In this short scene, we are introduced to a young woman named Cai Ling, who has just returned from a visit to her father, who had committed suicide. We learn that Cai Ling was once a student at the same school as Cai Ling's father, and Cai Ling has heard rumors about her father's suicide. Cai Ling tells us that her father had cut his wrist while in the bathroom, which is why Cai Ling committed suicide