The narrator tells us that his cousin ying is the daughter of his second cousin, yuanzhi . She and her father treat him and his mother with respect. When he was a young man, feng jing and fen jing bullied him and made him feel like he was at home. ying tells him that he offended master chen liang and that lord yuanhong had his men looking for him. He tells her that he helped him to detoxify the poison and that he is actually his savior. He says that ying offended Master chen and that chen got a beating and scolding for it. He apologizes to her and says that he never thought chen would blame him for losing the obsidian that was used to make the weapon. He is sorry to make her worried about him and says he is so sorry that he had never thought he would blame her for him getting beaten and scolding. She tells him to forget about it and says lord chen will hold a meeting for the family. He asks if his mother is okay and she says that she is. She says that the meeting is for the whole family and that she will leave it to ying. She then tells her sister that her mother has been taken to the hall and that this day has come.