It was the tenth year my best friend and I had spent pursuing the Ye sisters, and our fifth wedding anniversary. The sisters said they had a surprise for us. But after waiting ten hours, all we got was a torrential downpour and a landslide. I called seventeen times in a row, but every call was coldly rejected. When my phone battery was down to one percent, they finally picked up. “Shen Wang, A Nan fell off his bike and broke his leg. He doesn’t have a single relative here. Can’t you show a little human compassion?” In the many messages my best friend Chen Ran sent, he received only one icy reply. “A Nan needs me. If you keep making a fuss, you two might as well go die together.” The moment the screen went dark, a boulder crushed our desperate cries for help. Their wish had come true.
