Power and Wealth - Chapter 40

... the morning air was fresh. The nurse conducted her morning rounds andwoke Dong Xuebing. He yawned and greeted the old man, with a fractured leg, inthe same ward. Dong Xuebing slowly makes his way down his bed and pouredhimself a cup of warm water. He wore his slippers and was about to ask thenurse at the nurses’ station on what other checks he had today when his iPhone4 rang. It was Qu Yunxuan’s number.

Dong Xuebing cleared his throat and swiped the screen toanswer: “Hello?”

“Xi ...