When the professor arrives, he is greeted warmly by the patriarch, who praises him as a "gallant and remarkable" man. The patriarch tells the professor that he will be returning to the academy in a year, and that the professor will be waiting at the academy for him. The professor tells the patriarch that he has honored the clan with his visit, and he praises the patriarch's "long great name." The patriarch asks the professor how he can decline his request for leave, and the professor replies that he wonders how much sister "ya fei" is in love with him. When the father asks him to leave, the professor tells him that he would not have taken leave if the professor were not so gentle. The father tells the young man that he must leave because he has grown up and needs to go "out into the world." The young man tells the father that he is sorry that he did not know how to say good-bye to his sister the night before. The next morning, he finds the "token of love" hanging on the door. The man promises to go see the professor in one year.