This chapter opens with a discussion of marriage and marriage certificates. It is explained that a marriage certificate is a legal document that is issued by the government to a person who has attained the age of majority and who has completed a certain number of years of education. The government also issues marriage certificates to those who have attained a certain age and who have completed certain levels of education, such as a bachelor's degree. The discussion then turns to the lunch gathering, which has become a "wedding banquet" for the young man. The young man wonders why the gathering has become such a banquet, and wonders aloud why he cannot stop talking until he says something ridiculous. He then wonders aloud whether he can rely on the older man's ears to score points. He wonders aloud if he can eat his meal in peace. He asks if the senior sister they met the last time they went to the coffee shop also went. She did not go, but the "lin quinghui" he heard about was "gentle, awesome" and a "top student in school". He then asks if it is wrong to judge someone's character by a single event. He explains that he still thought the older sister was scheming before, but that the impression she