In this chapter, the audience is introduced to a new character named Shunyi. Shunyi is the brother of Lu Mingchen, the protagonist of the play. He is also known as "liangchen" because of his resemblance to the protagonist's father. The protagonist is introduced as "Vivi" because she is the illegitimate child of a member of the Shunyi family. He asks Shunyi if he is related to the family, and Shunyi tells him that he is. He also tells Shunyi that his mother was his father's ex-wife, and she got divorced from him, but he is afraid that she will be wronged by the family because of her infidelity. He apologizes to Shunyi and tells him to hurry up because he has written a letter of criticism for the play, which Shunyi does not know how to read. He says that he accidentally pushed down his sister on the stage, out of jealousy, and that he apologizes for hurting her. He admits that he was wrong, and apologizes that he does not want to take his father away from him