Qin Chuan and Zhixia

In this chapter, the reader is introduced to a young woman who has just returned from a trip to India. She tells the reader that she has come to visit her grandfather, who has been living in England for the past eighteen years. The young woman tells her grandfather that she is in love with him, and that he has sent for the draft to enlist her in the army. She also tells him that the clouds are beautiful, and the flowers are in bloom. She says that she was so nervous when she sent the draft that she sent it as the original, but that now her heart has stopped being at peace with her love for the young man. She asks her grandfather if he would like to know what is going on with the soldier, and he says that he is sure that the soldier likes her very much. He also tells the young woman that there is a time capsule that has been buried in the ground, full of red maples. He asks her if she wants to look for the time capsule, and she says she will head out to find it.