17. Best Wishes
******* awoke before Alim the next day. He quietly opened his laptop and checked for Professor Wang’s email, which had arrived the night before, as promised.
Dear Comrade Sam,
Attached you will find my letter of assessment of our independent study together. I am recommending an A grade to your advisor Mr. Fan Zhirui for a job well done. Felicitations. It is my hope that you learned as much as I trust you have and that those lessons help you to, as you put it once, live with integrity.
As regards our discussion last night on matters of your personal interest, I have consulted with the relevant records, and I must advise you that there was a record of an ‘isolated incident’ involving the ping pong room of Building 46 several years ago. There are no further details I can o
