A question

After boarding,

Yamamoto Susumu is happy.

In Japanese language,

"Phew, now I do not have to see that Mali or Malee, eh, whatever her name was."

He sits in his seat and stretches his arms.

"Have you missed me?

I will be there soon."-Susumu talks with himself thinking of someone.

About thirty minutes ago,

Susumu and Mali are onto boarding but, she gets stopped.

As her luggage weight was above 30 kg,

which is over the limit.

They stop her.

Yamamoto Susumu, without looking back he runs away.

Present time,

"What a fool!"-Yamamoto Susumu describes Mali.

Yamamoto Susumu looks here and there.

He sees many people around them chatting with each other.

Most of them are strangers to each other before a few minutes ago.

He looks to his left.

"When will these people arrive?

The plane is going to board by any minute soon.

Hurry up, Misters or, you two will miss your flight."-Yamamoto Susumu talks while holding a random magazine.

He leans back, takes the magazine at the same level of his face and keeps it there.

Shortly after, he hears the sound of someone shoes approaching him.

Slowly the sound passes over from his seat.

"He is not the one then."-Susumu talks with himself.

He again hears the sound approaching him.

The footsteps stop just next to him.

In Thai language, the person communicates," Hello sir, would you mind if I ask for your help?"

Susumu pulls the magazine down and sees Mali.

He stands in shock and, in the process, he banged his skull.

"Aw, ouch."-Susumu yells.

Mali chuckles.

'Easy, Mister."-Mali replies.

"Why are you here?"-Susumu asks while touching his head.

"Because*paused* this is my seat."-She replies.

"Let me take a look."-Susumu quickly grabs the ticket from her hand.

She was the person who was going to sit next to him for 8 hours.

He did not talk much and helped her.

He has admitted lost with his luck against Mali.

After that,

They sit in their seats.

Shortly after, they heard a sound.

It was for a safety demonstration.

"สวัสดี

S̄wạs̄dī (which means Hi)."

Then, the air hostess begins to show them a safety demonstration.

All of the passengers carefully listen to their instructions.

After the safety demonstration,

Mali tries to talk with him.

"So, what is your purpose of your for visiting Thailand?"-Mali asks.

Susumu scratches his hair and looks at her with a forced smile.

"I am going there as a tourist."-He lies.

"Oh, then let me help you."-Mali tries to help him but, he stops her.

"I will look for it myself.

Thanks for helping me."-Susumu replies.

But still, Mali tries to find a way to grab his attention.

Just after 10 minutes, he got fade up.

"Okay, miss. I will talk with you for the whole flight if you can answer this question."-Susumu replied.

"What if I could not?"-She asks innocently.

"Well, if you can not answer it, then you won't talk with me during the whole flight."-Susumu informs her.

After a while,

"I- I accept."-Mali replies.

"Then listen to the question carefully,

What might be the reason for someone not being able to look at anyone face to face?"-Susumu asks.

"It is easy.

I can effortlessly answer it.

But before I answer your question, I want you to write the answer on a piece of paper. So, you will not be able to cheat as I think you will."-Mali informs him.

"Okay."-Susumu replies.

He writes on a paper and tears the part.

"Take it but do not open it before you answer it."-Susumu replied while giving her the paper.

She grabs it and answers, "It might be because the person might not have washed his face properly."

As soon as he hears her answer, he begins to laugh like crazy.

Mali could not believe her answer was wrong.

She quickly opens the paper.

To be continued..

So,

What might be the answer to the question?

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