Chapter 1—Pages 46-70 Summary

Yuan enjoys the freedom brought about by his new life. The "lady" discusses her plans for him. She buys him new clothes, sends him to school and tells him not to worry about finding work for now. "Let me treat you as my son. Let me give you what I had planned for Ai-lan if she would have had it," (p. 46). He enjoys their conversations, enthralled at the future opportunities she tells him are possible including going abroad after his studies are finished. He is so thankful he tells her he will do anything she says. She expresses her own happiness that he has come to stay with her and Ai-lan.

The lady provides his new clothes and he enjoys the feel of the foreign clothing with pockets and the freedom to move. He likes it, but...