Where Her Hemline Brushed
小城春色
Zhou Zheng went to visit his old mentor. As always, the couple fretted over his future, nagging him from the lunch table all the way to the afternoon chessboard.
His mentor’s wife worked in publicity; her phone held a stash of profiles on unmarried young women, which she read out to him one after another. The last was the niece of a colleague.
“Her other qualities are fairly ordinary, but she’s very, very pretty—looks just like a TV actress.” Zhou Zheng turned them all down without exception. His teacher couldn’t bear it and tapped a chess piece. “A‑Zheng, don’t sell yourself short.”
Zhou Zheng gave a wry smile. Still scrolling through her messages, his mentor’s wife spoke to him: “Let me see… this girl’s name is… Lin Shuang. Hmm… she’s the same age as you…”
He looked up sharply. Zhou Zheng went to that meeting. And he lost that game of chess miserably.
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