Jiang Yu was so poor he couldn't afford cotton clothes and had to wear polyester. Every winter, taking them off sent sparks flying and crackling with static.
Looking at his reflection, his face covered in hair, Jiang Yu thought expressionlessly that it was a good thing he wasn't a woman. If he had long hair, he'd probably turn into Mei Chaofeng every winter.
One day after work, a colleague invited Jiang Yu to karaoke. Jiang Yu politely declined, but his colleague didn't take no for an answer and dragged him straight into the karaoke room.
To his surprise, there was a group of strangers there as well as his colleague.
Jiang Yu was socially anxious.
Jiang Yu huddled in a corner, afraid to speak.
Someone was sitting diagonally across from him.
The man was dressed in a suit and looked utterly proper, but he had an extravagantly dressed young woman in his arms and was snapping away with his camera.
Jiang Yu pushed up his glasses and turned away.
What a sleazy jerk, he thought.
Just as Jiang Yu stood up to go to the restroom, the man stood up too, and his arm brushed Jiang Yu's shoulder.
In that instant, Jiang Yu felt an electric current shoot from the spot where the man had touched him and race through his whole body. He froze, his face bright red. He even forgot he was on his way to the restroom and stood there like an idiot for ages.
Damn! This man was full of static!
"Are you okay?" the man's voice sounded by Jiang Yu's ear.
Jiang Yu's pupils contracted. He used all his strength to keep from shouting. His heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would leap out of his throat.
Damn! This man's voice was electric, too!
After the gathering, Jiang Yu was outside hailing a cab when the man came out. As he passed Jiang Yu, the man gave a soft laugh. Jiang Yu shuddered, his scalp prickling, and felt like his hair was about to stand on end from the static!
He turned to look and saw the man holding the young woman in his arms, his expression tender and alluring.
Damn! What a sleazy jerk!
Jiang Yu got home, took off his clothes, and flung them hard onto the floor.
It was all because he was wearing polyester. That was why he'd been shocked so many times today!
But the next day at work, Jiang Yu saw that static-charged man again.
Theme: Self-awareness
