"Maybe soon?"
Zhang Lei looked thoughtful.
"Really?!"
The little girl was very excited.
Was her bad luck really going to end?!
Zhang Lei smiled faintly.
Instead of answering her question right away, he asked her something else. "Tián Tián, do you know who I met today..."
Zhang Lei paused, then continued, "The uncle who had an experience similar to yours is called Zhang Chen."
"You can call him Uncle Zhang Chen."
Oh.
The little girl nodded.
Uncle Zhang Chen.
Zhang Lei's lips curled up slightly.
"Tián Tián, do you know what I found out when I met Uncle Zhang Chen today?"
What?
The little girl looked puzzled.
How could she know what Uncle Zhang Lei and Uncle Zhang Chen had talked about?
She hadn't been there.
A glimmer of amusement passed through Zhang Lei's eyes.
He picked up his drink and took a sip.
Then he set it down.
"Tián Tián, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gone up to greet Uncle Zhang Chen today."
"Why?"
The child was confused.
Didn't Uncle Zhang Lei know Uncle Zhang Chen?
"Because Uncle Zhang Chen and I hadn't seen each other in many years."
Zhang Lei was frank with the child.
"I was worried Uncle Zhang Chen might have forgotten me."
"Then I would've been so embarrassed."
Oh, oh.
The little girl nodded.
So that was it.
She looked a little bewildered.
"Did Uncle Zhang Chen forget you?"
Zhang Lei shook his head.
"Luckily, he didn't."
"Uncle Zhang Chen hadn't forgotten me."
"We recognized each other without a hitch."
"Oh, oh."
The little girl grinned.
Wasn't that great?
"Thinking about your situation now..."
Zhang Lei placed some cooked meat in the child's bowl.
He set down his chopsticks and