Jiang Nuan only planned to complete her task at the Provincial Hospital and then go abroad again. During this short stay in the country, she didn't contact any of her friends in the country and didn't return to her small apartment, instead staying directly in a hotel.
On the first night back, she met the last person she wanted to see, and she didn't sleep well all night long, having nightmares and waking up frightened in the middle of the night.
After dawn, she stayed in the hotel catching up on sleep for the whole morning and only went downstairs to the front desk to extend her stay in the afternoon. She checked her wristwatch, planning to go for a walk.
After a full five years of not returning to the country, everything in Capital City seemed both unfamiliar and familiar. Jiang Nuan walked along the Champ Elysées Avenue outside the hotel, and before she knew it, she had arrived at a small shop selling beverages.
