The chapter opens in the meeting room of the company where Fang Lin is now the director of the planning department. Fang Lin tells him that he is not the director anymore, and that Fang Lin's mother is still a major shareholder in the company. He tells Fang Lin to apologize to his mother, but she will not listen to him. He says that he cannot stand idly by while Fang Lin falls on hard times, and he will come back stronger. He is still living off his salary.