Chapter Summaries

Li Xian met Ji Xie before class, and Ji Xie covered his exposed back with his jacket. After class, Li Xian went to the sports field to meet Deng Hanyu while disguised as Lin Yaoyao.

• Ji Xie questioned Li Xian about his outfit and touched his necklace and neckline before draping his jacket over Li Xian's bare back.
• Qian Chen asked where Li Xian got the jacket, and Jiang Qiuyue mistakenly suspected that Li Xian had seduced Ji Xie.
• Ji Xie watched Li Xian during self-study, making him uncomfortable enough to hide behind his textbook.
• Li Xian received Deng Hanyu's message and went to the sports field, where he identified him by his black jacket and jeans.
• Deng Hanyu recognized Li Xian as Lin Yaoyao and laid his jacket over the bench before Li Xian sat down.

Li Xian met Deng Hanyu, who explained how Xie Zhi’s relationship with Teacher Shang, alleged exam cheating, and later death were connected to Class 32’s curse. The conversation ended when Li Xian and Deng Hanyu spotted a hand reaching out from beneath their seat.

• Li Xian declined Deng Hanyu’s jacket and explained that he was attending class for someone else when Deng questioned why they shared a class.
• Deng Hanyu asked about the jacket on Li Xian’s shoulders, and Li Xian said it belonged to a friend.
• Li Xian asked Deng Hanyu about Class 32, and Deng traced its troubles back to Xie Zhi’s relationship with Teacher Shang.
• Deng Hanyu said Xie Zhi had obtained a copy of the calculus final, earned the highest score and scholarship, then took leave while Teacher Shang resigned.
• Deng Hanyu recounted that Xie Zhi returned in poor condition, jumped from a school building, and was followed by a curse affecting Class 32.
• Deng Hanyu noticed a hand reaching out from beneath the seat, and Li Xian followed his gaze.

Li Xian and Deng Hanyu left the bench after Xie Zhi reached for them from underneath it, and Deng Hanyu revealed he had once been a student in Class 32. When Deng Hanyu and Ji Xie both offered to walk Li Xian back, Li Xian chose Ji Xie, leaving Deng Hanyu resentful; afterward, Li Xian noticed Ji Xie had brought him a box of chocolate cake.

• Li Xian recognized Xie Zhi’s cufflink beneath the bench, and Deng Hanyu stood on her reaching hand to help them get away.
• Deng Hanyu told Li Xian he had once studied in Class 32 but left before the accident and had escaped its strange effects.
• Deng Hanyu offered to walk Li Xian to his dorm, but Ji Xie appeared and insisted on taking him instead.
• Li Xian chose Ji Xie to walk him back, and Deng Hanyu watched them leave with a vicious expression.
• Li Xian noticed Ji Xie was carrying a familiar box of chocolate cake and asked if it was for him.

Li Xian and Ji Xie brought a cake back to the dormitory and found a way for Ji Xie to hide in his human and tentacle forms. Li Xian shared the cake with Ji Xie, who discovered he did not particularly enjoy its taste.

• Li Xian invited Ji Xie to eat cake with him, and Ji Xie teased him before hiding as a tentacle against the back of his neck.
• Li Xian ran into Jiang Qiuyue, who brought him upstairs before he could find an empty room with Ji Xie.
• Li Xian changed clothes, made Ji Xie turn human to return his phone, and then let him hide in a pocket.
• Li Xian offered Ji Xie pieces of cake, and Ji Xie swallowed the first piece so quickly that he choked.
• Ji Xie slowly ate another piece and decided the cake was not especially good.

Li Xian finished the cake with Ji Xie, then agreed to meet Deng Hanyu again while considering how to uncover the truth about Xie Zhi and Teacher Shang. After the dorm lights went out, Ji Xie crowded into Li Xian’s bed.

• Ji Xie took the fork and offered Li Xian a bite of cake, then Li Xian finished the rest and climbed into bed with Ji Xie.
• Ji Xie reacted jealously to Li Xian messaging Deng Hanyu, but Li Xian explained that Deng Hanyu still had clues and agreed to meet him again.
• Deng Hanyu asked about Li Xian’s relationship with Teacher Ji, and Li Xian said it was an ordinary teacher-student relationship.
• Li Xian doubted Deng Hanyu’s account of Xie Zhi’s past and considered seeking more information from him and Teacher Shang.
• The dorm lights went out, and Ji Xie squeezed Li Xian against the wall in bed until Li Xian pinched his arm.

Li Xian and Ji Xie playfully make up after a tickling mishap, then fall asleep together. When the Flies attack the dorm, Li Xian opens the door at the right moment and slips outside as the attackers tumble into the room, spotting someone familiar among them.

• Li Xian tries to make Ji Xie turn back into a tentacle, but Ji Xie retaliates by tickling him.
• Ji Xie realizes Li Xian is upset and turns into a tentacle, prompting Li Xian to pretend to be hurt before letting the tentacle curl around his finger as he falls asleep.
• Li Xian wakes to the Flies battering the dorm door and recognizes that they may be targeting him.
• Li Xian unlocks and yanks open the door just before another impact, sending seven or eight student-like attackers stumbling into the room.
• Li Xian slips outside and recognizes a familiar face among the attackers.

Li Xian tried to escape the Fly People pursuing him through the dormitory, but discovered that they could track him even after losing sight of him. When they cornered him, he hid in a restroom near the crying Xie Zhi, whose presence seemed to keep the Fly People at bay.

• Li Xian ran from the Fly People and led them around the dormitory stairs, then hid in a room to test how quickly they could find him.
• Li Xian realized the Fly People could track his location and resumed leading them through the building while conserving his strength.
• The Fly People split up and trapped Li Xian near the stairwell, but stopped before reaching him.
• Li Xian entered the restroom, found Xie Zhi crying in a stall, and hid in the last stall.
• Li Xian concluded that the Fly People feared Xie Zhi and stayed hidden between Xie Zhi and the buzzing students.

Li Xian hid from Xie Zhi and the fly people in a restroom stall, using a mop to keep her from finding him and a recording of her sobbing to drive the creatures away. The threat remained outside as he and Ji Xie stayed trapped in the stall.

• After Xie Zhi stopped crying and left her stall, she turned back and tried to open Li Xian's stall.
• Li Xian wedged a mop against the door and climbed onto the toilet while Xie Zhi searched beneath the door with her eye.
• After Xie Zhi left, Ji Xie lowered Li Xian from the tentacles holding him up as the fly people approached.
• Li Xian played a recording of crying, making the fly people retreat from their stall.
• Ji Xie withdrew his hand from Li Xian's waist and claimed he had been too scared to move.

Li Xian spent the night hiding in a toilet with Ji Xie, who helped him sleep until morning. After they left, Li Xian asked Ji Xie to find the contact information of a former teacher, but their planned meeting conflicted with Li Xian’s appointment with Deng Hanyu.

• Li Xian replied to Jiang Qiuyue and Qian Chen that he was safe but could not return until dawn, then decided to wait out the night in the toilet.
• Ji Xie spread his jacket over the toilet lid and invited Li Xian to sleep on his lap; Li Xian accepted and fell asleep in his arms.
• Li Xian woke at 9:35 and realized he had slept through the night while Ji Xie stayed awake supporting him.
• Li Xian urged Ji Xie to get to his first-period class, and Ji Xie agreed to go despite having little time left in the period.
• Li Xian asked Ji Xie to find contact information for a former teacher surnamed Shang, and Ji Xie arranged to meet him at one that afternoon.
• Li Xian remembered he was meeting Deng Hanyu at one thirty and realized he would need to change into women's clothes beforehand.

Li Xian returned safely to the Dormitory and shared how he had survived the night, including a recording of the Green-Dress Woman’s sobbing that could keep the Fly People away. While listening to the recording, he and the others noticed she seemed to say “Lu,” leaving them searching for what the word might mean.

• Li Xian met He Tongtong and Zhai Shu in the corridor, agreed to let them accompany him, and returned to the Dormitory.
• Li Xian reassured Jiang Qiuyue and Qian Chen, then recounted how he had escaped danger during the night while leaving out Ji Xie.
• Li Xian shared a recording of the Green-Dress Woman’s sobbing so the others could use it to keep the Fly People away.
• He Tongtong accidentally played the recording, and Li Xian asked her to replay its first two seconds after noticing a strange sound.
• Jiang Qiuyue, Qian Chen, and Li Xian listened closely and suspected the Green-Dress Woman was saying “Lu.”
• Li Xian checked the class roster for anyone with a surname pronounced Lu, but found no match.

Li Xian identified Xu Loubai as a possible match for the name in the recording, then faced the danger of Xie Zhi sitting in front of him during class. He and Jiang Qiuyue avoided meeting her gaze, but Xie Zhi eventually stood up.

• Li Xian replayed the recording, realized the sound might be part of a given name, and identified Xu Loubai as the only student whose name fit.
• Li Xian and his group attended a lecture, where Xie Zhi sat in the seat directly in front of him just as class began.
• When Xie Zhi turned around during the lecture, Li Xian dropped his pen and ducked beneath the desk to avoid looking at her.
• Li Xian nudged Jiang Qiuyue, who spilled her pencil case and joined him in gathering the scattered objects without looking up.
• Xie Zhi tried to hand Jiang Qiuyue an eraser, then left it on her desk when Jiang Qiuyue avoided taking it directly.
• After Li Xian and Jiang Qiuyue pretended to fiddle with their pens until Xie Zhi faced forward, Xie Zhi stood up.

After He Tongtong died from encountering Xie Zhi, Li Xian reconsidered the clues about Xie Zhi’s resentment and suspected Deng Hanyu had lied. He went to Ji Xie’s office for Teacher Shang’s contact information, while an unseen watcher followed him.

• Xie Zhi asked why everyone ignored her, and He Tongtong froze and died just as Jia Ruiyao had.
• Zhai Shu told Li Xian and the others that He Tongtong was dead and recounted what Xie Zhi had said.
• Li Xian suspected Xie Zhi’s resentment targeted her classmates and concluded Deng Hanyu’s account might contain deliberate lies.
• Li Xian changed into women’s clothes and headed to the teaching building to get Teacher Shang’s contact information from Ji Xie.
• A furtive gaze followed Li Xian to Ji Xie’s office, where Ji Xie asked where Li Xian would put the number without any pockets.

Li Xian and Ji Xie staged an intimate scene to make Deng Hanyu believe they were flirting, but Ji Xie took the act too far. Li Xian hurried to meet Deng Hanyu at the sports field, arriving late and apologizing.

• Ji Xie tucked Teacher Shang's contact information into Li Xian's neckline and warned him that Deng Hanyu was outside the office.
• Li Xian sat on Ji Xie's lap to put on an act for Deng Hanyu, who filmed them through the door.
• Ji Xie turned their staged kiss into a deep kiss and slipped his hand beneath Li Xian's clothes before Deng Hanyu left.
• Li Xian stormed out of the office, wiped away his smudged lipstick, and realized he was late.
• Li Xian reached the sports field at 13:35 and apologized to Deng Hanyu, who said he had not waited long.

Deng Hanyu lured Li Xian into a secluded path and confronted him about his relationship with Teacher Ji, using a suggestive photo as leverage. He then showed Li Xian that a revealing picture of him had spread across the school forum and threatened to expose him.

• Li Xian tried to learn the identity of Xie Zhi's college best friend, but Deng Hanyu refused to discuss her further.
• Deng Hanyu led Li Xian onto a wooded path, grabbed his wrists, and demanded to know his relationship with Teacher Ji.
• Deng Hanyu showed Li Xian a suggestive photo of him sitting on Ji Xie's lap and accused him of pretending to be innocent.
• Deng Hanyu showed Li Xian a revealing photo posted on the school forum, where it had drawn widespread attention.
• Deng Hanyu warned Li Xian that exposing what kind of person he was could have consequences now that he had become famous at school.

Li Xian baited Deng Hanyu into revealing that he had helped ruin Xie Zhi by spreading rumors and planting a final exam paper in her bag. Deng Hanyu demanded Li Xian cooperate, but Li Xian’s question about his motive left the reason for his cruelty unexplained.

• Deng Hanyu threatened to destroy Li Xian’s reputation unless he did as he was told.
• Li Xian pretended to be frightened and asked whether Deng Hanyu had threatened Xie Zhi the same way.
• Deng Hanyu admitted he had stirred suspicion among their classmates and planted a final exam paper in Xie Zhi’s bag.
• Li Xian asked why Deng Hanyu had framed Xie Zhi, and Deng Hanyu said she had simply had bad luck.
• Deng Hanyu asked Li Xian for his answer after explaining himself.

Li Xian and his companions connected Xie Zhi’s crying to Xu Loubai and began searching for her, while Li Xian’s attempt to call Teacher Shang failed. The search led them to Room 312, whose door opened after they knocked.

• Li Xian avoided Deng Hanyu’s touch, asked for a day to think, and returned to the Dormitory after making sure he was not followed.
• Qian Chen played a recording in which Xie Zhi appeared to say “Loubai,” and Jiang Qiuyue identified Xu Loubai as a living student from their class.
• Li Xian told Jiang Qiuyue and Qian Chen about Deng Hanyu’s threat and suspected Xu Loubai had informed him about Xie Zhi’s feelings for a teacher.
• Li Xian tried calling Teacher Shang using the number Ji Xie had given him, but heard that the number was not in service.
• Li Xian, Jiang Qiuyue, and Qian Chen checked the missing dormitory keys, narrowed their search to six rooms, and knocked on Room 312.
• Someone opened the door of Room 312 after the three waited in the corridor.

Li Xian told Xu Loubai that Deng Hanyu had admitted to framing Xie Zhi, prompting Xu Loubai to reconsider what she had suspected about him. She began recounting how she had become close friends with Xie Zhi and why she had mistakenly thought Xie Zhi liked Teacher Shang.

• Xu Loubai initially tried to turn Li Xian and the others away, assuming they had come to ask her to stop Xie Zhi.
• Li Xian explained that they wanted to talk about Deng Hanyu, and Xu Loubai let them into her dormitory.
• Li Xian said he had overheard Deng Hanyu threaten a girl and admit that he had planted the exam paper in Xie Zhi's bag.
• Xu Loubai became agitated and said she had suspected Deng Hanyu was responsible, then urged Li Xian to tell her more.
• Xu Loubai recalled that Xie Zhi had struggled financially, worked hard, and become her close friend, and explained that her belief Xie Zhi liked Teacher Shang had only been an assumption.

Xu Loubai revealed how rumors and ostracism against Xie Zhi spread, and Li Xian uncovered signs that Deng Hanyu had helped set up the sightings that fueled them. As the group considered possible motives and unanswered questions, Li Xian noticed blood on Jiang Qiuyue’s hand and found it on Qian Chen too.

• Xu Loubai confessed that she had stayed silent while classmates ostracized Xie Zhi and even doubted her after exam papers were found in her bag.
• Li Xian learned that two boys who had witnessed Xie Zhi with Teacher Shang were Deng Hanyu’s roommates and had gone out with him before seeing her.
• Xu Loubai recalled that Deng Hanyu had missed his preferred major by one point, leading Li Xian to wonder whether Xie Zhi’s improved grades threatened his chance to transfer.
• Li Xian asked whether Xie Zhi and Teacher Shang had been involved and why Deng Hanyu had framed her, but Xu Loubai could not answer.
• Li Xian grabbed Jiang Qiuyue’s wrist, pointed out blood on her hand, and then found blood on Qian Chen’s hand as well.

Li Xian realized that invisible students might be spreading blood through the dormitory and persuaded Xu Loubai to stay alive until she could speak with Xie Zhi. After someone eavesdropped on them, Li Xian and the others fled, but their escape was not as clear as they had hoped.

• Li Xian noticed fresh blood on Jiang Qiuyue and Qian Chen and suspected that invisible students had stained them.
• Xu Loubai's face and hand became smeared with blood, and she said it was about time for her to die.
• Li Xian persuaded Xu Loubai to wait for a chance to explain things to Xie Zhi and agreed to watch over her that night.
• Li Xian and Xu Loubai decided to gather Xie Zhi and the others so they could confront what had happened together.
• After someone opened the dormitory door and disappeared, Li Xian concluded that a classmate had overheard them and led the group toward the exit.
• The group reached the first floor without seeing anyone chase them, but Qian Chen's relief proved premature.

Li Xian and his companions tried to escape the dormitory but were surrounded by classmates who called them traitors. Li Xian used his own blood to scare the crowd into releasing Xu Loubai, and they fled, while Zhai Shu warned that students were preparing to break into their room and had taken the spare keys.

• A student from Room 218 alerted the class group chat that Li Xian and his companions were traitors, and Li Xian, Qian Chen, and Jiang Qiuyue fought their way past two students guarding the entrance.
• Xu Loubai was caught as the group tried to escape, and a crowd arrived carrying weapons and accusing the four of betraying the class.
• When the crowd tried to tie them up, Li Xian cut the rope, slashed his palm, and smeared blood across a student's face.
• Li Xian threatened the short-sleeved student with his bloody hand until he released Xu Loubai, and the four escaped the dormitory.
• After they left, Li Xian read Zhai Shu's messages warning that students planned to smash the lock on their room and had taken all the spare keys to Room 103.