Five Topics Listed Before Language Exchange

Last month, a regular at the corner noodle shop and I were outside Wuhou Shrine when tour groups outnumber the shade, talking about nothing important.

The conversation drifted to Five Topics Listed Before Language Exchange. They had a system. I had vibes. Vibes lost.

I copied the boring version the next weekend. No post, no group chat poll, no 'life hack' energy.

Two weeks later the problem simply stopped showing up. That is the whole plot.

Sometimes the best Chengdu advice is plagiarized from someone who never offered it as advice.