The chapter opens with a description of the events that took place between Dr. Bledsoe and Little Fan. He explains that the crystal ball was placed on his laboratory table by Little Fan when they were together, and that Little Fan took it when they parted. The crystal ball does not match the time of the death, and the two men had already established a relationship, but they had broken up long before Little Fan's death. He believes Little Fan didn't send him an email, but someone found him and the purpose for doing all this was to use him to target li-bai. He returns the information to the company. He wonders if the old man has been deceived, and wonders if he guessed that he had already told him everything. He decides that if he finds out that he is lying, he will make his death even worse