Chapter 9  

*Dong!* A chicken bone was thrown into the trash in. Jia Shao was squatting in a corner of the kitchen, gnawing on the chicken leg in her hand. Jia Mama was standing in front of her holding a spatula.

"Jia Shao, is it true that there is nothing between you and Zhen Lang?"

Without even lifting her head or eyes, Jia Shao continued eating and grunted a vague answer.

"Really nothing?" The questioning voice was raised louder.

"No." Jia Shao swallowed the meat in her mouth and took a deep breath. As she sucked her fingers, her gaze wavered and then focused her attention on another chicken leg.

Just as she reached out, the thief was hit hard on her arm with a spatula. She swung her arm and felt extremely unhappy. "Zhen Lang does not eat chicken leg. Why do you have to leave for him?"

"You only know how to eat chicken legs.!" Jia Mama was furious.

"Zhen Lang is such a good man, why don't you eat him instead of eating chicken legs?"

"Eat Zhen Lang?" The hungry wolf could only think of meat and was not yet fully clear-headed. "He is all ribs, what is there good to eat?"

*Dong!* The spatula handle fiercely landed on top of her head. "When you were a child, you were not supposed to eat but you went up to eat. When you are grown up, tell you to eat, you don't know how!"

Finally, Jia Shao was able to steal a chicken leg that was glistening with oil and took a bite. Then she slowly digested the old lady's words.......

"Ah!" She yelled loudly and widened her eyes as if she had just seen a ghost. Pointing her finger at her mother, she could not help but shiver. "You......what did you say just now? You are telling me to pursue Zhen Lang?"

Suddenly all her appetite had gone. The chicken leg that was half-eaten no longer looked attractive. She pursed her lips and threw the half-eaten chicken leg on a plate. Grabbing an advertisement leaflet lying on the table, she began to fold it in silence.

"Dreadful girl! Quick, say something!" Jia Mama glared at her daughter who looked distracted. "Your cousin sister is going back to work and she told me to go back to take care of Dou Dou. I will be leaving two days later. You are already 25 years old and if you still can't find a man to marry, you will become an old maid."

"Um......" Jia Shao responded lazily and actually did not pay any attention to her mother. She only concentrated on folding the paper in her hands.

She folded the paper very carefully and was very serious. She was so quiet that Jia Mama felt puzzled and stood beside her to look at her.

"Mom." Jia Shao suddenly raised her head and looked seriously at her mother. "How did you attract Dad with your flat chest?"

"Do you want to die?!" A fist swung up.

The rare thing was Jia Shao did not dodge the blow but looked down at her own chest. "Why did you pass this to me?"

Jia Mama was furious and gnashed her teeth. "If you were to inherit your Dad's chest, your chest will be flatter!"

Jia Shao sighed. "Mom, how can I make my chest bigger?"

"You want it bigger?" Jia Mama thought about it then put down the spatula in her hand and rushed into the toilet. There was a sound of gushing water and then she came out bursting with joy. "Girl, this.....this should make it bigger."

"What?" Under her mother's mysterious gaze, Jia Shao stood up from her chair and looked at her mother. She noticed Jia Mama was holding something in her hand and swaying it at her.

A wooden pole, a red rubber base.......round.

"What are you doing with the plunger?" If she is not mistaken, this is used to unblock toilets.

"Look!" Jia Mama grabbed the plunger in her hand and pressed it twice in the sink outlet. Then using her strength she pulled hard and a 'pop' sound was heard before all the residue blocked in the sink rushed down the outlet.

"This had such great suction force that it can even unblock the toilet. If you put this on your chest and do it twice a day, your chest will certainly become bigger." Jia Mama stretched out her hand and stuffed the plunger into Jia Shao's hands. "Look at the base, such a uniform circle and the shape that is sucked out will surely be beautiful."

Jia Shao twitched the corner of her mouth and looked at the plunger in her hands. In her mind, she imagined the suction force of the plunger in the toilet bowl and the suction force of the plunger on her chest. A drop of cold sweat appeared on her forehead.

"Is there a better way?" She sighed. She dropped the plunger and began to question herself whether she had found the wrong person to ask.

"Then do exercises." Jia Mama pondered for a long while before she squeezed out some words.

Lazily she leaned back into her chair and Jia Shao continued to fold the paper in her hand. "What exercises can make the chest bigger?"

"Swimming!" Jia Mama suggested.

"When did you ever see a swimmer with big breasts? I have seen them with broad shoulders and thick legs but not with big breasts. Big breasts will drag them down and are a hindrance to swimming."

"Then you can jog!" Jia Mama once again suggested.

A ridicule laugh sounded. "Have you seen any running athletes run with their breasts bouncing? Every one of them is like matchsticks so they can run faster."

"It seems that those who are in sports don't have big breasts." Jia Mama began to think. "Could it be because I let you learn Taekwondo that resulted in you having a flat chest?"

Jia Shao drooped down her head and let out a long sigh.

"I know!" Jia Mama's eyes lit up and looked at her daughter like a thief. "Find a man to marry and let him give you a massage every day. It's guaranteed your chest will become big!"

"You are lying." Jia Shao lowered her head to look down at her chest and her eyes slid down her clothes to her belly button. Without encountering any obstacles, her eyes slipped down further to look at her own feet.

"Why should I lie to you?" Jia Mama pushed up her chest proudly. "When I was young, my breasts were not even as big as yours now. After I married your father, mine grew 2 times bigger within a year."

"Ah?" Jia Shao stood up and looked down at the old lady. "Are you sure you are not lying?"

Jia Mama nodded. "Really, I'm not lying."

Of course, that was because when she was pregnant with Jia Shao and her breasts suddenly became big. Jia Mama rolled her eyes and decided to hide the fact that after giving birth to Jia Shao, her breasts were even flatter.

"Then I will go on a blind date. I am going to marry and I will work hard for a big chest." The weak and listless person suddenly stood up proudly.

Jia Mama smiled. "You don't have to go out and look for one. Isn't there one in here?"

"You mean Zhen Lang........?" Someone's squinted eyes sparkled with the intensity of an electric light and also a......killing light.

"If I marry him, then I will forever have a flat chest!" She shouted. "If I marry him, I might as well look for a woman!"

"I must make my chest grow bigger......grow bigger!!! " Jia Shao was still immersed in her own world of thoughts. "Then.....then I will let Zhen Lang see!!! "

Jia Mama was at a total loss and could not figure out her daughter. She even suspected that her daughter had gone crazy. "If you don't want to marry Zhen Lang, then you don't have to marry him. But why do you want to show him when your breasts have grown bigger?"

She put the folded paper into her mother's hand and said. "Ask Zhen Lang."

Jia Mama looked down at the paper plane in her hand. When Jia Shao reached the door, she quickly changed her shoes and happily hummed a tune.

"Hey, where are you going?"

Flicking her hair back dashingly, Jia Shao pranced around as she pressed the elevator button and smiled at her mother. "The matchmaking agency! I am going on blind dates and then I will get married. Later I will shake my big breasts for Zhen Lang to see!"

Before Jia Mama could say anything, Jia Shao had already entered the elevator. She waved at her mother happily and left.

When Zhen Lang came back, he saw Jia Mama looking strangely at the paper plane in a daze. Occasionally, she would mutter a few words. "My daughter must have gone crazy......must have gone crazy."

"Jia Ma?" Zhen Lang leaned down his head. He was unable to make out the expression on her face and could not determine whether she was crying or laughing. One moment she would let out a sound of laughter and the next she would be serious all over again.

"Ah Lang, you are back." Jia Mama looked up and smiled very happily. "Jia Shao said she wants to go on blind dates. She wants to get married. Finally, I don't have to worry she will not be married."

"But....." The smile that had just appeared on her face froze. "She said that she wants to shake her breasts to show you. I wonder whether there is any problem with her brains and there is another matter........."

She held up the paper plane in front of Zhen Lang. "This.......she said to ask you. Do you know what this means?"

Looking at the paper plane, his handsome lips widened and muffled sounds burst from his chest.

He coughed lightly. "Jia Mama, don't you know that Jia Shao's mood changes constantly? I can guarantee that by this evening, everything will be back to normal."

Jia Mama thought for a moment and nodded. "That's correct. She is a bit crazy. In any case, I will be returning home two days later. Help me to look after her."

"Don't worry. I will look after her well." The last few words were subconsciously said with emphasis.

Jia Mama went about her own business and left Zhen Lang sitting on the sofa deep in his thoughts gripping the paper plane in his hands. The corner of his mouth was curled up in a constant smile and a light flashed across his pair of peach blossom eyes.

After so many years, she actually remembered.........