One month later, Cai Ling is still waiting for her father to return from the hospital. She tells him that she is in love with him and that he should not wait for him to return. She shows him how to peel an apple and tells him to keep the skin of the apple in one piece. Cai Ling tells her that she broke the skin when she was in the hospital, and that she should not have waited so long. She then tells Cai Ling that her father has fallen asleep, and Cai Ling asks Cai Ling to take off her jacket.