"Your new friend?" The girl's mother asked and turned her attention to Hua Zhendan.
Hua Zhendan stared at her. She wore a simple worn out purple T-shirt on a baggy trouser. Her thinning hair was a dull black color that flapped around her shoulders messily. She had crinkles on the corner of her eyes and little wrinkles on her face. Hus Zhendan had seen these kinds of common looking women on the strength many times but had never stopped to consider the fact that his birth mother might be one of them. He had always pictured the word 'mother' to represent a sophisticated, never-aging, well-dressed woman.
"Hello?" The girl's mother called again in an attempt to draw Hua Zhendan's attention to her.
Hua Zhendan cleared his throat and returned his attention to the present. Pointing to his car, he said, "I locked my car keys inside the car. And she happened to passed by."