The scene opens with a soliloquy by a young man named "the hale-open flower" . He asks the young man why he is surprised that the man did not refuse him. The young man says that he has many admirers, and that there are not many attractive people who would make him confess. He says that the girl did not take it seriously and that she was too rash to speak out. He adds that he thinks she was "a bit mad today" and that he would have preferred not to do it in front of her. He tells her that he still has "tons of chances" to confess to her, but that he should not wait until he is done with school. He explains that he accepted the girl randomly because he wanted to know her feelings desperately. He thinks that he will not be able to do so again if he does not confess to xia yuan before he graduates. He also says that at least the man will always take xia's side. He goes on to say that he is not sure if the man is asleep or not. He wonders if he should tell him just in case the man does not come back from the first snow. She asks him to go find her, and he agrees.