As I wished, life calmed down. Or rather, it returned to its original track, though there were a few more people on it, but my life hadn't changed much, or should I say—there was no progress.
Strangely, my impersonation as a human doctor like a dangerous bomb, was merely buried. No one stepped on it, pulled it, or even touched it, and it seemed as if it had never been discovered. This shifted my intense unease to a vague unease.
As for my emotional issues, my mother was very anxious, but I was not. The events of the past days had been too rushed and too chaotic for me; I needed a bit of time to sort through my feelings.
Dou Nan was very attentive and tender, tentatively trying to get close to me, like a shy suitor pursuing a passive lover. I, on the other hand, was careful with him, afraid of any excessive behavior that might hurt his deep and pure feelings.