In this chapter, we learn that the protagonist's name is Zhengzhou, and he is the protagonist of the novel Zhengzhou: A Tale of Two Cities. The protagonist is a young man who has come to the city of Zhengzhou to seek medical treatment. He has been sent by a passerby to the star-ocean community hospital, where he will be cared for by a doctor named Su. Su is on his way to the hospital when the protagonist asks him how he can help the patient pay for his treatment. Su replies that the patient must first pay a fee to get into the hospital. Su tells the protagonist that if the patient does not pay the fee, he will die. Su points out that poverty is the only disease that can be cured in the world, and that an early death is the best way for poor people to die sooner.