Ip Man fails to find any letters in the post office. He sends Wing-Shing a telegraph asking her if she is still there and decides to wait for her reply. Ip Man doesn't have any money to rent a room so he sleeps outside the newspaper office. Reporter Lua Yat-Woon discovers him and invites him to stay in his office. Meanwhile, Wah-Shun gives Zi all his savings so that he can find somebody to cure his leg. Zi takes the money he insists that he will only forgive Wah-Shun if he agrees to teach him Wing Chun. Ip Man finds Wah-Shun quarreling with the bank's boss and he speaks for Zi. Both Zi and Ip Man are in a bad mood. Zi wants to fight with Ip Man. Ip Man doesn't want to fight and runs away. Zi is drunk and throws all the money into the river in front of Wah-Shun, who is heartbroken and cries. The next day, Ip Man tells Zi that Wah-Shun is trying hard to pick up the money from the river and he believes that Zi is Wah-Shun's son. Ching-Shan discusses with other businessmen in Foshan his plan to set up a steel plant. Ip Man objects to the idea, as there is no iron ore in Foshan. Ching-Shan is upset. Ip Man meets the postman on the street and the postman opens the postal car for him. Ip Man is overjoyed to see Wing-Shing inside.
