The Girl with Seven Names: Chapter 29 Summary & Analysis

After three days of being held by the gang, Hyeonseo finally gets the courage up to call Uncle Jung-gil. He agrees to pay the gang’s fee immediately, but it still takes two days for the check to clear. They finally let her go, and with a small wad of money pinned to the inside of her jacket, Hyeonseo boards a bus to Shenyang. Not knowing what to do next, Hyeonseo decides to go to a fortune-teller, who tells her to move south to Shanghai. Hyeonseo quits her job at the restaurant, packs up her small apartment, and leaves for Shanghai. It is January 2002.