A Little Bird Reminds Me

Xing was born in a theatre his father was a painter and mother was an actress In his childhood mother was working elsewhere Xing and his father lived behind the stage In mid 1990s the theater was repurposed as a dance hall His father started a business and mother became a full time housewife In middle school Xing sent love letters to a girl but never got a reply Meanwhile his parents relationship quietly began to crack with his father leaving Xings friend Guang was a shy teen gangster He wished to practice handwriting and got rid of hooligan life But he lost the chance after injuring someone in a fight Xings grandfather passed away at the eve of new millennium At his funeral Xings father returned but Xing and father could not find a word to talk In grandfathers testament he encouraged Xing to unremittingly strive to be a better man