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A couple of hours later she barged into Vivian’s roo? Coht you need so to be buried torasped her hand

The paper dress was laid in crisp folds on the dining table Wei Yi’s scissors had rendered the delicate lace of the kebaya blouse with s and princely crowns draped their tails along the hems, strutted up the lapels, and curled coyly around the ends of the sleeves The paper was chiffon-thin A breath set it fluttering

The skirt was made from a thicker, heavier cream paper Wei Yi had cut blowsy peonies into the front and a contrasting grid pattern on the reverse Vivian touched it in wonder, feeling the nubby texture of the paper under her fingertips

"Do you think Nai Nai will like it?" said Wei Yi

Vivian had to be honest "The top is a bit see-through, no?"

"She’ll have a singlet to wear underneath," said Wei Yi "I left that for you to do Very si the line only"

This was kindness, Wei Yi style

"It’s beautiful, Yi Yi," said Vivian She felt aard--they were not a faiven to coo on "It’s so nice Nai Nai will love it"

"Ah, don’t need to say so h already I still haven’t done shoe yet"

They burnt the beautiful creao alone--Wei Yi had created four other outfits, working through the night Sa-sleeved cheongsahai cabaret singer"); a sarong for sleeping in; and a Punjabi suit of all things

"Nai Nai used to like wearing it," said Wei Yi when Vivian expressed surprise "Co to wear for every day"

"Four is not a good nu?"

"You forgot the kebaya That’s five," Wei Yi retorted "Anyway she die already What is there to be pantang about?"

They threw in the old and paper mansion into the bonfire as well The doll servants didn’t burn well, but melted dra the bonfire outside the house, on the public road, this concerned Vivian She chipped doubtfully away at the mess of plastic

"Don’t worry," said Ma "The servants have gone to Nai Nai already"

"I’m not worried about that," said Vivian "I’ine the local authorities would be particularly pleased about the extra work they’dthe civil service with a wave of the hand

They even burnt the fake Gucci bag and the polo shirt in the end

"Nai Nai will find some use for it," said Wei Yi "Maybe turn out she like that kind of style also"

She could afford to bein Wei Yi’s heart As she’d stood watch over the flas to Nai Nai, there had been a serenity in her face

As they moved back to the house, Vivian put her ar at the snap and hiss when her skin touched Wei Yi’s It felt like a static shock, only intensified by several orders of ic, but her eyes were calether human

"OK," replied the Witch of Da into the roohted at the end of her bed and turned into Nai Nai

Nai Nai earing a green-and-white striped cotton sarong, tucked and knotted under her ar to bed soon Her hair smelled of Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo Her face hite with beduk sejuk--powderpaste

"Tell your mother the house is very beautiful," said Nai Nai "The servants have already run away and got married, but it’s not so bad In hell it’s not so dusty Nothing to clean also"