A floating corpse uncovered an old case that had been dormant for twenty years.
A text message drags three old friends who have become strangers back to the summer night that changed their fate.
In 2003, on the eve of the restructuring of Jiang'an City No. 1 Machinery Factory, a huge sum of money related to the fate of thousands of people disappeared. Also missing was the beloved truck driver Zhao Xiaoyong. This unsolved case has become the only thorn in the career of veteran detective Lu Hanjiang that cannot be removed.
In 2023, an unrecognizable male body was found at a riverside pier. The only clue held in the deceased's hand was a rusty old factory union badge.
As soon as the investigation was restarted, Lu Hanjiang received an invitation from his former brother and today's business tycoon Chen Xincheng. At the banquet, the delicacies and fine wines could not hide the glint of the sword between the words. Chen Xincheng's words were full of memories and condolences, while Su Wanqing, a celebrity in the legal profession who was also present, was calm and almost indifferent.
They all said they hoped the deceased was not Zhao Xiaoyong.
But they seemed to have already known that he would come back.
At the same time, a blue liberation truck that was supposed to disappear twenty years ago reappeared in Jiangcheng like a ghost. And in the hidden corner of the truck, a key that can unlock the secrets of the past points to the "secret base" where youth, lies and evidence of crime are buried...
When the tide of the times recedes, who are the trendsetters and who are the stranded ones?
When the truth, twenty years late, finally comes to light, will it bring about redemption or destruction?
