This chapter opens with the young woman, Lu Qian, who has just given birth to a baby boy. She is overjoyed to be reunited with her brother-in-law, Ren. She tells Ren that she and Ren fell in love when they were students, but their family refused to approve of their relationship. Ren's grandmother sent her away to live with her aunt in the United States, so Ren had to leave her and Ren was forced to go live with his grandmother in China. Ren tells her that Ren would never love her because of the family's reputation, and that she pestered Ren for months before she gave birth to their son. Ren says that she is a patient and Ren goes abroad to visit his sister.