Peter is a Chinese student in a relationship with Fiona, an English girl, in London.
They worry about Fiona’s parents’ approval of Peter.
Peter’s parents worked in catering.
Fiona is very preoccupied with how other women treat Peter. Peter is preoccupied with how other men treat Fiona.
They break up after 6 months for seemingly no reason.
“I wasn’t sure [...]” (Wang, We Two Alone 136).
“She said nothing about us, but I didn’t care.” (Wang, We Two Alone 140).
“[...], but he was… repatriated.” (Wang, We Two Alone 144).
“[...] time was not a line or an arc but a sine, a wave, forever vacillating.” (Wang, We Two Alone 157).