Chapters 28-30 Summary

In Chapter 28, the summer holidays have arrived, and Cheuh-min spends even more time with Chin. The members of the Kao compound prepare for the Venerable Master Kao's sixty-sixth birthday celebration. The celebration is enormous and lasts several days. Crowds of people are invited to the festivities, which include feasts, operas, parties, and enough decorations to completely transform the place. Many of the entertainments are lewd and blatantly sexual, and Cheuh-hui and Cheuh-min are disgusted by the displays.

Cheuh-min and Chin come to an understanding about their relationship. They want to get married, and they decide they will sacrifice whatever it takes to be together. Cheuh-hui is happy for them, but he feels a little bitter about love, especially when he sees old Feng at the birthday party. Wan-erh has come back to visit as Feng's concubine. Cheuh-hui finds her with a...