The housekeeper, Tan Qing, is worried that the young woman will rush after her lover, even if she loses. He tells her that her mother would have been proud of her if she had still been alive. He also asks her about the whereabouts of her father, who has been in prison for ten years. She tells him that he is not at home and that she is the housekeeper for the feng family. He then asks her to tell him about her mother's death. She says that she would rather change the way she treats her family than shed her tears for anyone.