Hostel Stories (四)
A boy named 24
Ok , Firstly I teach you Chinese .Twenty-four in
Chinese said : Er shi si . Yeah , A little bit hard pronunciation , Read
after me : Er shi si ….
Yeah , 24 ! It’s a boy’s name .His real name was
James ! Why did we call him 24 ? Because James got to my hostel : “ I
would stay here around 20 days .Your e-mail said price was 120.yuan for
one night , Now I should pay you 2400.yuan .”
Then he took cash and counted …
Wow …. 24 hundred ! It’s a lot of money ! My girls
at the reception smiled . Because the guy took cash generously .You know
, Chinese girls said : Gentleman takes the wallet from his pocket and
takes the cash from the wallet , The whole action always is the most
enchanting ! I think so .
It’s coincidence , That day 2 guests named James was
at my hostel , So the girls at the reception called this boy “ Er shi
si” because of his payment 24 hundred rmb cash . “ 24” ? It’s funny and
good name !
24 was around 20 years old , He was from London . His speaking was heavy London accent . This boy was really generously , The 1st
day , He chatted in the public area , He bought beer for everybody . Oh
, My god ! The whole area was boiling because of him . Now , My hostel
small bar looked like in London somewhere . Everybody was happy and
relaxed . Even a corner , A few guys danced and sung , Yeah , I had no
any reason and joined them . But things looked dark ! 24 got a little
bit drunk after a few bottles beer .He hugged me : “ Oh , Mr.Panda , I
loved you !”
Oh , Come on ! He scared me to death !
“ Hey hey , Stopped ! I was a real man , I only liked girl or woman .” I tried to wake him up from drunkness .
“I knew , I was a real man also . I looked on you as my father .You were my Chinese father .” It would be better !
And more beer again , I never think 24 threw himself into my arms and cried suddenly : “ Dad , Help me !”
Goddamn it ! I got mess . Some guys stopped drinking and looked at us .
“ What’s wrong with you ? Son , Just talked to me !”
No choice , I was 41years old , He looked on me as his daddy , I should
give this boy warmth ! I brought him to a quiet place , He told me his
story !
24 stayed in Chengdu for 20 days .Because he had a
girl friend from Chengdu . They had met in Guangzhou , China . 24 loved
his girl friend so much .Also the girl liked 24 at first . But around 1
month ago , The girl came back to Chengdu , She didn’t give a calling or
message to 24 .And 24 wrote e-mails and telephoned to her many times ,
Just 2 days before , The girl gave him a calling and said she had to
stop their love ! Because she got a new good job in Chengdu , 24 took
the flight from Guangzhou to Chengdu , He wanted to spend 20 days in
Chengdu and tried his best to take the girl back .
What should I say ? I really had no a good idea to
help him . I was only a listener . After his story , 24 was in sleeping !
Poor boy .
Next a few days , 24 went out everyday . He said he
got appointments with his girl friend . One day , 24 came back sadly ,
He said everything’s gone .He did said bye-bye to the girl ! But I was
glad that he was fine soon . I have told him : Many nice girls were
waiting for you , You were very young , You had many chance, Forgot it !
I said happy time was always fast ! 20-day time was
up .24 had to leave , He was in deep sorrow when he checked out . He
said a long time to stay here , Liked at home ! Of cause we were sad
also because of his leaving . But no body could stay somewhere forever ,
Everybody just was a passer in this world ! Yeah , Everybody ! We are
walking and walking ….And getting disappeared slowly …., Maybe no body
remembers us in the future , But our stories have ever happened truly
…..
Chengdu accommodation from Author : Mr.Panda
2013.12.29
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