In this chapter, the reader is introduced to a young man named Zhengzhou, who has a crush on his boss's daughter, Wen Yao. Zhengzhou confesses that he has been in love with her since he was a junior in high school, and that she has scared him "half to death" with her presence in his life. He tells her that he is the son of a "boy of b-tch" who has been making moves on her. She tells him that the gang members from his high school have brought him for a "talk," and he tells them that she is the girl of his boss. He says that the last time he had been involved in a fight in school was when he was in the middle of a fight with a group of other students. The gang leader of his school is one of her suitors, and he asks Zhengzhou if he would hold the line of questioning for a moment, and Zhengzhou says that he would. He explains that he does not deserve her, as he is "garbage," and that he cannot even protect her, because he is afraid of drowning in the freezing river. He then tells Zhengzhou that the guy he has always liked is now his lover, and the only thing he can think about is that, "this changes everything." Zhengzhou wonders if the cube in his heart is a voice, but he cannot see it. He wonders if it has gone inside his body, and wonders if he will ever be able to have it.