In this chapter, we learn that the memory fragment that was supposed to be given to sheng is actually a story about a girl named Duanyang, the daughter of an emperor's favorite courtesan. Duanyang is also the younger sister of a man named zhao, who is a close friend of the emperor. We learn that tomorrow, zhao is going to lead Duanyang to a temple to pray, and that she suffered from nightmares when she returned from the temple on her 18th birthday. We also learn that sheng and Miss Ling are engaged and that Miss Ling has been bullied by sheng.