Aunty wang tells Lin a story about a child who was possessed by a "resentful spirit" who "specialized in possessing children" to wreak havoc in their families. She advises Lin to destroy the vessel where the child first met the "wicked being" and to ask where she met the child before she became completely possessed. Lin tries to convince her aunt not to tell him the truth about what happened, but the aunt refuses to listen to her. The aunt tells her husband that the doctor has just released the results of a brain scan, which showed that the child's illness is not encephalitic.