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The Sound of the Lower String
Short Fiction下弦之音
Under The Brocade
Qu Li, an unemployed folklore researcher, accidentally discovered a rusty red telephone booth at the end of an alley in the old city. There is no telephone line in the booth, but one can hear someone's last plea for help before the "thread of fate" breaks through the receiver. With each connection, the rules of the world, the lamentation of fate, and the idling of the projector are slowly emerging...
Qu Li, an unemployed folklore researcher, accidentally discovered a rusty red telephone booth at the end of an alley in the old city. There is no telephone line in the booth, but one can hear someone's last plea for help before the "thread of fate" breaks through the receiver. With each connection, the rules of the world, the lamentation of fate, and the idling of the projector are slowly emerging...