In this chapter, we learn that the protagonist's name is Ye Hao, and that he is a student at a school in Hangzhou, China. Ye Hao is a member of a minority ethnic group and has been missing for some time. He was working on an oil painting called "love of the century" when he disappeared. The painting is stored in a school exhibition hall, and Ye Hao's roommate believes that Ye Hao may have been an artist who has isolated himself.