In this chapter, a bandit tells the young master that if a woman is kidnapped by a robber, she should kill herself. The young master replies that he believes his mother told the truth, and that his mother drove the bandits away. He says that his father is the prefect of the village, and if the people learn that his wife worked for twenty years as a bandit, he will lose all his family's reputation. He also says that he has not been to his restaurant in several days. He tells the younger master that a'tang has kidnapped young master li and brought him back to the village. The younger master says that master ruan has been sad for a while after learning of his past. He even prepared offerings for the grave of his wife. He adds that the grave is clean and that the little bandit must have cleaned it up recently. He then tells the older master that he is making flowers for the bandit, and he says that if only the boy had shown his face sooner, he would be willing to give him flowers for a lifetime.