A middle-aged man sent the person closest to him away with a false happy ending, secretly hiding five years of misery and concealing the heartbreak of losing his job. I waited for the wind to die down, for the lights to come on, for a lie to reach its end. Only then did I dare face the version of myself who had lost everything. Shanghai or Dali, it doesn’t matter. As long as one light among all those in the city shines for me, it will be a place where my heart can finally rest!!
