Ming Chapter Summary

MING (10) got into a serious accident and looses his sense of hearing. Because of the accident, Ming has to attend a school for children with special needs and starts to avoid his friends because he is afraid that his friends know he is deaf and dumb. Young Ming has to fight with extreme loneliness since then. 19-years-old Ming gets falsely accused of being a peeping Tom. While the girl’s brothers threaten him, MING’S MOTHER comes out to ask what’s happening. After listening to the girl’s accusation, mother forces him to apologize to her, although Ming is telling her the truth. After they het home, he writes her a note that says “I’m deaf, but I have my dignity.” Then, mother acknowledges that she blamed her son wrongly, but does not know how to fix it right.
A pretty girl named DANLI (23) drags him away from the track, misunderstanding that he was trying to kill himself. Danli, a dancer in a night club, takes Ming to a night club with loud music. There, Ming’s heart beats strong with rhythms, and he desires to become a DJ. Ming’s mother disapproves it and tries to beat him, but Ming stops her for the very first time. UNCLE ZHANG, who used to be a DJ long time ago, agrees to teach him how to DJ. Over the next days, Ming focuses only on learning how to DJ and actually gets skillful over time. On his first night to perform his DJ-ing skills, he ruins the entire show and gets demoralized. To cheer Ming up, Danli takes him to a bar. Inside the bar, the DJ of the bar gets into a fight with a guest and the manager named BRO OCTOPUS searches for another DJ to cover him. Danli encourages him to perform, and when he does, everyone cheers for his great performance. Bro Octopus is overtly excited to see a deaf DJ, and believes he could make Ming very famous. Now with new name, DJ Thunder, Ming and Danli celebrate with noodles and beers, quickly falling in love with each