In this chapter, we are introduced to a young man named Cai Ming, who has just returned from Hong Kong. He has just received a message from an unknown e-mail address, and he is worried that his daughter, Cai Ming's mother, may have something to confide in him. Cai Ming asks his mother what the matter is, and she tells him that she has seen posts that Cai Ming is a doctor, but Cai Ming tells her that he is just concerned about her. He says that if Cai Ming had stayed with him, he would not have gone to Hong Kong, and that he would have told Cai Ming not to eat shrimps in the city. He tells Cai Ming that his father would never have let Cai Ming live such a life, because he is always so stubborn. He asks Cai Ming if he still remembers him, and Cai Ming says that he does. He promises to take Cai Ming to the city one day, but his father has not fulfilled his promise.