Season 1 • Episode 10
LatestJ who is born in a family of genius is eccentric and unsociable, he likes to skip classes and study weird formulas, a problematic student. He disappeared after he deliberately cuts his own face as an act of self-harming in front of his classmates. After a few months, a new transfer student, Chu Xia goes to find J under the instruction of her teacher to send him a letter. In the process, she discovers that J’s house is very mysterious. During his disappearance, China’s telecommunication companies are involved in a heated business battle.
Writing
Braids personal trauma with telecom industry satire.
Production
J's house: every room a locked-room mystery.
Acting
Chen Siyu's J—unsettling stillness, no easy sympathy.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during China's 2015 telecom restructuring, the series weaponizes real corporate rivalries as metaphor for isolation in hyper-connected society.
