He said his name was Bai Yi, so that when others called him, he would become "Bai Ye".
He said that he had no parents and was picked up from the lake by an old man who was very poor.
He said that if you follow him, you will take his last name and call him Xiaobai.
He said he had no money to support me and wanted me to go out and earn money on my own.
He keeps talking... Talking... So annoying...
But it was he who "picked me up" from outside in that bitterly cold late autumn."
He was like a beam of backlight in spring. At that noon, he would shine so brightly that I could not open my eyes while I was huddled in the darkness...