In this chapter, the narrative returns to Shaanxi's third- and fourth-graders, who are discussing the events of the previous day. The third grader, zhiyu, and the fourth grader, li mo, discuss the incident that occurred on the bus ride home from school. Echoing the third grader's thoughts, the fourth asks her younger sister, who is also a student at the same school, what happened between the two of them. The younger sister replies that the two students were kind, and that they will fight to their hearts' content.