The last class of the afternoon ended a long time ago. Most people had already left the cafeteria. Half of the old campus had been torn down, but the row of camphor trees was still standing. Under the trees, three rusty bicycles were parked, rainwater gathered in their baskets, dead leaves floating on top. He was standing under the leftmost tree. His school jacket was unzipped, and he was spinning an unwrapped lollipop between his fingers. Shen Ting saw him from across the fi

She appeared at my front door like a sprite landing on the front porch. The knock on the door was a spare slight sound of a small fist being polite. I opened the door and saw a beautiful girl through the security screen. A long-haired Asian princess who smiled at me as if we'd met before. The theme of Disney's Sleeping Beauty actually ran through my head. She held her phone horizontally and spoke into it. It translated her words. "My phone needs a charge. I don't have my hous

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