A True Story: My Beijing Love Affair

The year I graduated from college, I couldn’t find a job. I was ready to give up and go home, but when I thought of the hopeful look in my parents’ eyes, I gritted my teeth and stayed in Beijing. Then, while renting a place, I got ripped off by a sublessor. The very next evening, I was kicked out. I wandered through the unfamiliar city with my luggage in hand…