At seventeen, after graduating from high school, I headed south with some relatives.
I drifted from place to place, fought in underground boxing matches, got arrested, and spent time behind bars. I encountered all sorts of strange people and bizarre things...
The body catchers of the Yellow River, urban Yin-Yang practitioners, the legends of the wild forests in the Northeast, tomb raiders who called themselves godslayers. I'd met too many people and seen too many things.
Now, in the blink of an eye, more than twenty years have passed. The once green young man has become a scruffy middle-aged uncle.
On a rainy night, staring at the cigarette that had gone out in my hand, I suddenly found I had so much to say...
