When the Whales Fall, We Become Each Other's Abyss

“Uncle Jiu, how are you going to discipline me? Light my cigarette yourself, or...” Lou Louwan pressed her knee against Lou Yanci’s belt buckle. Her fingers loosened his perfectly straight tie. “Teach me how to kiss?” Everyone thought this was a game of taming, until she pushed a lipstick-stained glass of whiskey to his lips. “Uncle Jiu, are you so strict because you’re afraid I’ll be tainted, or because you’re afraid I’ll taint you?” On a stormy night, he gripped the back of her neck and slammed her against the floor-to-ceiling window. “Lou Wan, I make the rules in this game, and I’m... not bored yet.” But she only smiled as she tossed his engagement ring into the sea. “I want you to remember forever, Uncle Jiu: you were the first to drown in my abyss.”