The narrator tells the story of how the murderer dumped the dead body into the bathtub. The murderer hated the dead man for slandering him in public. He also had a quarrel with the owner of a book. The narrator says that he was sleeping when the case occurred. He says that the murderer, humphyanggui gao, only received 10 percent of the total remuneration for writing plays for the protagonist. The protagonist says that after the murder, he went to meet the murderer's lover, who was bald and had a stutter. He adds that the protagonist put those traits in the play, which became a laugh. The suspect three is the bald man, the suspect four is the man with a stutter, and the suspect five is a failed candidate. The suspects six are the men who slandered the protagonist, which is why the protagonist had to hire people to do the work for him.