Just as Stan was about to be hit by the drone, his mother-in-law threw her folding fan at the drone, knocking it away. The scene startled Stan, leaving him standing there in shock. "Are you OK?" his mother-in-law hurried to Stan's side and asked with clumsy but concerned English, "I'm fine, thank you, Mrs. Mao," Stan replied gratefully. Mrs. Mao, his mother-in-law, was a Taoist from China who knew a lot about Qimen Dunjia and some Chinese kung fu.
Mrs. Mao said in English, "No! No! No! You should call me mother!" In China, spouses call each other's parents mom and dad, and the parents insist on being called that. Stan had never gotten used to this form of address and responded awkwardly, "Okay, mom!" Just then, the surrounding people began to exclaim in surprise as many drones in the air started to fly wildly, as if they were drunk. But AI can't get drunk, can it? Mrs. Mao reacted faster than Stan. She quickly went to her luggage and pulled out an umbrella. The surface of the umbrella was made of oil-soaked paper, and the bamboo ribs were much denser than those of the umbrellas we usually use. Mrs. Mao opened the umbrella, took out a bottle of liquid, and poured it directly onto the umbrella. Then she took out a few packets of instant noodles, crushed them on the ground, and sprinkled the powder onto the umbrella. Holding the umbrella and her luggage, she returned to Stan's side, grabbed him, and ran out of the airport hall. As they ran, drones kept bumping into them, but they were all blocked by Mrs. Mao's umbrella. Stan and his party ran out of the airport hall in one breath. Outside the hall, there were not as many drones flying around, although a few delivery drones in the distance were also flying erratically. Mrs. Mao threw the umbrella to the ground. Stan picked it up and tried to close it, but found it was stiff and couldn't be folded back. Mrs. Mao explained, "That bottle was 520 glue. 520 glue mixed with instant noodle powder can fix anything! Haven't you seen it on TikTok? An umbrella treated like this can't be folded back, just throw it away!"
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