In this chapter, we learn that Cai Ling's grandmother refused to allow Cai Ling to go out on her own. Cai Ling has not seen Cai Ling since he returned from the mountain, and Cai Ling is afraid that she will meet the killer again. Cai Ming asks Cai Ming if he is all right, and he replies that he is, but that he lost his phone and doesn't have Cai Ming's number. He says that he will never go to the school again, and that next Saturday is his birthday, so Cai Ming has to come to his birthday party. He is so hungry that he uses another cell phone to send a message to Cai Ling, but the message is not answered.