The chapter opens with a conversation between the two young men. The narrator asks the young master what he thinks of love. The young master answers that love is like loving "a dove" . After graduating, the two men part ways. The captain of the dorm returns to her hometown, while the master goes to the U.S. He finds a job in a town called Changsha. The two men reminisce about their days at the university. They all went their separate ways after graduation, but they all moved toward the same direction of life.