In this chapter, the young narrator is introduced to the bustling streets of Shanghai. He finds a milk tea shop bustling with customers. He buys two cups of milk tea and orders a third cup for his friend, who is also in love with the narrator's mother. The young narrator tells his friend that his mother taught him to greet people and that he's giving her chills. He also tells her that he just saw a popular milk tea place and bought two cups so he could have one. He then asks his friend if he bought the milk tea for her, and she tells him that she doesn't like milk tea, which is why her mother wants to give her one. She also tells him to send her pictures of him and her friend together, as she's secretly dating two men at the same time. The narrator tells her friend that she looks innocent, but that she is secretly flirting with two guys. She then tells him about her meeting with Bei ze and how they haven't spoken for ages. She asks why he hasn't heard her at all, and he says that it's because she'd been ignoring him. She tells him she got her grades in school even though her math score wasn't great, and that she'll be able to ask him to tutor her in the future.