Um, lin, I think she meant for her audience (whoever that is), because then she said: "but I want to see how much this makes sense to an outsider."
This is a pretty good piece, I think. Well written overall, with an interesting ending. Also, it's brief but not rushed, which is good. I don't know if I can give you much more than that, since I would probably need to know more about the characters, but I enjoyed the read.
There are little bits and pieces I found that just didn't work:
Helping Yiping help? Lol - I think this one speaks for itself.
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she asked suddenly out of the blue
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Suddenly and out of the blue mean the same thing, so you're basically just being repetitive. Just say, "she asked suddenly," or better yet, just "she asked," because there's no need for the suddenly anyway. If you were trying to stress the fact that it was sudden, then this word would be useful, but I don't see why it's necessary.
Nice job, though. It's a well-written piece, I think.