Lin Yu felt like he’d been having the worst luck lately. A low-ranking clerk at city hall, he kept running into trouble at work. His superior tore his proposal to shreds, and his coworkers kept their distance, as if he were a walking jinx. To make matters worse, he inexplicably took a fall on his way out that morning and cracked his phone screen. Now, barely into the workday, he’d already been glared at by his boss several times for being late.
