Another body has been found, this time with "flawed skin" and "empty heart" . Mr. Poon tells his son that he will not go to school for two days to deal with the problem. He also tells him that his teacher has given him homework, and that the student must have passed the test. Poons worries about his wife, who is sick in bed. He tells her that he fell in love with her and married her, but that it is "indecent" for a public servant to marry a prostitute in a brothel