Later, Xiao Chen and Xiao Hong get into a fight and Xiao Hong runs back home. When Xiao Yun returns, she sees a sobbing Xiao Hong and comforts her. Later, Xiao Chen and Wang are drinking at the tea house and Xiao Chen gets intoxicated and demands Xiao Hong sing him a song. She reluctantly sings him the song, "The Wandering Songstress," but he leaves angrily before she is able to finish. Soon after, Xiao Hong overhears that her benefactors are scheming to sell her off to Mr. Gu. She runs to Xiao Chen for support, but he shuns her, still under the impression that she is unfaithful.