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The Park at Dusk · Good Night 262

Xu Qing keeps adding laps in the evening park, wanting to exhaust the frustration from a career setback, only realizing it has turned completely dark when park attendant Mo Zhou reminds her of the closing time. She exits along the regular route, no longer treating an extra lap as a must-have badge of achievement. Before heading home, the two confirm a misplaced water bottle at the entrance and say good night; unspent emotions are carried back into daily life rather than relentlessly driven toward an outcome by overexerting the body.

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