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One evening, the rain came down in sheets."I don't want to go home tonight," Su said.

It was the closest they ever came to a confession. But the moment passed, swallowed by the ticking of a clock and the fear of what they would lose if they gained each other. One evening, the rain came down in sheets

They practiced the confrontation they were too afraid to have in real life. They walked the streets at night, their shadows stretching and merging on the damp pavement, but their hands never touched. To touch would be to become just like them . They prided themselves on being better, even as their hearts began to ache with a rhythm that had nothing to do with their spouses. They practiced the confrontation they were too afraid

Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen lived as neighbors, separated only by a thin wall and the polite, suffocating customs of the Shanghainese community. They were defined by their absences—his wife was always "working late," and her husband was always "away on business." They prided themselves on being better, even as

But instead of seeking revenge through anger, they sought it through a strange, fragile mimicry. They began to meet in secret, not to fall in love, but to rehearse the betrayal. They sat in red-booth restaurants, pretending to be their spouses.

"How did it start?" Chow would ask, playing the role of her husband."It doesn't matter," Su would whisper, playing his wife.