Summary

In Part 4, Chapter 1, Daiyu finds Nelson in his hotel room and tells him “I decided to stay” (255). She wants to join his effort to sue Rock Springs, and volunteers to write a letter in Chinese characters to the Chinese Six Companies.

In Part 4, Chapter 2, Nam, Lum, Nelson, and Daiyu celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by eating, drinking, and setting off fireworks.

In Part 4, Chapter 3, Daiyu “hears the banging first” (263). Sheriff Bates a group of armed men enter the store, and announce that they “are under arrest for the murder of Daniel M. Foster,” the owner of the rival convenience store (264).

In Part 4, Chapter 4, the man are locked in a cell together with a man named Zhou, who has had his tongue cut out. They discuss their innocence.

In Part 4, Chapter 5, the group is sure that they are doomed, and Daiyu “looks to Nelson for...