Wen Wan transfers to the elite-filled Qingteng Academy with a secret. All she wants is to play the part of a gentle, timid top student and lie low in peace. But an “accidental” helping hand at the opening ceremony sends her crashing into the seemingly warm yet unfathomably deep eyes of student council president Shen Yubai.
“You’re quite the convincing actress, Student Wen.” His whisper against her ear is icy cold, instantly tearing apart every illusion of peace.
Shen Yubai is Qingteng Academy’s dazzling master of all he surveys. Beneath his perfect facade lies a deranged hunter who invokes “order” while passing judgment. In his specimen room, the spoils of those deemed “transgressors” lie preserved: one school ID after another, silently telling of those who were “eliminated.” He delights in watching his prey struggle and is obsessed with turning “mistakes” into eternal works of art.
When Shen Yubai corners Wen Wan against a wall after she climbs over it late at night, when she witnesses his cold profile as he smiles and cuts the power line during a campus-wide blackout, and when she sees a “specimen” tag bearing his name in an underground collection room filled with the smell of formaldehyde... her disguise comes crashing down.
“Is being sick fun, Shen Yubai?” The instant the knife point presses against his throat, she launches a desperate counterattack.
“You’ll have to try it to find out.” He grips her hand and guides the blade toward himself, his excitement bordering on madness.
He admires the flames burning in her eyes and sees her as the perfect candidate for his “specimen” collection. He gives her seven days, and a malicious “hunting game” begins. She must either shatter his “order” and put him on trial, or give up resisting and become the brightest “
