The narrator explains that the story is purely fictional, and that no real events or characters are mentioned in the setting. The narrator apologizes for his rudeness, and says that he is sorry for his disturbance. He says that it would be a great honor if he could cut the cake for his brother's birthday. He asks her to sing a birthday song for her brother, and she says that she does not need to do so. She also says that chatter she has heard has said that she married hanlinyan using unusual methods. She says that her mother always gives her so much money, so she imagines it must be a special birthday present for her. She tells the chatter that she never expected her stepmother to live such a life in the family. She adds that she had no choice but to accept the two hundred yuan a month that she gets from her mother for doing the household work. She explains that she believes whatever she says, but right now she just needs to let the outside world know that she is the true color of her stepmother