In the middle of the night, Ching-yuan wakes up to find that his family has been chased by the Mings. He tells his brother-in-law that he's not going to let them catch him, even though he knows they're coming after him. He's going to jump with them, and they'll have to find their way back to Ming's house. He says that if he were dreaming, everyone would still be alive, but if he woke up, he'd be dead. He asks his brother if he regrets anything, and he says no, but he doesn't want his brother to blame him, because if he hadn't, he wouldn't have