Chapter 984 I admire your country and the silent and sincere people

Chapter 984 I admire your country and the silent and sincere people

Duke Winton is here!

This sudden change caught everyone off guard!

Even Li Xiangnan was a little surprised.

But here comes the problem…

Why is he here?

How did the Duke of Winton find this place?

Why is he crying?

Looking at his tearful face, did he know that Mr. Tan was ill?

Is he sad?

But why?

People in John Bull Country have a natural sense of gentlemanliness in their interpersonal interactions.

It is this gentlemanly feeling that always makes people feel alienated.

It always makes people feel that even among family members, people are always "strangers" from each other.

Moreover, Li Xiangnan has read Duke Winton's entire life history and knows his personality.

The Duke of Winton was born into a fairly wealthy family. He had shown his prominence in Great Britain since his youth. It could almost be said that he had risen rapidly in career and was an example of success throughout his life.

However, it was precisely this kind of life context that shaped his naturally somewhat aloof personality.

The traces found in his interpersonal relationships show that even his best friends are very ordinary and more distant than normal John Bull people.

The person closest to him is his wife who has been with him throughout his life.

There is no room for anyone in his eyes.

Why would such a person be so excited at this moment?

"Tan!"

Surprisingly, Duke Winton did not bring his own translator this time and spoke Chinese in not very fluent English.

He spread his hands, hung his top hat on the hook by the door, reached out to close the door, and smiled apologetically at the stunned Huang Ninglei.

"Although we each serve our own masters, we are friends, aren't we?"

As he said this, he walked up to Tan Qianli, held his hand, and looked at him aggressively.

Li Xiangnan, Song Yijian and Jingzhe looked at each other silently, then stretched out their hands to pull their companions back.

"It's because we are friends!" Tan Qianli sighed, "So I don't want you to show concern when you see me sick! If you do that, your delegation will notice something strange..."

"Tan!" Duke Winton shook his head. "They are them, and I am me! Do you know? You are the person I admire most among all the people I know, and you are also my most recognized friend! I know what you are worried about..."

Tan Qianli looked at him directly without saying anything.

"We were once known as the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, but our glory is no longer as great as it used to be. Although those areas were colonies in the past, my heart trembles again and again as I see the land and people become independent one by one, the former glory gradually declines, and the new people stand up! I am different from those stubborn people in the House of Lords! Tan, I sincerely hope to facilitate Mrs. Sa's visit to China. Because I... understand that kind of sadness! No Chinese people would want to see their land fall into the hands of another country!"

As the Duke of Winton spoke, he pulled Tan Qianli to sit down and said indignantly, "I have read books and I know that history is never what those people write! It is full of a history of aggression and plunder. Success built on the suffering of others is not something to be happy about!"

"Mr. Winton, you have never talked to me about these ideas before!" Tan Qianli finished speaking, and then laughed dumbly: "Besides, I didn't know you spoke Chinese so fluently..."

"The meaning of a book will become clear if you read it a hundred times!" Winton said with a smile, "My translator taught me a lot of your country's principles! This is something to be proud of. I came to China this time just to give you a surprise..."

Tan Qianli sneered and said, "It is indeed a surprise! But it is also half frightening!"

"Haha!" Duke Winton laughed heartily, looked at him seriously and said, "Tan, there's no need! I came here alone not to make fun of you, but to let you not have any psychological burden! I'm really worried about you!"

Tan Qianli had thought about Winton's friendship towards him, but he never expected it to reach this extent.

Because being a diplomat means that you are destined to have too many factors to consider in your life. It is even more impossible for you to have too much contact with senior officials of other countries. You have to stop at the right time and maintain respect and norms.

Even if you have a very good relationship with someone, you should still maintain a certain distance and give each other some space.

Tan Qianli understands Winton and his personality.

As the saying goes, the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water, and distance creates beauty.

He maintained the most appropriate friendship with this foreign diplomat at a moderate distance and in the gentlest manner.

So, Tan Qianli was surprised when Duke Winton said that he was worried about him.

Seeing the look on his face, Duke Winton looked at Jian Jingzhe and said with a smile, "I remember this girl was only eighteen years old when she went to Great Britain. I didn't expect that she would be there for ten years! Tan, isn't ten years enough to understand a person? You have an old saying... A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and time reveals a person's true character! It's enough to understand you!"

Seeing Tan Qianli's stunned expression.

Winton added: "I know Dragon Country's porcelain, I like Dragon Country's tea, I appreciate Dragon Country's Peking Opera, I know Dragon Country's silk, and I know the tenacity that is rooted in Dragon Country's blood. When this tenacity of thousands of years is reflected in you, whom I know, my impression of the people of Dragon Country has become concrete!"

Inside the house, Li Xiangnan and others who heard this all looked at Winton in surprise.

It is indeed surprising that a foreigner from John Bull Country can speak such beautiful Dragon Country language.

"Tan! I've been to your embassy, ​​sat in your office, been to your dormitory, eaten in your cafeteria, and seen your clothes drying on the balcony. There are so many countries in the world, but I've never seen an ambassador from any country whose clothes have patches on the corners, whose socks have been sewn over and over again, or whose shirt collar has been frayed and has had several layers of fake collars sewn on it!"

"I have never seen an ambassador who can only eat pork in the cafeteria after ten days! I have also never seen the cafeteria staff secretly bury the smelting oil residue in the ambassador's lunch box, just to give this old man a little more oil and meat!"

"I will never forget that when I first met you, you were lifting the embassy's roof beams with the embassy workers!"

"Tan, later I learned a word, called hard work. I understood where the tenacity of the Dragon people, which has been passed down from generation to generation, comes from!"

The Duke of Winton slowly stood up and turned his back.

"I admire you, respect your country, and envy its silent and sincere people!"

"So, Tan, I am willing to do everything I can as an old friend for its completeness! Xiangjiang should have returned!"

He walked to the door, put on his hat and opened it.

"So, in the final decision of the last half hour, I will convince everyone in the United States to vote in favor of Mrs. Sa's visit to China!"

Everyone present was shocked.

Tan Qianli said solemnly: "Winton, can I ask you a question?"

Winton paused, turned around, and smiled, "You want to know why I'm here?"

"Yes!" Tan Qianli nodded.

"You can ask the comrade named Li Xiangnan..."

After Winton finished speaking, he gave a casual smile to the stunned people in the room, turned around and walked out.

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