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 what it meant.

the woman play with the pandas. She pinched them so much before they ran off, and then she

Riri stretched out its paw and patted the woman on the leg. Erica loved it, and started giggling. Her bright laughter filled even the dark

his eyes following the woman, his gaze filled

he didn't take the kids

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

his sons to the zoo to see pandas and hug them, but not here. Well... It was actually okay with him if 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

Erica fed the pandas with the bamboo in her hand and reluctantly followed Matthew out

names of the three pandas

to the car, she suddenly screamed,

turned his head

asked helplessly, "Why

him and held his hand tightly, tears in her eyes.

could say anything, he frowned and asked, "Why are

cheeks. She finally understood how the pandas had got their names. Lili, Riri and Kaka were all named that for a reason. Each name represented a syllable of her own

her up and down. "You

her head, tears streaming down her cheeks, and answered him in a choked voice, "No... Matthew, how long have you had these

had been adopted by him the day

woman wiped her tears messily. "Their names... Did you give them those names from the

he nodded. 'Did she... figure it out?' he thought.

in his arms and burst into tears, her sobs racking both

anything more to say.

and asked his boss, "Mr. Huo, what happened to Mrs. Huo? Is

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

"Okay. Very good, sir!"

head and asked the man in a choked