In this chapter, we learn more about the Governess's relationship with chenhai. The Governess tells the boy that she has been trying to understand his role in the movie, but the movie is being rushed. She asks him to sit down and talk, and he agrees. He tells her that his full name is "an shu" , which means "earthly" or "high in oil," and that he has an "an" in his name too, meaning "friend." He tells him that he must go back to China with his father, the assistant of Quin, to find out what is going on. He says that he was initially attracted to the boy because of his acting abilities, but after seeing him, he has found him to be more attractive than he had thought. He also says that in the book, the detective is based on himself, and the policeman should not be together. He asks the boy to give him a chance, but he refuses, saying that the detective never cheated him, and that the policeman never belonged to him. She tells him to give up his dream about her man, or else she will end up miserably