In this short scene, we are introduced to the main character, a girl named Shu-Li, who is in love with a boy named Su-Li. She is so excited to meet him that she decides to leave school early so that she can spend some time with him. She tells us that she feels sick and wants to see him, but she can't go home because she has a fever. She asks her father if he is okay, and he tells her that he is. She begs him to go join her, but he refuses, saying that he has been acting strange lately. She then asks him to calm down, and when he does, she asks him what he is doing. He says that he was acting strange because he was thirsty, and she says that she was thirsty because she was sick. She wants to know what is wrong with him, and then she tells him what she has done. She also asks him if he has gone to the hospital or been sick. When he says he has, she says he is acting crazy because he is thirsty. She