In this chapter, the reader is introduced to Caixin's father. Caixin asks his father if he knew Caixin when he first met him seven years ago. He tells Caixin that his father never told him Caixin was his father's son, but Caixin says that Caixin did not tell him that. He asks Caixin to come back for dinner that night, but when Caixin does not answer his calls, Caixin tells him to hang up