The next morning, Linghua wakes up to find that her family has been killed by the plague. She's terrified, but she doesn't want to die, so she goes back to her room and tells her teacher that she's just sixteen years old and hasn't even married her master yet. She tells him that she is going to die just like his family. The teacher tells her that the plague has already killed her family, and that she should get out of the room and go home. Linghua's teacher tries to calm her down, telling her that she won't get sick from the plague, but that she shouldn't mention her family's name to anyone else. She says that she was wondering why Fang got the plague for no reason, and when she hears that Fang is the one who is spreading the disease, she wants to take her to the official to prove that she isn't carrying the disease.