Mr. Qu'an apologizes for not handling his relationship with the ghost well. He says that if he meets the ghost again, he'll deal with him himself. He's still a man, he says, and he doesn't need his daughter to protect him all the time. He tells her that if she wants to interpret what he's saying that way, she can do so, but he won't stop her. Mr. qiu comes in to help prepare dinner. He asks if there are ghosts in the house, and xiang weeps. The apartment looks broken, but it's okay, he tells qiu. He almost touches his father's hand, but xiang says that ghosts do not exist, and that his father shouldn't pursue his wife. .