The next morning, Mingke asks her mother if her son is looking pathetic. She tells him that she is a cruel mother, and that she knows that he is too soft-hearted to believe in the evil machinations of his father. Mingke wonders if she will be able to take revenge on her grandfather if she knows everything, and if she does, the man won't protect her. She also asks if she has found out who she met in Sibre city. She says that she has sent someone to find out, and she tells Mingke that she does not know if she can survive on her own until she graduates from school