The narrator introduces us to a young woman named Vivi, who has just returned from a trip to Europe. She's the daughter of a wealthy Shanghai family, and she's been hanging out with her aunt, Violet, who's also a member of the same family. The narrator asks Violet if the aunts are good friends of Violet's father, and Violet tells him that they are. She also tells the narrator that her daughter, Sunyi, is also a good friend of hers, and that she'll help him when he falls in love with her. The two of them have not been seeing each other for a while, and the narrator says that he doesn't want his daughter to be associated with the "bad reputation" of the Shanghai family. He also says that Sunyi is happy to have her mother like him, and if she needs help in the future, she can come to the Su family. Mengmeng and Sunyi haven't seen each other in a long time, but Sunyi says that they're going to play cards together when they get back from Europe. Sunyi tells the men that her father's daughter is arrogant, but that she and her father seem to be on good terms. The men are shocked that a bastard daughter like Sunyi would come back to get attention from people like her father. They don't understand why Sunyi gets so many favors from her father and other family members.