In this chapter, we learn that the two young lovers have known each other for about eight years, and that they have been engaged for about nine years. We learn that zheng has had a bad temper, but that he is a good person, and he treats yue well. We also learn that he has been back in the country for a long time, and has come to visit yue. He asks zheng to come with him on a shopping expedition, but zheng says that it is none of his business. .