The narrator fumbles an empty cock. He almost forgets that he's in another room. He's about to go for a jog when he hears the sound of his wife's voice. She tells him that he has a month to change his mind about the marriage. The breakfast is ready, and the narrator runs off to find it. He finds out that the narrator's sister, shi di, is in a great mood. She's been publicly humiliated by her sister, but she hasn't given up on herself. Her mother is sick, and she wants to see her eldest daughter. Her father has opened a restaurant chain, which is booming since his daughter is promoting it. The narrator wonders if the family really feels any guilt toward him. He wonders if they still care about him, and he wonders if it's right for him to feel such hatred. His family has raised him for so long, and they still act like they're righteous and live in such ease. He tells his wife to stop hating on the family, because he only loves her.