She didn’t know how long he had been in sleep. Someone was knocking at the door. It was already dark and there was no electricity in her flat. Tomorrow morning she should top up the electricity card.
She opened the door, Luo Junchang was standing at the door with a bunch of roses. In the dark she couldn’t see the roses but she could smell the fragrance of them.
Xu Nuo wiped the tears from her face and said, “What are you coming for? To have a good laugh at me? I’m doing very well and I don’t need your pity.”
Luo Junchang came in, “Why is there no electricity in your flat?”
In the dark Xu Nuo said unyieldingly, “Because I’m too busy to have time paying the electricity bill. There will be electricity tomorrow after I’ve paid the bill. You can leave if you have nothing more to do.”
Luo Junchang went to the door and looked at the distribution box. Then he pushed the tripped switch up and the room turned bright at once.
He felt a pang of distress to see a table full of empty boxes of instant noodles-she couldn’t cook. Then he saw her face covered with tears. In fact Xu Nuo was sobbing.
“Let’s not break up, okay?” Luo Junchang came up to hold Xu Nuo in his arms. Later on my mother also reflected on herself and she promise that she will no longer interfere with your freedom in money and life style. But she has a condition.”
“What condition?” Xu Nuo smelt the familiar smell on him.
“We should give birth to at least two children.” Luo Junchang wiped the tears off for Xu Nuo. “Look at you, you’ve been crying your face as dirty as a dirty cat. You’ll have to reapply mascara, for your face is now as black as charcoal.”
Xu Nuo looked af herself in the mirror and smiled. Really, how ugly she looked.
Luo Junchang kissed her. If it wasn’t for Jiang Youyou’s call to tell him about Xu Nuo’s recent happenings, he would almost forget her. Recently he was so busy with the company’s affairs. What was more, his mother didn’t feel very well, so he had neglected many other things. Jiang Youyou told him in the call that Xu Nuo was not doing well now and was in a bad mood and was in danger to live alone in a house in village-in-city. Actually Xu Nuo loved him very much and she herself told it to her that if someday Luo was willing to go back to look for Xu Nuo, she would cherish him most. Jiang Youyou also gave him Xu Nuo’s new address. That’s why Luo hurriedly came and bought a bunch of her favorite Diana Rose ad hoc.
When they were in the car, Pu Yuanhui asked Jiang Youyou if she thought Luo Junchang would go to look for Xu Nuo.
Jiang Youyou didn’t give him a direct answer, instead, she asked him, “Would you miss me if someday I passed away?”
“Silly girl.” Pu Yuanhui was driving towards the airport.
The airline stewardesses had proud smiles, perhaps because they were standing high.
“The plane food really tastes horrible.” A passenger next to Jiang Youyou complained, pointing to the clean plate. Jiang Youyou saw the man didn’t even have a vegetable leaf left. But he still made his complaint. “Miss, your food is too disgusting, like cardboard!”
The stewardess had nothing to say…
Jiang Youyou saw Pu Yuanhui was somewhat tired and sleepy, to refresh him, she leaned over and told him a joke about flight in his ear, “One day when a plane was flying steadily, there came a joyful voice from the plane broadcast, ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome to our flight. What I’m going to tell you…oh my god!!’ The captain had said just half of his words when he suddenly let out a terrified cry, then there were no voice again.
“And at this time, all the passengers were greatly scared. Even the stewardesses were too frightened to know what to do. A hush fell over the cabin… a long time passed and finally the captain’s voice could be heard again in the broadcast, ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m terribly sorry to have you scared. A little accident happened when the steward brought me coffee just now. He spilled coffee on my shirt by chance. If you don’t believe it, come and see. It’s all wet!’ Then a passenger’s angry complaint sounded in the cabin, ‘What does it matter if your shirt is wet? Come and see my crotch!'”
The passenger who completely cleaned the plane food out held his stomach tight, giggling. But Pu Yuanhui said to the stewardess, “Beauty, will you please bring me a blanket. Her joke was so cold that I couldn’t understand.”
Jiang Youyou got annoyed and said, “You don’t have a sense of humor at all but is very annoying. This is the joke I specially prepared for you.”
When it was time to get off, Pu Yuanhui alone sat in his seat and laughed. Jiang Youyou was unhappy, “Let’s go. We’ve arrived.”
“Ha-ha-ha-HA-ha! The joke you told just now was really funny.” Pu Yuanhui suddenly became aware of the meaning of “Come and see my crotch!”
Jiang Youyou said (commented), “Oh my God! What a fool you are to laugh alone when others have already stopped laughing.”
On the coach, Jiang Youyou was in high spirits. For not very long she would see Fang Ruxiang, and would have those delicious dishes, which made her mouth water.
It would take a very long time from Wuhan to Xiangfan. Jiang Youyou wanted to know Pu Yuanhui’s childhood stories, so she turned into a serious listener.