They are shocked to see the sprawling mansion, and Rachel realizes that Nick comes from a prominent, wealthy family. Rachel and Nick are meeting at his grandmother's home, and Peik Lin drives Rachel there. Colin warns Nick that once he is married, Nick will become the most eligible young man in Singapore, and he needs to be mindful of “dark forces” plotting against him, referring to unmarried women. They are floored to learn that Nick is best friends with Colin, who is from a famous and wealthy family, and that Rachel is attending his wedding. Nick spends the next day with Colin while Rachel spends time with her friend Peik Lin’s family. Meanwhile, Nick and Rachel arrive in Singapore and go out with Colin and his fiancée, Araminta Lee. A Singaporean girl spots Nick with Rachel and shares the gossip that Nick is returning to Singapore with a new girl.Īstrid, Nick’s cousin, discovers an illicit text message on her husband Michael’s phone and her jeweler informs her that Michael purchased a bracelet that wasn’t for her. Rachel, a Chinese American who has never traveled to Asia, is hesitant but ultimately decides to go. Nick invites Rachel to spend the summer with him in Singapore, his home country, as he’s returning to be the best man at his friend Colin’s wedding. In Part 1, Nick is grown up and living in New York City with his girlfriend and New York University professor, Rachel Chu.

Felicity casually fires the manager, dismissing him the same way he dismissed them earlier. The family goes back to the hotel and the former owner relays to the manager that Mrs. Felicity, Nick’s aunt, calls her husband Harry, who knows the owner of the hotel and buys it from him.

At the hotel, the manager pretends not to find their reservations and kicks them out, insinuating that the Chinese family aren’t the right sort of people to stay in such an exclusive place. Nicholas Young is a child and travels to London with his mother, aunts, and cousins. The chapters are narrated from several characters’ perspectives. This guide uses the First Anchor Books Mass Market Edition published in May 2020.Ĭrazy Rich Asians is divided into three parts, each sectioned into chapters that chronicle the events leading up to and directly following Colin Khoo and Araminta Lee’s wedding.

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