The narrator tells us that he's a man, and that he knows that zhengyi is a brat. He tells bai li that he wants her to take care of him. She tells him not to be nervous, because she's just going to do what's right for her. She says that if he wants to do something, then he should just do it. He's not a woman, she says, and he can't pretend to be one. He should just buy some clothes, and bring them back to his house. .