Lying love

Author: Zhang Nan
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: During the college entrance exam, I was fifteen. Although I wasn’t a model student, my grades were decent enough. The days of the exam were plagued by torrential rain, with water flooding halfway up my bicycle wheel. I remember wearing a white long dress that day, and by the time I reached the exam hall, it was completely soaked. Fortunately, I was still a half-blonde at the time and hadn’t learned to curse yet, or I might have blurted out something like “Damn it, what a disaster,” scaring my dad out of his wits.
To be honest, it’s been over a decade since that happened, so how could I remember it so clearly? It doesn’t seem like it left a particularly deep impression. Oh, wait—I’m sure Song Le Tian was constantly nagging me about it, which is why it’s so vivid in my memory.
My novel’s title is a bit odd—anyone who sees it just looks baffled. When Liu Hai Bo saw it, he just frowned and asked, “Why?” But when Song Le Tian saw it, he gritted his teeth and said, “Why is it so vulgar?” I told him, “Only someone with your twisted mind would think it’s vulgar.” He said, “Then give me a non-vulgar explanation.” I replied, “Then get lost.”