Fu Jingxiu confronts Chu Wanqing, who is disguised as a man and goes by the alias Xu Wenjin, holding a portrait of a woman and demanding to know her true identity. Chu Wanqing first falsely claims the woman in the painting is her younger sister, but Fu Jingxiu exposes this lie with his investigation findings that the Xu family has only one son. Flustered, Chu Wanqing then tries to brush it off with an excuse about having a preference for men and enjoying cross-dressing. Angered, Fu Jingxiu threatens her verbally and pressures her about her real intentions, while inwardly struggling with his own developing feelings for "him." Afterward, Chu Wanqing reflects alone and realizes she has fallen for Fu Jingxiu, forgetting her mission. She decides to escape before her identity is fully revealed.
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