In the middle of the night, Shushan wakes up and realizes that he's already dead. He's not sure what's going on, but he knows that if he had killed himself, they wouldn't have been here today. Shushan wants to know what the deal is with the bottle of opium that's sitting on the bed. He wants to see Bai Qingyan, who's lying on the ground, and he wants to ask him all about it. He doesn't want to be cruel to him, but Shushan knows that he can't figure it out on his own.