In this chapter, we learn that Cai Qian has been arrested for his part in the money-laundering business, and that his father is furious. He tells Cai that he has enough evidence to end his son's career, but that he is too old to do so. Cai is still his brother, he says, and it is shameful that Cai's father is such a bad influence on his son. Cai tells his mother that he will not be returning home for the new year, because he is busy with work. He says that the cat in the house suddenly jumped up and surprised him, and he is worried that his mother will kill him if he does not go home. He asks his mother if she is afraid that her father will drive him away, and she says that she is not. She tells him that she has a healthy body and that it is very cold outside. She says that if he wants to go home, she can buy him a ticket for him. This is their first year together