Chapter 42 (1/2)

Chapter 42

Qiao Fei

When I was sending Zu Zu off at the train station he said: “Since I’m taking a break, why don’t we go to Paris to play.”

“I still need to do my homework, and I need to find a place to intern. How can I find the time to play? Plus, right now, why would we go to Paris. The weather is abnormally cold.” I said.

“That’s right. When the weather gets warmer, and its springtime, then we can go. We can go to Disney.”

I adjusted his collar: “Okay, when I get to Paris I’ll call you.”

“Do you dare?”

I laughed, he kissed my face: “You must raise that dog well.”

“Don’t worry.”

“Remember to eat your vitamins.”

“If you continue saying things like this, I will become an Arabian Aunt.”

The train whistled. He got onto the train. On the train, he waved to me. I felt it was very romantic, like the old movies. The train went on its way and when I almost couldn’t see him he made a wry face.

With Aulde’s help, after Christmas, I got the opportunity to go to Montpellier to intern. With her, I a.s.sisted the city and their sister city, Chengdu from China communicate.

When it was February, we had a cultural exhibition in China, that introduced the social and cultural aspects of Chengdu to the people in Montpellier through concerts, art exhibitions, cultural salons, and related business meetings. In the middle, I did a huge job, interpreting, planning the program, finding the venue- extremely busy. Sometimes, I would work late into the night.

When people are busy, they will suddenly find that the time pa.s.ses quickly. Winter was already ending. Spring slowly came. The green leaves quietly climbed the trees. The greenish waves in the Mediterranean billowed.

I often got Zu Zu’s phone calls. He would ask about my learning and work circ.u.mstances. And there was our small dog. I would put the phone to the dog’s mouth, he would “woof”, Zu Zu heard it, and laughed.

The boy’s phone call really made me happy. I let me know that I was actually being cared for by someone who didn’t share my blood.

He told me to not overexert myself.

I said, If I am not diligently working, that’s not possible. I got a scholars.h.i.+p. If I return, I still need to serve the country.

We had never breached this question. My words seemed to make him misunderstand.

“I thought you would stay here for a long time, you would stay here.”

I thought about it: “After I finish studying, I am going to return to China.”

“……”

“What about you, Zu Zu, did you go to Africa and get your peacekeeping application approved?”

“I still don’t know the result. I don’t know if China needs peacekeeping.”

“Screw you. It should be that we give you troops for peacekeeping.”

At the other end, he laughed.

During this time, I thought that my age was older than this guy. I felt he was still a child. Thus, my heart felt a little immersed in reality and cold, I slowly told Zu Zu: “You know, Zu Zu, we will have our own future and life later.”

He put down the phone, and didn’t call me for a long time.

After a long time, I was actually a little worried. I carefully asked Aulde.

She said very casually: “You must be joking. Zu Zu never calls home.”

I was even more uneasy. But, even though I had his number, I also didn’t call Zu Zu.

Half a month pa.s.sed like this. One night, I finally got his phone call. Because I calmed down all of a sudden, I was very happy, but I still emotionlessly said: “Oh, yes, I’m about to sleep. Right, I fed it, don’t worry. What’s the matter?”

His voice was very excited: “What did you guess? I applied for a Chinese cla.s.s in my unit. I am going to learn Chinese.”

“You’re crazy.”

“Why?”