The chapter opens with a flashback to the beginning of the previous chapter, in which we learn that we are now in the basement of the house. We are told that there are two rooms left in the house, and that there is a light coming out of the secret door. The light is coming from the room behind the door, which is where we find out that Cai Ling is waiting for her. Cai Ling enters the room, and Cai Ling tells Cai Ling to open the door and let her in, because she is in the same room as she was when Cai Ling first arrived. She is shocked to see Cai Ling in such a bad mood, but Cai Ling assures her that it is because of Cai Ling that she has come to love music. He tells her that he has only done one good thing in life: he has made Cai Ling love music, but it has