▁about ▁his ▁employ er . ▁Un w illing ▁to ▁open ly ▁discuss ▁the ▁cat ' s ▁disturb ing ▁nature ▁with ▁str angers , ▁he ▁rem embers ▁that ▁he ▁once ▁saw ▁its ▁shadow ▁move ▁while ▁the ▁cat ▁remained ▁still . ▁However , ▁he ▁describes ▁how ▁the ▁small ▁animal ▁r ides ▁on ▁T ian ▁Li ' s ▁shoulder ▁whenever ▁she ▁leaves ▁the ▁a partment ▁complex . ▁We ▁are ▁quickly ▁introduced ▁to ▁J ing j ing ' s ▁fond ness ▁for ▁collect ible ▁" mon ster ▁cards " ▁( each ▁volume ▁of ▁the ▁Famil iar ▁features ▁one ▁or ▁more ▁cards ▁from ▁his ▁deck ). ▁ ▁J ing j ing ▁rec alls ▁his ▁first ▁meeting ▁with ▁T ian ▁Li , ▁four ▁years ▁ago . ▁The ▁police ▁had ▁just ▁arrested ▁him ▁in ▁a ▁park ▁for ▁drug ▁use ▁and ▁she ▁had ▁convinced ▁them ▁to ▁let ▁him ▁go . ▁She ▁had ▁offered ▁him ▁a ▁job ▁if ▁he ▁sw ore ▁to ▁for s ake ▁his ▁add iction . ▁Life ▁in ▁her ▁employ ▁still ▁leaves ▁J ing j ing ▁un ful filled , ▁and ▁he ▁fant as izes ▁about ▁leaving ▁Singapore . ▁As ▁he ▁takes ▁a ▁walk ▁in ▁the ▁rain , ▁he ▁finds ▁T ian ▁Li ▁with ▁a ▁man ▁kne eling ▁down ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁her , ▁he ▁recogn izes ▁a ▁billion aire ▁named ▁Zh ong ▁Sim ▁Lin . ▁He ▁is ▁asking ▁for ▁a ▁favor ▁and ▁is ▁ready ▁to ▁pay ▁any ▁amount ▁of ▁money ▁in ▁return . ▁J ing j ing ▁is ▁called ▁in ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁a ▁transl ator