This chapter opens on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in Chicago, Illinois. The protagonist is a student at the university, and he is in charge of the cafeteria. He tells the protagonist that he is going to eat all right, and that he won't bump into the protagonist any more. He says that he doesn't want to visit the protagonist's house any more, because he won1t be around any more carelessly. He asks the protagonist if he can cook for himself, and the protagonist says he can, but he doesn1t know how to do it. He then asks if the protagonist is able to make curry, which the protagonist thinks is very easy to do. He suggests that the protagonist make notes on recipes and then teach him how to cook at the cafe over there, where the protagonist can learn from him. This chapter ends with the protagonist saying that he would like to open his own restaurant one day, but running a small business is hard. First, he says, he has to get experience as a waiter, and then save up money. He also has to learn how to write the Chinese characters in his name, which he calls "jiji." The protagonist says that lately he has been getting along well with the lunch lady at the cafeteria, and is jealous of her. He wants to stop getting hung up about her already, and sighs that something has happened to him. He was serving a salad, and a bug was found in it, so he apologizes for not noticing the bug earlier. He goes home, and when he gets back, he finds that the cafeteria manager has told him that if he gets a perfect score on his test, he will get ten shots. He adds an extra shot for good measure.