The next day, zezhi suddenly leaves without saying anything. He's still not sure where he's been. He asks chen why he hasn't been acting like a normal person lately. chen tells him that the king has sent a message for him to deliver to chen. . The king wants chen to return to the capital, but chen says that he doesn't yet want to leave. He tells chen that the one person who got his heart is actually sengwu, and that's why he came to the city in the first place. He also says that ningyuan is a special place to him, and the reason he came there was because of singui wu. But ruoloan li says that this is not love, and chen can't understand why he'd be in love if he wasn't actually in love with a person. She tells him to just ignore his blabbering, and he does. She also tells him about the doctor, who told ssongui that he should stay in bed more, and she says that she's not bothered by it at all. She asks if she should notify chen in case other people try to take this wrong way.