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want to have more of me, you’ll have to make more

progress. I’ll give you more of me if you make more

speeches at political meetings.” She stopped for a

moment and then said, “I’m very happy with you

today. I’ll take you to see one of my best friends.”

With that, she led me out of the woods. On the

way to her friend’s home, she kept speaking and

laughing. She was obviously in high spirits. Her

friend’s home was near her school, which was a

factory run primary school. When we went into her

friend’s home, I saw a couple of middle-aged people.

The woman was Big Wang’s best friend - a teacher

in the primary school. The man was her friend’s

husband. He was the headmaster of her school. They

received us warmly. Big Wang introduced me to

them. She told them clearly that I was her lover. She

had publicized our relationship! She had taken me as

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