An hour later Wufei had an overall idea of the layout of the city in a one mile radius around his hotel.

On his way back to the hotel he passed a bakery. Feeling hungry for the first time since his departer for China hours earlier, he decided to pick up something to eat.

Stepping through the door Wufei was assaulted by the pleasant smell of baked goods. Moving slowly towards the back, eyeing the shelves of loaves and pasteries along the way, he was suddenly jolted as he collided with another body.

"Gomen nasai." he and the person both cried immediately. He and the other person, a girl he noticed, started to collect her items which were strewn accross the aisle in the collision.

Wufei bent down to help her collet her things. As he reached for the last item his hand fell instead ontop of hers, and both immediately drew back. Quickly the girl grabbed the last item and stood, flashing Wufei a smile.

"Arigato!" She cried as he looked up and got a glance at her face and she ran out the door.

Wufei stood in the aisle stunned. Slowly he stood, then dashed to the door.

Sticking his head out the door he scaned the street, but the girl was already gone.

"Shimatta!!!" he cursed, stalking back towards his hotel, completely forgetting the fact that he still hadn't eaten.

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Spending all afternoon on the computer, Wufei tried fruitlessly to find something on the Chang Meiran he was here to find, or the girl he had met in the bakery. He had a feeling that if the Meiran here in China was the same Meiran from all those years ago, then the girl he had seen in the bakery was indeed her.

"Nothing!!! Not a god damned thing!!!" Wufei cursed, almost launching his laptop across the room. He had to sufice with slamming it onto the night table.

Glancing at the clock, he noted it was already nearing 2am. Settling himself on the bed, he lay down, fully dressed, and fell asleep.

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Sitting up, Wufei looked at the clock. Already 10:30, he quickly got out of bed and straightened his clothes. Walking to the window, he looked outside and found himself wondering where Meiran was.

Spinning around suddenly as he felt something brush his face, he didn't see anything but a few strands of his own jet black hair falling in front of his eyes.

"I've not left it loose since Meiran died...does this mean something?" he murmered to himself, tucking the wayward locks behind his ear.

Sighing, Wufei walked to the bathroom, brushed his hair straight, and washed the sleep from his eyes. Comming out again, he changed into a clean pair of black jeans and a green shirt over one of his normal black tanktops. Grabbing a jacket from the hanger, he pulled it on and locked the door as he left.

Heading out, he decided to just wander the streets until he could figure out what to do about his present situation.

Street after street Wufei wandered deep in thought, until he couldn't have found his way back to his hotel, even if he had been paying attention to where he'd been going.

Pondering how to get information on this Chang Meiran, and confirm exactly who she was, Wufei looked up to see the sun well on it's way to setting. Looking around, he noticed that the daytime travelers and shoppers were heading home for the day and the night time crowd was just starting to come out.

Looking around, Wufei didn't see anything he might even have vaugely recognized.

Cursing himself for being weak and unworthy and many other things, he kept walking, hoping to see something he recognized, or just anything to give him a clue as to which direction he should be giong in.

Almost an hour later, it was dark, and Wufei was still at a loss as to where in the giant city-capitol he could be.

Finally stopping, he leaned against a wall. Tired, angry, and hungry, he reminded himself ruefully that he hadn't eaten in almost two days.

"Just great!" he exclaimed to himself sarcastically.

"It would be even better if you weren't loitering around my establishment!" a woman's voice chided.

"I am not loitering onna!!!" Wufei turned and retorted distainfully.

"Oh! I'm sorry, you're just standing here, doing nothing! I should have known you weren't loitering either!!!" the grey haired owner of the voice spat sharply back in Wufei's face.

"I'm on my way back to my hotel!!!" Wufei exclaimed, wanting nothing more at that moment than to be able to return to his room and sleep.

The old woman raised an eyebrow in her sceptisism.

"Oh really?" she asked suspicion apparent in her tone, "And where are you staying at then?"

"The Blue Yan." Wufei sighed. *Why is this annoying onna pestering me, at least she's not Maxwell...*

"You've got to be kidding, that's at the other end of the city!!! It's almost 3 hours away!!!" The old woman said knowledgebly.

"Two hours......" Wufei repeated, almost slumping in defeat an exhaustion.

"You mean you're really staying there?" she asked, staring at him in shock.

"How did you ever get all the way over here on foot!?!"

"I've been walking all day." Wufei responded dully, sinking into an exhausted stupor.

"You poor thing!!! It looks lik you haven't had anything to eat in days either!" cried the old woman, swinging Wufei's arm over her shoulder and starting to drag him into her 'establishment', an independant resteraunt.

"LET GO OF ME ONNA!!! WHAT DO YOU THING YOU ARE DOING!?!" Wufei cried, snapping out of his state and protesting loudly. Reguardless, he ended up inside. He couldn't find the strength to struggle, much, and the woman was surprizingly stronger than she appeared.