Lies?

"I can tell you aren't from around here, you know."

The woman's voice was raspy, like a needle scratching on a record disc. Xiajun stood there for a second, recovering from the shock, and then made his way to the bed beside her, where he sat down. The whole while the woman stared at him with a look of bitter accusation, though Xiajun didn't know why.

"May I ask you your name?" he said politely.

The woman barked out a bitter laugh. "I'm have a feeling you're just sh*tting with me. You already know."

Xiajun raised an eyebrow, smiling. "How perceptive of you.  Fine, then, Miss Gu, let's have it your way."

The woman smirked at Xiajun's casual manner of speaking. "MRS.Gu, in fact. How can you expect me to be unmarried at my age?"

Xiajun gave a mock gasp. "But you don't look a day over 20!"