Author

Shelly Li

Shelly's fiction has appeared in Nature, Cosmos Online, The Dragon and the Stars, and more. Her first novel, "The Royal Hunter," is forthcoming from Penguin Books in Fall 2011. But for now, she aspires to go to college next year, getting in a few rounds of golf in between. For more information about Shelly, her other works, and her idiosyncrasies, please visit: www.shelly-li.com.

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Jade Dragon

Uncle Tang repeats the same proverb when he beats me: "Hitting you is loving you." He's not my uncle by blood, though he's done more for me than any blood relative has. My mother could not have had a brother anyway, due to China's One Child Policy when she was growing up in the…