In this chapter, we learn that the protagonist's name is Lin-Xiao-Tung and that he is a student at the same school as the protagonist. The protagonist explains that he has to return the dog that he brought back to school the day before so that he can thank the dog's owner. He asks his father if his daughter is going to school, and the father replies that she has gone to the school. The father asks the protagonist how he is able to go to school when his comrades have not been around recently, and he says that he wonders where the "red lotus of disasters" has been recently. He also asks if there are any mothers who call their children by their nicknames on the web.