The next morning, the protagonist wakes up to find that he cannot sleep. He decides to go to the master bedroom and sleep with zhongyu. He tells the story of his childhood, when his father was strict with him because he was too shy to talk to other people. The protagonist says that he was always alone, and that he never made mistakes. He says that there were lots of friends that came to him after he did well in school, and he apologizes for making the face all day. He also says that the next-door neighbor got a 99 on his test, and the kid next door got a full mark. He admits that he thought about taking his own life, but that it was his fiancee who made him fall in love with the world.