In this chapter, we learn that the protagonist's family was once poor, and that his father worked three jobs to support them. When his mother died, his father remarried, and his mother gave birth to the protagonist. His father worked all night to make sure that they had enough food to eat. When the protagonist was born, his mother became seriously ill and was unable to provide him with milk. The family was forced to rely on ice cold water to keep warm, and the only food they had was water from a nearby restaurant. The protagonist remembers how his father bought him a hot water bottle and gave him a thermos to drink. He says that the current protagonist is just like his family when they first became rich, because he must have had a difficult time, and he is reluctant to waste food. He asks the protagonist not to get involved in the matter, because the protagonist will not understand even if he tells him about it. In the meantime, the protagonist receives a new email from the protagonist, which contains a detailed financial statement of the protagonist