The next day, the siblings arrive at the house of yang lin to ask for an explanation. He takes them to a mourning hall, and the next day he offers condolences to them. He leaves the hall after they pay their respects. . She tells yang ling that she hates her father, and that she has always resented his driving her mother to death. She says that if she had known that she had only two years left to live, she would be happy. She hopes that her brother and she will take the coffin to their hometown.