This chapter opens with the zheng department working on the case of the missing baby. The father of the baby tells his son that the murderer has failed to escape, and that the baby must have been in the mansion, where the murderer planned to take it away. The son tells his father that he recognizes the smell of an anesthetic drug in the baby's breath, and he apologizes for not recognizing it earlier. He says that if he hadn't been there, the murderer wouldn't be able to get away with it. He also says that the father is indulging in his son's love for his uncle. He asks who his favorite uncle is, and the boy answers that he prefers his uncle more. He then says that his father taught him how to answer the question, and if anyone asks the answer wrong, the answer would be that he prefer that person