“Yes, she was.”
“I haven’t seen her since then.”
“Lei is the tallest amongst us sisters now.”
“Yeah, she must be. Her adoptive family are rich, aren’t they? I’ve heard they have two big houses and sell seafood. Is it true?... Well, Lei defi nitely has had much better food than anyone of us.”
“Not rich rich. Yes, they do have two houses. But they don’t sell seafood anymore. They are now working in the same factory as my parents.”
“Where is it?”
“Shenzhen.”
“How nice. Two families joining together become more powerful.” She paused, her palm stroked the left side of her face. Likely, she was suff ering from toothache. She then set her eyes on Ming refl ectively, and moaned, “Is that pretty boy your son?”