This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between Duan-chao and Tai-Yang, in which the latter explains that he can sell his lover out of his love for her without hesitation. He says that if he says he's nice to her just so she can sleep with him, then he'll be nothing more than a puppy. He adds that if she says she's not nice to him at all, he will still protect her as long as he has her in his heart. If she doesn't want him to be nice, then she can sell him out of her love for him. She also has to remember that she'll never be able to get what she wants from him, even if he tells her he wants her to marry him. He tells her that she can do whatever she wants with him after she gets well, but she can't do anything for him in the hospital, because he hasn't done that yet. He asks her to stop asking him questions, and she says that she just wants him to get well. He interrupts her and says that after she does get well, he can