This chapter opens with a growl from a group of frightened cats. The cat, named Shen Fang, wants to touch the dog, who is named Mr. Shen. She tells the group that she has taken in a number of children, including a girl named Xiao Ming, a boy named Duan Ling, and a little girl named Jiao Feng. She also tells the cat that she admires the dog so much that she now wants to meet him. She asks the cat if she is lovers, and the cat says that she can't understand why she would want to be with a man who is not her lover. She then asks if two men can be together, and she says that men are human too, just like men and women. She goes on to say that if she were him, he would just live in the city and not come back to the town. He also says that he would take her to the afterlife when he has the chance. He tells her to lower her voice, because she sounds like a wife, and he will lock her in the cellar and see if she would ever say such nonsense again.