After listening to the piece "Ninefold Intestines: Dedicated to Guangmei," Miu Guangmei had not been able to sleep a wink all night.
Tossing and turning in bed, she recalled the scene of her peers in the industry suppressing their laughter as they left the Wencui Folk Music Center. Her heart, along with her chest, throbbed with swelling pain—a sensation she hadn't felt in two or three years, not since menopause.
Now, watching Li Youzhi enter the room led by Nong Wei, Miu Guangmei—who had been popping anti-depression and calming pills all morning—felt a metaphorical "pop" in her chest, and that explosive, swelling pain returned once more.
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