Yan Feifan had dinner at the hospital's staff cafeteria. When he came back out, he discovered that a light rain had started to fall.
It was a steady, pattering drizzle.
He took the bus back to Zuimo Court and hurried through the rain to his apartment in Unit 1 of Building 9.
After taking a hot shower, Yan Feifan had just stepped out of the bathroom when he heard a soft knock at the door...
It was his downstairs neighbor, Xia Yan, holding a sizable rectangular box wrapped in colorful paper.
She was wearing noise-canceling earbuds and spoke softly, "Mr. Yan, the attending physician said that if it had been any later last night, my husband would have been in real danger."
"Thank you!"
Xia Yan held out the gift box. "This is just a small token of my appreciation. Please, accept it!"
Yan Feifan politely declined. "Ms. Xia, we're neighbors, and I'm a doctor. You really don't have to do this."
"Mr. Yan, please take it. My conscience won't be clear otherwise."
