Gaojun uncharacteristically appears lonely. Though Shouxue is concerned, she is unable to ask why. Several days later, Gaojun visits Ye Ming Palace to show her a haunted mask. The ghost haunting the mask apparently responds to a type of foreign lute. The problem is solved when Gaojun is able to provide such a lute. Gaojun tries to leave, but he is stopped by Shouxue.
Day and night, the sound of his lute 
rang throughout the Baoer Workshop.
نهاراً وليلاً، كان صوت عوده يصدح
في أرجاء مشغل باوير
Tag und Nacht erklang sein Lautenspiel
im gesamten Baoer-Ensemble.
El sonido de su laúd resonaba
en el atelier día y noche.
El sonido de su laúd resonaba
en el atelier día y noche.
Jour et nuit, le son du biwa
retentissait dans la maison Bao’er.
दिन-रात, बाओर कार्यशाला में 
उसकी वीणा की आवाज़ गूंजती रहती थी।
Sia di giorno che di notte, il suono del suo liuto
Dia e noite, o som do seu biwa
ecoava pelo Ateliê Íbis-do-Japão.
Днём и ночью звуки его лютни
разносились по гильдии Баоэр.