In this chapter, we learn that Cai Ming-liang has decided that he will not attend the lantern fair at the beginning of the next two days because he wants to spend some time with his friends. He also tells us that he has cast an enchantment over the fair so that his friends will be able to enjoy themselves at ease. He asks Esmao to help him figure out what he should do. First of all, he tells her that he didn't want to invite him to the fair because he doesn't think that he would want to go to it or enjoy the flowers. He went to invite the prince in person, but he thinks that he might have realized something and decided to do some "meditation" to calm his nerves. He says that he had always imagined the prince as a girl, and that must have been to his liking. He then tells her about the "love-mourning liquor" that he's been given. It's a powerful weapon, he says, that can help him wander around the "infernal underworld freely" . He tells her to select a suitable woman for the prince to drink the love-mandatory liquor to forget him, so that the prince can return to his "right track" and get back on his feet.