In this chapter, Song Guancheng tells the story of how he and his friends used to train together in the same club. They used to be "kind of peers" in the past, but now they're all "wasted" and "wanton" . He tells us that he's going home tomorrow to prepare for the masters' tournament in Shanghai. He's worried about how he'll fare in the tournament, since he is the only Asian player in the top 10 in the world. He says that if he hadn't left the club this year, he'd have run into a much better player. He also says that, even if he doesn't make it to the final, he can still beat the top players in the country.