The story follows Xu Yunqiu as the main perspective. As a journalist, he stumbled into the scene of a major murder during an accidental investigation, and thus led to a series of mysterious cases that affected the lives and fate of hundreds of people. Each volume focuses on different case clues, interspersed with the protagonist's growth and family mysteries, intertwined with female interpersonal relationships, social power and justice issues, accompanied by the promotion of secondary characters, including forensics, criminal police, lawyers and other professional perspectives, as well as disappearance cases, family disputes, urban darkness, wealth and power games, psychological trauma and redemption. The structure of the ten volumes progresses layer by layer, and the mastermind behind the scenes gradually emerges. The main plot and multiple side cases are implicated in each other, forming an intertwined suspense network, until finally the multiple plots converge. The protagonist and the team jointly reveal the truth, gain growth and redemption, and also put forward profound reflections on the real society.
