Chapter 140 - 26
Less than a meter into the room stands a large wooden board, plastered with movie posters of various sizes, with the largest featuring Wang Zuxian.
On the left side of the board is a passageway where you can enter, provided that you have purchased a ticket at the small table to the right.
Behind the desk sits a woman in her early thirties, clad in a red tank top and jeans, tall and slim. Her top’s low neckline reveals the floral butterfly tattoo on her collarbone.
Currently, with a cigarette in her left hand and paging through a beeper with the right, she doesn’t even bother to look up as she asks, "How many of you?"
"Four, Sister Mei. It’s been a while since we last saw you; you’ve become more beautiful again."
"Sister Mei, isn’t your husband around? Are you tending the shop alone today?"
Panzi and Leizi pay while making chitchat and compliments.
In reality, they aren’t particularly familiar with Sister Mei, but since they’re at an age neither entirely adults nor teenagers, a little sweetness in their words and understanding the art of flattery would allow them, during less busy times, to stay for an extra movie or two on one ticket.
After taking the money, Sister Mei puts it in the drawer and hands out four tickets while blowing smoke rings, cursing:
"Who knows where that son of a bitch has gone off to today?"
Sister Mei’s man is nicknamed Leopard, a well-known local hoodlum in town, referred to as Brother Leopard.