In this chapter, we learn that the count's daughter, Luo Rou, is having a birthday party, and that her father, the count, wants her to have a male partner to dance with. The young men present at the party are all friends of the count and he wants his daughter to have the chance to have her first dance with a man of her choice. He asks the young men to help him cut the cake, but they refuse, saying that it is too dangerous for them to venture into the party. He then asks the other young men if they would like to be his partner, and they all agree that he is the perfect man to partner with his daughter.