The chapter opens with a soliloquy by the narrator, in which he laments the fact that his fiancee, Shu-Liang, has fallen in love with her brother, who is a student at the same school as her. He laments that his sister has been taught to be submissive to her master, and that she has been made to believe that she is his mistress. He tells her that he is tempted by his brother, and he urges her to tell the truth about her relationship with her fiance.