Zhang Yalin bribed one of Qiao Ning's roommates—a very poor but vain young man—to help her steal Qiao Ning's Go set. It wasn't a valuable item anyway, so losing it wouldn't be a major offense. The unprincipled classmate quickly did as she asked.
Afterward, Zhang Yalin excitedly took the wooden puppet and the Go set to her small rented room. Following the product's "user manual," she performed a wedding ceremony at the stroke of midnight, when yin and yang intersect. Dressed in a blood-red Chinese bridal gown, complete with a red bridal veil, she held the wooden puppet in her arms.
