Realm of Mirrored Words

When that man tossed out this question, the resulting uproar lasted for only a moment before being abruptly strangled into stillness. The reporters surrounding Qi Rui-Feng also picked up on the strange silence over on this side, and all of them turned their heads to look over in confusion. Like the others, Yun Duo had also been shocked dumb by the word 'stimulants'. What this term meant with regards to an athlete was self-evident. It was synonymous with deception, darkness, and shame — things all athletes tried their hardest to avoid. And yet, it was also one of the words the media was most excited about. Reporters loved to dig up anything that could instantly capture the eyes of the public. It didn't matter whether it was wholesome or evil, true or false. Thus, when this question was tossed out, after the uproar and resulting calm due to shock, almost all of the media representatives there had some measure of a glow of excitement on their faces. They stared hungrily at

In a burst of spontaneity, Teacher Sun decided to go out for dinner with his old classmate, leaving Yun Duo to find her own way back to the hotel. She had not gained much in her interviews today. The only bright spot she had was the issue of Qi Rui-Feng's nickname, but when she recalled Qi Rui-Feng's troubled expression back then, Yun Duo was truly worried that Qi Rui-Feng's performance might suffer if she exposed it in the news. If that happened, she would feel very guilty. Leaving business matters aside, she turned on her computer and entered the words 'Tang Yi-Bai' into the search engine. She was really very curious about him. There were a lot of hits, but most of them were unrelated. It looked like there were many people who shared his name. Yun Duo then added another word before 'Tang Yi-Bai': 'swimming'. This time, there were much fewer results, but they were also much more relevant. Right at the front were news pieces from online med

In their subsequent interviews, Yun Duo was noticeably slower by a beat or two, which Teacher Sun sympathetically characterized as "performance anxiety". However, Teacher Sun felt that it did not matter. There were no really noteworthy people in the remaining events for the day, and their newspaper space was limited. In other words, they were done for the day. At this time, Teacher Sun actually bumped into an old classmate whom he had not seen for many years. Pleasantly surprised, he and his old classmate began conversing animatedly, becoming increasingly engrossed in their conversation, completely neglecting Yun Duo. Yun Duo could only wander out of the swimming hall on her own to explore the area and see whether she could ferret out anything newsworthy. Her performance today had been too shameful; she was unwilling to just let it go. Oriental plane trees were planted in neat rows outside the swimming hall. In this season, the leaves of the oriental planes had already

As the year shifted into October, the weather in City-Z was constantly dismal. It drizzled unceasingly, wet and cold — it was as if the entire city had fallen into a gloomy and hazy impressionist painting. Even the mood of the people in the city seemed to have been soaked by the rain, becoming wet and heavy. Such bad weather persisted until the day Yun Duo 云朵: Literally translates to 'Cloud', but since this is a character's name, I'm going to keep it in pinyin. (This ain't Final Fantasy. :p) Still, the meaning behind the name is rather cute, especially in this context. came to City-Z. On that day, the skies suddenly cleared up and turned sunny. The long-unseen sun hung high above, radiating crisp golden sunlight down on everything beneath it, instantly changing the city into a bright and vivid oil painting. "What a hospitable city!" Yun Duo could not help but sigh in awe. She was carrying a large backpack, a hand supporting the camera hanging down in