Chapter Five: Black Is Not Guilt

Xu Cheng's testimony traveled across the city through Tang Guo's stream. Police took the principal away and sealed Serenity's old files in evidence bags. No one forgot Jianwei. For the first time, she knew a wish could find an exit without her choosing for its owner. At dusk, Tang Guo stopped her outside the police line. “Did we know each other?” “Why?” “You look at me like you know how terrible all my exes were.” Jianwei smiled through burning eyes. “That doesn't take years to diagnose.” Tang Guo laughed and handed her a card dropped by the man in the cap. TOMORROW, 8:00 P.M. CELESTIAL HOTEL. WISHERS' APPRECIATION NIGHT. On the back, someone had written: TEACHER LIN, PLEASE BRING THE WISH YOU BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE.