Renqian tries to calm down, saying that killing him will not do him any good. He tells the young woman that he cannot go to prison for her. He then tells her that the lute that she is using is made by a famous lute maker, Mr. Yinhai, and that he tried to get a lute from his grandfather, but he couldnt get one. Now, he tells her, there is a lute in front of her, and she can play whatever she likes with it. She asks if she can touch the lute without permission, and he says that he will give it to her. She then tells him that she has heard that someone sent her a lute, and asks if they are there. He says that they are, and tells her to stop talking. She tells him to stop scaring her, because this is their living space. She says that she cannot have a child break the lute given to her by her husband. She also says that ninghuan should not be asking her husband's opinion about the lute, because it was given to him by his wife, and they have been married for over 20 years. He asks her if she has the heart not to even let the child touch a lute