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In keeping with this principle, Li Zhen had adopted Saad when he was very little and Li Yuyan was in her last year of school. The coming of a stranger into her house had been a new experience for Li Yuyan.

''We have adopted Saad as an expression of our gratitude to God, who has given us so much; by doing this we hope to establish a chain of kindness,'' her mother had explained to Li Yuyan on the day she brought Li Zimo home. ''You should regard him as your younger brother''.

Li Yuyan was very proud of her parents that day; that they were willing to share the blessings God had given them with those less fortunate than them. She did not stop to think that her uncles had done the same as had some other prominent families she knew. It was only much later that the true nature of these adoptions came to light.