The Careless Security Guard (Part 1)

HSK 3 · 156 characters · A Liang's Story

A Liang's Story — a well-meaning mall guard gets off to a bumpy start.

早上zǎo shang七点qī diǎn，阿ā亮liàng走进zǒu jìn商场shāng chǎng。他tā又yòu忘了wàng le带dài水杯shuǐ bēi，因为yīn wèi他tā今天jīn tiān没有méi yǒu检查jiǎn chá包bāo。At seven in the morning, A Liang walked into the mall. He'd forgotten his water bottle again, because he hadn't checked his bag today.他tā看到kàn dào同事tóng shì小美xiǎo měi在zài前台qián tái工作gōng zuò。He saw his coworker Xiao Mei working at the front desk.小美xiǎo měi问wèn：“你nǐ怎么zěn me又yòu没有méi yǒu水杯shuǐ bēi？”Xiao Mei asked, "How come you don't have your water bottle again?"阿ā亮liàng不好意思bù hǎo yì si地de笑xiào，说shuō他tā今天jīn tiān没有méi yǒu时间shí jiān找zhǎo。A Liang smiled awkwardly and said he hadn't had time to look for it today.

他们tā men正在zhèng zài聊天liáo tiān时shí，一个yī ge客人kè rén走了zǒu le进来jìn lái。While they were chatting, a customer walked in.阿ā亮liàng马上mǎ shàng站zhàn好hǎo，想xiǎng表现biǎo xiàn得很de hěn专业zhuān yè。A Liang quickly stood up straight, wanting to look professional.但是dàn shì他tā一yī转身zhuǎn shēn，就jiù撞zhuàng到dào旁边páng biān的de椅子yǐ zi。But as soon as he turned around, he bumped into a nearby chair.客人kè rén吓xià了le一yī跳tiào，小美xiǎo měi忍rěn住zhù笑xiào。The customer jumped in surprise, and Xiao Mei held back a laugh.

阿ā亮liàng揉róu揉róu腿tuǐ，说shuō：“我wǒ没事méi shì，我wǒ真的zhēn de没事méi shì。”A Liang rubbed his leg and said, "I'm fine — really, I'm fine."客人kè rén点头diǎn tóu走开zǒu kāi，阿ā亮liàng心里xīn li想xiǎng：今天jīn tiān又yòu是shì充满chōng mǎn挑战tiǎo zhàn的de一天yī tiān。The customer nodded and walked away, and A Liang thought: today was going to be another challenging day.