When asked what character tu made up his name, Yu Tu always answered, tu as in qiantu, for prospect, outlook, because that was always how his parents used to explain his name, demonstrating only too clearly their hopes for him. For the most part, he had never failed them in that regard; his prospects had always been bright, shining with his intelligence. Then, it suddenly was not, darkened and clouded by the realisation that his intelligence and hard work only took him so far, and indeed idealised dreams did not line one’s pockets, and when that made one sleep uneasy, even the most intelligent would not be able to navigate the brightest of ways.