This chapter's epigraph comes from the opening lines of the novel, in which the protagonist's uncle, the li family patriarch, tells his son-in-law, cheng , that he is looking for him. Unsure of what to do, the uncle tells cheng to inform him as soon as he hears anything. Worried that lin has been trained by his master, chen , the patriarch tells him to rest assured that chen will be able to defeat lin even if lin fails to capture him. The uncle also tells zecheng that the guests at his mother's party have arrived, and that cheng should hurry up to greet them. Confused, the son of the patriarch asks where his sister is, and cheng angrily accuses her of being the lover of xianglan and of having plotted to kill him. Furious, zhengdong declares that he will make his sister pay for her crime.