Yan Dong was very efficient. Within half a day, he called us to tell us that the old professor had agreed to attend the dinner in the evening.

My heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally returned to my chest peacefully like a fallen leaf returning to its roots.

When the lights came on, Wu Ling and I were waiting in the elegant seats of Shiweiju. After a while, Yan Dong and the old professor arrived as promised.

The old gentleman in plain robes took a glimpse ...