Homeseeking

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death and child death.

After reuniting in Los Angeles, Haiwen and Suchi begin to see each other regularly. Over lunch, they talk about their past, but they never talk about anything too serious. Suchi invites Haiwen to celebrate the New Year with her family.

Suchi lives with her son, Samson; his wife, Ronnie; and her granddaughter, Abigail. Suchi prepared many Shanghainese dishes for Haiwen; he comments that it is the first time she has ever cooked for him. Haiwen finds himself thinking about his first Spring Festival with his wife, Linyee, when they were living in Taiwan. Even though, at that time, he had been cut off from his family and Suchi for a long time, he had gone outside and wished them a happy new year out loud.

While cleaning up after dinner, Haiwen tells Samson about what Suchi was like when they were children. When Samson leaves, Haiwen lets Suchi know that he regrets that they had not been able to stay together. Suchi gets annoyed and says that they have to move forward and that she is a different person now. She doesn’t want to talk about that part of their past.