A sweet delivery

The doorbell rang while my parents were downstairs watching a loud TV show. I was upstairs, waxing myself. My mom opened the door, called out to me, and it seemed most likely that someone had come to the door for something other than a delivery. I quickly wrapped myself in a robe and went out of my bedroom.

A young black man was standing at the door. I didn't intend to go downstairs, knowing I wouldn't need his service. Leaning on the stair frame and looking down at the front door, I told him that we had just done an "upside-down, inside-out" remodeling last year.

"You speak Mandarin, right? Y'all Chinese?" The Black guy lifted his head and smiled at me. His teeth were so white, and his dimples were so cute. Gosh, he was an attractive young man.

"Yeah!"

"I just got this girlfriend from China."

"Oh, yeah? You learning Mandarin, too?" I was engaging in the conversation.

"Yeah, yeah! I am going to China soon, to Shanghai."

"Oh wow, nice! Visiting her family? Then you gotta learn some basic phrases, such as 'You are so beautiful,' 'The food is so tasty,' and 'This place is so amazing.' You gotta impress her and her family, man!"

"Yeah, yeah, for sure. I want to ask you about the tips! I'm so excited to go." Happiness radiated in a visible beam from his ear-to-ear big smile.

"Yeah, Shanghai is absolutely gorgeous. You gon have a great time there! And now it won't be too hot or too cold. She gon take you to see all those places: near the river, near the sea, the metropolitan city, and the skyscrapers. You gon have so much fun!"

"For sure, for sure. I'm so happy to go! In October, we're going. Tryna learn some Mandarin. Her English name is xxx, but she also has a Chinese name, xxx."

"Learn the pronunciation of her Chinese name! You gon impress her, she gon like it. Learn it, man!"

With big smiles on our faces, I kept leaning on the staircase upstairs, and he kept looking up at me. We chatted there for five minutes.

"Okay, congratulations, man. I wish you a great trip to China. Good luck with everything!"

"Thank you so much! I'm surely gon enjoy it! Thank you!"

He closed my front door and walked away.

What a surprising delivery of such a sweet encounter! It made my day.

I got back to my room and started thinking, "Dang, this young couple is so lucky that they found each other! They are so in love!" Wish them a happy life onward.