Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4 - 7 2018 | Page 295

Sasha put away her gun and went to help the old lady and her husband.
“Thank you dear.” The old woman said as she was assisted off the ground by Sasha.
Comment [1]: Ask a Chinese person
(teacher) what the old lady would likely
say to this. Think about using Mandarin
The old man was delirious as Jay supported him into the house and helped clean up blood from his head.
After Jay was done, the old lady came up to Sasha and Jay.
“Thank you two for taking care of those delinquents. I can’t repay you in any other way except for
cooking you a meal.”
Jay turned to Sasha. “Is she thanking us?”
“Yes. she wants to cook us a meal to show her gratitude.” Sasha went back to listening to what the old
woman had to say.
“You two should also stay the night since it’s going to be a cold outside.” The old lady offered.
At dinner time, the old lady served Jay and Sasha delicious hot spicy noodles. After eating instant noodles
for a week, Jay and Sasha thought these noodles were the best thing they had even eaten.
The old woman’s husband didn’t join them as he was recovering from his injury. After dinner, the old
lady showed Jay and Sasha their room. There wasn’t much except for a mattress and some blankets as well
a closet. As the two were getting to sleep, Sasha went to the bathroom.
The bathroom was outside, but to get there, one would need to go through the living room, which was
adjacent to the kitchen. As Sasha passed the kitchen, she heard the married couple conversing. She
stopped and went as close as she could to hear the couple talking.
“Li, I’ve contacted the government. We need to find a way to hold them here until the government
arrives! This could be our chance to get out of here! Besides, you’ve been hurt and we don’t have any
medical equipment for that gash on your head.”
“Good idea, Mei. Just our luck for Jay Chen to be staying here!”
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