In this chapter, the young man tells his master that he bought the young boy's horse for two hundred tales, enough for the boy to purchase two horses. He tells the boy that he knows that the girl who stole the horse was the girl from the previous chapter, and that the boy should stay away from him, or he will regret it. The young man says that he knew the girl was the one who stole his horse, but that he is not a thief. He says that even if he exchanged silver taels with the boy, it is his fault that he took the horse without his father's consent. He adds that if the boy would not tell his father, he would become a laughingstock in the world. Three days later, the road outside of the city swooshes without the horse. The master tells the spirit bud that there is a problem on the road. A large crowd of travelers has gathered there. He asks the travelers if they are on their way to the city. They reply that they are, and the master tells them that the road is the best way to reach the city because it is the fastest way. But, the master says, recently, all the caravans passing by the road have returned to where they came from. He advises the young men to give up on the journey, as they will soon go bankrupt.