In this chapter, the narrator tells us that he's looking for a job. He's also worried about what's going to happen to Gu and Lingfeng if they're caught in the middle of a civil war. The narrator says that he doesn't want anything to do with the family, because they've forced him to go abroad to avoid sharing his inheritance with them. He says that's his own choice, and he'd rather be a puppet than an independent person. He also says that it's hard to find a person who you like, because there are so many people in the world.