This chapter opens with a flashback to the days before the novel's inception. The narrator tells us that he and his friend, shiye, went grocery shopping together, and that after they graduated from university, they became renowned policemen. They are now attending a student gathering, and the narrator asks the two of them if they have gotten into trouble with someone's husband. They both admit that they have, but the narrator says that he is the type who can keep a secret, so he doesn't want to ask them about it. He wants to know if child bearing is an advantage for a woman, and they both agree that it isn't. He asks if they think it's better for a man to be a father to a child than a woman to have a child. They agree that child bearing can only succeed if both men and women work together to make sure that the child is well taken care of. They also agree that if a woman ever approaches them, she should contact them immediately. They then discuss the recent news that Mr. Lim has safely delivered a baby, and Mr. Fang1987 comments that it seems like the world no longer needs females. He then asks if there has been any new discovery in male pregnancy, and he says that anyone who marries a woman in the future, if she ever gets pregnant, is doomed. He also says that the topic of pregnant men giving birth has been a hot topic in the past few days.