The older sister, Cai Ling, is back at the welfare home, and she greets her younger brother, Cai Zhen, who is a student at the university. Cai Zhen asks Cai Ling why she is there, and Cai Ling tells him that he is a reporter from a university news club who wants to take pictures of the demolished welfare home. Cai Ling asks Cai Zhen why he is here, and he tells her that he was asked to look into the future of the home. He tells Cai Ling that she should be brave and strong because she is going to college next year, and that she will have to pay back the home in future years. He says that if the home is demolished, the children at the home will take care of them, and they will be able to have their own children. He adds that if he loses his parents, he is not going to comfort Cai Ling like she is. Cai Ming, the older sister who is now Cai Ling's girlfriend, tells Cai Ming that she is not her girlfriend, but that they are not together. She tries to persuade a few girls to visit the home, but they do not come.