The narrator tells us that he's busy. He's not going to show up for the basketball match, which is being played at the same time. He tells us, "those juniors at the schools sincerely begged" for him to come and show them some moves, but he doesn't want to bother Luo, who is "busy with something lately" . The narrator then asks why Luo is there. Luo tells him that he saw a flower blooming out of his house when he was standing outside the wall, and that the flower was about to "branch out" from the wall. He says, "I'm fine" , and the narrator tells him, "It's obvious you I am not !" . He then tells Luo that he is the most beautiful man in the world and that there's nobody who would praise him like him. He also says that Luo seems to grow more and more "unadulterated" and "disreputed" each day. He compares Luo to a "pal pes" and a "friendless old man