“Miss. Miss!” He Danggui heard Chan Yi’s voice above her head, and she painfully opened her eyes to look up. Then this strange dream shook and was torn a tiny hole, where Chan Yi’s round face squeezed in.

Chan Yi held a shallow bowl of water and said, “Take the medicine and then sleep. Take it all in one breath!”

He Danggui looked at Chan Yi and asked in some mystification, “Why should I take the medicine when everything is perfectly all right? What ...