When Li Jing, deputy leader of the provincial guidance group, first arrived in Dongjiang County, she encountered a bizarre case: Builder Zhang Meng beat someone to death in the street, but the victim's family members collectively retracted their confessions during the trial.
In a dilapidated teahouse in the county town, she ran into the boy she had a crush on when she was a student - now he is stooped and his fingernails are full of tea stains.
When Li Jing took out her treasured graduation photos, there was finally a trace of emotion on the boy's withered face.
On a rainy night, this man whose edges had been smoothed by life suddenly asked: "In the case of beating someone to death... Why did the family change their story?"
Li Jing looked out the window at the dazzling neon lights of Zhang Meng's company, and for the first time told the truth to an outsider. And an invisible hand slowly began to surround Li Jing.
(Underworld story, officialdom, solving crimes, suspense. The main perspective is on the side of the female protagonist, while the male protagonist is her crush during her student days. But his identity is equally unfathomable.)
Wonderful! So wonderful!