(Third Prize in the 7th Short Story Award. Fake Bird)

◎Peng Guogui

“Door God” The heroine Qianying often sits next to the door god at the entrance of the temple and reads martial arts novels. A teenage girl accompanied her mother to sell grilled fish. When she first fell in love, a boy bought her grilled fish and gave her a gift. Qianying did not take the initiative. Received and did not deliberately refuse. As long as a girl is well-behaved and sensible, has good-looking features, and is regarded as a door god in a small village, even if she is just sitting and reading, she will still attract seemingly caring but slightly disparaging comments from adults. The most impressive thing is that the author wrote that the uncle touched the little girl’s breast with his hand and was accidentally caught. He coughed and told the little girl to leave quickly. I remembered that I was at home alone in the second grade of elementary school. My neighbor’s uncle came in and put his hand into my collar, and asked casually: “I am doing my homework alone!” I felt the rough fingers kneading my thin nipples back and forth, and my body was already stiff and I didn’t know how to react. . Later, the uncle often came to visit during holidays. For many years, I wondered whether that child was brave enough to shout out: You rotten man, don’t touch me!

Qianying was as speechless as a doorkeeper. Even though Axiang, who had shown kindness to her, was accused of stealing and selling motorcycle parts everywhere, the police couldn’t find out why when they came to question her. Her life is closely tied to her mother, so the complex emotions swimming in her heart like a school of fish cannot be released! If I were her and couldn’t escape the current situation, would I look at all the secrets like a door god and not make any comments? ●

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