The next day, the narrator is in the middle of a conversation with a young man named "Gu yansheng." The young man tells the narrator that "Guan sheng" has been expelled from his group. The narrator doesn't know why, but he does know that the young man lied to the grand master and the masters about the reason for the expulsion. He also learns that the new coffee shop that's going to be located in the neighborhood is a " multipurpose coffee shop." The narrator is all, "Gee, that sounds like a good idea." He asks the man if he's seen anyone, and the man tells him that he already has someone he likes. The man then asks the narrator if he wants to introduce him to someone, and he does so. He tells the man that his business started in the coffee shop, and that he left an eyeglass case in the shop the night before, wondering if the employees had thrown it away. He then tells the story of the script-killing business, which he describes as a "safe space" for young people to "vent their melancholy."