Mr. Wei, a thirty-year-old general manager of a large university in China, is asked by a young man named Fuyisheng, the son of the university's former general manager, if he knows the man well. Mr. Wun, the general manager's younger brother, answers that he does know him well, but he is not sure when he first met him. He tells the young man that his mother's health is not well, and that if he makes her sick again, he will "strangle" her. The young man, however, is not worried about his father's message. He says that he was "quite measured" and that he will not "strain" his son if he does make his mother sick again. The general manager tells the man that he has written all of the details of the man's life in a book, and he will reply to any questions that he may have in the future