At the doctor's office in the village, tao yuan asks what the doctor has to say. The doctor tells him that lin hen ling has a "slippery pulse" , which is caused by his depression. He also tells tao that he has come to the doctor to find out if he should accept the marriage proposal from lin ling. Worried that he is being manipulated by the matchmaker, he asks if she is willing to marry him. She replies that she is only a maid and that she will not be able to get married. He tells her that he will come the next morning to make the proposal