In this chapter, the narrator asks the reader if he or she has "forgotten everything" and found his or her peace. He tells the reader that he delivered his message to Lord Ming some time back, but that he has been unable to come to Ming's house because of a lot of important business. He also learns that Ming has already died, and that his son has been appointed as the tutor of the new prince. The narrator wonders why he hasn't been killed yet, and wonders if the prince's anger and resentment toward death is "incomprehensible" . He thinks that God gave Ming and his sister a pre-destined relationship when they were young, but he didn't realize that the beauty and elegance of the common people would make the relationship unforgettable. He is afraid that if he doesn't take care of himself, he will fall into the "common life" again. He wonders who the stupid one is. It seems that fireflies are playing lanterns, flying high and low, until the older sister leaves with a thin ride that he is more stupid. He then wonders what is on the top of a person's wish. He says that he's done many wrong things, and the younger sister already is his relative. He asks if he should look at the wish and see if it is on his top of the wish of the person he is supporting, shopping for, and buying rouge for. If he were given the chance, he says, he would still do the wrong things again