In this chapter, we learn that Mr. Lu has fallen in love with Madame Dupu. He wants to marry her, but he knows that she will not marry him. He decides to make a fake marriage to her. He tells her that if she does marry him, she will have to pay him back for all the money he has spent on her. She tells him that if he does not pay her back, someone else will. She asks him to explain the whole thing to her ex-husband, and he says that he will do so shortly.