, are you going home or going back to the Archaeological Bureau?" ”

Tranquility looked at Xia Lei with a smile, "Do you send me home, and then I will drive you home in a car?" ”

Xia Lei then remembered that he was a person without a car, he smiled awkwardly, and stopped mentioning the matter of giving people away.

Tranquility said, "Come with me to the Archaeological Bureau, I need your help." ”

"Do you want to assemble it and make it move tonight?" ”

Serenity nodded, "It's a miracle, and I can't wait to unlock its secrets." ”

Xia Lei didn't think much about it and said, "Okay, I'll accompany you to the Archaeological Bureau." He also wanted to know the answer to the origin of this compass and what secrets it contained.

Half an hour later, Xia Lei followed Tranquility to the Archaeological Bureau. Instead of going to the showroom this time, Serenity led him into an archaeological studio.

The studio is huge, but it's filled with porcelain, stone carvings, and other artifacts waiting to be disposed of, so much so that the space seems cramped. Tranquility cleared the workbench to make room, and then carefully placed the compass and the parts repaired by Charleigh, as well as the parts machined with the lathe, on the workbench.

Xia Lei said, "Sister Ning, don't you call Professor Huang?" ”

Tranquility thought for a moment and said, "Forget it so late, anyway, he will come over early tomorrow morning." Master Lei, I'm not very good at fiddling with machinery, can you help me put this compass on? ”

"Absolutely." Xia Lei readily agreed.

"Then I'll make you a cup of tea." Tranquility said.

Xia Lei said with a smile: "Sister Ning, don't be so polite. ”

"I'll make you a cup of tea to relieve your difficulties, you are busy first, and I will be back soon." Tranquility walked out.

Xia Lei withdrew his gaze from her slender back and began to assemble the compass.

This was probably the first time he had done this kind of work, and he had no experience at all. However, he has the advantage of being able to recall the correct position of all the parts with his left eye. With his left eye, he can easily see where others can't, and place parts correctly. Therefore, although it was the first time to do this kind of work, he seemed to be familiar with the road and skillful and fluent when he first got up.

When Tranquility returned to the studio with a cup of Pu'er tea, Xia Lei had already loaded the last part on the compass.

Strangely, as soon as the compass was attached, the golden hands on the dial turned, and then pointed in the direction of due north.

Xia Lei clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's done." ”

Tranquility walked over quickly, stared at the compass on the workbench, and said in surprise: "Why is it so fast?" ”

Xia Lei smiled and didn't say anything. In fact, he also deliberately slowed down the pace of assembling the compass for the sake of safety, and if he wanted to be fast, he would probably finish assembling it while Tranquility was still boiling water.

"It's moving, you're using repaired parts, right?" Tranquility lifted the glasses on the bridge of her nose, but she still couldn't see what kind of parts Xia Lei had chosen to complete the assembly.

"I use repaired parts, and I think I can try the original parts first, and then I try the parts I machined, and then it's up to you to judge which results are the best," said Xia Lei. ”

"You're so careful, ouch, I forgot to give you tea." Tranquility remembered the Pu'er tea in her hand, she stuffed the teacup into Xia Lei's hand, and then couldn't wait to study the assembled compass.

Xia Lei was not actually thirsty either, he took a sip of the tea soup and put the teacup aside, and then leaned over to Tranquility's side and watched her fiddle with the compass.

The quiet body is fragrant, and the fragrance is very good. She didn't notice Xia Lei beside her, and she didn't notice that under her leaning forward posture, a snow-white deep groove was exposed inside the V-shaped neckline.

The bright lights, the young and beautiful female doctor, the charming fragrance, the seductive beauty, and a mysterious compass, these elements were mixed together, and Xia Lei had a very strange feeling in his heart, as if something was about to move in his body, indescribable.

"Master Lei, you can do a favor and replace the parts you processed, maybe there will be a different result." Tranquility said.

"No problem." Xia Lei then replaced the parts he had machined, this time even faster than before.

However, when the newly machined parts were installed, the compass remained motionless.

Tranquility observed for a while before saying, "It's strange, how can this be?" Master Lei, could you please replace the original parts again? ”

Xia Lei's heart was actually very strange, but he didn't ask anything, and directly replaced the original parts. This time, the compass was in action again, and the golden hands pointed in the direction of due north.

Tranquility said in amazement: "I think this compass looks like it is made of cast iron, but there must be some special material added to it, it is amazing." ”

Xia Lei said with a smile: "This needs you to study, and my work is done." ”

At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a familiar face appeared in front of Xia Lei and Tranquility.

It was Long Bing who came, his face expressionless, and his whole body was cold. She glanced at Xia Lei and Serenity, and then her gaze fell to the compass.

"Why are you here?" Xia Lei broke the eerie silence.

"You're done, of course I'm coming." Long Bing walked to the workbench, reached out and picked up the compass, then turned around and walked out.

Tranquility was in a hurry, and hurriedly went up to block Long Bing, "Miss Long, what are you doing?" You can't take this compass with you! ”

Long Bing said coldly: "Can I take this compass you said it doesn't count, your director said it doesn't count, get out of the way, don't hinder my work." ”

"No, no, you can't take it, you have to make it clear!" Tranquility does not give way.

Long Bing suddenly slashed his palm on Tranquility's neck, Tranquility snorted, raised his head and fell to the ground.

Xia Lei hurriedly stepped forward to hug Tranquility, which didn't make her fall to the ground, and he said in surprise: "How can you do this?" She's not a threat to you at all! ”

Long Bing said lightly: "She will wake up in a quarter of an hour, you take care of her, this cooperation will end here, and I will contact you next time I need you to do something." ”

Xia Lei said depressedly: "You don't want to ask me if I agree?" Also, you asked me to fix this compass, I fixed it, can you tell me what it's for? ”

"Don't ask if you shouldn't know, goodbye." Long Bing turned around and walked out, leaving no extra words.

Xia Lei hugged the quiet of the fainting past, looked at the empty doorway, and didn't move for a long time.