In this chapter, Cai Ming-liang is introduced to the reader. He is introduced as a man who has been in love with a girl named "Xiao Yu" for four years and who has changed his name to "city" in order to avoid being recognized by the authorities. He also explains that he used to drink heavily and fight for the girl's sake. He was thrown in jail for it, but he is grateful for the support he has received from the city authorities. The narrator notes that this man is a mystery to the young man. He wonders why the man has been living in the city for the past few years and why he has not kept in touch with the girl. The young man explains that the girl is not the same person he met in his dreams four years ago. He asks the girl why she has not been moved by him before. The girl replies that she had tried to like the man when he was like her, but that he has never liked having or needed an assistant. She also says that the man who was talking about becoming an artist in high school has not even read a single manhua book. He has been stuck in his dream of being an artist, and has forgotten how to till his fields. She says that she is sorry that she has been so foolish to hide in a coffee shop for so long. She plucks a 3 leaf clover and adds that non-existent 4 leaf to it. She adds that she can still talk to the man in this way because he is natural and magnanimous.