Mingke tells zichuan that he wants to know what's going on with the family. Mingke says that he doesn't want xiangxiang to be an illegitimate daughter. He wants her to be a good wife and a good daughter-in-law to her husband. He's worried that she'll marry an older man, and Mingke thinks that's a bad idea. He says that many men would be worried about a woman's past, and he hopes that Mingke won't worry about that. He tells Mingke that he's disappointed in the family, and that they don't understand what Mingke wants from him. He asks Mingke if he ever drugged him, and she says that it was the best thing that ever happened to her, because it made him lose his mind. She says that she wouldn't do anything like that, because she'd never do it. She's not a drug-taker, Mingke points out. She would never do that, and it's the kind of thing that would make men lose their minds after drinking it, he says. He hopes that the family will understand what he wants from them, and they'll stop trying to get Mingke to do what they want from him, which is to be good wives and good daughters. He also says that if she's sad now, he'd rather be tortured by her all her life than be tormented by Mingke. He thinks that maybe she has a friend like Mingke who can help her, and maybe that'll make her feel better about her situation.