<DIV>Two novellas by the president of the Shanghai Writing Association address the question of how we must live with the past: in <i>Goodbye, Xu Hu!</i>, a chance meeting between two lovers, separated for twenty years, causes a man to wonder if the flame of their past love can be rekindled now. And in No <i>Explanation Is Necessary,</i> on the surface Lao Wei appeared to be an ordinary hospital janitor, but after a chance sighting at a subway station a writer learns that this simple janitor is much more than he appears to be.</div>