This chapter opens with a description of a sorceress's house, which the narrator describes as "so different from what I imagined" . The narrator asks if this is the same house where he and his mother stayed the last time they visited, and the narrator explains that he used his adult appearance to greet the guests. He tells the audience that he knows each of the guests' identities, and that the dream-sucking snake in Lin's body belongs to him. He also tells them that they can stay at the house tonight, and they can use a guest room for the night. He asks if the bill is too expensive, and he says that the price should not be too high for his family. He then asks if he can go eat with his boyfriend.