Inside the hospital ward, Yu Lili fed Ou Ming his food while holding a lunch box and eating from it. "Are you full yet?" she asked between mouthfuls.
"I want some soup," Ou Ming spoke to her in the tone of a little child speaking to an adult. His hand rested gently on her leg. It was as if he was afraid that she might run off and he wouldn't be able to feel her presence.
Yu Lili removed his hand from her thigh and said, "I'll go get it."
She turned around to get the soup bowl and realized that Ou Ming was facing his ear in her direction, trying to listen out for her movements.
"What are you doing?" Yu Lili asked as she returned to his bedside.
"I'm trying to see if I can identify what you're doing by listening," he said. "I heard there was a blind man that was really capable. Not only could he hear what his wife was doing at any time, he even knew exactly where she was and could do anything he wanted."
