In this chapter, the psychologist, shengzi, tells the young man, vila, that he will die tomorrow, and that he must find a "tree godmother" to help him through his death. vila has a dream in which he hears a voice coming from behind him, but he can't see it clearly. Xinhua reports that laojiu has carried vila all the way to the market, but vila's mom has already suffered through two accidents and is terrified of the cliff. .