What? Is that really a wife you married?
On your honeymoon, you had one little argument and she clawed your husband's back until it looked like flowing volcanic lava. Are those even human fingernails?
She must be a fox spirit disguised as a woman. What a shrew!
What? She's pretty? That doesn't make it okay!
What? You just got back from your honeymoon, and she's already given birth? A boy?
Lao Tian, is that even your kid? Don't spend all that effort raising someone else's child!
Picking a name? What element is missing from his Five Elements?
Lao Tian, is something wrong with your head? Is he even your child? Why are you so invested?
Lao Tian turned livid with rage and raised his fist.
"All right, all right. What's his birth date and time?"
"July 1, 2013, at 3:45 a.m."
"He's missing Metal! Find a name with the Metal element," Jiang Jun said impatiently. Lao Tian's wife had probably married him for his money. Otherwise, what young, pretty woman would take a liking to a loser like Lao Tian? Jiang Jun thought to himself. Fine, I'll give you a character with Metal in it!
"How'd you figure that out so fast? Lao Jiang, you just made that up, didn't you?"
"Believe it or not, you idiot! Why would I lie to you?"
The next evening.
When Jiang Jun woke up, he remembered picking a name with everyone over drinks the night before.
He pored over the Book of Changes again. Whoa! He's missing Water! And Metal is a bad match!
The solution? Eighty-one cycles of reincarnation? Turning back time...
This was a disaster!
"Beep... beep... beep..."
Just pick up the phone already, Lao Tian!
"What? You've picked a name? You even got the birth certificate? Tian Xin?"
"Tian... Xin."
"Xin... Xin... Xin."
Jiang Jun's head was buzzing. Who came up with the idea of making a character by stacking the same one three times? One wasn't enough?
Premise: Take a joke too far, and the result is one word: miserable.
