华诤回到家时，家人都睡了。第二天起得晚，下楼吃早餐时，父母亲和姑姑都出去买东西了，只见表姐Cindy穿着牛仔裤和T-shirt,光着脚丫子，一只腿踩缩在椅子上，正对着餐桌坐着吃东西呢。
“Hey, Matty, finally get up，Ah?”
比华诤大一岁的表姐Cindy岳思思是ABC，也就是传说中的“香蕉人”。她短发烫得卷卷地贴着头皮，瘦瘦的，皮肤故意晒得比较黑，眼睛很大。这种外貌在美国可是很吃得开的——美国人以为，东方女孩就应该长得又黑又立体才叫有神韵。
她打的招呼让华诤不好意思地抓抓头发。宋云贞正从院里进来，关上门，回身对华诤道：
“哟，大宝贝儿，起了？”
站在华母旁的菲佣，用生硬的中文道：
“少爷吃什么早餐？”
“随便”
华母道：
“那和姐姐一样吃牛奶面包？”
“好，谢谢奶奶”
华母接过菲佣手里的餐盘，边把早餐放在餐桌上边道：
“昨天怎么这么晚才回来？”
“Granny, He definitely had some last night.”
Cindy的脸对着外祖母解释，眼睛却是看着华诤挤眉弄眼。华诤有点怀疑自己的英文水平：
“I didn’t have anything last night. I came back and I went straight to sleep.”
Cindy十指张开，双掌在耳朵两边朝外举：
“ Eww~Liar! Whatever you say . Hey, Whatever you say!”
华诤觉得自己肯定跟表姐有什么误会，拉开椅子坐在她对面：
“I’m not lying. I don’t have to.OK?FYI, what do you mean when you said I had some? Had some what?”
“SEX! Of course!”
华诤一口牛奶喷在餐桌上。
Cindy笑着接道：
“What do you think I mean?”
华母忙过来给他拍着背：
“怎么了？宝贝，慢点喝！吃饭不要说话嘛。”
华诤边抽张纸捂嘴咳嗽，边朝祖母摆摆手、示意她不用帮忙。华母便拿了抹布来擦桌子：
“你们姐弟俩说什么呢？”
华诤忙道：
“没什么，没什么。”
“It’s OK to have sex,Matty, you don’t have to lie. I get it——You are a grown-up, you are in a relationship,you have sex.That’s what people do. Hey, I bet your girlfriend must be really awesome to keep you that long. ”
华诤连连朝表姐摇手：
“We didn’t have sex. We’ve never had sex.”
“Whaaaat?!”
Cindy看华诤的眼神，让华诤觉得自己就像来自侏罗纪世界的恐龙。
“You serious? ”
“Yeah. Why would I lie something about that?”
华诤顿了顿，既然表姐这么光明磊落，他也不想做个萎缩怕事的人，便露出一个无奈的苦笑，坦白道：
“Ahough I really want to. To be honest , It’s killing me! You know ,the whole NO SEX thing.”
“So you are hot?”
“What do you expect? I’ve never had sex in my entire life. Look at me, Sis.! I’m always hot! OK? However, my girlfriend, she’s too shy. I don’t want to scare her off.”
Cindy深感自己和这个表弟在文化上的差异鸿沟深深,两人根本鸡同鸭讲：