In this short scene, the mother of shishi tries to persuade her son-in-law, tang zheng , to break off his relationship with her daughter. She tells him that he is not suitable for her daughter and that he should not interfere in the affairs of other people. She also accuses him of being too old and too pretentious to be responsible for his daughter's well-being. She then asks him why he found someone else to be his girlfriend. He replies that he did not find her, but that she is in love with someone else. She asks him if he has to kill his brother, and he responds that he does not have to do so, since he is helping her make her brother's bottom half-useless. He then asks her if the weather is getting colder, and she replies that it is, and that she has to bring some warm clothes for her grandfather when he goes to the hospital. She finds a letter by the bed, and if it is a kidnapping, she can take it to the police.