"Hey, how long until I'm better?" Shen Hai lay in the hospital bed, his right leg in a cast, and looked up to ask Yan Xiao.
Yan Xiao adjusted the height for him without even turning to look at him. He only said, "Lie still."
"What if I want to go out?"
"Wheelchair."
"I don't want to use a wheelchair."
"Crutches."
"Do you have crutches here?"
"I'm a doctor, not a carpenter."
"..." Shen Hai fell silent.
"Call Qin Manjiang in," Shen Hai couldn't help adding.
Yan Xiao ignored him. After giving the nurse a couple of instructions, he turned and left the ward.
Outside the clinic.
Qin Manjiang and Nie Yunzhen sat on a bench by the road.
"Go ahead."
Qin Manjiang kept it brief.
Nie Yunzhen sat silently with her head lowered, holding a cup of coffee that the nurses at Yan Xiao's clinic had just made for her.
Qin Manjiang knew very well that Nie Yunzhen feared Jiang Du inside his body. She didn't seem to be the only one; Li Xijiu was also deliberately avoiding Jiang Du.
Now that Nie Yunzhen was willing to talk about certain things, perhaps she had already sensed that Jiang Du was gone.
Qin Manjiang had no intention of rushing her. She would speak eventually.
After they sat for about another minute, Nie Yunzhen finally seemed to make up her mind. Looking at his profile, she said:
"Have you ever thought about... the world beyond Fu City?"
Her sudden question stunned Qin Manjiang.
"You mean Moon City?" He looked at her in confusion.
Nie Yunzhen shook her head slightly. In her eyes was the deepest despair Qin Manjiang had ever seen.
"These are... the notes he left behind. Take a look."
Nie Yunzhen took a notebook with an orange-yellow cover from