Ye Ye was lonely in Hong Kong. He spoke no English or d joined Cantonese and had no friends. He had difficulties communicating with the servants. Franklin was rude to him and Susan was too full of young to interest him. If he wanted to buy any small thing, he had a great to ask for money from Father. He looked old and sad. these When Ye Ye became ill, Father ordered him to eat special. a few vegetables. This same meal was given to him three times a day, and he hated it. He demanded to move out and live on his own. This was refused. He wrote to Aunt Baba that he wanted to od, return to Shanghai and spend his last years with her. This was also impossible. Yee Ye's letters to Aunt Baba became sadder. "We all want to live," he wrote, "but some things are worse than dying: being s lonely or bored, suffering pain. I have worked hard all my life. Now I wonder what it was all about. In this house, where I count for nothing, each day passes like a year. Could death really be worse Ye Ye died on 27 March 1952. Father was too busy to inform Aunt Baba himself. Instead, she received the news from a letter written by one of Father's employees.