The girl lives next door to him, separated only by a wall. The girl has a doll-like face, small stature, and bright transparent eyes. She looks a bit like the singer Angela Zhang, who is his type, but he has only seen her twice.
It was on the day he first moved in that the movers accidentally broke the glass on her door. Feeling apologetic, he offered to buy her a new one and have it reinstalled. The girl said it was unnecessary. When she smiled, there were two shallow dimples at the corners of her mouth, yet her eyes were filled with melancholy.