The day my twin younger brother was buried, Xu Wen sat motionless by his grave for three days, without food or water. Everyone in the village sighed over how deep their love was and how cruelly fate had parted them. Even my own mother demanded to know why I had to steal Xu Wen away! Everyone seemed to have conveniently forgotten that Xu Wen had been my wife for 32 years. At midnight, dazed and confused, I wandered across the main road. A truck sped toward me. I could have moved out of the way. But I didn't want to anymore. Xu Wen shoved me aside and fell into a pool of blood. She begged me, if there was a next life, to return her to my younger brother, untouched and pure. What did "pure" even mean? I laughed like a madman. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to...
