A Home in Common
by Michalyn
Chapter Four
Notes: 1. Qipao: The qipao , qipaor, or ch’i-p’ao, also known as the cheongsam or mandarin gown, is a body-hugging dress for women in China originating from the Manchus, modernized and improved in Shanghai. The English loanword cheongsam, which comes from Cantonese, is used for the garment when worn by either men or women. The word qipao refers only to a woman’s clothes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qipao)
Wufei looked at his watch. Striding to the closet, he shrugged into his coat and pulled on a scarf. The weather had finally become chill.
“Yi Jie?” he called up the stairs. “Yi Jie, if we don’t hurry we’ll miss the movie.” Wufei waited, frowning when no response was forthcoming. He moved to the foot of the stairs. Read the rest of this entry »