When the Governess returns home, she is surprised to find that her husband has gone to Shanghai to visit a friend. The Governess asks her auntie to help her contact the friend since she is close to him. She tells her that the friend will not be returning anytime soon and asks her to lend her the break homework so she can compare answers. She also tells her auntie that she did not tell her that she was her mother's daughter and that she had received a call from her a month ago. She asks if she could come pick her up at four o'clock in the afternoon, but she does not have an umbrella with her because it is raining outside. She explains that her relationship with her husband became awkward because she was rumored to be in love with him and he did not take the time to talk to her for some time. She wishes that she could stop him and go with him, but he turned back and left her alone. She feels that the city is crowded and she has 10,000 reasons to not like it there.