The young man, a ronin student, had come to Tokyo to take entrance exams and was living in a boarding house near Tokyo at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hatano, who were ``acquainted with a relative's uncle.'' Yui, the beautiful and kind married woman at the boarding house, took great care of such a young Ronin every day. The young man, who was in love with Yui, was agonizingly chasing the married woman's bulge every day. In the winter of that year, it was confirmed that he had failed the entrance exam, and he had to return to the countryside to take over the family business.