In this short scene, we learn that the director of the upcoming play is none other than Qu'an. He's the one who brought up the idea of playing the game of xiangsheng, which is basically a game of guessing who gets to go first in a game based on the number of people who exit the stage first. We learn that when he was a kid, he used to play with his grandpa, who would listen to the tapes of the game and then go to the teahouse to play the game with his grandson. When he was young, he and his grandpa would stay at home all day, and they would play the games together. The narrator tells us that the reason why he picked up the game was because he met a kid who was about his age who performed the game, and he was the passionate bond of youth. He says that he still has the game tapes, even though the game is confusing. He also says that the game doesn't mean anything to him, because he's here to learn the game. He explains that he has to wear the game to the theater because he needs to perform well onstage, and the only way he can do that is by wearing the game on stage. The only person who listens to the game at the beginning of the play was Tan Xiao, who took his pants, and many adults came over to watch the performance. He even cried during the performance, which makes the narrator wonder why he made the audience laugh and why he got along so well with the other kids.