In this chapter, we learn that love is the root of all evil, and that love will eventually lead to murder. We learn that the brothers are the ones most likely to kill Miss Su, but that the remaining men can be excluded. Miss Su says that she must beware of the brothers after excluding her master who is dignified and not a murderer. The remaining men are "more or less crafty" and "odd." Miss Su is at a crossroads, she says, and she wants to know who wrote this book. She asks the master to divide her love into seven separate parts, and then give each man one of those parts. The handsome men are fighting for Miss Su because she is in love with them. The image of seven men sticking to her when she comes to the house is unthinkable, Miss Su tells us. She is worried about her safety, so she rushes to help her. She says that if she had killed her lover in the tree, she would never forgive herself for it.