Recaps

After ordering a large barbecue and failing to persuade his friend Peng Deng to join him, the narrator went to a minimart for a drink and met a well-dressed, red-eyed stranger looking for the hospital. The stranger later appeared at the barbecue stall and admitted he had gotten lost again.

• The narrator ordered skewers and vegetables at a roadside barbecue stall, then messaged Peng Deng to invite him over.
• Peng Deng refused to come, first citing his girlfriend’s plans and then saying she wanted to lose weight.
• The narrator went to a nearby minimart to buy a cold drink and noticed a red-eyed man wearing a three-piece suit.
• The man asked the narrator for directions to the nearest hospital, and the narrator explained the route.
• After returning to the stall with a can of pineapple-flavored carbonated drink, the narrator saw the man again, and the man said he had gotten lost again.

The narrator helped the repeatedly lost Bai Ailin find a hospital, then returned home and discovered that his black notebook had opened by itself. The chapter left him staring at the unexplained change.

• The narrator gave Bai Ailin directions after finding him lost on the road.
• After seeing Bai Ailin return to the barbecue stall, the narrator agreed to escort him to the hospital.
• Bai Ailin introduced himself and mistakenly turned the wrong way before the narrator corrected him.
• The narrator showed Bai Ailin to the inpatient building, where Bai Ailin disappeared after taking out an antique-looking key.
• At home, the narrator noticed that the black notebook he had left closed was open.

The narrator found an Evil Spirit’s strange drawings and writing in his notebook, learned that the ghost following him was also an Evil Spirit named Sharron, and went to work the next morning. There, Rozanne offered drinks, and he drew a bottle labeled “Instigator,” which reminded him of the “Assassin” drink and the dried mushrooms Huang Jiajia had given him.

• The narrator found a crude worm-monster drawing and confusing passages in his notebook, and Sharron said an Evil Spirit had made them.
• The narrator learned that Sharron was an Evil Spirit and that she was called Sharron, though she did not know why the other spirit had written in his notebook.
• The narrator went to work after an uneventful night and thought about trying savory soy milk.
• Rozanne brought assorted drinks to the office, and the narrator picked a blue bottle labeled “Instigator.”
• The narrator refused to drink it immediately and brought out the dried mushrooms Huang Jiajia had given him.