The Beijing Grand Slam: Both the Beginning and the End

The sequel to *Do I Have to Buy My Own Ticket to the Beijing Grand Slam?* was originally planned to run until 2028, but it kept getting censored, leaving me mentally and physically exhausted. The end of distribution for *The Flowers of Houston Don't Bloom Only in Paris's Midsummer* left me deeply discouraged for a while. I thought about giving up, since these are their final stories, and I don't want to keep revisiting these emotions afterward. But every beginning has to have an ending.