Ahhh, this is pretty perfect. It rounds off the whole story beautifully.
I guess the only thing to dislike is that of course Tianchi turns out not to be disabled after all: his muteness is caused by a poison, which can be cured, at which point he learns to speak. There's also a scene where Li Yu seems to treat being disabled like a bad thing, telling the kids that Tianchi isn't “different“, he's just sick. It's... hm. But given the context...















This gives me another bingo on #BookSpinBingo, and is one of my #10BeforeTheEnd picks. 6h