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by Ha Jin
About 67 pages (20,196 words)
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Part 3, Chapter 5 Summary

Manna is a demanding and passionate lover, and she wears Lin out. He gets tired and actually does not have that much experience. They make love for half an hour every night, or an hour if they do not have to get up early to clear the roads with the other workers.

While Manna, despite her previous trauma with Geng Yang, is enjoying herself and making up for lost time, Lin is exhausted, feeling old and thinking that she looks old, too. He has pain in his foot, which he attributes to too much sex affecting his kidneys, but he feels obligated to please Manna. He is losing so much weight, people are noticing his condition and teasing him.

After making love following lunch one day, Lin falls into an exhausted sleep, and.....

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