In the tidy hospital room.
Chen Yuan tugged at the bedsheet with one hand, silently listening to Liu He nag him from across the room.
Mr. Chen sat at a nearby desk, polishing the glasses he'd worn for who-knows-how-many years. On the desk sat an exquisitely carved ivory Go board.
It was an expensive, far from ordinary, item.
It was after dinner now. Having spent a momentous afternoon together, the three of them were set to depart for Kyoto the morning after next.
This was the first time in who-knows-how-many years that this nominal "family" had all been together.
