华诤回到家时,家人都睡了。第二天起得晚,下楼吃早餐时,父母亲和姑姑都出去买东西了,只见表姐cindy穿着牛仔裤和t-shirt,光着脚丫子,一只腿踩缩在椅子上,正对着餐桌坐着吃东西呢。
“hey,matty,finallygetup,ah?”
比华诤大一岁的表姐cindy岳思思是abc,也就是传说中的“香蕉人”。她短发烫得卷卷地贴着头皮,瘦瘦的,皮肤故意晒得比较黑,眼睛很大。这种外貌在美国可是很吃得开的——美国人以为,东方女孩就应该长得又黑又立体才叫有神韵。
她打的招呼让华诤不好意思地抓抓头发。宋云贞正从院里进来,关上门,回身对华诤道:
“哟,大宝贝儿,起了?”
站在华母旁的菲佣,用生硬的中文道:
“少爷吃什么早餐?”
“随便”
华母道:
“那和姐姐一样吃牛奶面包?”
“好,谢谢奶奶”
华母接过菲佣手里的餐盘,边把早餐放在餐桌上边道:
“昨天怎么这么晚才回来?”
“granny,hedefinitelyhadsomstnight.”
cindy的脸对着外祖母解释,眼睛却是看着华诤挤眉弄眼。华诤有点怀疑自己的英文水平:
“ididn’thaveanythinstnight.icamebackandiwentstraighttosleep.”
cindy十指张开,双掌在耳朵两边朝外举:
“eww~liar!whateveryousay.hey,whateveryousay!”
华诤觉得自己肯定跟表姐有什么误会,拉开椅子坐在她对面:
“i’mnotlying.idon’thaveto.ok?fyi,whatdoyoumeanwhenyousaidihadsome?hadsomewhat?”
“sex!ofcourse!”
华诤一口牛奶喷在餐桌上。
cindy笑着接道:
“whatdoyouthinkimean?”
华母忙过来给他拍着背:
“怎么了?宝贝,慢点喝!吃饭不要说话嘛。”
华诤边抽张纸捂嘴咳嗽,边朝祖母摆摆手、示意她不用帮忙。华母便拿了抹布来擦桌子:
“你们姐弟俩说什么呢?”
华诤忙道:
“没什么,没什么。”
“it’soktohavesex,matty,youdon’thavetolie.igetit——youareagrown-up,youareinartionship,youhavesex.that’swhatpeopledo.hey,ibetyourgirlfriendmustbereallyawesometokeepyouthatlong.”
华诤连连朝表姐摇手:
“wedidn’thavesex.we’veneverhadsex.”
“whaaaat?!”
cindy看华诤的眼神,让华诤觉得自己就像来自侏罗纪世界的恐龙。
“youserious?”
“yeah.whywouldiliesomethingaboutthat?”
华诤顿了顿,既然表姐这么光明磊落,他也不想做个萎缩怕事的人,便露出一个无奈的苦笑,坦白道:
“althoughireallywantto.tobehonest,it’skillingme!youknow,thewholenosexthing.”
“soyouarehot?”
“whatdoyouexpect?i’veneverhadsexinmyentirelife.lookatme,sis.!i’malwayshot!ok?however,mygirlfriend,she’stooshy.idon’twanttoscareheroff.”
cindy深感自己和这个表弟在文化上的差异鸿沟深深,两人根本鸡同鸭讲:
“hey,matty,sweety,look,yougottahavesexwithyourgirlfriend,yougottahavewildsexwithyourgirlfriend——that’swhatboyfriendsdo.that’swhatwouldkeepyourgirlfriendcloser.icanensureyouthatyouarenottheonlyonewho’shot.womenhaveneeds.”