This chapter opens with a flashback to the time when the two women first met. When they first met, chu-qing was a young woman, and the two of them had fallen in love. They had been lovers for many years. When the time came for them to see each other, they had not seen each other in a long time, and they had never spoken to each other again. They were both afraid of the silencing charm that was being used on them. . They both knew that it was a silencing charm, but they did not know what to do with it. They tried to leave, but . they were afraid of what would happen if they were to reveal it to the others. They finally decided to go to the roof and continue their conversation.