Last Kiss in Tiananmen Square by Lisa Zhang Wharton

Author:Lisa Zhang Wharton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 0615567622
Published: 2011-11-15T19:01:04+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Baiyun returned to her dorm and found Yumei in bed among many blankets, eating lunch.

"Hi, Yumei. Are you sick?"

"No. I'm tired of staying at Longfe's home. His parents invited me to stay with them last night. They are hard to deal with. They are typical Pekingese; they look down upon small town people like me." Yumei yawned and pulled her thick, long hair to the back of her head.

Her eyelids were slightly swollen. Her high cheekboned face had a few new pimples, which were shining under the rays of sunshine from the window. Her naturally oily face was the culprit and the thick lotion she put on sometimes made it worse.

"Where is Longfe?" Baiyun sat on the bed across the table from Yumei.

"His parents want him stay at home for a while and I am not going to wait for him. I am going to do something exciting!" Yumei smiled while putting a dumpling into her mouth.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to try to be one of the representatives from the Chemistry department in the dialogue delegation. I know the head of the organization. He's also from my home town." Yumei sounded very confident.

"Is he that student from the Political Science department?"

"Yes."

"That's great. He is really one of the top student leaders."

"That's right. What have you been doing?"

"I have been working for the News Center as a reporter," said Baiyun modestly.

"I know. I thought you had followed Dagong home after the police beat him."

"Yes. Then my mother and her boyfriend took me home."

Baiyun stood up and wanted to leave before she had to tell Yumei the truth about Dagong.

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. So, why didn't you stay with Dagong and take care of him?" Yumei probed further.

"There was plenty of help there. What, do you think that we're husband and wife or something? You think I have to take care of him?" Baiyun snapped before stomping out of the room.

She slammed the door behind her.

As soon as she got back on the street, she heard that a major news conference was being held in the conference hall. She decided to go there first.

By the time she arrived on foot the conference just started.

Students crowded the conference hall; all of the seats were filled and more students stood in the back, sat on the stairs and filled the entryway outside of the hall. The hall was extremely quiet, except for the speaker on the stage and thousands of beating hearts.

"It is time for us to launch a mass Hunger Strike!" A deep, strong voice came through the speaker in the hallway where Baiyun stood.

The crowd stood mute, as though they were hit by a blow and were slow to respond.

Then Baiyun heard several voices announcing their support.

Baiyun looked around. Most people were quiet. They stretched their necks and stood on their tiptoes. It seemed that they believed that if they were a little taller they would actually be able to see the stage from the hallway.

The speaker continued.

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