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!

out his phone and opened the Baidu app. He searched for the word "rua" and waited a second or two. Only

with 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 bamboo.

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

eyes following the woman, his

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

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

him if he brought his kids here. After all, it was a testament to money spent well. But he'd only let them look

bamboo in her hand and reluctantly followed Matthew

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

the car, she

quickly turned his head this way or that to see if there

calming himself down, he asked helplessly, "Why did

and held his hand tightly, tears in her eyes.

anything, he frowned and asked, "Why are you

Lili, Riri and Kaka were all named that for a reason. Each name

while, Matthew began to look her up and down. "You okay? Did one of the pandas hurt

in a choked voice, "No... Matthew, how long have you had these

years." The pandas had been adopted by him the day they

her tears messily. "Their names... Did

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

in his arms and burst into tears,

anything more to say.

was worried about her. He summoned up his courage and asked his boss, "Mr.

head, Matthew said, "No. It's okay. Let me handle this."

"Okay. Very good, sir!"

She raised her head and asked the man in a choked voice, "When your dad asked you