A thunderstorm had drowned the whole city. There were abandoned cars in the fl ooded streets. Some people on the road were abnormally careful, watching a tree bending to a dangerous angle. Many workers in dim factories seemed busier, manually controlling diff erent parts of the same machine. At Guangming Primary School, Long gave all the computer lessons, fixed all the computer problems and took photographs of all the events. When dusk was about to descend, surprisingly or not surprisingly, Long telephoned me.