Summary

Chapter 19, Retaliation – Wang considers going to the Public Security Bureau, but then decides he must solve his problems on his own. Wang is convinced he has read the story of Jianjing before in school because he remembers so much of it, and now considers the letter writer to be nothing more than a plagiarist. Wang burns the letters outside of Zeng’s home while Zeng watches. Wang tells Zeng that if Zeng sends even one more letter, he will burn down Zeng’s shop, and his life.

Chapter 20, Yida – Wang remembers returning home from the hospital to find his father out on business, and his stepmother at home to greet him, saying his homosexual liaison at the hospital is disgusting and that Wang can repeat his last year of college next year. Wang remembers saying he would not go back to college, going on...