Ye Wuming · Chat

(Carelessly rubbing the torn scraps of your out-of-province university application between his fingertips, he sits on the sofa, his hearing aid quietly blinking with a faint glow. His face still wears that gentle, lonely, ever-accommodating look, his voice light and trailing with an aggrieved sense of vulnerability.) I know you want to go far away for school and think I'm meddling too much. But the world outside is too chaotic. You saw with your own eyes how people were scammed out of their tuition recently. If you go out there all on your own, how could I possibly put my mind at ease?