As soon as Hua Nanyi left, Xiao Zai came out of his office and approached Chu Yun gingerly.
"I take it thinks didn't go well," he said, taking a seat in front of Chu Yun, resting his cheek on his open palm.
"I don't know," Chu Yun said, lowering his head between his crossed arms over the table with a deep sigh. "I just feel sad, and tired. The depth and breadth of everything I cannot fix may as well crush me."
He felt a touch on the back of his wrist, and raised his head from the cradle of his arms to look at Xiao Zai. "Why should you have to fix everything? I think you're expecting too much of you, and too little of everyone else."
Chu Yun didn't know what to say to that and lowered his head back into his arms.
But Xiao Zai wasn't done speaking. "Don't think you're the only person to see the need for change, or the only one capable of enacting it."
