Lost Laughter (失笑) (Shīxiào) by Zhu Le (祖乐)

Blurb

Stand-up comedian Gu Yi works as a corporate slave during the day and performs on stage at night. She has no grand ambitions; her goal is simply to make all the audience members laugh. Suddenly, a male audience member in the front row couldn’t be made to laugh at any of the jokes or interactions, and outside of the performance, he was “not in the mood,” leaving her feeling extremely defeated.

Liang Daiwen is trying various things to make himself laugh: writing a diary, reading novels, watching girl group performances, and entering lotteries to see stand-up shows...But he has difficulty perceiving the emotions of normal people due to his alexithymia; no matter what happens, he remains “unmoved.”

Guan Xingxin, who received a corneal donation and regained her sight, is 28 years old this year. She has not yet adapted to the colorful world, and what has flooded into her body is not just vision, but also the not-so-beautiful human heart. In her view, Liang Daiwen’s emotional blindness is not a bad thing. City dwellers did not expect that nowadays, making themselves laugh heartily requires all their strength.

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