Chapter One: Twin Showers

The sentence was milky white. Jianwei reached for it; her fingers passed through. “What's on my head?” Tang Guo asked. “Bird droppings?” Everyone had words above them. 【I hope he proposes.】 【I hope Mom's test result is wrong.】 【I hope this stream goes viral.】 White, pale yellow, faint gray—unclaimed jellyfish drifting over the crowd. Then Jianwei saw a wish almost black. It hovered above a man in a navy jacket. He supported an elderly woman with one hand while the other slipped toward her canvas bag. 【I hope she gives me the verification code and no one ever finds out.】 Smoke seemed to bleed from the letters. “Ma'am!” Jianwei pushed through and caught the bag. “Do you know him?” “I'm her nephew,” the man said. His wish changed.