The chapter opens with a conversation between Shanghai police officer and Madame Mo-Qing in the office. The conversation is recorded on a pinhole camera that shi-zhiwei has set up in the room. When he points out that the report is not up-to-date, she finally stops denying it. When she asks her assistant for a copy of the report, the assistant makes a mistake and sends the old copy to her. She is suspicious, but she does not understand why he would want to do such a thing. She tells him that she is pregnant and wants to force the president to allow her to divorce. He does not believe her.