Dui bu qi qing xie xie ni
Native title: 緩步
Translated title: Sorry Please Thank you
Author: Chaokai, Yu
Genre: Short Stories
All the stories begin with everyday life, yet are infused with a variety of wildly fantastical and whimsical elements. The most acclaimed story, 'The Standard Lonely Set', satirizes the helplessness of humanity by offering a packaged service of emotions.
'Opening' alludes to the superficiality of married life through a floating door.
'A Note to Myself' reiterates Yu Chaokai's fondness for parallel universes through numerous self-dialogues.
'The Book of Categories' showcases his experimental spirit in creative forms.
The eponymous story at the end, 'I'm Sorry, Please, Thank You', is like a heartbreaking yet timeless elegy he wrote for our time