In this chapter, the narrator explains that the story is "purely fictitious" and that there is no "intent to insinuate" or "tell real events" in the setting. He explains that he has given Zhan qi a piece of his fur, but that nights in the forbidden "demon forest" are cold. He says that his fur is full of his "scent," and that he will "just marry him" no matter what happens. He wonders who was with him before he fell asleep, and wonders why he is so agitated. He feels that the tone of Zhan's voice sounds like his "heart is aching." He feels his heart pounding as if it is in a "mess." He wonders if he is falling in love with Zhan. He asks Zhan if he can return his clothes to him, and he wonders if Zhan is rejecting him because of his obsession with "your obsession with cleanliness." Zhan replies that he is only avoiding him because he likes "cleanliness too much." He asks if they can do it with the clothes on. The narrator says that he remembers that Zhan liked the clothes he was wearing the night before, and that his hand is holding on him tightly.