Fiction: Group 3
Mystery of the Pearl River Delta
The Lutheran Academy of Hong Kong, Sadie, Noah - 12, Fiction: Group 3
y eyes wide open as I stared at possible areas for me and my work partner, Herschel. We just
acquired business approval from the Pearl River Delta Financial Corporation. We shared an
apartment in Hong Kong, had a game of heads and tails to see who would go to Shenzhen to
find a workplace for our pie making company: Nyan Apple Pie And Dessert. I saw a nice area near
Langham Place with decent rental price. I pulled out my trusty iPhone 5C and called Herschel. “I found a
nice place with good size. The rental price is reasonable.”
He replied, “Sign the cheque!”
I walked over to the payment counter, gave the cheque and the property owner said we’ll be notified
within a week if we got the place. Me and Herschel decided to move to Hong Kong from California
because we would have better financial support due to larger infrastructure. Also our friend Dimitry lives in
the PRD, is a great financial advisor and could be good for our company.
I walked to a bus stop to go home, reached my apartment building and rang the doorbell. Herschel
answered. My pet Persian cat trotted up to me and said “Meow!”.
“Hello Copper”
“Hi!” He thought.
“Hello, my name is Copper, I am the pet cat. I love eating fish. I like to talk to the houseplant on the
windowsill. Call him Bob.” Copper thought again.
That night I heard voices in the living room, Herschel was watching a video about pie crust making on a
blue iPad. I’ve never seen a blue iPad! I knew that Herschel’s is black. I can’t find my iPhone!! I shouted
He replied “Sorry dude, Copper sat on your iPhone on the table, he stood up and turned your phone
INTO AN IPAD!!! Copper is slightly overweight. I actually thought his weight would flatten my phone
into an iPad. I instantly started panicking and was about to scold the cat when Herschel burst into a fit of
laughter. He stood up, pulled out my phone and handed it to me.
“Can’t believe you fell for that!!! You thought that Copper sat on your phone and turned it into an iPad!”
He removed the blue case over His iPad and replaced it with the original black one. He was still laughing
hysterically while I walk back into my room to get a good night’s sleep.
The next day the clerk called. We got the place could set up the next day. After I hung up Dimitry called,
said he was coming over to join our business as a financial manager, and we’d meet at the Shenzhen
International Airport, one of the largest in the Pearl River Delta. “Why didn’t you stop by at the one in
Hong Kong?” I asked in confusion.
“I like the one in Shenzhen, because it’s more familiar, I visit my family there,”
he responded.
Me and Herschel hurried to Hung Hom station to get express train tickets to the Shenzhen Airport. We got
on, sat ourselves down on two window seats on the left side of the train. About three hours later the train
stopped at the airport and there was an announcement. “Hello people of this train, you must obey only
me.” The driver spoke in a creepy voice.
“Please kindly form two lines on both sides of the train. Thank you for travelling on Cookiedo Railways.
Have a pleasant day!” He said in a friendlier tone. We got off and went to the arrival hall.
We saw Dimitry pushing two carts loaded with baggage. He finally reached us and we all got on the train
back to Hong Kong and by 11:30 PM we’re back home. Herschel got into the kitchen and made us some
chicken a La King but he replaced the sauce with mayonnaise and it tasted horrible! He also gave us some
red velvet cupcakes but I lost my appetite after the main course nightmare. Dimitry decided to risk it and
they were just ordinary cupcakes. Herschel was the king of pranking, he owns a YouPipe Channel about
pranking people.
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