第九章表姐来支招了!
  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,hedefinitelyhadsomelastnight.”
  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’thaveanythinglastnight.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,youareinarelationship,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.”
  “really?”
  cindy翻了一个“那还用说”的白眼,把脚放下来,正襟危坐,好像要准备谈什么事关国计民生的国家大事:
  “i’magirl,right?i’vehadboyfriends.igotasayinthisstaff.yougottabelieveme,matty,markmywords——womenhaveneeds.justgoandmeettheneeds.makeyourwomanhappy.”
  华诤觉得表姐背后放着万道金光——简直就是上天派来拯救他的天使!
  “butidon’tknowhowtobringitup.ilovemygirlfriendtoomuch.idon’twant...”
  “wowwow”
  cindy双掌向外,像在推着什么东西:
  “waitaminute,matty,mathew,mattwa.waitaminute!yousaidaaayouloveher?areyousure?loveisabigword.wedon’tuseitunlesswereallyfeelit.”
  “yeah.ican’tbemoresure.iloveher.eversincethefirsttimeisawher,i’vebeenfallinglovewithher.actually,asdaysgoby,iloveherevenmore.look,sheisthesweetestgirli’veeverseen.ifanything,i’mhopelesslyanddesperatelyinlovewithher.”
  cindy脸绷紧了,眼珠子在瞪大的眼眶中转了转:
  “wow,ok.loudandclear.great.goodforyou,matty!goodforyou.soyouareinlove.doessheloveyouback?”
  提这一茬,华诤有点黯然神伤,耸耸肩:
  “well,iguessnot.idon’tthinkso.”
  伸长手臂拍着表弟的肩膀,cindy慢慢道:
  “hey,haveyoueverheardthepoem?”
  “whatpoem?”
  “’tobewithawomanwhodoesn’tloveyouback,ismorelonelythantobealone’”
  为这句话,姐弟俩默哀了几秒钟。华诤想起什么,拍拍桌子道:
  “focus!sis.focus!anyway,idon’twanttomakethingsweirdbetweenmeandmygirlfriend.arethereanytips?anythingwouldleadusto```youknow?”
  “ok”
  cindy摊摊手,笑道:
  “youarefamily.technically,youaremylittlebrother.i’myourbigsister.andiloveyou.ido.hence,iwouldhelpyououtwheneveryouneedme.firstofall”
  cindy右手从左手心里扳出一个手指头:
  “yougottagetaroomforyoutwo.bealone,forgodsake!”
  不过,鉴于中美意识上的差异,cindy还是不放心地补充问了一句:
  “isyourgirlfriendokwiththat?”
  华诤点点头:
  “yeah.icanmakethathappen.”
  “ok.secondly,thereisastorywhichwouldmakeyourgirlfriendwanttohavesexwithyouvoluntarily.however,yougottastateitright.”
  有这么神奇的事?
  “whatstory?”
  华诤正以空前绝后高涨热忱的态度在学习,大人们就回来了。华珮进门时,远远听到他们两姐弟的话,便喝道:
  “思思,你忘记我们之间承诺了?在家不准说中文!”
  岑兰笑道:
  “是不许说英文吧?”
  华珮笑道:
  “唉,都被她气糊涂了。是,不准说英文!在家不准说英文!”
  岳思思站起来,华诤抓住她的短袖阻止她离开:
  “什么故事?”
  岳思思为难道:
  “对不起,你姑姑不准我说英文。我不知道用中文怎么说,我中文不好,我不会翻译。”