Summer Solstice

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1.

A mechanic moved onto Tongshui Street. His skin was the color of honey, and the eight-pack beneath his tank top was just barely visible.

Every time Xia Zhi stepped through a puddle past his shop, she sighed, "What a shame."

She sounded so regretful, as if she'd just seen a young man lose his footing.

Then one day, wrapped in a cape, she knocked on the repair shop door. "M-my car's b-broken. C-could you take a look?"

Tang Hao had a cigarette between his lips. He stared for five seconds at the woman shivering in the doorway, slowly blew out a smoke ring, and nodded.

Five minutes later, he stared at her big nephew's electric toy convertible, lost in thought.

2.

Tang Hao was a big name in the custom car scene. You had to get in line for him to work on your car, and even then, it depended on whether he was interested and what kind of mood he was in.

Later, Xia Zhi asked his buddies, "He's so arrogant. Does he even get any business? Can he actually make money?"

They all laughed and pounded the table. "Sister-in-law, you have no idea how rich your man is! He doesn't do this for a living."

Then they egged her on to check his bank accounts and assets.

After Xia Zhi looked, she fell into thought...

3.

Xia Zhi: "Let's break up. I suddenly feel like our love isn't equal."

Tang Hao: "Get a grip. We're already married."

Xia Zhi: "..."

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