Pai-chin is displeased that Royal Garden's cleaning job is sub-contracted to Chih-hao’s company, through Tsung-chi. Lang-hsien adds fuel to the fire with the aim to replace Tsung-chi as the financial director. Tsung-chi handles the crisis competently, to the disappointment of Lang- hsien. Chia-yu finds Lang-hsien's misdeeds increasingly intolerable. She proposes a break-up.