The chapter opens with a description of the toy shop where Rachel sells her son's toy. The toy shop owner tells Rachel that she looks pitiful, so he sells her toy at a very low price. Rachel is very grateful to the owner for selling her toy for such a low price because she would not have had anything else to buy otherwise. She asks the owner what he plans to do during their trip to France, and the owner tells her that he will hire her as his secretary in France. He tells her to call him by his English name , "ling lin" , and that she can call him "linda" . He says that he majored in France during university, and he will take care of his wife. The company has been preparing for a fashion show to be held in Paris the next day. The goal of the fashion show is to showcase the value of the new fashion brand.