The next morning, the narrator wakes up in the middle of a thunderstorm. He's not sure what's going on, but he's pretty sure it's because of the thunder. He remembers that the next day, he had a dream in which he could drink some water and apply for a job at a waterworks. He also remembers that he helped him apply for the job when he was "about to give up" . The narrator is pretty sure that the thunder was directed at sheng wu's mother, who's been talking about her son's youth. He thinks that the boy looks "undisciplined" and "more delicate" than anyone else, and he wonders why the narrator has to go back to his room to do his homework when he can go to the school to get his homework done. He doesn't understand why he has to stay at the school when he could just go home and finish his homework. He wonders if the painting gave him another chance to talk to the real sheng-wu. He wants to know why the womanizer isn't turning on the microphone. The womanizer says that her phone is broken, and that she'll show him the "reality of society" in front of him. She tells him that her son is studying to become a painter, but can't get into college because of his low admission score. The girlizer asks if she can talk to her boyfriend about this. The man says that he has good grades and