https://flaresky.me/en/tags/shanghai/Recent content in Shanghai on SojournalHugoenSun, 22 Jun 2025 12:00:00 -0500https://flaresky.me/en/posts/diary-098/Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:00:00 -0500https://flaresky.me/en/posts/diary-098/<p>My steps on the way home were light. I hummed as I splashed through puddles, as if even Shanghai&rsquo;s endless rain could do nothing to extinguish my excitement.</p> <p>So I have to write something more for today.</p> <p>Yes, in the end I gave up the advance screening and gathered instead with the brothers and sisters my father had visited before. As I headed out that morning, talking with my parents on the phone, I noticed someone emerge from the room next door with a backpack and look around. At that exact moment, a message from Q appeared on my phone: “I&rsquo;m out.” I moved in with complete confidence: Good morning, Q!</p>https://flaresky.me/en/posts/diary-097/Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:00:00 -0500https://flaresky.me/en/posts/diary-097/<p>How did things end up like this&hellip;?</p> <p>I found myself wishing I had never seen the GMHS announcement. Then, like CP31, it would have remained a simple regret instead of becoming something painful. I knew what the right priorities were. I had already considered the possible conflict of coming to Shanghai on Sunday. So why did I immediately say yes to Q?</p> <p>Wishful thinking, perhaps&hellip; If nobody had reminded me, I might genuinely have stopped gathering with them.</p>