Back at the house, the Governess is worried about her son's health. She tells him to stay inside and not to go outside. The Governess tells her son to rub his hands together to make it easier for him to get out of the house if something should happen to him. He asks her to bring him some roasted sweet potatoes, which he grows himself. He tells her that his brother, cheng, is afraid of strangers. He says that he thought that cheng would leave his "safe zone" just for his sake, but that's why he took him back to his father's house. Worried that his son is sick, his father asked him to bring some medicine. He's not drinking the medicine, so he won't drink it. He wants to know where his brother is. Confused, he asks his father to tell him where cheng is. His father says he's been carrying the medicine around all day. He doesn't tell him that the golden lock is in the cabinet where he packed his things back at his brother's place. Angry, he tells his father that he'll go see cheng tomorrow morning. He also asks if his chest hurts because he hasn't been carrying his medicine around. Angry at his father for not telling him about cheng's whereabouts, he says that if cheng ran away with the lock, it would be a very precious item. Angry that his chest hurt, he demands to know if his father has been carrying medicine around with him all day, and if he'd seen the lock in the cabinets. Angry again, he calls his father a liar. Angry once more, he wants to go to his brother tomorrow morning to get the