I've forgotten how to dance

Visiting Dr Ye Jing Lan gave Wang Lian a sense of peace. That was the only time when he felt the depression lift off him completely. Sitting silently before him, Wang Lian sometimes felt like unburdening himself, telling him all that he had kept within himself and which corroded him like a poison.

The guilt and remorse, the restlessness, the helplessness and sense of shame, the regret—everything. Then the fear of Dr Ye Jing Lan's reaction—what he would think—would break his resolve.

Dr Ye Jing Lan was an expert in removing ambiguities. Wang Lian sat in his company, silent, listening, understanding, absorbing, coming to conclusions—there was a veil that was being lowered and s view that was becoming clear. The questions that had burdened his mind all these years were being answered by Dr Lan.