This column focuses on Chinglish mistakes in our daily life. If you have any experiences to share, send them to Wang Yu at wangyu2008@ynet.com.
By Venus Lee
If love is compared to the board game Hare and Hounds, men would be the predator and women the prey. This mate-hunting tradition has rewarded many who played by its rules. But one of my college classmates, Shuai Shuai, does not believe in this approach and does the chasing if she needs to.
When we were in college, she turned up her nose at men who pursued her. This puzzled me and I asked her for an explanation. “I’m fed up with men’s flowery, deceiving words and find it more exciting to take the initiative. I particularly like the challenge of winning over another woman’s boyfriend. I think men who single are bores,” Shuai said.She went after each man that caught her eye, but none held her interest for too long. Her typical relationship lasted three months; when the newness wore off, she’d start looking around fr a new challenge.
Shuai gained an unsavory reputation in school, but wagging tongues did not stop her ?nor did graduating from college and entering the professional world. If anything, she became even bolder. Secretly, other women envied her skill and daring.
One day in the office, she got enraged with one of her male colleagues and decided vengeance would be hooking up with him although he was engaged to be married. She waited for the perfect opportunity to seduce him and got her wish when the company sent the two of them to Tianjin to meet with clients.
