In this chapter, we learn that the two of them are facing the uncertain future of their relationship. The girl is afraid that she will not be able to speak to Zhao even if she wanted to, because Zhao made her who she is today, so she will have to stay away from him. In the meantime, she notices that the first mock examinations rankings are no.1 , no.2 , and no.3 . She also notices that Zhao's name is not in the rankings, and that he has been absent from the examinations many times because he has a quarrel with his family. In fact, he even asked to be excused from the mock examinations, but he was not allowed to take part in the examinations because of his family's quarrel