I'm 26, and All My Ex-Girlfriends Have Come Knocking

On the night of his twenty-sixth birthday, Zhou Ming sat in his rented room in the Lower Mirror District, eating instant noodles.

His landlord was demanding rent, his credit line was overdue, and his bank account held 2,147 yuan. He thought his life had hit rock bottom.

Then twelve ex-girlfriends came back, one after another.

The first had become an executive at one of Yunlan City's three major trade guilds. She called him on her spirit communicator and asked, "Twenty thousand a month. Interested?" The second was a senior physician at a clinic. She messaged him, "Stop eating instant noodles. They're bad for your stomach." The third had opened Yunlan City's hottest Five Flavors Pavilion and invited him to taste-test the dishes. The fourth had become a top fashion designer and said she'd made him a coat. "I didn't make it for you specifically. I just had extra fabric."

They had all come back, each more dazzling than the last.

It wasn't about getting back together. It was about settling accounts.

It wasn't reminiscing. It was an interrogation.

Only when twelve mirrors turned toward him at once did Zhou Ming realize: he hadn't run away for twelve years because he didn't love them. He'd run because he was afraid to love.

And this time, he had to learn one thing:

To stop running away.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.