In this chapter, the young woman is introduced to her new employer, the beauty world's assistant manager, who is also known as "the sunbae" or "jaehee." The young woman explains that she has changed jobs in order to end her "drawn-out feelings" for the older man. She also explains that her new job is a "better fit" for her than her old one as it is "far nicer" than the one she wore as a "journalist." She also reveals that the guide who helped her find the man is still working in the town of Fukuoka. She tells the young man that she is "one step closer" to her dream because of the man's friendship with her. He explains that his friend's disappearance four years ago was the reason why his youth was "cut short." He asks her to drop him off at the "oo bookstore" and she agrees to do so.