When Ma Lu saw Angie again, she was still dressed like a mummy: hat, sunglasses, mask, and a trench coat.
The difference this time was the addition of a cane in her hand.
Hopping in on one foot from outside the door, she looked around the room, and upon spotting Ma Lu, headed straight for him like a missile, all the while exclaiming as she hopped, "How on earth did you do it?!"
"Do what exactly?" Ma Lu asked without batting an eye, picking up his thermos and quietly edging closer to the cash register where the Beaver Copper Statue stood.
"After eating your salted pork with eggplant dish, I actually could ride a horse!" Angie said, gripping Ma Lu's clothing excitedly, "Even though I can't anymore."
Ma Lu neither confirmed nor denied, instead asking, "What happened to your leg?"
"Fell off the horse while riding, broke my bone."
"It's just a dish, you're overthinking it."
