The chapter opens with a conversation between Miss Xun and Mr. Muli. The two of them are in the middle of a game of tennis when they are interrupted by Miss Yun, who wants to know why she is being interrupted. She tells him that she has been in the washroom for a while and that she needs to calm down. She asks him why he is calling her at this time. He tells her that he is nervous because he has not had a dinner with a man alone in seven years. He says that he was nervous when he was competing in the national competition and that he has been nervous since then. He asks her if she has decided what to say, and she says that she cannot believe he is being so nervous. She says that after seven years, she still feels embarrassed and that it is her style that makes her feel that way. She then asks him if he would mind if she shared a table with him at his favorite restaurant, Puff Alley Dessert House, seven years after they last saw each other. He replies that he would like to share the table with her, but that she will have to say no to him.