Mist on the Mine

For years, the vast stretches of yellow earth have swallowed countless old friends, their souls lost forever. The black mines seem bottomless, hidden away from the world and its conscience, haunting dreams like a nightmare. Late at night, two furtive figures crept out from the foot of the utterly silent Xishan Cliff. Then a noise came from above. With a muffled cry and a scream, the woman looked up. She had thought her actions were perfectly secret, but someone had already discovered her. Clutching an abandoned baby, the woman laughed like a madwoman. In the distance, a train bound for the mines came rumbling closer, its whistle shrill in the night.

On the road to Luoshan Elementary School, two boys were terrified by the scene before them. Without a moment's hesitation, an enraged man stormed into the meeting room. The woman who made her living scavenging gave a smug laugh. He had no idea she was waiting for just such an opportunity. The newly promoted mine manager was ambitious, reaching out to seize the local passenger transport business, but his missing daughter had become a constant source of worry. Soon, everyone had their own schemes, and life at the mine became unbearable. Under the long shadow of darkness, the people grew furious. Threatened by sinister forces, Tian Feng and the others had been forced to leave their village and come to the mine. How would they find a way to survive? When a building dozens of meters tall suddenly exploded, could he save the girl in the life-or-death moment? The arrival of two girls finally brought a sweetness long absent from Tian Feng's heart. How would he choose? Meanwhile, Tian Feng began his high school years, unaware that a net cast more than a decade ago was closing in on him…