In this short scene, the narrator tells us that he has been robbed by a gang of robbers and that he is being taken to the police station. He tells the police that the robber looks like a hardened criminal and that the police have called the police. The narrator pretends to make a call and pretends that the robbers have run away. The police arrive and find the robber still carrying a lot of cash. Mr. Tang tells the narrator that he will be okay, but that it will take him a long time to recover from his broken arm and leg. He suggests that the doctor should come and treat him with acupuncture and western medicine. The doctor is Dr. Gu, a well-respected practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine in the city. He is a friend of the narrator's father, who had a headache before and was treated with acupuncture. He asks the doctor if he can help him identify the ginseng that he took from a pharmacy, where the owner was a scammer.