In this short scene, the young protagonist, Zip, tries to convince his grandfather, Bai zhi, to accompany him to the "changbai mountain" in order to find out what's going on. The old man, who has been watching the events of the previous night, is shocked to learn that his granddaughter is ignoring him. He asks his grandson to follow them to the mountain, but the old man refuses, saying that he doesn't think he'll live long enough to see the end of the story