After the resolution of the Xu Gang case, I only had a few final exams left. On the last day of exams, Dali and I walked out of the exam hall feeling like a heavy weight had been lifted off our shoulders. We debated where we should get our lunch. It would be our last winter in college, and who knew when we’d meet each other again after graduation? Thinking that it might be our last chance to get together, Dali and I invited all our roommates to go out for a drink at the bar.

As we walked downstairs from our room, I saw a woman wearing a luxurious mink fur coat and a pearl necklace around her neck standing near the dorm entrance as if she were waiting for someone. I assumed that she was one of the students’ parents until she called my name when she saw me.

“Are you really Song Yang?” she asked almost breathlessly. “I’ve finally found you!”

I froze for a while when I realized that she was the rich lady. She’d made full recovery it seemed, and looked...