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A Chance Encounter in a Foreign Country
In June, I went to a city in Europe because of a business trip. After three or four days of long meetings, it finally came to Friday, one day before the return flight, and I planned to go out alone on Saturday. As a middle-aged woman with a baby, it is really rarer than gold to be able to completely own one day. After breakfast on Saturday, I took an hour-long interstate train to another small city. The ancient buildings of the 18th century are well preserved, and traces of Renaissance sculpture can be seen everywhere. The whole city is filled with a classical and romantic atmosphere. There are not…
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How a Chance Encounter with a Stranger Saved Me from a Bad Mood
Everyone has bad times. The depression, boredom, and despair in such a poor state are really terrible, indescribable, and even gods cannot save them. Doctors and writers are both careers of thinking about people—I have these two professional habits, so I have become a person who likes thinking about people: When people are in a very bad state, what do they rely on for salvation? On this day, I was in a very bad state, my legs were heavy, and my head was dizzy. When I walked into Beijing West Railway Station, I saw that there were still more than two hours before the departure time of the…
