The scene opens with a conversation between Mingke and her son-in-law. Mingke tells her son that she will not accept his proposal of marriage. He tells her that he will return to the empire group after the company is completely destroyed. He also tells Mingke that he has transferred all his shares in the company to her and that she has also been paid as a compensation. He asks Mingke to send him to his room, but Mingke refuses, saying that the family is discussing the future of the company and that he does not want to be a part of it. She tells him that her grandfather planted the jasmines in her garden when she was a child, and that this is not her home anymore. She asks him to take her to visit her grandfather, who is in poor health. He had a stroke, and is in serious condition