"A-Liang, A-Liang, you can't keep the one who is leaving..." Tian Zhu squinted her eyes and puffed out smoke rings. I sat on the balcony and watched her holding the slender cigarette between her slender fingers, and I actually felt a bit lonely. Through the thin layers of smoke, I seemed to see Wen Yuanting's emaciated spine again. He always called me, A Liang, A Liang, one after another. I always felt that I could live a lifetime with just one call.
Fu Liqing said: "Let's go to Melbourne to get married." I said: "Okay." Before the age of 26, my name was A Liang, and after the age of 26, my name was Liang Nuan.