In this chapter, we learn that the song family is from a poor family. The song family's senior, who is called "xiao dandan" , is from the "peony tower" . Song's brother, Dong Ming, and Dong Song, who are also called "the dong family," come to meet their master, Miss Quin, in order to apologize for their rudeness in front of Miss Quin. They apologize profusely, but don't understand why Miss Quin still invites them in, especially since Song is so rude. The Dong family asks Song to sit down with them, but he refuses, saying that he's too nervous to do so. They ask Song to talk to Miss Quin alone, and he agrees, saying he'll discipline her well. He also tells us that he was helped by the masked woman, "chu," whom he met in the slum.