Year of Sinking Water

In 2023, the Three Gorges Reservoir area was cleared, and the ancient town that had sunk for 20 years came to light again. A modern female corpse, chained by iron chains and dressed in 2022 clothes, was discovered in the underwater ancestral hall. Zhou Yan, deputy director of the police station, led the investigation. The case also accidentally involved Chen Dongzhi, a former investigative reporter who returned home with her husband - the deceased was her husband's first love. Elderly people in the town committed suicide bizarrely one after another, and strange rumors enveloped the humid riverside town. Zhou Yan followed the clues and accidentally led to a collective corruption case involving the relocation of the ancient town twenty years ago. Chen Dongzhi soon discovered that her husband's family was a vested interest in the corruption case that year. Every move she made after returning home became a channel for her husband to monitor police investigations. In the end, Zhou Yan, with the help of Chen Dongzhi, wiped out all the corrupt syndicates. The reservoir area ushered in the last water storage, and all the crimes sank into deep water again. Zhou Yan stood on the dam and watched Chen Dongzhi leave in the bus. The two of them walked towards a new life without saying goodbye. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.