Prologue, Confession

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All stories... begin on the day of my eighteenth birthday... Because... this world is not fair, and it has never been fair! From that day, my fate changed with the book. At first, I felt lucky, but soon I realized that everything was not as simple as I had imagined. My relatives and friends who are connected to the book all like to call me 'Little Five'. My fate began to change on May 5 of this year... I do not know whether I changed my fate or if fate found me. Perhaps I should consider myself very lucky... My birthday is May 5... Therefore, since childhood, I have had a nickname... My name is Chen Xiao, because my father's surname is Chen and my mother's surname is Xiao... When I was born, a fortune teller said that I lacked water in the five elements, so he changed the 'Xiao' in my name to the elegant 'Xiao'... If all this had not happened, I would probably still be in this city, crowded on the streets every day, living an ordinary and mundane life like millions of others...

All stories ... begin on the day of my eighteenth birthday

Because ... ! ... this world is not fair, and it has never been fair!

From that day on, my fate changed with books

At first, I felt fortunate, but soon I realized that everything was not as simple as I had imagined

My relatives and friends all like to call me 'Little Five'.

My destiny began to change from May 5 of this year

With books, I do not know whether I changed my destiny or if destiny found me

Perhaps I should consider myself very fortunate

My birthday is May 5. Therefore, I have had a nickname since I was young.

My name is Chen Xiao. My father’s surname is Chen and my mother’s surname is Xiao. When I was born, a fortune teller said that I lacked water in the five elements, so the character "Xiao" in my name, which means "book" in the context of "picture-book," was changed to "Xiao" as in "elegant".

If all of this had not happened, I fear I would still be among the throngs of people on the streets of this city, living a mundane and ordinary life like millions of others