"The pages of the book are turned
All the words scattered
Leave only one number
--my seat number
near window
The destination of this train is you"
——Bei Dao's "Daydream"
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Jiang Yue returned to Qinghe Town in the summer when she was twenty-two years old. She didn't understand where her goal was in the bustling city.
Cheng Xia fled Qinghe Town in the summer when she was eighteen years old. She didn't understand where her way out was in the backward town.
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Another summer, 24-year-old Jiang Yue met 20-year-old Cheng Xia.
Later, Cheng Xia asked her, will you come back?
"I don't know."
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When she left, leave her a postcard.
The signature reads:
Goodbye.
4 Years age difference/growth direction
Intention: Goodbye