The narrator tells us that he's going to be homeless, because his uncle has asked him to move in with his cousin, who is going back to china soon. He's not sure where he'll be able to find a place to live, because there are no apartments for sale near his school, and there's no place near the city center, where his school is located. He also tells us about the school's dormitory, which is full of empty rooms, and about the fact that he and his sister have known each other for years, but they haven't been able to make up. He tells her that he doesn't want her to tell anyone about his sister's death, because it would be embarrassing, and he'd never want to be associated with a death that's already happened to someone else. He says that, even though he knows that his classmates will gossip about it, he has no plans to hide it from them.