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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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