Miss Qu'an asks if she is worried that she might be caught in the crossfire between the good and evil sides of yunle Zhuge. She tells him that she is merely doing business and that if anything goes wrong, she can go back to her farm. She also tells him he will be paid two taels a month to be an escort for the bureau. He tells her that he will give her three taels in advance for the month so that she will be able to settle down. He says that he is a "ruthless person" who sits "on the fence between evil and good" and that he has ordered the escorts bureau to "escort" women in secret. He asks why he is part of this "filthy business" and if he offers a helping hand. He also asks if he is too accustomed to Zhuge's polite and gentlemanly appearance. He has almost forgotten all of the lessons he has learned in his last life. They have hired enough men and it is time for them to pack up, and he tells her he will find out whether she is "good or evil." He asks her if she has time to practice medicine with him for a while, and she says that she always has time for him. She says that medical skills can only make one live