You and I Are Both Ordinary People

Do not go gentle into that good night. Our journey is to the stars and the sea.

Dylan Thomas

Ye Ziliang looked around at the mess of a room. His heart clenched. He rubbed his face with his calloused hands. He was thirty-five years old and had achieved nothing.

His wife, Zhao Ling, had taken their five-year-old son to her parents' home a week ago. She wouldn't answer his calls or texts. She said he couldn't see his son unless he went through with the divorce.

Thinking of his son, Ye Ziliang finally broke down sobbing. His cries sounded especially forlorn in the empty room.

He had to live up to what a father should be for his son...

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