I picked it up and did not speak first.

"You... Where is it?" She asked.

"I'm here at Gangzi." I said.

"Is Li Gang out?" She asked.

"Well."

"Is he okay?" Liu Ruyue asked.

"It doesn't look very good." I said.

"It's no wonder," she said. "Nobody's going to feel bad about such a thing."

"Well, yeah." I said.

She was silent, and the phone was mostly silent, empty and depressed.

She said, "You... When do you come back? I cooked.

"I may not be able to go back today." I said, "Gangzi is very uncomfortable. I have to accompany him with monkeys."

She seemed stunned. "Oh, all right."

"Well."...