"So what if I'm talented? How long can I hold on if I can't being my true self?" asks the young woman, who has just returned from a trip with her husband. She tells gao-ran that she's happy to be herself and not have to worry about her husband's feelings for her. She also tells him that her mother has fainted again, and that she doesn't eat. She says that she knows that her husband often comes to look after his mother, but that she hasn't realized that her mom's condition is so bad. She's worried about her mother's health, she says, because if she gets sick, she'll have to go to the hospital. She asks gao if he'll eat porridge for her, and he says yes. He apologizes, but she says that he's not worthy of her love. He asks if she cares about it, and she says she does, because every day she feels that he loves her. But she also says that, as long as she has him, she won't be able to ignore his love. She adds that she was trained as a child to be a "decent and perfect wife" in the eyes of every man. She explains that a "wprofessional wife" is a woman who gets married to an "elite man" .