In this chapter, we are introduced to the playboy's mother, Madame Jeung, who has been married to Jeung's father for seven years. She is also the mother of the young man, who is called "Li-sa." The two women have different tastes in men, and Jeung tells her that she is not his daughter, but her mother's. She tells him that he is entitled to certain rights and duties as her daughter, and that she has provided her mother with a large amount of child support. Jeung asks her what she does at night, and she tells him she does not know how to wash properly. He tells her he will teach her how to ski, and then he tells her to hurry and get up