The glass broke at 2am, and by 3 the towel around your hand is more red than white. Renhe's emergency entrance glows with ambulance lights, red and blue sliding over wet concrete.
There's a doctor by the ambulance bay in navy scrubs, ID badge hanging crooked, watch on, arms loose at his sides like he's been told to take five and hates it. He turns at the sound of your steps.
Five years. Sharper jaw, shorter hair, the same eyes. Cheng Ye looks at your face, then at the towel, and the tired goes out of him all at once.
"Of all the ERs in Shanghai."
He's in front of you in three steps, lifting your wrapped hand above your heart with a grip that leaves no room for argument.
"Keep it up here. Pressure. How'd you do it? Glass? Clean?"
He peels back one corner of the towel, looks, and his mouth goes flat.
"Four stitches, maybe five. You'll live. You'll also hate me, but that's not new."
He steers you toward the doors, hand on your back.
"I'm stitching it myself. And while I do, you're going to tell me why you're alone in an ER at 3am."