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Yang Xie: Born in Wenling, Zhejiang in 1972. His short and medium-length novels have appeared in publications such as Shanhua, Jiangnan, Everyone, Contemporary, Guangzhou Literature and Art, Baihuazhou, Novel Monthly·Original Edition, Furong, etc. Some of them have been reprinted in Selected Chinese Literature, Selected Novellas and other publications. He is also the author of a collection of poems, "Illegals". He has won various literary awards including the 23rd "Times Literary Award·New Poetry Award" in Taiwan and the 4th and 6th "Hua Zong Literary Award·World Chinese Novel Award" in Malaysia. Currently writing at home. It was already very late, and it sounded like K's accent. Late at night, K, phone. For many years, it was always like this, on the other end, K was talking, excitedly, amidst the noise, or depressed, in the terrible silence, his breathing could be heard. K has no scruples in front of me. Me too.

I have never been to Jin Mao Tower. I have always been disgusted with Jin Mao Tower. The reason why I am disgusted with Jin Mao Tower is not because Shanghai already has a famous Jin Mao Tower. What happened to Shanghai? Shanghai has Jin Mao Tower, so why can't our city also have Jin Mao Tower? I think that's totally fine. There is also Paris in our common city. Once, due to a traffic jam, I drove the car onto a strange and wide avenue in the new city. My wife and I saw Paris almost at the same time, and we both exclaimed. Yes, that's right, although those two words were written with such excitement, we are all sure that they are Paris. Paris may be a big hotel, a coffee shop, a gold store, a jewelry store, a clothing mall, or even a nightclub.

A migrant worker named Ding Gang was called "Cao Cao" by his coworkers because his hometown was in Xuchang and he could tell many stories of the Three Kingdoms. After getting his salary that day, he went to the bank to deposit money. Gong Yiyi, a female bank employee, told him that there were two counterfeit coins in the money. Later, out of curiosity, he followed Gong Yiyi home, but was mistaken for a bicycle thief and was ravaged...

Knock-knock candy is our children's favorite. "I" used the two cents I asked my parents to buy rubbers to buy Knock-Knock candy. "I" still had a penny in my hand, and the classmates all came to ask "me" to borrow it. However, the candy seller was controlled by the school authorities and public security personnel. Everyone said that he was a "secret agent" and that the candy he sold to us was poisonous. The candy seller suddenly jumped into the water and swam away. "My" classmate Lin Haiyang fell into the pond and drowned mysteriously while watching the candy seller's escape...

The night before the typhoon arrived, something happened to Neem Tree Dun. This man who once gained great fame by joining the army has been a man of the hour in our hometown of Dian Village since he was a child. Neem Shudun's real name was Yang Qingfeng. He dared to wear a pair of underwear and splash in the river in winter. After joining the army, there were various rumors. Some said that he deserted the army and some said that he sacrificed his life... In the twelfth lunar month of that year, Neem Shudun returned to his hometown to visit relatives. People's various imaginations and fictions about him were exposed one by one. As the story progressed, the truth about Neem Shudun's arrest finally surfaced.

Mr. Zhu Daye, who lives a very regular life, realized his mistake once when he was distracted while sitting on the toilet. This distraction reminded him of Yu Xinguo, an intern in the outpatient department, a young and youthful girl. In life and work, Mr. Zhu Daye is inevitably involved in various whirlpools, such as divorce incidents and his desire for female patient Lin Qian... These small events constitute Mr. Zhu Daye's real life, which is trivial and accompanied by endless desires and entanglements.

News about a woman named Xiaowei often comes on my mother's phone. She was "my" first love, but she married Tie Jun. Tiejun bribed his way into the election and became the village chief. He committed evil acts and ran rampant in the countryside. He curried favor with the leaders of the town and county and sold off the village's homesteads to make money. Once, I had an argument with "my" father at the wine table and choked him. "I" went to him to ask for an explanation, but in vain. Later, the conflict between villager Anle Wang and Tie Jun intensified and he stabbed Tie Jun with a sharp knife...