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“It has hit me really hard that he has a girlfriend”

February 18, 2014 · by Ruth - China Elevator Stories | in Life in China, Small talk | tagged China life, Chinese guy | 12 Comments

One day I want to go for lunch. On my way to the restaurant, I walk past a café. I hear somebody call my Chinese name. I think that this is just my imagination playing a trick on me and walk on. But then I hear somebody call my name again. One of my female […]

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