Chen Mu (male protagonist)
· Appearance: 28 years old, a gentle and empathetic psychological counselor, rational and calm, and a reliable "ferryman" in the eyes of clients.
· Secret: He is a "living corpse" himself. Three years ago, his fiancée Lin Wanqing died unexpectedly. His obsession is "understanding her unspoken words before she died." The purpose of opening a counseling center is not only to help similar people, but also to study how obsessions work and find the possibility of resolving one's own obsessions.
· Trait: Possess a special ability born out of obsession - through touch, he can fragmentally perceive the strongest emotional scenes in the other person's obsession, but this will severely consume his mental power.
· Lin Wanqing (heroine/soul character)
· Deceased, but present throughout the text. The image is gradually pieced together through Chen Mu's memories, hallucinations and subsequent investigations. She is sunny and loves life, but she seems to be hiding an unknown secret. The truth about her death is the biggest mystery in the book.
· Zhao Zhengyi (male supporting role)
· The 35-year-old criminal police captain, Chen Mu's college senior, is a frequent visitor to the consultation center - he often brings cases involving "suspects with abnormal behavior" to Chen Mu for profiling. He has a keen intuition and has long suspected that Chen Mu and these "living corpse" clients are unusual, but he never reveals it out of trust and friendship. He is the bridge between the "abnormal world" and the "normal world".
