Mr Carlos Huo, She's Your Wife

The Panda House staffer kept eagle eyes on Erica as she held the panda. Although the panda wasn't that big, it seemed like he had handed her a bag of boulders instead. She couldn't lift it. "Oh, it's so heavy!"

The staff member was on the verge of laughing, but he held it back. "Yes, Lili is six years old. That's an adult panda. She weighs about 110 kilograms, much heavier than you, Mrs. Huo."

"110 kilos?" Erica's mind was blown. 'Wow. He's right. She's a lot heavier. No wonder he seemed like he was straining when he held the creature. It took a fair amount of strength to do that!'

Soon, three pandas waddled up to Erica. She asked, "Since I can't lift them, can I 'rua' them here?" She used a Chinese Internet slang there, "rua" meaning that you like something a lot and you want to play with it.

"Rua?" Matthew asked. He'd never heard that term before. He was now standing next to Erica.

Even the staffer was confused by the word "rua." Erica then reached out two hands and made a gesture to explain, pinching a pretend panda in the air. "Yeah, rua. Like this."

"Oh..." One of the staffers got it. He was a younger fellow who often surfed the net. He pointed at the panda next to her with a smile and asked, "Mrs. Huo, sure you want to rua it?"

Erica nodded with a smile, "Yes!"

"You can play with it, but I wouldn't get too rough. They look defenseless, but they're not. If anything happens, don't say I didn't warn you."

"No problem!"

Looking at the woman gently touching the panda, Matthew asked the young staffer, "What was she talking about?"

The worker racked his brains, trying to find a more suitable word to help Matthew understand. "Mr. Huo, Mrs. Huo wants to...well...play with it. Yeah, that's it!"

"Play with it?" Matthew seemed to get even more confused.

"Yes, she wants to play with the panda!" Ignoring the confused man, the staffer turned to Erica and reminded, "Remember Mrs. Huo, be careful. If you piss it off, it will rua you instead!"

"Okay! I will!" Erica decided to pinch the panda more before it got angry!

for the word "rua" and waited a second or two. Only then did he understand

the pandas. She pinched them so much before they ran off, and then she ran after them trying to entice them back with shoots of

Erica loved it, and started giggling. Her bright laughter filled even the dark spaces in

eyes following the woman,

he didn't take the kids along in the car.

this was the place he built for her. Why would he bring the children? So they could tear

he brought his kids here. After all, it was a testament to money spent well. But he'd only let them look through the fence. They didn't need to come

with the bamboo in her hand and reluctantly followed Matthew

of the three pandas engraved on it again, and a strange feeling washed over her.

she got to the car, she suddenly screamed,

and so was the driver. He quickly turned his head this way or that to see if there was

he asked helplessly, "Why did

him and held his hand tightly, tears in

frowned and asked,

down her rosy cheeks. She finally understood how the pandas had got their names. Lili, Riri and Kaka were all

for a long while, Matthew began to look her up and down. "You okay? Did one of the

down her cheeks, and answered him in a choked voice, "No...

adopted by him the day they were

names... Did

nodded. 'Did she... figure it

arms and burst into tears, her sobs racking both their bodies.

anything

and asked his

Matthew said, "No. It's okay. Let me handle this." 'Those seem to be tears of joy,

"Okay. Very good, sir!"

by Matthew's gentle words, Erica stopped crying. She raised her head and asked the man in a choked voice, "When your dad asked you to marry me back then, You said no, right?