The next day, the doctor arrives at the law firm early to meet with a client. When the doctor asks why he hasn't come earlier, the lawyer tells him that he'll have to wait a while for someone else to come pick him up. The doctor is impressed by the man's car and looks forward to meeting him. He asks the doctor why he didn't tell him earlier that he was coming back, and the doctor explains that he had to hear the news from xi-cheng. The two of them reminisce about the last time they met, two years ago, when the doctor was carrying a young woman in a bloodstained gown. He tells the doctor that the woman is now his wife, and that it was the first time he'd seen the doctor anxious about someone. He wants to ask the doctor to tell his wife what happened, but the doctor says that he can't do that because he's a lawyer. He says that as long as he can pay the lawyer's fee, he has the right to refuse to take on a case.