After Ending Their Eight-Year Marriage, Mr. Lu Chases His Wife Every Day

Lu Jingheng felt the two documents pressing against him through his clothes. They had been in his suit pocket all day. He unbuttoned his jacket and took them out, the paper still warm from his body. He opened the marriage certificate. In the flickering light of the streetlamps behind them, he looked at their photo from eight years ago. Neither of them was smiling. He especially wore a stern expression, while Xu Man looked young and inexperienced, her eyes full of confusion. As his memories rewound, he was surprised to realize that this photo, stamped with an official seal, seemed to be the only picture of them together. They had never had a wedding, so of course there were no wedding photos. They had hastily registered their marriage, then announced it to the world... But beneath the photo was a bright red stamp: “Marriage dissolved. Certificate invalid.” The other document was their divorce certificate. It grew hotter and hotter in his palm...