Proteus is furious that his wife has prepared the blood he needs in advance. He asks why his wife prepares the blood in advance, and wonders if she has ever transfused it in front of him. He is afraid that he will not believe him, so he sends him back to his room. He wonders if there are pinholes on his wife's arm, and he wonders if lianlian has been hiding something from him. When he asks about the young mistress, he is told that no one else can know about it, including his grandfather. He tells his mother that he has met a girl named Ganxin in the house, and that there are some "misunder-rankings" between him and her.