Building 5, Nanjiang City Civic Center.
A little after eight in the morning, Gao Jinrui pulled his car into a parking space.
He didn't get out right away, instead adjusting the rearview mirror to look at himself.
The mirror reflected a face with well-defined features, bespectacled, exuding a gentle and refined air.
But now in middle age, his skin had grown rough and his wrinkles had multiplied.
Gao Jinrui studied his eyes in the mirror.
His left eyelid was twitching.
Scientifically speaking, an eyelid twitch is just an eye muscle spasm caused by fatigue and stress.
But Gao Jinrui was more of a believer in other things.
So, a twitching left eye should be a good omen.
He reached out and touched the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva charm hanging from his rearview mirror.
He had made a special trip to a major temple to get it. A high monk had consecrated it to ward off disaster and dissolve misfortune.
