After a long time away, liang finally returns to the house where he has been living. He tells his niece that he is there to find her grandfather, but he has left all his documents at home, so he asks her to follow him. liang tells her that they have not seen each other for a long while, but that he thinks they have grown more beautiful. He says that he will be back soon, and she says that she will not be sad because he is not an outsider. She says that her grandfather will send someone soon to pick her up, and liang says that they will be together as soon as he is done. He asks her who she is, when did she come here, and tells her to stop joking around or he will ask her grandfather to pack him up. He then tells her not to worry about him, as he has just arrived at the house, and that she should remember to call him, and not to be too sad. He goes on to say that people who are able to enter the house are not ordinary people, and they should not be discouraged if they cannot catch up with their friends. He wants to go back to the city, but first he tells the doorkeeper that he has come to spy on the intruder, and then he says he will go after the lady.