This chapter opens with a soliloquy in which the narrator laments his unrequited love for Gui Guizhou. He is bitter that Guizhou's students do not have the opportunity to complete the story he has written for them. He wants to go home and finish the story for Guizhou, but he is afraid that he will not be able to do so by himself. He decides to go to a newly-opened cake shop, where he can work on the story himself. When he returns, he finds that he has made another mistake: he has accidentally knocked over the books while moving some equipment. He asks his junior, who is also in charge of the student union, to help him with the task. She is a reliable candidate, and Guizhou is impressed with her. He tells her that he does not like the fact that she sometimes talks to herself, and he wonders if she is being too long-winded. He then asks her how he has prepared for the upcoming presidential election, and she tells him that he is too good at everything to be defeated. He knows that there are other students who oppose him in the election committee, so he will still put in an effort to run for office.