Chung King Express (Chung Hing Sam lam) Page #4

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She asked me to give you this.

Don't let it get you down,

though.

Try another girl.

May's nice.

She's coming back tomorrow.

- Where is she?

- She quit.

Said she was going to California.

Well, then...

Thanks.

I didn't open the letter.

Some things need time

to sink in.

Once the snack bar manager had gone...

I started talking to the beer bottles.

Disappointed?

Not really.

Go home and sleep.

She's not coming.

Actually, she did go

to California that evening.

But it was the other one.

We were in different Californias...

with a 15-hour time difference between us.

It must be 11:
00 a.m. In California, USA.

I wonder if she'll remember

our 8 p.m. Date here.

What a coincidence.

Are you off duty tonight?

Yes.

How are you?

No change. And you?

Not bad.

Alone?

No, my friend's waiting.

Your type.

I still have some of your stuff.

Will you pick it up sometime?

Wouldn't want it anymore.

Throw it away.

Okay.

I have to rush.

I still think

you look better in uniform.

So do you.

- Bye-bye.

- Bye.

Hey, you haven't paid!

You pay for me!

How much is it?

Thanks!

The letter turned out to be

a boarding pass... postdated one year later.

I couldn't make out the destination.

I did go to the restaurant that evening.

I knew it would get crowded

so I was there at 7:15

It poured with rain outside.

I watched it fall

through the window.

And I urgently needed to know

if the other California was warm and sunny.

I decided to give myself one year.

Tonight it's raining

as hard as it was then.

Looking out this window...

I have only one person in my thoughts.

I wonder if he ever opened my letter.

What are you doing here?

Hey!

What are you doing here?

It's you!

What are you doing here?

Renovating.

Renovating?

Where's my cousin?

He opened a karaoke bar.

Said he needed a change.

So I took over here. Didn't he tell you?

I haven't seen him.

He has great business sense.

First he sold me fish and chips,

and then the whole thing.

What?

I said, he has great business sense!

When did you get into this music?

It takes time to get used to things.

How was California?

Was it fun?

I just said, how was California?

Well,

nothing special.

You look good in uniform.

You look nice like that too.

Fancy a bite to eat?

No,

I fly out

very early tomorrow.

When will you get back?

My grand opening

is two days away.

Don't know.

This might be a long trip.

Write to me when you reach

wherever it is.

Would you read it if I did?

One thing I must ask you.

Would you let a person on board

with a boarding pass like this?

It's dated today,

but it got blurred in the rain.

I don't know where it's taking me.

Do you?

No idea,

but I'll give you another.

Great.

Where do you want to go?

Wherever you want to take me.

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