In this chapter, we learn that Lin-Quai met her boyfriend and gigolo at a cafe the previous weekend, and that he is a "boy's love-maniac" . We learn that this is not the first time that this has happened, as earlier in the novel, we learned that the narrator had met the protagonist's father at a Buddhist monastery. The narrator, however, is not fooled by this story's coincidence. He is convinced that the protagonist has found a "true love" and that true love transcends gender. The protagonist is so impressed by the author's ability to find true love that he asks the author to read the story with him.