The scene opens in a first-class lounge in Shanghai. It is the middle of the day, and the coffee is still in the cup. The coffee smells like it has just been spilled. It smells like two years have passed, and it is time to go back to school. The girl is wearing the ring that the teacher gave her as a present, and she is envious of it. She asks the teacher if he is willing to give her the ring. The teacher tells her that he did not finish the ending, and he is sad to see that there are so many people in the room. He tells the girl that he likes her work very much, and that he has been thinking about the ending all day and night. He also wants to go to school like the girl did, just like the teacher did. He asks the girl why she chose to become a teacher, and her answer is that she wanted to be a writer because there was an interesting kid in her class. She tells him that she has never told him the name of the kid.