Ling shuang's wife, Madame Guizhou, arrives at the baili's house. She has heard that the black cat can see evil, that first ladies suicide is taboo, and that evil spirits are deep within her. She tells the young master that he must leave the house at once, and she will be safe. She also tells him that she has been waiting for her to come back for a long time, and finally she has come. She says that she poisoned the old master, but the old man was surrounded by doctors, who kept the old woman alive. The young master took her back to the old house, where she was taken away by the doctors. She asks him not to harm her, but he says that he will not allow her to kill him.