A muddleheaded move can muddle a whole life. Lou Ran thought he could make up for his mistake by taking the blame and enduring humiliation, dressing as a woman and taking his sister's place as a hostage. Who could have known that old grudges and new debts would come calling one after another? With an old acquaintance right before him, he can only pretend not to recognize them.
When he was young and foolish, he did something wrong. No! It was a heroic deed, and Lou Ran doesn't want his old acquaintance to remember him. It's just too embarrassing.
Theme: See things through to the end.