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"Lao Deng, do you want a wife?" I was squatting in the bathroom giving my golden retriever a bath when my cell phone rang and the caller ID read "Gao Shengya (my sister)". I answered the phone immediately, but her voice didn't send me away. "What Lao Deng? I'm only thirty-four!" "Just say whether you want it or not." "Are you kidding me? I'm a lawyer! This kind of thing depends on women's wishes, and I speak righteously -" Before I could finish my words, Golden Retriever slapped me in the face. "She took the initiative." "... What?" "If you don't speak, I'll take it as your acquiescence." Bang, the phone hung up. I froze on the spot, and every morning and evening in the past fourteen years flashed through my mind - squatting at the school gate, monitoring Huang Mao, and fighting away all Huang Mao who wanted to get close to my sister. I thought my greatest achievement in this life was that "oldest brother is like father" so that my sister would never fall into the trap of yellow hair. When the doorbell rang, I opened the door wearing slippers, my trouser legs covered with dog hair, and holding a bath towel in my hand. Gao Shengya stood at the door, smiling like a flower. Standing next to her was... A... Really... Yellow hair! Blond. Blue eyes. Tall. The moment she stood in the community, the square dancing aunt pressed the pause button. "Brother," Gao Shengya held the woman's arm and said with a smile, "This is my girlfriend, Anna." My mouth opened, but no sound came out. "Oh, by the way," my sister added, "She's your future wife."