The chapter opens with a soliloquy by Luo, in which he laments the fact that he is tired of living and wishes that he could die. He says that he has no choice but to live, but that pain is all he can feel. He wonders if a woman like anna will be able to help him escape his pain, but he doubts that she can. On the eighth day of his stay in the hospital, Luo is visited by his sister, who has brought him food. She tells him that she is happy to see him because she does not have to stay in a hotel for the night. Luo wonders why the feng family does not allow him to go to the hospital when he is sick