My name is Chen Xiaolong. I was born in the 1990s, and when the spiritual qi revival began in 2006, I was only ten years old and about to start fifth grade.
My master owns a mobile phone shop. He used to be a Taoist priest, and now he and I secretly work to uphold the rule of law and maintain world peace.
My biggest dream is to open a funeral shop across the street from his, plant a peach tree, pick its blossoms in spring, enjoy its shade in summer, eat its peaches in autumn, and break off a branch in winter to make a peachwood sword.
I have lots of friends: reborn people, sword immortals, spirits... They come to see me every day to argue and fight, though I’m usually not the one they start with.
If you happen to pass down a little street lined with gray-brick houses and see a man crouching beneath a peach tree, looking as if he has nowhere to go, that’s probably me.
If you’re interested, why not pull up a stool, crack some sunflower seeds, and listen as I tell you about those stories that can never be relived?
After all, time can only be looked back on fondly, never reversed, right?
