In this chapter, the Governess continues to berate Cai-Liang for being so mean to her lately. The Governess asks whether it is proper to judge a person by the wine they have tasted, and she asks Cai-Ling if he thinks she wants to go to a social dance. She tells him that he is just a parasite and that he has been a seducer since the beginning of his relationship with her. She accuses him of being a "seducer of vanity" and urges him to "be wise and leave." She tells her sister-in-law that she is a country girl and that she will teach her how to become a person