The next morning, Duan's uncle tells jiebai that he saw Duan in the city's vip hall the day before. Duan had gone to fetch his daughter, but she had been killed in the fire that had ravaged the city a year earlier. The uncle tells Duan that if he had not had an emergency, he would never have let Duan take his place at the vip hall. He warns Duan not to dream about getting a job at the hall because the first thing a person needs to do is get good looks. The vip hall is a place where rich people pay for everything, and Duan is afraid that he will not be able to get in there. The next day, he sees Duan again in the hall, but he doesn't seem to be looking for Duan. He also notices that the card Duan left in his possession isn't there, and he wonders if all of this is a coincidence.