The narrator explains that his parents told him that girls are worth more than their looks, and that girls should compete with other girls who are better than them. He says that he's going to a college date with a guy who's much better than his opera teacher's daughter, who is five years old and has been learning opera since she was a baby. She's not allowed to go on dates with her parents because they don't come pick her up at the opera school after class, so she'll have to go off on her own. The narrator says that she's waiting for her parents, and she wants to dress up like a gangster and go on the date with her boyfriend. Old Qiao, the narrator's older brother, chimes in and says that it's cool that the girl is dressed up like that, because it means that she wants ice cream. He also says that old Qiao is the perfect boyfriend for the girl because he looks like an opera star, and he'll act like a kid when he meets her. He's the perfect person to talk to.