After dinner, Si says he needs to go back home. He's worried that his dad might have noticed something. Si asks if he always enters his own home the same way, and if he does, why hasn't he left? Si tells him that he's already taken him home, and that he looks very sneaky. Si says that if he hadn't taken her home, he would've eaten her up. Si tells dad that he already ate dinner with a friend, and he says that he just wants Si to be well, because he doesn't have a lot of demands. Si whispers to dad that she's stopped drinking tea, and Si says she found a doctor who can treat Si's illness. Si then asks why he didn't come home to eat dinner. He says that young people should come home earlier and eat more at home, because food out there is too dirty. Si thinks that Si is being provocative, but that's because Si is working hard. Si promises to get Si some tea and tells him to have a good night's sleep. Si predicts that Si will always be his "strongest pillar of support"