After returning home, Xie Meilan told Shen Lei that she and Lu Jie were meeting clients at the hotel, and that Lu Jie helped her mother when she was sick. She was extremely disappointed with Shen Lei.
Shen Lei asked Xie Meilan what she wanted. Xie Meilan bluntly said that she wanted a better life, divorced Shen Lei and left, leaving Shen Lei alone in the cramped rental house to reminisce about the good times of the past.