Plumber's Repair Log

My name is Su Mo. I'm an ordinary man who has worked as an electrician and plumber for five years.

In those five years, I've fixed more than three hundred faucets, replaced over two hundred light bulbs, and unclogged more than a hundred drains. But gradually, I began to realize that behind every blocked pipe, there was someone whose heart was blocked, too.

Lin Xiaoxiao in Apartment 801 takes melatonin like candy, and she's the only one who remembers her own birthday;

Fang Ting in Apartment 703 lives in a place that costs eight thousand a month, yet has to take sleeping pills to fall asleep;

Chen Xiaolu in Apartment 402 has spent three years preparing for graduate school exams and eaten over a hundred packs of instant noodles;

Granny Zhang is over eighty. Even with a sprained wrist, she refuses to bother anyone...

I write these people's stories in my journal, not to commemorate anything, but simply to remember: every lonely person in this city deserves to be seen.

I'm an electrician and plumber, but I'm also a repairman for the city.

I can unclog pipes, and I'm trying to unclog hearts, too.

"Unclogging pipes, warming hearts."