In this chapter, the young woman is introduced to the characters of the novel. The first person she meets is the girl who is the protagonist of the story. The young woman tells the protagonist that she has come because she wants to go to the concert, but the protagonist tells her that the family has asked her not to do so. The protagonist tells the girl that her grandfather was the only family she knew, and that she must be very sad now that he has passed away. The girl wonders how parents like her exist, and the protagonist says that she can't understand why they exist. She also asks the girl if she has something to do, and she says that her fate lies in the stars, and if she loses her job, she will have "bad luck" . She says that if she moves south, her fate will be in the north, but if she keeps moving south, she'll have "fated life." The girl says that the taoist has left her with a message from the jade emperor, telling her that she should hurry south. She asks the protagonist to hurry and see what's going on.