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The death of a soulful hair salon girl
By Fu Jianfeng (southweekend)
Updated: 2005-10-20 08:57

On April 19, he went to the detention center. When they saw each other, they grabbed each other and cried. Chen Xiaolin held Gou Li's hand and said, "Don't cry. I'll find a way to get you out, no matter how much it costs." Gou Li wrote in her diary: "I thought that there was no way to come up with that much money. I am really sorry. I am really sorry to have taken the job."


The heart-shaped paper folding with which Gou expressed her deep love to her loved husband. [southcn.com]

Gou Li began keeping a diary from that day on until she was released in late August. There are 116 diary entries.

In order to find the money for Gou Li at the detention center, Chen Xiaolin called his family and lied: "Gou Li was accidentally hit by a car and needed money for medical expenses." The family pulled together and sent 1,000 RMB over.

Chen Xiaolin worked even harder with his motorcycle in order to get the money to save his wife. Gou Li wrote how touched she was in her diary: "I am really proud of having a husband like you."

Later, Chen Xiaolin sold his motorcycle for 1,000 plus RMB in order to "retrieve" Gou Li. At the time, Gou Li felt very heavy-hearted in the detention center and wrote that her man was "too stupid, too stupid."

Even during these difficult times, Gou Li had moments of happiness. May 13 was her birthday, so her husband spent 20 RMB to buy a baked chicken and twenty eggs. The chicken was shared with all of the roommates at the detention center. On that day, Gou Li wrote in her diary: "Husband, you bought the chicken for me. I am very touched." But Chen Xiaolin had reached a stage that he could not even afford a 2 RMB bowl of beef noodles. He spent 5 RMB on his own birthday.

Seeing that things were getting unbearable, Chen Xiaolin had to borrow money again to buy a used motorcycle. But this was an illegal motorcycle, so he got fined again and again. One month later, he sold the motorcycle and ended up losing 1,200 RMB. Meanwhile, Gou Li had no idea and wrote in her June 25 diary entry: "Are you still riding the motorcycle? It must be tough. You should take care of yourself and not ruin your body. I really really want to fly to your side."

These endless memories and thoughts constituted the principal spiritual life of Gou Li behind bars. The diary has more than 100 entries that began with, "Husband, are you thinking of me?" She copied the line, "Husband, I am thinking of you. I love you. I want you for my whole life, dearest husband" several hundred times over four full pages of the diary.
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