In this chapter, we are told that the events of the previous chapter are merely coincidental, and that there is no intention to imply or describe any real events or characters in the setting. We learn that the young master has already paid for the trip to the amusement park, but that he is rushing back because he is afraid to be exposed. When he returns, he is surprised to find that the girl has not heard of their conversation, and he wonders how a man like Herr Junchen could go unnoticed. The young master wonders how he could have been so careless in the past, and wonders why he is so protective of his girlfriend. He wonders how she could have overheard their conversation and wonders what reaction she would have had if she had seen the two of them together earlier. He is embarrassed that she would be jealous of him, and asks her to pretend that she never asked him to meet her. She replies that she did not ask him to do so, and she wonders if it is none of her business. She wonders if he laughed at her, and then she goes on to explain that she is returning to school because she was embarrassed by the man's laughter. She then wonders why she would ever let anyone else have the chance to have that chance. She