An eighty-six-year-old man in the neighborhood passed away. The day after the funeral, his two sons rushed their demented mother to a nursing home, and then sold the old house and its objects where their parents lived all their lives at a low price. The new owner completely renovated the house from the inside out, beyond recognition. Since then, a familiar landscape has been lost in the community, and there is no trace of the old couple's life. When Chinese friends mentioned it, they all...