Chapter 122: Meeting Each Other

  "Hey, Wei Dong, I thought you two were going to spend a few days in New York and then come to my place for your honeymoon? Why did you change plans and go to Paris instead?"

  Wei Dong looked at his wife and said, "This time we only have two days, the day after tomorrow we will be back. This time my wife asked for a week's leave, originally wanted to go to your place, but my wife wants to play in Paris, saying that Paris is a shopping paradise."

  Wang Fan smiled and said, "Originally, Anzi was going to see his girlfriend, but when he heard you were coming, he rushed over immediately. It's just right that this time he can accompany you guys for two days. Last time the two of us also played around a lot of places, at least being a tour guide shouldn't be a big problem."

  Wei Dong smiled and said, "Don't bother to entertain us, my wife has already settled down here. You're still busy over there, if you're busy, hurry up and entertain your friends, we can just let Wang Fan accompany us, no need for a big group of people to go out like a wolf pack. This time is just to take a look at the Statue of Liberty and Central Park, and stroll around some more prosperous areas." Wei Dong's wife nodded in agreement.

  "It doesn't matter, being two days early or late is nothing, anyway I plan to go with her for five or six days and then return to my ranch." Ju An smiled and explained.

  "Your girlfriend is that Jasmine from last time, isn't she? She's a pretty girl who looks like a movie star, and her figure is really enviable," said Wei Dong's wife with a smile.

  Wang Fan nodded and smiled, saying: "Yeah, it's her. But she's not like a movie star, she's just an actress, currently busy filming in Los Angeles. This guy initially asked me to take his girlfriend Molly on a tour of the capital, but I saw through his tricks and directly refused. I'm not that kind of person who gets used as a prop. In the end, he took her on a tour himself, and now they're together. Now he's dating an actress, and these days he's probably staying home thinking about his wife before going to visit her."

  Wei Dong's spirit lifted: "Whoa! There's still this part, hurry up and tell me, I'll spread the word to my classmates later. Let's start from the first episode: Wang Ba looks at green beans."

  "Alright, alright, I've had enough. You're still going on about Wang Ba looking at green beans? Look at my and Mo Li's eyes, they're small and shining bright. If you want to talk about Wang Ba looking at green beans, it's actually those two, Wang Fan and Ke La. They started with a misunderstanding and ended up together, just like in a youth idol drama. Why don't you go spread the word about them instead?"

  Wei Dong followed up by saying: "Whoa! And there's this part, tell me quickly so I can go back and write the story of Wang Fan and the female cop. Maybe someone will buy it and make a movie out of it. It'll be just like 'A Beijing Person in New York', which was really popular, right? My mom used to love watching that when I was a kid."

  "Give up on that writer dream of yours, just honestly take care of your dad's stall and be a happy little boss. Why bother joining in the commotion? Do you think you can make it as a screenwriter? You won't get ridiculed to death? Domestic screenwriters are already second-rate, and with you, it's truly a dark mess."

  "This isn't fair, why are you guys living a good life in the US, with cars and houses, while I'm struggling back home and don't even have as much money as you do? If this continues, I'll also come to the US to cause trouble for Americans in two years," Wei Dong said with a smile.

  Wang Fan glanced at Wei Dong: "You little rascal is already married, what are you doing in the US causing trouble? Your younger sister and brother-in-law told you to go back home and kneel on the main board. An Zi and I have come to the US with a heavy national mission on our shoulders, but you no longer qualify."

  "Living in peace is strange, looking at Wang Fan: 'What mission, where are you going to drag me again, how come I didn't feel it'".

  "Wei Dong couldn't help but ask, 'You two foodies came to the US to eat and drink, indeed reducing the country's burden, with two fewer mouths to feed. You've made a tiny contribution, but aren't you far off from fulfilling your mission?'"

  "Our mission is to come here and have as many children as possible, as many as we can. Now there are only a few hundred million Chinese people, but in fifty years' time, we will strive for at least several tens of millions more. In a hundred years' time, we will strive for eighty percent of the population to be Chinese. By then, even the American president will have to speak Chinese, or no one will understand him!"

  Ju An and Wei Dong were almost choked by Wang Fan's words. Wei Dong coughed twice: "Well, you two have a heavy task ahead of you. Since the Americans don't have any restrictions on childbirth, you two can go all out and make babies. If you give birth to fewer than ten in the future, I'll come after you for an explanation. By the way, how many are you planning to have?"

  Wang Fan said: "I am Han Xin's point of view that the more soldiers, the better. If you can give birth to a few more, then give birth to a few more, until you can't move anymore. The first stage should be at least three."

  "Hey, Wang Fan, you're having a kid and still making plans for the next few years? Why don't you just move to North Korea where everything is planned out step by step?"

  Here is the translation:

  Next, a few people chatted for a while until Kora got off work and arrived at Wang Fan's place. The few of them then stood up to start preparing dinner together. Tonight, they didn't need to worry about cooking anymore, as half of the hostess had returned! In no time, three men were chased out of the kitchen, and the three of them happily gathered around the TV to watch it. Two women went into the kitchen to cook, and after a while, Wei Dong's wife also came out. It turned out that she couldn't cook Western food, and inside, besides washing vegetables, she couldn't help with anything else. Her English wasn't very good either, and communication with Kora wasn't smooth, so she came out and swapped Wang Fan in, herself continuing to chat with Ju An and Wei Dong.

  After dinner, Wang Fan proactively helped Kora clean up the things, and then everyone sat down. Kora poured a little red wine for each person, and also burst some popcorn, which was placed on the table. Everyone surrounded the TV, chatting about the interesting things they had encountered around them.

  Ju An only spent one day with Wei Dong and his wife, then was driven to the airport by the two of them, who used their own important personal matters as an excuse. By the time Ju An arrived in Los Angeles, it was just starting to get dark, so he found a hotel to stay in. The truth is, Ju An really didn't want to go to Jasmine's place, because the soundproofing there was too poor, and he was afraid of being heard by others if he did anything. So he called Jasmine to tell her that he had arrived and was staying at which hotel.

  Jasmine didn't finish work until almost nine o'clock, and as soon as she entered the hotel room, the two of them were embracing each other, instantly setting off a fierce fire that rolled up the bed sheets.

  After a fit of passion, Ju An looked at the clothes scattered all over the floor and thought of the madness just now, smiling at Mo Li and said: "It seems that we have been repressed for too long."

  Jasmine leaned her head on Ju An's shoulder and smiled: "Then you can stay here with me for a while."

  Jū an nodded slightly, then tightened his arm around her and kissed Jasmine's forehead: "I plan to stay in Los Angeles for a few more days this time. Anyway, there's nothing big going on at the ranch now."

  Jasmine looked at Ju An, her thigh rubbing against his leg, and said: "Why don't you just live in Los Angeles? There are many Chinese people here, and it's so prosperous. Life is much better than Montana. We can settle down here later, and when we have time, you can go to the ranch to take a look. Anyway, others are taking care of it now."

  Living in Los Angeles, I might as well just buy a house in Hacienda Heights, it's all Chinese people there and more convenient, no need to speak English. She explained to Jasmine: "I don't like the weather in LA, it's too hot, I prefer cooler places, Montana is nice. And now transportation is also convenient, I can come visit you, just take a plane and I'll be here in no time."

  Jasmine smiled and kissed gently on Ju An's chest, saying: "I just feel that the distance between us is a bit too far, I want to be closer to you".

  "Isn't it said that distance creates beauty?" Ju An stretched out his hand and pinched Jasmine's buttocks with force, laughing as he spoke.

  Jasmine pulled Ju An's body onto hers, wrapping her arms around his neck and cooing: "Hurry up, honey! I've thought of it again."

  Then there was another burst of thunder and lightning, which repeated several times throughout the night, until the two people finally fell into a deep sleep.

  It was early in the morning when Ju An opened his eyes to find that Jasmine was nowhere to be seen. As soon as he pulled open the curtains, he found that the sun had already risen high. He then looked at the alarm clock on the bedside table and saw that it was already past 10 o'clock. On top of the clock, there was a note left by Jasmine: "Dear, I've gone to work. I've ordered milk and bread for your breakfast, they're on the table. I'll be back late tonight, feel free to go out and have some fun. Love, Jasmine." There was also a lipstick mark on the note.

  She tossed off the covers, got out of bed and searched around on the floor for a while before finding her underwear. She picked it up, took a look at it, thought for a moment, then threw it back onto the floor. Completely naked, she walked into the bathroom, looked in the mirror and saw lipstick marks all over her face. She couldn't help but laugh as she remembered the wild night before. After brushing her teeth, she went to take a shower, got dressed in clean clothes, put on her bathrobe and headed out to the living room. As expected, there was a triangular sandwich and a cup of milk on the coffee table.

  Turned on the TV, watching the news while eating breakfast, and the last piece of news sparked interest. It reported that a horse racing track had a bet of over $10 million, and after the enthusiastic explanation by the female anchor, footage was shown of horses bursting out of the starting gate and galloping on the track. In California, gambling is illegal, but betting on horses is legal. An couldn't quite understand what this meant for Americans. Having never been to a horse racing track before, watching the horses sprinting on TV made An think that since there was nothing else to do, it wouldn't be bad to go to the track and have some fun, and also see real-life horse racing.

  Having decided where to go later, Ju An put on her clothes and tidied herself up in front of the mirror before leaving the hotel.