The next morning, the two men go for a walk together. The elder man thanks the younger man for giving him a ride home. The older man asks where the elder man is living. The younger man says he'll take him to the bus station, where they can go back to the apartment together. He asks if the apartment is close to his house, and the older man says it's a good place to go if you're worried about chen-nanxin. He's not drunk, but he's worried about him. The two men walk to the door of the apartment, where the senior man asks if he can get back to his own house. The senior man says no, he can't get home, because he is not drunk. He says he can walk the elderly man to the entrance to the community, and then he can go home. He doesn't have to worry about it at all, since he can just walk him there. He tells the senior to send a message when he gets back, and he says he is sober now. He also tells the elder to keep the secret of cheng-huan a secret for him, since they've known each other for so long, and it took him too long to notice that it was too late to like him. He apologizes for showing the "i feel sorry" sign, and says that he must be thinking too much. He admits that the elder guy is happy, and that's why he feels sorry for him. It's surprising, he says, that the elderly guy hides so much of his thoughts. He thinks that the older guy might be hiding something, and maybe he'd rather not show it to others