Tian Mimimi... The two girls walking hand in hand past Tian Xingjian turned their heads in surprise, gave him a strange look, then glanced at each other and suddenly burst into uncontrollable laughter. Feeling it was somewhat impolite, one of them blushed and pulled her companion away, running.
A middle-aged man in a trench coat carrying a briefcase was also walking by, drinking from a cup. Hearing the shout, he glanced at Tian Xingjian, and with a "pfft," he started coughing, face turning red as he suppressed his laughter, while wiping off the drink that spilled on him and hurried away.
Being called by his nickname made Tian Xingjian wish he could disappear. Standing there at the street corner among the bustling crowd, a chubby, pale man being called Tian Mimimi—he had nowhere to hide his face.
