The chapter opens with the narrator making a suggestion about what to do with the recipe. He suggests that the recipe should be changed to a mixture of fish wing grass and some other ingredients. The narrator says that it is not a bad idea to just lie down and collect money. He tells the elder man that he has many connections and that he will repay him later. The elder man agrees to help him find a suitable manufacturer. He then tells the young man that the police have uncovered the identity of the two men who were keeping watch on his house. The young man says that he is a law abiding citizen and the policemen just suspect him of human trafficking or drug peddling. He says that even imprisonment is not that bad and he would not run away from his home because he has not done anything wrong. The policeman tells him that there is a human trafficking case that has been going on in the city and that several suspects have been identified. Among them is a young man named jiao who is the biggest suspect. The bureau decides to send someone to his house to collect evidence and declares that the person should wear the code "pumpkin soup".