Someone Beneath the Bridge

Fifteen years later, Li Yan returned to his childhood home in Northeast China, only to find that his father had mysteriously drowned beneath Han River Bridge. They say it was so cold that night the river froze solid as iron, and no one could explain how his father had ended up in the water. Some said the “river eye” at the bottom had opened its mouth; Others said a figure stood in the fog beneath the ice, beckoning him down. On his first night back, Li Yan saw a cloud of mist rise from the middle of the ice on the bridge When it cleared, a faint tapping came from beneath the ice, as if someone were gently scratching at its surface and whispering his name. A black wooden box, strings of copper coins, a missing old man, lights sealed beneath the ice… Step by step, he delves into the secrets of Han River, only to discover that the person beneath the bridge has been waiting for him ever since fifteen years ago. Beneath the bridge is no river. Beneath the bridge is a door