Chapter Five: The Love Backup Plan

Beside it, Mianmian solemnly posted a note: FIRST TIME I SAW YOU KISS: NANCHUAN HOTEL ELEVATOR. MISSED THREE FLOORS. Wanzhao pushed bear and note out of the room together. Rain fell for four days before the fifth stop in Lingang. The concert was relocated to a convention center, which also sheltered thousands of stranded travelers. As midnight approached, the silver bell would not stop trembling. Everyone trapped by the storm dreamed of the same train that never arrived. A married couple who ran a noodle shop came to Wanzhao. Zhao Qingshan remembered their marriage-certificate number but not why his wife had stayed for twenty years. Su Lan remembered every argument and had forgotten that they had ever been in love.