The scene opens with Ling's arrival at Don Ganymede's apartment. Ling is delighted to see him, as he is now considered to be the most popular assistant chef in the world. Ling asks him why he is there, and he tells her that he has been working all day, and that his wife, Gao ran, has been home all night. He says that he is tired, but that there is something that they are destined to face. He asks her to take a bath with him, and she agrees.