In the middle of his soliloquy, Caius tells the audience that he has exhausted his powers of spirit to summon the two men to help him capture and kill Lao-Zhongxing. He tells Caius that his wife is holding him so tenderly that he can hardly bear to leave her. Caius then tells the men that he is leaving because the bonds between him and his wife have been broken. He asks them to take charge of the search for him.