"What a weirdo" , the narrator tells us. He's referring to Lanya, who doesn't allow anyone to touch her, even though she's a star of the house. She's just a "b* star" . The narrator thinks that Madame Bovary will send Lanya off to marry some rich guy, but he's not sure. Lanya's mother was once a noblewoman's daughter, but her family disapproved of her marrying a rich man. They vowed never to marry each other, and Lanya gave birth to a baby boy. The baby brought an end to her mother's happy life, and she was tired. The maid tried to keep Lanya away from her mother and the narrator, but Lanya kept showing up at the mansion, acting like a ghost. She keeps getting bigger and bigger, and the maid can't find a man to marry her. Then there's an uprising in the city of Baiyun, where the family's master has died in battle. The master's son, Lan, has come to steal the family crest. Lan tells us that if he had died in the battle