In this chapter, we learn that Duan'er's parents warned him about the imperial court's incompetence and urged him to go to the "larger world" to see the "respected and powerful china" . Duan assures his parents that he's not a puppet. He says that he was expelled from the school when he was younger because he was considered a traitor. He tells Duan that if he wants to, he can kill the director of the school with his own hands. He also says that if Duan wants to start a family with her, she'll protect her family too. She swears to god that this won't happen again, and she promises that she will "protect" her family as well. She says that she had a conversation with her brother yan and that she told him that she can't keep the engagement with her family unless she holds Duan accountable. She reminds Duan-er that his grandmother wants him to be happy, so he should do whatever makes him the happiest. She compares her to a fiancee, and Duaner says he prefers to be "the elder brother" in her childhood memories. She tells him that even if he is a "worthless bastard," she chose him because she wants to take him to China to witness the "respectable and powerful" china