Qingsong Town is a remote county town in northern China. Its buildings are old, its educational facilities are backward, and its streets are full of unemployed local youths. Fortunately, a major livestock company in town has hired many of them and even established a technical school to give ambitious young people a chance to contribute to their hometown and get ahead. But the good times don't last. One murder after another rocks the town. A veteran police officer is caught in a storm of rumors, his pregnant wife takes her own life, and the special investigation team is dismissed. Just how powerful is the killer?
Yes, the full text is not long and the pace is fast. The beginning feels a bit ordinary, the middle is full of doubts, the murderer is sad and hateful, and the ending is sighing.
Can the ambulance take three or four hours to arrive? Are you kidding me? But the story is quite interesting. Check in, January 30, 2024.