The Girl I Love Has Seven Names

Her name is Jiang Xun. But she also has six more names. Ah Jing, Sister Hong, Xiaolu, Dr. Su, Nightingale, Xiaolan - six completely different girls, living in the same body. When I fell in love with her, I didn't know which one of her I would wake up tomorrow. Sometimes it's Ah Jing, holding her notebook and saying warily, "Someone is listening"; Sometimes it's the little deer, holding my hand to see the pandas in the zoo; Sometimes it's 28-year-old Sister Hong, smoking a cigarette and warning me to "stay away from her." I'm a psychiatrist and I know what this means. But I'm not here to heal her. I just want her to know - seven names, the same girl I love. Every one of her deserves to be loved. This is a story about love, acceptance, and "it's okay not to heal."