The teacher asks when she is going to be returning to China. She tells him that the new term starts the next week. The teacher is surprised, because he had thought that it would be quite a while before she would return. He tells her that he has just gotten the exact date and that he will miss her. He says that he hasn't finished his homework yet and that she doesn't have a fixed date for returning. She says that she will miss him and that there is no definite date. He asks if she is boarding the plane yet and she says no, she has not yet boarded the plane. He then asks her why she is here and she replies that she is in the country to submit her works for publication. The editor of the magazine told her that her works should not be serialized but that they should be accepted as works of merit. She also says that the editor has said that she would like to thank the teacher for being the best teacher she has ever met. She rushes to class and tells the teacher to go