GaoLing’s promise to LuLing turns out to be true. Although the sisters have their disagreements as elderly women, GaoLing publicly maintains that they are sisters and treats her as such, attending family functions with LuLing and caring for her when dementia begins to break down LuLing’s body. This scene is also important because it adds a layer of complexity to Precious Auntie’s suicide. While Precious Auntie’s despair likely was the immediate cause of her suicide, the death also protects LuLing by ensuring that the Changs call off the proposal for fear of Precious Auntie’s vengeful ghost. Precious Auntie demonstrates resilience in death by sacrificing herself to protect her daughter, ensuring that LuLing has more opportunities to author her own life than Precious Auntie had to author her own.