As a first-year student at the prestigious Brookings University in her hometown, Anna Xu only wants to maintain her excellent grades, come out of her shell, interact with more people, and look into the unsolved campus murder of her former babysitter from six years ago. And if that weren't challenging enough, Chris Lu, whose family is the Xu's business adversaries, appears to be a student at Brookings as well. They can't possibly be pals. Up until Anna combines a hint from her inquiry into the cold-case murder with the call sign of the vandal who attacked the Lu's bakery. When Anna receives a very specific threat, she is compelled to work with Chris to conduct a risky investigation into the hate crimes.