Zhào Jiāxīng - [work]

Jiāxīng took the box. It was cold. This was his talent. Where others saw trash, Jiāxīng saw an anchor. Objects absorbed time. They soaked in the emotions of their owners like a sponge. His sensitive fingers could read the microscopic etchings of regret, joy, and longing left behind by human touch.

At midnight, the black sedan pulled up to the curb. Mei rolled down the window. She looked older than her voice sounded, her hair streaked with silver, her eyes holding the particular heaviness of a life lived with a gaping hole in it. zhào jiāxīng

: He has held several prestigious postdoctoral positions, including at Tsinghua University (2020–2022) and the SUBATECH laboratory in Nantes, France (2022–2024). Jiāxīng took the box