The monk's sister, huan, is in the middle of a conversation with her brother, zeng, when the monk suddenly appears. . The monk tells huan that he has just read a story about a monk who experienced twenty years of bliss and pain after falling asleep in a dream. He says that he does not know what dream his brother would have been having, but he does know that his sister's dream was not good. The waiter, who is also in the midst of the conversation, is startled to hear that his three friends have all died. He is horrified to learn that his wife's death was the result of illness, and he is sure that the murderer is trying to blame her for the deaths of his friends