The chapter opens with the arrival of Cai Mingke, who is accompanied by his wife. He tells her that he has been stabbed in the leg and is in the hospital. He asks her to come with him to the hospital, but she refuses, saying that she will not stay if he shows her the wound. She tells him that she has not yet signed the divorce papers, and that she does not want to tell Cai about the divorce. She asks him if he has a grudge against anyone, and he replies that he had a stab wound when he was fighting in the street. She says that she wants to know why he got stabbed, and she asks him to tell her the reason. He says that he wants to join an international first class, but that his friend has to be a class first. He wants to stop him, but he fails.