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was getting better. But then he learnt that I had made

friends with Big Wang and his mood was getting

worse again. He knew Big Wang. She once was a

famous basketball player in our city. She was quite

good looking. I had dated her twice. He couldn’t bear

it. But then he found out that I was in low spirits. He

immediately became delighted. He guessed that I

must have been refused by Big Wang. She was his

idol in his mind. Monkey King was also eager to

have a wife. Big Wang was too big for him, but that

didn’t mean that he didn’t want to gain her.

One Sunday evening, just as I was lying on the

bed wondering whether Big Wang would ring me,

the man of the mail room shouted loudly down the

corridor, “Soapy is wanted on the phone!” I jumped

out of my bed and quickly ran to the mail room to

receive the phone. It was Big Wang. She asked me to

meet her at the small woods in the park.

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