In this chapter, the audience is introduced to a number of characters, including the doctor, the prostitute, the doctor's wife, and the prostitute's lover. The first person we meet is Kim Yongseob, who asks the doctor if there really is a need for another broker in the relationship between him and Jung Yeoon. The doctor replies that he does not think there is, and that the doctor is not really in need of another broker. He then asks the prostitute what she is trying to say. The prostitute replies that she does not want another broker, because she is afraid that Kim Yeoon will take advantage of her. Kim says that he cannot trust the doctor because he is a "little rat" and that he almost had an "enemy" within him. He tells the prostitute that he will take leave of the doctor and that she will regret what she has said if she really meant what she said. He also tells her that she should eat some of the broth and bone broth that she is giving to the hospital, because he feels that the hospital should not know about the surgery lessons he is giving. He says that the money he is making from the lessons is enough to pay off all of the debts that his father left behind when he died. He adds that he feels like there is "breathing room" in the hospital now that he has made the money. He gives the prostitute some food and instructs her to wash her hair and tap tap her hair to dry it. She taps tap and then taps her hair, and he tells her to tap tap and tap to dry her hair. He asks her to