"What does Second Master Li look like?"
"No one has seen him. It's said that once Commander Li rose to power, he sent him abroad. He has grown up now, and the family is urging him to marry. He only returned not long ago."
"I wonder what carefree days he lived while he was overseas."
"I heard—and you didn't hear this from me—that he's back to contend for power. Commander Li is considering a successor."
"With the eldest son of the Li family around, is there a chance for this second son?"
"You always have to have a look, right? What if he turns out to be more outstanding?"
The ball had already begun, but the atmosphere was as if it hadn't, with the record player endlessly playing the preludes. The person in the record was waiting for the second young master of the Li family to arrive before they would start to sing.
