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would hate to have a political backward man as my

lover. Do you know what you are looking like to me?”

“I don’t know,” I said. “But you said just now

that I look like your younger brother and you-”

“That’s your outward appearance to me. Now I

would like to ask you something that is important to

me.”

“What do I look like to you?” I asked in return.

“You look like a chicken rib to me. It’s tasteless

to eat, but a waste to throw it away…”

“What do you mean by that?”

“I don’t want to tell a lie. I like you. I do like you.

As soon as I saw you, you gave me a very good

impression. You look honest. You are the sort of man

that women like. But you are backwards in politics. I

don’t think you love our great leader Chairman Mao

and the Communist Party very much. You are a

bookworm. I don’t like this kind of man. So I’m in a

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