Meanwhile in Chinatown, Mao and Dao, who are spoiled by their mother, Mrs. Go, resist attempts at arranged marriages according to Chinese customs.

Boy and Amboy flee to Manila after they misinterpret their unwitting rescue of the Mayor from an assassin's bullet through the otso-otso dance as an attack on them, while Mao and Dao go to Ilocos Norte to hitch a boat ride to Taiwan.

They ride separate Partas buses, and meet their alternate identities while on stopover in Tarlac, while the Nurse tries to chase them.

Boy, Amboy and their families along with Mao, Dao and Mrs. Go attend the Mayor's thanksgiving celebrations, where the latter survives another assassination attempt.

In the epilogue, the Nurse tracks down Mrs. Go's son, who is raised by an African family, and is overjoyed as she realizes that he is the last baby she has to find.