But the Human World Is

About This Novel

When he was seven years old, his father taught him to listen to the sound of horse hooves. "The caravan horses have thin shoes and a crisp sound, like knocking on a porcelain bowl." "The horses of Junyi have thick shoes and their sound is muffled, like beating wet cloth." "The hooves of the fleeing horses are chaotic, like rain hitting plantains." When he was seventeen years old, he used this skill to save his own life. When the woman walked into the tea shed, she was soaked to the skin. She drank a bowl of tea and asked him: "Why don't you look at me?" He said: "Looking again, I'm afraid I will fall in." She smiled. It was the ugliest smile he had ever seen. Later he learned that she was not human. Later he learned that she wasn't entirely human either. -- "Do you know why I kept you alive?" "I don't know." "Because the first time you looked at me, you were not afraid, but curious." "Is this important?" "It's very important." She said, "I have lived for one hundred and seventy-two years, and you are the first person who is only curious and not afraid." "One hundred and seventy-two years?" He was stunned, "Then what are you...?" She thought for a moment and said, "It's a joke that didn't work out."

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