Ma Aihong had just finished dinner and was watching television with his wife. Their school-age child was doing homework in the inner room, and his wife went over every so often to check whether the door had been pushed ajar and whether the child was pressed against it, sneaking a look at the television outside.
Although the couple had turned the volume down as low as they could, it still held an irresistible attraction for a child.
Especially since the television was showing the martial arts series Wu Song.
When Li Long knocked, Ma Aihong's wife was scolding their child. She had just caught the child again, pressed against the door listening to the television.
"Go get the door. Children are bound to want to play," Ma Aihong said, playing peacemaker. "As long as the kid knows it was wrong, just send them back to finish their homework and get to bed early. There's memorization to do tomorrow morning."
"All right, all right, you're the nice one!" Ma Aihong's wife complained. "I'm always the villain. You never do anything when the child misbehaves. Another two places down in the midterm exams this time. At this rate, there'll be nothing but construction work in the future..."
"What's wrong with construction work?" Ma Aihong didn't like hearing that. "Workers are the leading class. How many people dream of becoming workers? They want to, but they can't!"
"Who would be a worker if they could be an official?" The woman was still grumbling as she reached the courtyard gate. "All you do is talk big!"
She opened the gate and saw Li Long carrying gifts. She was a little surprised. After so many days, she no longer remembered him.
"You are... who are you looking for?"
"I'm Li Long," Li Long said with