Everyone says I'm young and successful: at twenty-five, I became the youngest kindergarten director in town. Only I know I live like a lonely ghost. On the night of my unrequited love's baby's full-month celebration, I smiled and gave them 600 yuan, then turned around and jumped off Xushahe Bridge, where I saved a “young woman attempting suicide.” She very politely landed on top of me and bit me hard. I took her in and bought her dresses, fever medicine, and little bread rolls. I thought a ticket to Nanjing would let us each get back to our own lives. Then, on Friday night, my brother dragged me to a newly opened bar, where the lead singer onstage was wearing the 39-yuan dress I'd bought her.
