Status Updates From Дъщерите на Шандун

Di was a firecracker in a society in which restraint was a virtue. For her, making an opponent lose their temper was a conquest. She was delighted, because it meant that she had broken them. They had exploded, and suddenly the world was not such a lonely place, because underneath their skin they were firecrackers too.

When he said he'd had no time, I heard that he'd had no will. The journey back to Shandong was too dangerous for the precious first son of a prestigious family, the risk unacceptable for the lives of women and girls.