Summer Night Cicadas [Reunion]

Zhou Yuan opened a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in her hometown, opening at ten in the morning and closing at four in the afternoon. Business was good—neighbors with headaches or fevers all loved coming to see her. On weekends, a little figure would appear in the clinic, playing off to the side—now sneaking bites of medicinal herbs, now coaxing patients into smiles, now curled up fast asleep on the bamboo mat hugging her Abelby plush. Someone who didn't know the situation asked curiously, "Is this little girl Dr. Zhou's?" A neighbor whispered back, "She sure is. All these years, Zhou Yuan has raised Little Chan all by herself—nobody even knows who the child's father is!" -- Then ...