Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 464

"Yes. And you are ..."
"John Wong. Nice meeting you. I'm your tour guide during your stay and this is Hongqiao Airport." he
explained.
"Wow! an international airport, what an advanced city!" I thought.
"Before we go for the xiaolongbao feast, can you go to the bank with me? I need to take out some cash." John
requested.
"Follow you!"
He led me to a bank and I realized that it was HSBC, which is the same bank where my mum saves my red packet
money. On our way to the restaurant, I asked inquisitively "Why there are lots of foreigners and western
restaurants here, even the Chinese are dressed in western style?" I observed.
"Well, Shanghai is one of the largest cities in the world. It is divided into half traditional Chinese and half western.
Foreigners helped transform Shanghai into a fascinating metropolis," John stated clearly.
After the delicious feast, I suggested that we take a walk around the city. "Excellent! I was just about to introduce
you to a famous worldwide company, Jardine Matheson!" John exclaimed. "Jovie!"
"Huh?"
"Believe it or not, you'll live in an estate which was built by this developer." "Really?" I said.
"Let's go to
the last stop before you leave," John suggested.
"What's it? I'm really eager to know!"
"You'll see!" John said with
a grin.
We took a rickshaw ride to the "mysterious stop". It was an amazing experience for me. "Here we are!" John
announced "our last stop, Fudan College!" "This is one of the best universities in the world! I know it 'cause I also
graduated here!"
"In the future, you'll have lots of fun studying here, just like me. Work hard, my dearest great-grandchild!!"
Great-grandchild? Before I could respond to this unexpected term, John took out a red packet from his jacket,
and said, "I think I won't be able to attend your graduation ceremony but please take this as a graduation gift from
me, your great-grandfather." Both of us got all misty-eyed. I embraced him with all my strength and cried, "No
wonder you look so familiar to me, I saw your pictures in our family photo albums." I continued. "I finally know
why my grandpa and my dad are engineers, even I am an engineer-to-be, it's the genes of the Wongs!"
The golden bullet suddenly appeared behind me and a screen popped up, I saw Prof. Owltech sobbing and wiping
away his tears saying, "What a touching scene! Sorry Jovie, but I'm afraid it's time for you to go back, you have to
say goodbye to John!"
"Bye great-grandfather, I'll miss you so much! But before that," I took out my XPhone-9, "Let's take a selfie!"
As I walked up the bullet, my great-grandfather yelled, "Don't ever forget our 'Shanghai-Wonder'! I'll be a star
and always be with you! Forever!"
Robot Mimi, story and tea-time is over, please keep on cleaning and start packing my luggage, thank you!"